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• NATO Secretary General joins meeting of G7 Defence Ministers in Naples NATO 19 Oct 2024 -- On Saturday (19 October) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte joined a meeting of G7 Defence Ministers in Naples, Italy to discuss how to further increase support to Ukraine, ramp up defence industrial production, and more.
• U.S. 'Highly Concerned' About Reports Of North Korean Troops Joining Russians In Ukraine RFE/RL 19 Oct 2024 -- Washington is "highly concerned" about reports that North Korean soldiers have been deployed alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, although it has so far been unable to verify the claims made by South Korea and Ukraine, a U.S. spokesman said.
• G7 Defense Chiefs Back Ukraine's 'Irreversible Path' To NATO, Condemn Russia RFE/RL 19 Oct 2024 -- Defense chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) developed economies vowed to support Ukraine's "irreversible path" to eventual NATO membership and pledged continued military support in the "short and long term" as Kyiv battles against Russia's full-scale invasion.
• Xi urges strategic missile troops to enhance deterrence, combat capabilities Global Times 19 Oct 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country's strategic missile troops to strengthen their deterrence and combat capabilities and resolutely fulfill the tasks entrusted to them by the Party and the people.
• China issues new export control regulations on civil-military dual-use items Global Times 19 Oct 2024 -- China on Saturday released new regulations on the export control of dual-use items, set to take effect on December 1, 2024. The rules aim to maintain international peace and balance high-quality development with high-level security.
• Mirage-2000 pilot returns to flying status: Taiwan's Air Force CNA 19 Oct 2024 -- A Taiwanese fighter pilot who ejected to safety from a Mirage-2000 jet that later crashed into waters off Hsinchu County after losing power last month has returned to flying, according to Taiwan's Air Force.
• CLOSING CEREMONY OF MALABAR 2024 India PIB 19 Oct 2024 -- The Sea Phase of MALABAR 2024 concluded on 18 Oct 24 at Visakhapatnam
• Maritime Exercise IMEX 2024 kicks off in Iran IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- The Maritime Exercise "IMEX 2024" has started in Iran to showcase goodwill and capabilities in safeguarding peace, friendship, and maritime security in the region.
• Combined IMEX 2024 naval drill begins in Iran's southern waters Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- The combined Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise "IMEX 2024," has begun in Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf with the participation of various units from several member states and observers.
• Global Combat Air Programme update UK MOD 19 Oct 2024 -- Defence Secretary John Healey attended the G7 Defence Ministers summit in Naples where he discussed progress on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
• Romania Detects Another Unidentified Object Breaching Its Airspace RFE/RL 19 Oct 2024 -- Romania dispatched four of its fighter jets early on October 19 after an unidentified object breached its airspace in the southeast near the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said.
• HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa New Zealand Defence Force 19 Oct 2024 -- The latest updates on the HMNZS Manawanui incident near Samoa.
• Joint Declaration by G7 Defence Ministers to reaffirm common determination to address security challenges Canada 19 Oct 2024
• G7: Press remarks by the High Representative in the margins of the meeting of Defence Ministers European External Action Service (EEAS) 19 Oct 2024

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• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 19 Oct 2024
• Oct. 18: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 19 Oct 2024
• As Middle East Crisis Escalates, Hopes For Diplomatic Solution Dim RFE/RL 19 Oct 2024 -- Israel's two-front war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, as well as the threat of escalation with Iran, have put the Middle East crisis on boil.
• Israel kills 33, including 21 women, in strike on Gaza refugee camp Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Israeli forces have bombed a refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least 33 people including women and children.
• Al-Qassam Brigades destroys Israeli Merkava tank, military bulldozer IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- The Ezzoddin al-Qassam Brigades, which is the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, says it has destroyed an Israeli Merkava tank and bulldozer in its latest operations against the regime in Gaza.
• Hezbollah unveils homegrown M-80 rocket IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has released footage unveiling its M-80 anti-personnel rocket system for launching surface-to-surface rockets.
• Hezbollah drone targets Netanyahu's house IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- A drone launched by Hezbollah of Lebanon on Saturday has hit Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in Caesarea in the northern parts of the Israeli-occupied territories.
• Hezbollah launches missile strike on Haifa IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has targeted the Israeli city of Haifa and other areas in the occupied Palestine.
• Hezbollah drone hits Netanyahu's private residence amid interception failure Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- A drone launched by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah hit Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea, north of Tel Aviv, amid an interception failure.
• Attacks on hospitals in northern Gaza UNOCHA 19 Oct 2024 -- Statement by Muhannad Hadi, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
• Rebuilding Gaza could take 80 years, UN rapporteur says Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Gaza needs 80 years to reconstruct all the homes and buildings destroyed by Israel in the besieged territory over the past year, says a UN rapporteur.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 19 Oct 2024
• Hamas is alive, will continue its path stronger than before: Iran's FM Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is alive and will continue on the same path stronger than before despite the martyrdom of its leader Yahya Sinwar.
• Ayatollah Khamenei: Sinwar was a 'shining figure of resistance, struggle' Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar for his significant role in confronting the "aggressive enemy," describing him as a "shining figure" of resistance and struggle.
• Iran warns over 'dangerous participation' of US, UK in Israeli escalation Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Iran has strongly condemned joint US-British airstrikes on Yemen amid their military and political support for Israel, saying they attest to the two countries' complicity in the atrocities of the Zionist regime.
• G7 Warns Iran To End Support For Hamas, Hezbollah RFE/RL 19 Oct 2024 -- The world's leading industrial nations warned Iran to stop supporting the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups and other nonstate actors in the Middle East and to cease actions that are helping to destabilize the region, while Washington also urged Israel to scale back its attacks near Beirut amid ongoing fears of a potential all-out war.
• Iran, Turkey share stance on need to swiftly stop Israel's genocide in Gaza, Lebanon: FM Araghchi Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran and Turkey, as two influential countries in the Muslim world, share a unified position on the urgent need to halt the Israeli regime's genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.
• Yemen launches drone attack against Israeli-linked ship in Arabian Sea IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the ship "MEGALOPOLIS" in the Arabian Sea, media outlets reported.
• Iraqi resistance conducts drone attack on northern occupied Palestine IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- The Iraqi resistance says it has conducted a drone attack on northern occupied Palestine.
• Iraqi resistance launches strikes on key Israeli military sites with drones Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have announced a series of drone strikes on a vital target and military sites in the Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime's ongoing brutalities against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Other Conflicts

