Europe
EU sanctions three individuals and nine entities for circumventing restrictions on Russia
The Council has frozen the assets of three individuals and nine entities, including firms in Russia and Türkiye and shadow…
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Asia-Pacific
North Korea tests two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, two days after 900 km ballistic launches
North Korea says it test-fired two types of strategic cruise missiles from a submarine in the East Sea on October…
Greece
Greece-Egypt: third round of consultations on Libya in Athens, with withdrawal of foreign forces and respect for UNCLOS
Greece and Egypt held the third round of political consultations on Libya at the Foreign Ministry in Athens on October…
Asia-Pacific
China rejects trilateral nuclear talks with US and Russia and accuses Japan of nuclear ambitions
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said it is "neither fair, reasonable nor realistic" to ask China to join trilateral nuclear…
Drones
EDA-funded AIRSENSE system flies a drone over land without satellite signals in Portugal trials
A European Defence Agency project has shown that an image-based navigation system can guide a drone over land without GNSS,…
Analysis
Analysis: Russian tanks in Ukraine, “useless” or Soviet logic adapted to the drone war?
Russian tanks have been written off on social media more often than any other weapon of the war. Four years…
Politics & Diplomacy
Armenia: Pashinyan proposes an enclave swap with Azerbaijan, “not a single square kilometre less”
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed settling the enclave question with Azerbaijan through an exchange of territory of exactly equal…
Middle East & North Africa
Yemen: UN says more than 230,000 displaced since August, with food out in Taiz and 700 trauma patients in a week at some health facilities
The UN spokesperson relayed IOM, OCHA and ICRC figures on 15 October: more than 230,000 displaced since early August, emergency…
Defense Industry
L3Harris wins $250 million from Lockheed Martin for record GMLRS rocket motor order
L3Harris has a $250 million follow-on order from Lockheed Martin for standard-range GMLRS propulsion units, to be built at a…
Defense Industry
UK and Germany hold equipment cooperation talks at Lancaster House, with Deep Precision Strike on the agenda
The UK and Germany reviewed joint capability programmes, including Deep Precision Strike, at the latest equipment cooperation talks in London,…
Europe
EU at the Security Council: reopen Hormuz without tolls, reverse E1 and keep a UN presence in Lebanon after UNIFIL
Speaking for the EU and its member states, Stavros Lambrinidis set out positions on Hormuz, Gaza aid, E1 settlements, Houthi…
Middle East & North Africa
Nineteen foreign ministries condemn Colombia’s Jerusalem embassy in a joint statement published by Turkey
A joint statement from 19 foreign ministries and delegations, published by Turkey, calls on Colombia to reverse its decision to…