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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and escort ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz

Middle East & North Africa

Araghchi: the Strait of Hormuz opens on day six of Iran’s plan if the US accepts the terms – “The proposal is still on the table”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains “still on…

October 19, 2026 · 00:152 min read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky standing with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Kyiv

Politics & Diplomacy

Zelensky: The US has resumed giving intelligence on Russian ballistic missiles – “For three days we received nothing”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told NBC’s Meet the Press that the United States has resumed giving Ukraine information…

October 18, 2026 · 23:452 min read

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaking on a panel at the AUSA annual meeting in Washington

Middle East & North Africa

Hegseth to Iran: a “choice very quickly” between the table and the “destruction America can bring” – “The military should win the Nobel Peace Prize every year”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told Iran at the University of Tennessee that it must give up its…

October 18, 2026 · 19:452 min read

Vice President JD Vance attending a US military capabilities showcase at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska

Middle East & North Africa

Vance on the Iran war: “the enemy gets a vote too” – seeks a “final, durable commitment” that Tehran will not rebuild its nuclear programme

At a CBS News town hall in Michigan, Vice President JD Vance defended the administration’s Iran strategy, blamed…

October 18, 2026 · 19:302 min read

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking to reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews

Politics & Diplomacy

Rubio: 60 days to study lifting the sanctions on Russia – a sharp remark on Zelensky over Starlink

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Trump’s decision to suspend the Graham Act’s sanctions and tariffs…

October 18, 2026 · 18:152 min read

The neoclassical US Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C.

Economy & Energy

US sanctions Iraqi bank for “sending dollars” to Iran – Bessent: “The noose is tightening around Iran’s economy”

The US Treasury sanctioned Iraq’s International Development Bank for Investment and Finance, accusing it of giving Iran access…

October 18, 2026 · 00:453 min read

Blue holographic three-dimensional model of a tracked armoured vehicle with a turret

Land Forces

XM30: open architecture will decide the Bradley’s successor – the Lynx and the Wolf in trials at Aberdeen

The US Army will make open systems architecture a key criterion for choosing the winner of the XM30…

October 18, 2026 · 00:302 min read

Abbas Araghchi in a dark suit seated at a negotiating table among members of a delegation

Middle East & North Africa

Araghchi in Baghdad: new talks with the US only with “credible guarantees” – “The choice on Hormuz belongs to Washington”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting in Baghdad that Tehran stays open to…

October 17, 2026 · 22:302 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall at UN headquarters in New York

Europe

UN Fourth Committee backs Russian-led text saying colonialism persists, 85 to 49, and approves Gibraltar decision 161 to 2

The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee approved a Russian-led draft on contemporary colonialism by 85 votes to 49…

October 17, 2026 · 17:433 min read

The west front of the United States Capitol building in Washington

Politics & Diplomacy

Trump enforces and “freezes” the Graham Act’s Russia sanctions and tariffs on the same day – “in the national interest”

Trump signed an executive order implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 and,…

October 17, 2026 · 12:152 min read

Seabee Training and Evaluation Unit 1 colors being unfurled by two Navy personnel at the commissioning ceremony

Asia-Pacific

US Navy commissions Seabee Training and Evaluation Unit 1 to certify Pacific construction forces

The new unit at Port Hueneme will train and validate Pacific Fleet Naval Construction Force commands before they…

October 17, 2026 · 11:442 min read

Soldiers of the 11th Airborne Division in white winter camouflage march along a snow-covered road near Utqiagvik, Alaska, during a 2024 exercise (file photo)

Land Forces

US Army activates 11th Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade (Arctic) in Alaska

The Army activated the 11th Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade (Arctic) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on 16 October, with…

October 17, 2026 · 09:452 min read