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Sudan: UNICEF says drones hit a power station every day in late October, with strikes from up to 1,500 km away

UNICEF's James Elder told journalists in Geneva on 10 November that two in three child casualties in Sudan this year were killed by armed drones, and that up…

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Kraków shooting: six killed in Main Market Square, three more found dead at suspect’s home, Tusk calls it terrorism

A gunman killed six people and wounded 16 in Kraków's Main Market Square; prosecutors classify the attack as a terrorist…

4:43 pm3 min read

Politics & Diplomacy

Canada imposes new sanctions on Russia targeting ballistic missiles – how many names Ottawa adds to the blacklist

Canada’s foreign minister Anita Anand announced sanctions on 38 entities and 24 individuals on November 9, targeting Russia’s ballistic missile…

4:37 pm3 min read

Politics & Diplomacy

CSTO summit in Moscow without Armenia – Pashinyan in Paris and Russia’s proposal on Yerevan’s voting right

Vladimir Putin hosts the CSTO summit in Moscow on November 11, with Armenia absent. Moscow has tabled a draft decision…

4:22 pm3 min read

Asia-Pacific

North Korea tests a new “high-speed” torpedo – when the Navy is to receive it

North Korea says it tested a new high-speed torpedo in the Sea of Japan on November 9, with the weapon…

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Europe

EUMAM Ukraine: the EU extends the training of Ukrainian troops to 2028 – what changes with a presence inside Ukraine

3:37 pm

Asia-Pacific

Taiwan: China holds “area denial” drills in the Western Pacific with the Liaoning – Defence Minister Koo’s reply and what the G7 said

3:22 pm

Land Forces

Lebanon: the army seized rockets and weapons in raids in Baalbek – what Aoun asked for as Israeli strikes continue in the south

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Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia: new attack on the East-West pipeline near Medina and missiles toward Riyadh – what the coalition says about the Sanaa facilities

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Middle East & North Africa

Gaza: first heavy rains flood displacement sites, leaving more than 3,900 households without shelter, says UN

2:52 pm

Europe

France accuses Iran of cyber sabotage of refrigeration at 700 supermarkets – the Revolutionary Guards unit and the measures Paris announces

2:37 pm

Air Force

Mildenhall: US moves tanker aircraft from a second British base over an Iranian threat – the security level now in force – sources

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Greece

Greece

IOM: at least 22 migrants die in two incidents south of Crete as boats from eastern Libya get into distress

The IOM says 22 people died in two incidents south of Crete, where Greek authorities rescued 28 Sudanese migrants, as…

9:59 am3 min read

Defense Industry

THEON: third-quarter revenue up 40% – what changes in the growth targets

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Cyprus

Papastavrou on the cable: “The only country that granted a permit by issuing a NAVTEX is Greece” – what he said on the French notification

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Europe

EUMAM Ukraine: the EU extends the training of Ukrainian troops to 2028 – what changes with a presence inside Ukraine

The EU Council extended the EUMAM Ukraine mandate to November 15, 2028 with a budget of nearly €300 million, and…

3:52 pm3 min read

Asia-Pacific

Taiwan: China holds “area denial” drills in the Western Pacific with the Liaoning – Defence Minister Koo’s reply and what the G7 said

3:37 pm

Land Forces

Lebanon: the army seized rockets and weapons in raids in Baalbek – what Aoun asked for as Israeli strikes continue in the south

3:22 pm

Pipelines & prices

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Asia-Pacific

Leaked document: Iran controls terminals and storage tanks in Chinese ports to move sanctioned oil – sources

9 Nov

Economy & Energy

Iraqi Kurdistan: drone strikes the Khor Mor gas field after a Kataib Hezbollah reference – production halted, nearly 2,700 MW lost

9 Nov

Cyprus

Bayraktar: Turkey’s pipeline to the occupied north “could power the whole of Cyprus” – he blames Athens and Nicosia for blocking a cable

6 Nov

Southeast Europe

Balkans

Balkans

BALKAN SHIELD 26: Special Forces from eight countries train in Litochoro with live fire, air assault and FPV drones

6 Nov

Balkans

Bulgaria: Iliana Yotova elected president with 57.6%, a win for Radev’s government, which calls for dialogue with Moscow

2 Nov

Balkans

UN Security Council renews EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months, the UK says unanimously

30 Oct

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IOM: at least 22 migrants die in two incidents south of Crete as boats from eastern Libya get into distress