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The United Kingdom must be prepared for a potential conflict by 2030, and the UK army has 1,000 days to complete this mission, Defense Minister Wes Streeting said.

Trilateral talks on Ukraine will take place soon, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday without disclosing a specific timeframe.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that fundamental and strategic changes have taken place in West Asia and that nothing will be the same as it was before the 40-day imposed war.

Iran's Army intercepts and shoots down a US LUCAS drone operating over southern Iran.

Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has called for a nationwide campaign to cut natural gas consumption by at least a tenth as the country braces for winter shortages worsened by its war with the United States and Israel.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps IRGC) carried out drone strikes against positions held by the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala in northern Iraq, the Mehr news agency reported on October 25.

In a prime demonstration of Joint Force agility and resource optimization, the Navy and Army partnered to rapidly repurpose divested MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, transforming excess inventory into dynamic test assets.

Minister of Defence Martin Herem met with his Latvian counterpart, Raivis Melnis, in Latvia to discuss bilateral defence cooperation, the development of the Baltic Defence Line, and issues related to ensuring security in the Baltic Sea region.

Iran's top military commander has warned that any renewed aggression against the country would be met with a more forceful response.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed proposals for various ceasefire formats with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday, Ukraine's state-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

China appreciates relevant international organizations handling Taiwan-related issues in accordance with the one-China principle, Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular press conference on Wednesday.

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China successfully launched a commercial remote-sensing satellite into orbit aboard a Ceres-1 sea-based carrier rocket on Wednesday, marking another major step in the development of the country's commercial space sector and its capacity to provide launch services for satellite constellations.

Official Spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that four UAVs launched toward Saudi Arabia were intercepted and destroyed

China urged the US to promptly correct its wrongful actions against five Chinese companies, warning that it would otherwise take necessary countermeasures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

Modern weapons can strike targets hundreds of kilometres away, but securing the final few hundred metres remains a job for soldiers on the ground.

It was an explosive end to the ADF's largest overseas training activity for 2026 with the first international deployment and firing of the high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS).

After daybreak, on a remote beach in Papua New Guinea, overlooked by the remnants of an Australian World War II gun battery, soldiers power their Zodiacs and other small craft towards shore.

It was an explosive end to the ADF's largest overseas training activity for 2026 with the first international deployment and firing of the high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS).

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