Middle East & North Africa
Gaza ceasefire “exists in name only” along the Yellow Line, UN envoy Alakbarov tells the Security Council
After visiting Gaza on 11 and 12 October, the UN's Ramiz Alakbarov told the Security Council that the ceasefire is…
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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…
Cyprus
Counter-NAVTEX from Antalya for EUNOMIA: Turkey disputes Heraklion’s authority over the GSI corridor
Turkey has answered the Heraklion NAVTEX for multinational exercises between Crete, Kastellorizo and Cyprus by relaying it from its Antalya…
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
UNICEF says more than 340 children reported killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, with 800,000 still displaced
UNICEF told a Geneva briefing on 16 October that over 340 children have been reported killed since the ceasefire, and…
Greece
Dendias in Saudi Arabia: crown prince thanks Greece for the Patriot battery, with “technical issues” on its stay still open
Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Riyadh,…
Middle East & North Africa
Australia, Canada, France and the UK regret postponement of Palestinian elections to September 2027
Four foreign ministers urge the Palestinian Authority to reconsider the delay of legislative and presidential elections, and call on Israel…
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…
Asia-Pacific
Wang Yi and Fidan meet in Baku: China readout cites Belt and Road, Middle Corridor and COP31
China's foreign minister met Turkey's Hakan Fidan at the CICA summit in Baku. Beijing's readout cites the Middle Corridor, COP31…
Middle East & North Africa
Trump: “We may have to hit Pickaxe Mountain. We will destroy it quickly”
President Donald Trump said the US is looking at a new strike on Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s deeply buried nuclear site…
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,…
Africa
Eastern DR Congo: UN envoy tells Security Council the situation “has continued to worsen” despite Washington and Doha tracks
Special Envoy Huang Xia told the Security Council on 13 October that conditions in eastern DR Congo keep deteriorating, as…