Asia-Pacific
Keen Sword 27 opens on Ishigaki with 45,000 Japanese and 11,000 U.S. personnel and seven partner nations
The biennial Japan-US exercise began on 19 October and runs to 29 October, with forces from seven other countries and…
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United States
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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 the table”,…
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 on Russian…
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 nuclear ambitions…
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 Iranian tanker…
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 on Russia,…
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 to US…
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 competition, the…
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 negotiations with…
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 and a…
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, in the…
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 deploy to…