Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said attacks on him “are not going to work” as Trump weighs replacing him and Rep. Thomas Massie readies an impeachment vote over the Iran war.

Italy’s 13th military aid package for Kyiv heads to Copasir next week as Defense Minister Guido Crosetto pushes to keep the decree-based arms mechanism alive beyond 2026, despite League leader Matteo Salvini’s opposition.

Bloomberg reports Marco Rubio is weighing whether to leave the Trump administration after the Republican midterm wipeout. He has discussed stepping down and been asked to stay; the State Department denies it.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the suspension of U.S. aid came as a complete shock, after Trump said Washington would stop payments by year-end.

Israel, Greece and Cyprus propose a trilateral defense industrial working group at talks in Athens and reject the Türkiye–Libya maritime memorandum as having no legal effect on third states.

Iran is reviewing “concrete proposals” on its nuclear program, The New York Times reported, citing officials who said Qatar-led mediation shows some success.

Ukrainian F-16s have claimed 4,700 one-way attack drone shootdowns, mostly with the gun, a unit commander told IFC26, citing fleet sustainment as the top constraint.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry advised citizens to temporarily avoid travel to Iran amid escalation risks, Interfax reported, after Putin met Iran’s Mohsen Rezaei.

Rights groups take Dutch government to court over “crazy dog industry.”

Scholarships and jobs abroad are on hold indefinitely for passport seekers in Gaza.

Bernie Sanders called for a 5% wealth tax on billionaires to fund $12,000 payments for working-class families of four, and a national moratorium on AI data centers.

Germany’s finance ministry wants an extra €100 million for Ukrainian water, energy and transport repairs after Russian strikes intensified since July, Reuters reported from a Bundestag letter.

Gadi Eisenkot is expected to secure 67 endorsements for prime minister against Netanyahu’s 46 after the Joint List backed him, Ynet reported.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked Elon Musk to retain documents on Starshield restrictions in Ukraine ahead of a possible investigation, a Democratic aide told CNN.

Marjorie Taylor Greene said the MAGA movement is “completely dead” after Republicans’ midterm defeat, blaming President Donald Trump: “Trump himself is the one that killed it.”

Berlin prosecutors and a state police homicide unit are investigating the death of Free Voters leader Hubert Aiwanger, 55, found in a Berlin-Mitte hotel room. Officials report no initial suspicion of a crime; autopsy results are pending.

Indivisible is urging Senate Democrats to replace Chuck Schumer, citing his weak approval and opposition from newly elected senators.

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Türkiye’s defense ministry says fire assessed to have come from the Iranian side killed Private Yusuf Sait Ünlü at the Engin Mayın border outpost on Oct. 31 during an intervention in an illegal crossing.

Aboard his flight home from South Korea, Erdoğan said phone talks with Ilham Aliyev and envoys to Baku are underway as he weighs a Victory Day visit on Nov. 8.