All States Must Help Themselves When Disaster Strikes, FEMA Chief Says: Report
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Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBC
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"We are not losing this war, but we are losing people. And because Russia attacks, we're losing people and time ... Show more

Turkish forces prepare to deploy to Saudi Arabia: Türkiye is preparing to deploy military personnel to Saudi Arabia under the new joint defense pact it signed ...
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Neon Joins 'NAZA' Israel-Gaza Documentary as Distribution Partner: Neon will release "NAZA," a documentary about Israel's military strikes on Gaza ...
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UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks: The UK announces it will provide additional defensive military support to Saudi Arabia as Houthi ...
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Ukraine hits Russian heavy rocket launcher near Black Sea coast: Ukrainian drones have destroyed a Russian 9K515 Tornado-S heavy multiple launch rocket system in ...
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Zelenskyy says early warning system for Russian missile attacks resumes: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the change happened after talks with his ...
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‘When It Started to Burn’, a film by @andershammer, presents a moving account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over the course of four years ... Show more
What four years of ceaseless war looks like to Ukrainian civilians | Aeon Videos
What four years of ceaseless war looks like to Ukrainian civilians | Aeon Videos
Britain’s cargo drone becomes a low-cost drone interceptor: A heavy-lift cargo drone built by BAE Systems subsidiary Malloy Aeronautics has shot down several ...
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Russian missile and drone blitz kills 9 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets U.S. and European officials in Norway
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700 doctors endorse Abdul El-Sayed as GOP attacks his credentials: The new letter from hundreds of Michigan healthcare professionals came a day before the second ...
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France deploys troops, enforces curfews, to deter rioting: The French military will be deployed to support police ahead of more protests planned in cities.
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Rubio Denies Any ‘Deliberate’ Order By U.S. To Harm Ukraine By Withholding Intelligence, Supplies
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South Sudanese officials said Sudan’s military had carried out drone strikes that hit a market in the disputed Abyei region, killing over 150 people ... Show more

Russian Strikes Rise Across NATO’s Eastern Flank: The past month has seen a rising drumbeat of attacks by Russian drones and saboteurs from the Baltic states to ...
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Oil parked above $110 a barrel as IEA warns energy markets won’t return to normal next year
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US restores ballistic missile warnings to Ukraine after a week without advance notice before Russian attacks, Zelenskyy says
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Report: Hegseth secretly visits Israel, meets Netanyahu amid talk of renewed strikes on Iran
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Rioting and arson attacks: Why protests are boiling over in France: More than half a million people throughout France participated in mass protests over the ...
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Abdul El-Sayed says Trump's attacks on his faith are meant to distract from pain his policies are causing
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🔴 BREAKING: UK to deploy fighter jets to help protect Saudi cities from Houthi attacks - govt
Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky For the Ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine: ‘He Could Have Made a Deal ...
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Mourners gathered in Radushne in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Region on October 19 at a funeral ceremony for five children from the same family who were killed in ... Show more

Kalonzo condemns invasion of Moi family land in Eldoret: Kalonzo Musyoka has condemned the alleged takeover of the Moi family’s Eldoret property ...
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Someone Is Setting Starlink Infrastructure on Fire Across Europe: First Poland, then Bulgaria, now Lithuania—within a month, Starlink infrastructure across ...
united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/someone-is-setting-starlink-infrastructure-on-fire-across-europe-23653

Ukraine has carried out what it says is the first ever evacuation of a wounded soldier by an aerial drone. The Ukrainian army released footage of the operation ... Show more

Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no early warning from partners as Russia hits the power grid again
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied allegations that the U.S. withheld intelligence from Ukraine ahead of Russian airstrikes ... Show more
U.S. must put pressure on Russia so Putin ends the war, Ukrainian official says: As Ukraine and Russia trade attacks, President Trump has exempted Russia from ...
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Russia expands attacks on energy facilities to western Ukraine: Russian strikes have caused waves of blackouts, energy ministry officials and local authorities ...
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Poland has no Patriot missiles left for Ukraine, Sikorski says: Sikorski said that the shortage of missiles had worsened after the attacks on Iran.
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Key FactsReports: Ukrainian Drones Hit St. Petersburg
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thedailybeast.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thedailybeast.com
- The Kyiv Independent reported that Ukrainian drones struck the oil terminal and VK data center early Sunday.
- Ozon said one of its logistics centers was hit; all employees were evacuated, and nobody was injured.
- Regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said 145 Ukrainian drones were shot down; debris damaged cars and started fires.
- St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov reported one death and five injuries; Russian state media later cited ten injuries.
"I am hereby waiving the application of such sanctions, restrictions, and duties provided for in the Graham Act," Trump, 80, wrote in the executive order. "I have submitted to the Congress a certification that the issuance of such a waiver at this time is in the national interests of the United States."— Donald J. Trump — in an executive order waiving sanctions under the Graham Act; as reported in The Daily Beast article
At least 100 people are reported dead as a wave of drone attacks hits Sudan, with strikes on markets, a transport hub and residential areas ... Show more
Weapons shortage, energy crisis, rearmament: Ukraine under multiple pressures: Russian airstrikes are exacerbating the situation. At the same time ...
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Google Cloud outage hits U.K. banks: Online services for a number of U.K. banks in and around London were disrupted by a Google Cloud outage Tuesday.
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Nigerian troops kill 103 suspected terrorists, destroy logistics hubs – Official: He said the campaign comprised seven strikes targeting multiple terrorist ...
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An Israeli drone strike targeted a group of Palestinian civilians in Gaza City's al-Jalaa Street on October 19. At least one Palestinian was killed and ... Show more

