Türkiye has formally nominated Feridun Sinirlioğlu, head of the OSCE, for UN Secretary-General. Ankara filed the candidacy on October 30, after a seventh Security Council straw poll again showed no consensus.

Trump is planning to resume strikes on Iran as soon as Nov. 4, the day after the U.S. midterms, according to three senior Gulf Arab officials cited by MS NOW. Washington has told Gulf allies to prepare for a short, intense campaign. The Gulf states are pushing for de-escalation.

The Trump administration does not plan to back Flávio Bolsonaro's claim to be Brazil's rightful leader, Reuters reports. It helped him reach the U.S. after his election defeat, but Trump is reportedly reluctant to damage ties with Lula.

Sen. Ted Cruz says Republicans would “lose massively” if only early votes were counted. He warns Democrats are energized and Republican turnout lags. Early-vote data show Democrats ahead, but those figures are not results.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says Europe must now pay for the war. He accuses it of cheering “war crimes” and then complaining about the cost. Europe’s energy bill has climbed sharply since the war began.

Surface-to-air missile systems have been deployed at Mar-a-Lago and Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida. NORAD and U.S. Northern Command said the deployment came at the Secret Service’s request. Officials have not named a specific threat.

A Friday prayer leader in Kuhdasht says Iranians are calling on Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to develop nuclear weapons, according to a Clash Report video. The remarks echo a wider push in Tehran to revise Iran’s nuclear doctrine.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki turned back his plane to Senegal on Friday after police entered the grounds of the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw and the court's president, Bogdan Święczkowski, was suspended. Police cited violent incidents outside the court, including objects thrown at officers. Święczkowski's side disputes the suspension.

Israel’s Channel 14 reports more than 80 U.S. refueling aircraft are now deployed in Israel, amid a wider American airlift across the Middle East. The figure has not been independently confirmed.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the delivery of Greece’s second French-built frigate, calling it part of the largest defense spending program in the country’s history. The Hellenic Navy took over HS Nearchos at Naval Group’s shipyard in Lorient on October 30. It is the second of four Belharra-class frigates built for Greece.

Pakistan’s military says it is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States, but warns of unnamed “powerful spoilers and detractors.” Army spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry cited Field Marshal Asim Munir’s two Tehran trips this month as a positive sign, Reuters reports.

More than 50 large US oil and gas companies earned over $130 billion from April through September, nearly three times their profit a year earlier, according to a New York Times analysis. Refiners gained most as war damage to plants in the Middle East and Russia tightened fuel supply.

The US State Department has approved a possible $2.1 billion sale of 500 PAC-3 MSE Patriot interceptors to Ukraine. The package, funded by allies and partners, includes spare parts and support for existing systems. The sale is not yet finalized.

Palestine is now in the hearts and minds of millions around the world.

A Western official told the Washington Post that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is “completely unsustainable,” even as U.S. protection has pushed oil exports toward prewar levels. Most private shippers still refuse to use the strait, and seven seafarers have been killed since August.

The State Department ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia effective October 23, and embassy alerts through October 28 repeat the order as Iran-backed Houthi attacks on Saudi airports continue. The Houthis claimed six more strikes on Thursday.

Messaging groups in France, Spain and Argentina inspired by André Janones’ pro-Lula digital campaign more than doubled their combined membership to 249,000 in two days, G1 reports. Spain’s Pedro Sánchez and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum have reportedly invited Janones to collaborate.

Republicans and Democrats are preparing to challenge Pete Hegseth over the Iran war after the midterms, with a renewed impeachment bid planned as military costs reach $47.1 billion.

The Nasdaq 100 was on track to lose more than $1 trillion in market value on Friday, October 30, as Intel plunged about 30% and Amazon fell on AI spending fears, NBC News and Reuters reported. The Nasdaq Composite was down 2.6% as of 11:40 a.m. ET.

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal says he will not soften his criticism of Russia after Reuters reported that Pentagon officials asked the Baltic states to tone down their rhetoric. Michal told Delfi he has received no such request directly from Washington.