Reuters reports Iran’s military imports arrive on Chinese freight planes and that Tehran buys precision machinery for arms production. Beijing denies knowledge.

Washington is in talks with allies to pay for repairs to U.S. bases hit by Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Pentagon prices the damage at $5 billion at minimum, and possibly $15 billion. Many damaged sites are shared with or owned by allied states.

Albania plans to spend 5.16 billion lek (€57 million) on its flight school through 2029, per the 2027 draft budget. Gazeta Tema reports 4.81 billion lek for the school and 350 million lek for aircraft hangars. The school trains pilots and air traffic controllers with Israel's Elbit Systems and Albanian state arms firm KAYO.

Sailing Yacht A alone costs nearly $11 million a year to maintain, as Italian law requires seized vessels to be preserved and taxpayers fund crews, security, and other expenses.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten's final midterm forecast projects Democrats winning 237 House seats to Republicans' 198. In the Senate, he projects a 52–48 Democratic majority. The forecast is Enten's own aggregate of models, released days before the Nov. 3 elections.

Rahul Gandhi claims 15 percent of voters were removed from India’s rolls after the 2024 vote. The Election Commission and the BJP reject the allegation.

A CCTV-marked clip shows a missile striking a carrier-shaped mock-up in a desert. Online accounts call it a DF-26B, but the missile type is unconfirmed.

UAE adviser Anwar Gargash tells the Manama Dialogue the Gulf wants a political resolution of the crisis. He admits the GCC has “not collectively risen to the challenge.”

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Rep. Tim Moore marked the US Navy's 251st birthday on Oct. 13 with a photo of Indian Navy frigates. Wall Street Journal editor Dave Brown flagged the posts on X. The image is a 2008 U.S. Navy photo from the US-India Malabar exercise.

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet is flying across the United States for the first time, headed for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built aircraft left Edwards Air Force Base on Oct. 28, a year to the day after its first flight. It will go on display at NASA's MAX POWER airshow on Nov. 7–8.

North Korea says a “Standard Type 2” cluster-bomb warhead can turn 12 to 13 hectares “into ashes.” The claim by KCNA is unverified.

Thousands of protesters led by opposition parties marched through New Delhi, intensifying their campaign against voter list changes they allege benefit Narendra Modi’s ruling party and demanding resignations.

Merz says the Franco-German “Made in Europe” car plan “sparked considerable concern” in Singapore, Japan and South Korea. He will raise it at the Nov. 13 EU summit.

An Accenture employee reportedly gave their personal Claude Code agent access to a secure Pentagon system used by multiple intelligence agencies for two months before it was detected.

The call followed White House talks with senior commanders on renewed military action as Trump considers another bombing campaign while maintaining negotiations with Tehran.

CNN Brasil reports that a former Mossad agent, now a U.S. citizen, rode with Flávio Bolsonaro into Argentina. He is unnamed, and Mossad involvement is not shown.

The FBI identified TraderTraitor as the group behind the record theft, as Binance says it has covered about 90% of the $6.3 billion loss and aims to resume withdrawals by Sunday.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has designated Britain’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organizations and MI6 as a “hostile group.” London has not responded.

Police deployed water cannons after rioters looted Frankfurt shops and threw petrol bombs following largely peaceful protests in 34 German cities over living costs, education and military service.

Iran’s Army spokesman says the country has bought Russian Su-35 fighter jets and will receive them after the war. The claim is unverified, and we found no Russian comment.