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Athens · Saturday, 17 October 2026

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UN First Committee turns to confidence-building on nuclear risk as US, China, Iran and Israel trade positions European Council calls enlargement a “geostrategic investment” and backs work on Montenegro’s accession treaty Turkey in uproar over Greece–Israel talks on LORA: Anadolu picks up our exclusive, Haber7 speaks of a “dirty plan” Fidan to hand over OIC foreign ministers’ chairmanship to Iraq at Baghdad session South Korea: Two Hanwha laser weapons shot down all three target drones in an Army exercise – Cheongwang and a vehicle-mounted 30 kW laser Morocco is negotiating with Israel for LORA ballistic missiles, Israeli sources say – alarm in Spain over the range South Korea weighs sending the Cheonghae Unit to the Gulf of Oman – Seoul: “Under no circumstances” will we be involved in war IDF: Nukhba cell commander who stormed the Re’im base on October 7 killed – “Hamas rebuilding in violation of the ceasefire”

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