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Information War Nov 3: North Korea calls the FBI’s Binance hack charge ‘absurd,’ Iran’s Guards claim 3 tankers hit mines, and an FBI office posts the wrong vote date.
China Taiwan news Nov 3: Taiwan tracks 49 Chinese military sorties, 2026’s reported high; North Korea claims cruise missile cluster test; Manila counts 80 ships.
Hanwha’s Philadelphia yard will build a $269 million Landing Ship Medium for the Marines, the first award under a new Navy contracting model.
Sudan says 70 RSF drone attacks came from Ethiopia and has complained to the UN and AU. We break down the October surge and what has been verified.
Uganda has begun withdrawing troops from Somalia and plans a full exit by end-2027. Our timeline traces the funding fight and the risk of an al-Shabaab gain.
Japan is weighing a ¥70–80 trillion defense plan for 2027–2031. Our table shows how far the current ¥43 trillion plan has run and where it falls short.
Space War Nov 2: South Korea joins a US Space Force war game for the first time, and a classified Space Force launch slips to Nov 3.
Africa Security Nov 2: Sudan takes its Ethiopia drone charges to the UN, Uganda starts leaving Somalia and pirates seize an Iranian boat.
Information War Nov 1: an Iranian headline blames US jets without proof, Taiwan rebuts China’s coast guard, and the FBI names North Korea in a crypto hack.
Americas news: a rights group reports a Venezuelan army strike on an ELN camp in Apure, Trump says Cuba’s government won’t last, and Havana blackouts grow.
China Taiwan news: Taiwan tracks 32 Chinese military sorties, North Korea tests a cluster warhead, and the Quad warns about economic coercion.
Ukraine war news: drones cut power to almost 300,000 homes, Neptune missiles hit a rocket fuel plant and the US clears 500 Patriots.
Iran war update: tankers are hit in and near Hormuz, Netanyahu presses Trump to strike after the midterms, and Tehran says the ball is in the US court.
U.S. officials say China is building a 1,500-acre command complex southwest of Beijing, ten times the Pentagon’s size. Beijing has not confirmed it.
The Space Force paid Lockheed Martin $95 million to settle costs from its paused GPS IIIF satellite purchase, money that buys no new hardware.
Space War Nov 1: Russia loses a second Rassvet satellite, US missile-tracking satellites slip to spring and a Space Force launch is set for Nov 2.
Our first space war weekly roundup: the DIA’s China warning, orbital jammers, the Starlink probe refusal, a Stoke Space loan and Vulcan’s return.
Our Africa weekly roundup: Sudan’s war on the power grid, famine warnings, Ethiopia, Congo and Rwanda, Ebola and a UN veto on Western Sahara.
Our Indo-Pacific weekly roundup: North Korean weapons tests and sanctions, Hegseth in Manila, Quad and trilateral talks, and Taiwan patrols.
Our Ukraine war weekly roundup: the Oleshky ceasefire, a UN finding on energy strikes, Poland’s Patriot repair hub and long-range strikes.
Our Iran war weekly roundup: talks in Tehran and Doha, the Vance letter, Hormuz mine reports, Houthi strikes and Israel’s election.
Africa Security Nov 1: the UN starts closing its Western Sahara mission, Sudan blames Ethiopia for drone strikes and Congo’s Ebola deaths pass 5,000.
Iran listed the Royal Navy and RAF as terrorist groups and MI6 as hostile. We trace the laws it cited and the designation exchange back to 2019.
North Korea’s cluster warhead test on Oct. 31 claimed a 12 to 13 hectare footprint. We compare it with April’s test and explain what that area means.
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