Reporting on North America.
South Korea tests its first hypersonic weapon, Manila approves a visiting forces pact with France, and EU lawmakers push back on China over Taiwan.
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.
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.
Paydari Front MPs say Araghchi met US envoy Witkoff without authorization; security chief Mohsen Rezaei says the New York talks were approved.
Nine PLA sorties cross the Taiwan Strait median line, a Marine-linked killing roils Okinawa, and Seoul blames North Korean mines for a DMZ blast.
Cuba’s envoy in Washington describes open channels but no agenda, as forecast blackouts near 1,857 MW and a detained protester is charged.
Full State Department transcript of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s October 5, 2026 press remarks at Joint Base Andrews on Fairford, Yemen and Kyiv.
The Marine Corps will send NMESIS ship-killing launchers to Yonaguni, 110 km from Taiwan, for Keen Sword, days after a $404M Kongsberg launcher deal.
Guiteras rejoins Cuba’s grid amid blackouts as SOUTHCOM announces a Caribbean strike and Guantanamo unmanned systems deploy.
China’s Southern Theater Command warns Manila over Scarborough as Taiwan logs ships only and an Okinawa murder case advances.
Flávio Bolsonaro took about 47% to Lula’s 45.2% in Brazil’s first round, forcing a presidential runoff between the two candidates on Oct. 25.
No U.S. charges have been made public after Dutch and Jordanian ShinyHunters arrests. Here is what police, courts and the FBI have confirmed.
Air Force awarded Boeing $2.38B for 22 F-15EX jets at the fiscal-year deadline; totals now 120 sold, with plans near 267–269 as F-15C/D replacements.
China presses the Philippines near Scarborough as Taiwan logs ships but no aircraft, North Korea fires an IRBM, and Okinawa arrests a U.S. Marine.
Treasury ends U-turn banking for Cuba as SOUTHCOM deploys unmanned systems to Guantanamo and chronic blackouts stay above 2,000 MW most days.
Peter’s World launches a sourced Protest Tracker for the US, UK and Iran. How it counts crowds and casualties, and what the first 75 entries show.
Full State Department transcript of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s September 8, 2026 press remarks in Barranquilla, Colombia, with summary and key quotes.
Full State Department transcript of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s September 23, 2026 press remarks in New York on Iran, Cuba, Ukraine and China.
Full text of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s State of the Force address of September 30, 2026, with summary, key quotes and the source licence details.
H.R. 6500, signed Sept. 2, funds federal agencies through Dec. 11 after 90-6 and 370-48 votes. What it does, who backed it and the lame-duck deadlines ahead.
The Senate voted 49-50 on Sept. 24 against a resolution to end US hostilities with Iran. Here is what it said, how senators voted, and what could come next.
President Trump signed the Russia and Iran sanctions act on Sept. 18. Here is what it requires, how it passed 86-11 and 262-159, and what remains unsettled.
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