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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told Vladimir Putin on 27 October that U.S. actions were drawing Tehran closer to Moscow, raising the prospect of expanded military cooperation. Neither side announced a defence agreement or weapons transfer following the Kremlin talks.
Iran told Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish security chiefs it could not halt Houthi attacks and sought a regional truce. Talks ended without a ceasefire. Qatari mediators delivered a letter from JD Vance offering to restart peace talks, which Trump refuted.
China and Pakistan have linked 18 media organisations through a news exchange and a joint mechanism to counter reporting they describe as misleading.
Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil in breach of a court travel ban, reaching Miami via Argentina and Ecuador. Reports link the escape to Argentine President Milei’s circle and a wealthy unnamed intermediary. Trump’s administration promised visas for his family.
Beatrice Keul told House Democratic staff that Trump raped her at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel in 1993, tearing her dress and leaving her bleeding and bruised; she says outlets fearing lawsuits limited her earlier accounts. Meanwhile she faced anonymous threats.
Elyse Relford is seeking $1.3 million in a lawsuit alleging Donald Trump raped her in 1997 while Jeffrey Epstein was present. She has separately sued Leon Black and Epstein’s estate.
Putin discussed using Novatek’s gas technology in Polar LNG’s proposed $25 billion Alaska project with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Novatek secretly financed the venture through an Abu Dhabi company.
Metro’s Russian subsidiary transferred $12.4 million to a Kremlin-backed fund equipping Russian troops in Ukraine after coming under state management. The German parent company says it neither authorised nor approved the payment.
Russia obtained enough servo drives for 139,000 glide bombs in 2025 while key suppliers escaped Western sanctions. Separate research shows Russian institutes kept supplying China's Norinco with aircraft test data after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Brazil’s federal police will investigate suspected foreign support for Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign, including Rockbridge contacts, paid election posts and possible links to critical mineral interests.
Federal police will investigate Bolsonaro's overseas campaign funding, paid political posts and possible ties to mineral interests. Bolsonaro reportedly fled the country after missing a passport deadline in a separate money-laundering investigation.
House Judiciary Democrats seek a special counsel to investigate Trump’s Epstein ties and a possible DOJ cover-up. Their report cites 11 women, five alleging rape or sexual assault by the US President.
Russia and Ukraine halted fire around occupied Oleshky after Pope Leo XIV’s appeals and Melania Trump’s mediation. Aid and evacuations are planned, but officials have withheld details of how they will ensure residents can leave for destinations they choose.
Russian ballistic missiles struck a Kyiv university on 26 October, injuring five students and staff. The attack came hours after UN investigators concluded that Russia's deliberate strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure constituted war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine cited Vladimir Putin's own instructions in concluding that Russia's attacks on the power system are war crimes and crimes against humanity. Russian strikes have hit the bridge carrying Kyiv's green metro line on at least four days this month.
