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Athens · Thursday, 5 November 2026

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Trump on the Iran war: it “largely” cost the midterms, but he would do it again; he says he is keeping Hegseth UK tells OSCE that Russia must show evidence for its claims, as it condemns the Dnipro and Komyshuvakha strikes Strait of Hormuz: Revolutionary Guards say two tankers and a tug burst into flames on “unauthorised routes” and claim they seized two US LUCAS drones UNCTAD: After the Hormuz closure, diesel rose about 83% in Nigeria but 9% in Ireland as developing economies pay the most Gaza: gunfire damages tents at a Rafah displacement site and forces an aid group out, OCHA says UN peacekeeping chief warns of a “security vacuum” as UNIFIL in Lebanon and MINURSO in Western Sahara wind down US sanctions a Turkish company serving Iranian airlines and an Indian network of fake flags for Iran’s shadow fleet Taiwan: 14 Chinese aircraft detected, 12 crossing the median line, in a new “joint combat readiness patrol” U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K lifts a downed MH-60S Seahawk out of the Sierra Nevada with a 70-foot long-line UVEX-2/26: Robotdrones’ Greek FPV drones in a simulated strike on enemy forces on a rocky islet and on a ship hidden behind an island

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