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"We, the Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom (the Group of Five/E5), share a deep conviction: Europe must assume greater responsibility for its own security. We are determined to work in close coordination with the United States and all Allies in order to implement this concrete ambition. The United States is and will remain an indispensable Ally, and continued United States engagement in European security is essential to a strong and credible NATO."

Israel has committed war crimes and the crimes against humanity of extermination, persecution, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians as it continues to commit genocide in Gaza, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today.

For two years, a student-led protest movement tried to push Aleksandar Vucic, who led Serbia as either president or prime minister since 2014, from power. Over the weekend, they achieved their goal. But with no identifiable leader and no sharp policy focus, analysts say their real battle is just beginning.

The commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), Adm. Brad Cooper, visited the Strait of Hormuz on October 25, as US forces marked a milestone by helping Gulf countries export 1.5 billion barrels of oil through the waterway since the summer, CENTCOM said in a statement.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for dialogue and diplomacy to end the war between Iran and the United States in remarks on Monday to journalists in Cairo, Egypt.

Top human rights experts investigating Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine said on Monday that the Russian authorities had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and vital energy infrastructure, among other violations of international law.

Russian authorities have committed war crimes of intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects and the crimes against humanity of other inhumane acts with continuous attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, said the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine in a new report submitted to the UN General Assembly.

The Defense Intelligence Agency has released a new report assessing the scope and breadth of adversary threats in space.

North Korea has told the UN Security Council that a mine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone was a "fabrication" by South Korea, Anadolu Agency reported, citing the local media.

North Korea told the UN Security Council that the mine explosion was a "sinister obstructive move" by South Korea aimed at portraying Pyongyang's border fortifications as a military invasion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's weekend visit to China over the newly completed New Yalu River Bridge was largely symbolic, and acknowledged a history that Pyongyang has downplayed for three generations, experts told Radio Free Asia.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on October 26, 2026, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) i.e. in-principle administrative to various capital acquisition proposals of the Defence Forces at an estimated cost of about Rs 2,12,000 crore. For the Indian Army, approval was accorded for the procurement of High Mobility Vehicles (HMV), Self-Propelled Tracked Gun System, Gun Shot Response System (GSRS), Light Multi Role Helicopters (LMRH), Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS), Platform Based Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS), Unmanned Aerial System Brick Long Range, Surveillance UAV, Integrated Surveillance and Strike System and Long Range Kamikaze Drone System.

The UN's Ebola coordinator and the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) have deplored the killing of a nurse working to halt the spread of the disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The Public Security Directorate said the three suspects were arrested following a dawn shootout and that all three were wounded.

NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years, according to Daily Sabah.

New US strikes on Iran would go beyond efforts to maintain the status quo by striking Iranian military sites that can be quickly rebuilt, CNN reported, citing sources.

Acting Oil Minister Hamid Bovard says US military interventions, hostile actions in several nations, along with unilateral sanctions, have negatively impacted investment, security, and predictability of global energy markets.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has responded to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's accusation that Iran has attacked ships like the Pirates of the Caribbean, recalling US President Donald Trump's own remarks comparing his country's actions to piracy.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman pointed out that Marco Rubio's claims about Iranian actions against commercial shipping conveniently ignore Trump's own proud admission that American forces operate "like pirates."

In a message to the scientific and sports medalists, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said Iran's strength relies on scientific authority.