Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk while acknowledging Russia's Rassvet satellite network remains far behind Starlink. Moscow says it maintains close contact with Musk on orbital coordination as it expands its own system.

The Pentagon estimates U.S. military spending on the Iran war reached $47.1 billion by October 16, including $29 billion in munitions. The tally excludes repairs to American bases across the Gulf damaged by Iranian strikes.

Türkiye says Egypt could secure more than 15,000 square kilometers of additional maritime jurisdiction through an agreement with Ankara rather than Greece, renewing its proposal amid competing Eastern Mediterranean claims and a dispute over the Türkiye-Libya maritime pact.

Arctic shipping, reported fuel deliveries and renewed political contacts are testing European confidence in Seoul, as Lee Jae Myung’s government rejects suggestions it is leaning toward Moscow.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed the early handover of 12 Russian Su-35 fighters and plans to acquire four S-400 air defense batteries during a Moscow summit, as the country's confrontation with neighboring Eritrea intensifies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of a 90-minute call with Finland's Alexander Stubb and Norway's Jonas Gahr Støre lecturing them on medieval Slavic history, the FT reports, while an immediate Ukraine ceasefire was barely discussed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian diesel tankers bound for the U.S. would not be targeted, but warned that the Trump-Putin agreement could lead to broader sanctions relief for Moscow. He said Kyiv had no orders to halt retaliatory strikes.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Qatar had offered no new ceasefire proposal, dismissing its suggestions as unacceptable and ruling out nuclear concessions despite reports of a proposed seven-day framework to end the U.S.-Iran conflict.

Proposals include reviving a Sakhalin oil venture and restoring Russian crude sales to Europe through Druzhba, along with a comprehensive peace settlement.

Armenia's parliament ratified the U.S.-backed TRIPP corridor agreement by 63 votes to 32, advancing a transit route through Syunik linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. The deal gives a U.S.-controlled venture a 74% stake while retaining Armenian jurisdiction.

Rescuers searched derailed cars near Toledo after a Renfe train hit a stationary Iryo service, killing at least 64 people, nine months after another fatal crash involving the same operators.

An attempted breach prompted the FEC to suspend electronic filings, blocking mandatory spending reports as political groups pour millions into the final stretch before the November 3 midterms.

Exit polls suggest that Ra'am and the Joint List are set to secure pivotal parliamentary seats after a record Arab turnout, but governing with Arab lawmakers may be complicated.

Odin Energetics, a venture involving Peter Thiel-backed Solugen, says its new explosive is 30% more powerful than material used on military drones as the Pentagon seeks supplies for a growing fleet.

Washington has warned Gulf Arab states of a possible short, intense military campaign against Iran after the November 3 midterms. Trump is leaning toward major strikes as U.S. forces reinforce regional missile defenses, but no final decision has been made.

Many Muslims saw their places of worship destroyed or abandoned during the sectarian violence of India’s partition in 1947. Now villagers of many faiths are coming together to revive them

Gajju Khan is smiling as he sits in an unfinished building in the northern Indian state of Punjab in the late afternoon. The 87-year-old is hopeful that before he dies he will hear the azaan, the Muslim call to prayer, echo across his village once again when the mosque is completed.

The last time he heard it here was when he was eight years old, living with his parents in Tira Maloya, a village in Chandigarh, not far from where he lives now.

Bibi Rajinder Kaur, a Sikh, donated family land to build a mosque in her village. ‘There is no deed better than giving someone a place to worship,’ she says

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A new U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report confirms that a satellite image circulating since 2024 shows China's reusable orbital spaceplane, offering a clearer view of a secretive vehicle resembling the American X-37B, TWZ reports.

Osher Gabay, personal aide to far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, called Israelis "stupid" after exit polls indicated Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc had failed to secure a parliamentary majority.

Israeli exit polls put Netanyahu's bloc at 50 seats and Eisenkot's at 52–53, both below the 61-seat majority. Arab-led parties are projected to win a record 17–18 seats, complicating coalition talks and raising the prospect of another election.

The Trump administration is considering removing sanctions on Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund as it facilitates Russian diesel shipments to the U.S., potentially signaling a shift in Washington's approach to economic pressure on Moscow.