Reporting on Military & Defense.
The US keeps Cuba on Tier 3 over forced labor in its medical missions, Havana rejects US authority over its fuel trade, and the grid runs 1,206 MW short.
China’s coast guard delays a Philippine medevac at Second Thomas Shoal by 10 hours, Washington warns Beijing over Taiwan, and the Koreas clash at the UN.
Kramatorsk bus strike toll rises to 33 as a grid strike darkens Kyiv, Ukraine hits the Omsk and Ukhta refineries, and its envoys meet US mediators.
Trump rules out Iran strikes before Nov. 3, Houthi missiles kill three Saudis at Riyadh airport, and tanker attacks spread beyond Hormuz.
Day-by-day Taiwan defense ministry counts of PLA aircraft and ships, a rare U.S.–PLA commanders’ meeting and Beijing’s protests: September in review.
Israel takes the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, the UN warns of 20,000 displaced, and a Gaza drone accident: September in review.
Kyiv’s three-day pause, the U.S. envoys’ visit, strikes near Poland and Ukraine’s deep drone raids: our dated September timeline, with analysis.
Tanker strikes, missiles at Gulf bases, Houthi attacks and stalled talks on the Strait of Hormuz: a dated timeline of September’s U.S.–Iran war.
AeroVironment, Epirus, Kord and Boeing laser and microwave weapons will face drones in a yearlong Pentagon trial at five U.S. military bases.
Rubio and Gerapetritis unveil arms sales, Strykers and a Florida Guard link in Athens; Greece offers conditional naval help in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Office of Strategic Capital offers Wolfspeed a 30-year loan for silicon carbide and GaN chips used in radars and drones, pending due diligence.
Senators vote 17-0 to back the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement, making France the first European nation with such a defense pact with Manila.
Yandex says a drone fire took its Sasovo data center fully offline; Kyiv has not claimed it, but its General Staff confirmed a strike on a Bashkir refinery.
Seoul says its homegrown hypersonic glide vehicle separated from its booster, maneuvered at low altitude and hit its target as President Lee watched.
Riyadh says Houthi missiles and drones killed three foreign residents at Abha and Riyadh airports; the coalition struck back across four Yemeni provinces.
Donetsk officials say a guided bomb struck two passenger buses at a Kramatorsk stop, prompting a halt to public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
South Korea tests its first hypersonic weapon, Manila approves a visiting forces pact with France, and EU lawmakers push back on China over Taiwan.
A guided-bomb strike on Kramatorsk buses kills at least 30, jet drones force Kyiv blackouts, and Ukraine hits a refinery 1,300 km from the front.
US agents seize 90 biodiesel shipments bound for a sanctioned Cuban fuel firm, Havana calls it piracy, and the grid runs 1,320 MW short of demand.
Houthi strikes kill three at Saudi airports as the coalition hits 82 targets, a tanker is struck off Qatar, and Washington weighs new Iran strike options.
Findings on Russian war crimes, from Soviet tanks in Hungary in 1956 to Ukraine, where UN monitors have verified 17,257 civilian deaths since 2022.
The Navy will buy 30 medium unmanned surface vessels from HII, Saronic and Galliano at about $40 million each, with first deliveries due by late FY2027.
UKMTO logs nine attacks so far in October, half of September’s total, as Gulf-to-China tanker rates hit a record $1.3 million a day.
Seimas advances repeal of Article 137, which bars nuclear arms and foreign bases; a final vote is set for Jan. 12 as the Kremlin warns of escalation.
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