The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukraine – European Council on Foreign Relations
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Trump escalates clash with Zelenskyy as Russia continues deadly attacks on Ukraine
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Half a Million People in Gaza to Lose Food Aid Due to Funding Shortages: UN: The World Food Program said the fiscal shortfalls came after it received "less ...
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no early warning from partners as Russia hits the power grid again
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Gangs in Haiti target foreign troops in the biggest attack since a new force began operations
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OpinionState's invasion of Moi land is unacceptable: The editorial condemns the alleged forced takeover of the Moi family’s Eldoret property ...
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Data centers have become war targets. The attacks signal a new front in global conflict.
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Israeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by settlers on journalist and diplomats
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US delaying Patriot missiles already paid for under NATO initiative, Zelensky says
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Saudi Arabia postpones ‘Davos in the Desert’ after attacks: Flagship investment conference postponed amid attacks on the kingdom in recent weeks
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Russian Drone Hits Park Full of Families in Kharkiv Region, Killing Infant and Two Women
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Israel police arrest 10 over settler attacks on U.S. journalist, European diplomats
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200,000 in "acute distress": UN Takes Drastic Measures in Gaza Due to Lack of Funds
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Key FactsZelenskyy Says U.S. Restores Intelligence Support
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: huffpost.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: huffpost.com
- Zelenskyy said intelligence-sharing was interrupted and later restored; he said it is now functioning.
- Ukraine used U.S. intelligence to detect fast-moving ballistic missiles during Russian waves of attacks on its cities.
- Zelenskyy warned that a planned Russian diesel deal and this week’s scheduled sanctions waiver would harm Ukraine.
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Ukraine receives help Russia does not, but did not directly answer whether it is an ally.
If the United States will officially take the side of Russia, of course if these two countries will be together, of course we will not prevail and we will not be able to stand.— Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an NBC Meet the Press interview; he warned that US siding with Russia could prevent Ukraine from prevailing.
Key FactsISPR Reports Four Terrorists Killed, Major Martyred
2 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: dawn.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: dawn.com
- On October 18, an intelligence-based operation in Jattakabad, Kalat district, killed four terrorists and recovered weapons and ammunition.
- Security forces are conducting operations in Shadi Kaur and Pasni, Gwadar, following reports of multiple hideouts.
- During one operation, 34-year-old Major Wajahat Waheed from Lahore was martyred in a targeted improvised explosive device attack.
- ISPR said eight terrorists it described as India-sponsored were killed the previous day in operations across Quetta, Nushki and Khuzdar.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels strike Yemen's government forces with ballistic missiles, killing at least 53
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Saudi Arabia executes 2 Bangladeshis over 'indecent acts,' and other Mideast news
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Trump accuses Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war sparked by Russia's full-scale invasion
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Key FactsUkraine attacks Russia with more than 1,000 drones
3 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theglobeandmail.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theglobeandmail.com
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed 1,015 Ukrainian drones across 15 regions, annexed Crimea and the Black Sea.
- Zelensky said U.S.-Ukraine intelligence sharing had resumed after being interrupted for a period of time.
- In the week after Trump announced an energy ceasefire on October 11, Zelensky reported 76 Russian attacks on energy, oil and gas sectors.
- Lithuanian authorities reported a drone in the Pasvalys area; a moving car was damaged, and no injuries were reported.
We can’t compare me and Putin. He’s aggressor. He occupied us. He killed adults and children, his soldiers. He’s a terrorist. And that’s why I hope that President Trump will be very clear with this position.— Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian President, remarks on NBC’s Meet the Press cited in The Globe and Mail article, condemning Putin and calling for a clear stance from Trump.
Footage shows a Palestinian throwing a rock and breaking the window of a car carrying Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, no. 5 on the People of Israel party’s election list ... Show more

Ukraine Again Receives No Advance Warning from Partners About Ballistic Missile Strike on Kyiv
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