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The Pentagon has commented on Volodymyr Zelensky's complaints about delays in the supply of missiles for Patriot air defense systems, telling Sputnik that the US policy regarding the weapons that European countries can transfer to Ukraine remains unchanged.

The European Union (EU) welcomes the Verkhovna Rada's adoption of the law to restore and improve open, merit-based selection and recruitment to the civil service and local self-government in line with Ukraine plan 2024-2027 and PAR roadmap commitments.

Delegates at the General Assembly today reiterated calls to reform the Security Council in making it more responsive to its primary role of maintaining international peace and security, as they debated use of the veto.

Delivering remarks following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "In politics and foreign policy, our sole compass is Türkiye's interests. Even if it means paying a price, we will never hesitate to do what is right and auspicious for Türkiye and the Turkish people."

China on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of its recovery of Taiwan and observed Taiwan Recovery Day, with commemorative events held across the Taiwan Strait to honor the shared history of resistance against Japanese aggression and reaffirm calls for national reunification.

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The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) announced today a $150 million conditional loan commitment with Stoke Space Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based space launch company developing fully reusable rockets, to provide low-cost, high-cadence access to orbit. The proposed loan from OSC, alongside private capital, would support the buildout of the company's second launchpad at its existing launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A woman infected with Ebola is currently being treated at Geneva University Hospital (HUG). Her husband, identified as a close contact, is in isolation at Zurich University Hospital (USZ). Both individuals arrived in Switzerland today (Monday) on a medical evacuation flight from Nigeria. The HUG and the USZ are equipped to deal with such cases and can manage the individuals concerned while at the same time ensuring the safety both of staff and of all other patients. This situation does not pose any risk to the population in Switzerland.

The Albanese Government is working with public and private sector organisations to strengthen their cyber resilience as the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD) Annual Cyber Threat Report for 2025-26 highlights the need for continued vigilance against malicious state actors and cybercriminals targeting Australian networks.

In continuation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's role in reinforcing regional and international dialogue and peace, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that the visit of Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz and representatives of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement countries to the Iranian capital, Tehran, to meet with senior Iranian officials, comes as part of the ongoing efforts of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement countries to de-escalate tensions between the parties to the current crisis, encourage dialogue and diplomatic solutions, and support the mediation efforts undertaken by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Russia hopes that Ukraine will fulfill the agreements reached as part of a humanitarian operation in Alyoshki in the Kherson region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Despite their bravado, the "collective West" has heard the signal from the Russian capital concerning a potential response to the seizure of vessels in the world's oceans, Vladislav Maslennikov, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's European issues department, told Sputnik.

Repression in the Russian Federation has hardened into an ordinary mode of governance, fused with the war against Ukraine, a UN expert told the General Assembly today, warning that the State sustains its authoritarian rule by manufacturing "enemies" as repression becomes increasingly militarised and transnational.

Six militants and two soldiers were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Xinhua reported, citing the military.

Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless and unsubstantiated allegations regarding civilian casualties attributed to its counter-terrorism operations. Disinformation and misleading narratives will neither obscure the threat posed by the terrorist networks operating from Afghan territory nor absolve the Afghan Taliban regime of its responsibility to prevent Afghan soil from being used to plan and launch attacks against Pakistan. These attacks have resulted in more than 3500 casualties in 2026 alone.

The Third Round of Pakistan-China Spokespersons' Dialogue was held in Islamabad today between Ambassador Sajjad Haider Khan, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, and Ms Mao Ning, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. The Second Round of the Dialogue was held virtually in October 2022.

On October 26, commencing at 16:00 for approximately 45 minutes, Minister KOIZUMI held a Defense Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo with H.E. Mr. Antti Häkkänen, Minister of Defence for the Republic of Finland.

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