• Real estate prices skyrocket as Yangon swells with Myanmar's displaced Radio Free Asia 19 Oct 2024 -- Myanmar's civil war is driving up housing demand in Yangon, causing rents to skyrocket as people displaced by conflict in remote border regions seek out the relative safety of the country's largest city, according to real estate agents and residents.
• Somalia military strikes major blow to al-Shabab, kills 30 militants VOA 19 Oct 2024 -- Somalia's Information Ministry said Saturday the country's military is targeting al-Shabab militants in the Galmudug region of central Somalia and is making progress in eroding the group's operational effectiveness.
• Iran welcomes progress in Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks IRNA 19 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has welcomed the progress in the process of peace negotiations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

News Reports

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding the latest anti-Russia statement by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Oct 2024
• Statement by a representative of the delegation of the Russian Federation at the thematic debate on Cluster 1: Nuclear Weapons in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, October 18, 2024) Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Oct 2024
• The Third Meeting of the "3+3" Regional Cooperation Platform Joint Communique, Istanbul, October 18, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Oct 2024
• DJI sues US defense department over inclusion on blacklist Global Times 19 Oct 2024 -- Chinese drone maker DJI filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense (DoD) on Saturday, challenging its inclusion on the "Chinese Military Companies" (CMC) blacklist and seeking to be removed from the list.
• Senior Chinese officials meet with UK foreign secretary, highlighting pragmatic cooperation Global Times 19 Oct 2024 -- Senior Chinese officials on Friday met with the new UK foreign secretary David Lammy in Beijing, with both sides underscoring the willingness to promote pragmatic and mutually beneficial cooperation, which analysts viewed as a window for repairing and improving relations despite uncertainties.
• Chinese FM holds talks with British foreign secretary Global Times 19 Oct 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom David Lammy in Beijing on Friday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 19 Oct 2024
• Truth about ROK's Serious Provocation of Violating DPRK's Sovereignty Uncovered: Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence KCNA 19 Oct 2024 -- A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK said on Oct. 18 that the ROK military gangsters' involvement in the serious provocation of violating the DPRK's sovereignty was clearly proved through the discovery of decisive material evidence and an objective and scientific investigation into it.
• North Korea to Consider Repeated Intrusion by South Korean Drone a Declaration of War Sputnik 19 Oct 2024 -- A South Korean drone was found in one of the districts of Pyongyang, and the Defense Ministry of North Korea has said a repeated intrusion by South Korean military assets will be considered a declaration of war and lead to retaliatory strikes, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
• FM Araghchi calls region 'powder keg,' says Iran ready for 'any scenario' Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned of the possibility of an ever-expanding war in the West Asia region, describing as a "powder keg" the situation in the strategic area following Israel's heightened escalation in the besieged Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon.
• FM: US should be held accountable for any Israeli attack on Iran Press TV 19 Oct 2024 -- Iran's foreign minister says the United States should be held accountable for any potential Israeli attack on Iran.
• Transcript of Special Briefing by Secretary (CPV & OIA) on President's Visit to Mauritania (October 17, 2024) India MEA 19 Oct 2024
• Polio crisis deepens as Pakistan reports new cases VOA 19 Oct 2024 -- Pakistan said Saturday that two children in its southern Sindh province had been paralyzed by poliovirus, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 39 for the year since March, when officials confirmed the first case.
• Dual Votes Test Moldovans' European Future, Moscow's Reach RFE/RL 19 Oct 2024 -- Moldovans cast ballots on October 20 in a tense dual vote to reelect or reject a pro-European president and possibly enshrine their EU ambitions in the constitution, with encouragement from the West and despite alleged interference from Moscow.
• Mozambique: Statement by the High Representative on the latest political killings European External Action Service (EEAS) 19 Oct 2024 -- The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Elvino Dias, legal advisor to Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, and opposition politician Paulo Guambe, and expresses condolences to their families and friends. In a democracy, there is no place for politically motivated killings.
• Calls grow for information on health of Cameroon's leader VOA 19 Oct 2024 -- Concern is growing in Cameroon about 92-year-old President Paul Biya, who has not been seen in public for more than 40 days.