Reporting on Military & Defense.
Cuba blackout deepens as Guiteras trips offline and available generation falls to 937 megawatts, with Havana listing 159 circuits hit.
Taiwan security update: 15 PLA aircraft fly near Taiwan with 13 median-line crossings as North Korea fires cruise missiles at sea.
Ukraine war update: Kyiv ends its refinery-strike pause as a 10-hour drone assault kills three in Kropyvnytskyi and Starshield service returns.
Information war: UK warns of industrial-scale Russian info assault, Microsoft seizes phishing-kit domains, Maricopa apology claim false.
Africa security: UK urges Ethiopia-Eritrea de-escalation, Sudan probes miner deaths near Egypt, Laftagareen claims Buurhakaba.
Iran war update: Hormuz ship attacks hit a wartime high, US forces destroy a spy dhow, and Iran reportedly orders Hezbollah readiness.
The Air Force’s FQ-42 and FQ-44 drone wingmen are on contract for production, but a stopgap budget keeps procurement money from flowing until Congress acts.
Taiwan logged 13 PLA sorties, 11 across the median line, in its third joint combat readiness patrol in nine days, as patrols turn smaller but more frequent.
A Conflict Armament Research report says Yemen’s Houthis imported Chinese-made motor and airframe parts to build Iran’s Kheibar Shekan missile.
Cuba’s generation falls to 1,026 megawatts, its energy minister rejects US calls for free elections, and a Sherritt nickel deal is floated.
Taiwan tracks a PLA combat readiness patrol, China’s Liaoning carrier heads into the Pacific, and Seoul and Washington delay defence talks.
Russia hits Kyiv and Kharkiv power plants with 39 missiles, cutting power to 600,000, as a Starlink speed cap disrupts Ukrainian missions.
Information war: Yandex bot-strike claim unproven, US charges North Korean IT ring and OpenAI bugging, UK and EU add FIMI defences.
Africa security: Ethiopian forces reach Zalambessa, Kinshasa answers Kabila’s FRN, and Somalia freezes assets over al-Shabaab links.
Middle East war update: Aramco HQ hit as Houthi fire widens, Hormuz ships take new projectile strikes, and Iran executes a mountaineer.
NATO’s SACEUR, Poland’s Tusk and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy on Russia at the 2026 Warsaw Security Forum, with transcript and recording links.
The Navy awarded $743.6 million in SLCM-N prototype OTAs on Sept. 23, 2026, splitting missile and canister work among five firms through Dec. 31, 2027.
Law-STEM fellows urge the US and Israel to warn civilians before IRGC strikes. We checked every Geneva and ICRC rule the open letter cites.
Ethiopia cites Article 51 against Eritrea and Asmara calls it cover for aggression, as the Security Council meets behind closed doors on the crisis.
Joseph Kabila launches the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation in Goma with M23 leaders as deputies, raising doubts over the Doha talks.
Drones sink HS Dignity and hit Chelsea 3 in the Black Sea off Bulgaria, leaving 11 sailors missing as attacks move closer to a NATO coast.
Cuba’s power generation falls to 1,058 megawatts, Havana denies links to seized US fuel, and new rules open oil to investors.
North Korea claims a tactical missile test, Trump says he may meet Kim, and China sanctions ministers from Taiwan’s allies.
Ballistic missiles hit Kyiv without warning, drones sink a ship off Bulgaria, and Kyiv says it held energy strikes for two days.
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