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Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck Rosneft's Novokuibyshevsk refinery in Russia's Samara region on 30 October, the first Ukrainian refinery strike since 15 October, after facing sustained U.S. pressure tied to Trump's attempt to lift Russian diesel sanctions.
U.S. intelligence concluded that Vladimir Putin ordered an escalated sabotage campaign against NATO countries, as Romania tied a 14 September fire beside a Brașov arms factory to a Russian-run network with suspects held in Germany and Poland.
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.
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.
Just 60 days after Trump pardoned him, convicted Honduran narco ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández was recorded discussing a covert US-based operation targeting Mexico, Colombia and Honduras, with support from Republicans linked to Trump's team and funding from Honduran officials.
Ten current and former US officials told Reuters that State Department appointees Darren Beattie and Ricardo Pita pushed to restore the Bolsonaro family to power in Brazil, including through sanctions aimed at influencing the country's presidential election.
Canada to reduce its reliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink, investing roughly $5 billion in Telesat’s satellite network and expanding cooperation with European, South Korean and Norwegian partners. Carney cited Ukraine’s Starshield restrictions as a warning against dependence on a single provider.
Mark Carney and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a Canada–Türkiye strategic partnership covering trade, defence and energy. The deal expands military industry cooperation 33 months after Canada lifted arms export restrictions. Canadian firms are also pursuing nuclear reactor contracts in Türkiye .
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Russian operatives used AI-generated videos to falsely accuse Texas Senate candidate James Talarico of sexual assault. Researchers linked the smear campaign to Storm-1516, a Russian disinformation operation. The real former student denied the allegations and said the videos were fake.
Hours after Witkoff praised Putin as a humanitarian, Russia launched three waves of ballistic missiles at Kyiv and 210 drones across Ukraine. Ukrainian officials reported cluster warheads near historic monasteries as Trump waived sanctions and Patriot missiles stalled.
