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• Update 4: Search Continues for VAQ-130 Aviators US Navy Press Release 20 Oct 2024 -- The U.S. Navy has declared two missing crewmembers of the EA-18G Growler crash, deceased. Electronic Attack Wing Pacific has shifted from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations, Oct. 20.
• North Korean Troops In Ukraine Would Show Kremlin 'Weakness,' Says U.S. Congressman RFE/RL 20 Oct 2024 -- The possible deployment of North Korean soldiers to fight with invading Russian forces in Ukraine "demonstrates a certain weakness of Russia," says Gerry Connolly, a U.S. congressman (Democrat-Virginia) and acting president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
• China orders military to enhance war readiness Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- China's President Xi Jinping has ordered the country's military to enhance its war readiness and combat capabilities.
• INDIAN NAVY - ROYAL NAVY OF OMAN MARITIME EXERCISE (NASEEM AL BAHR) India PIB 20 Oct 2024 -- INS Trikand and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft, participated in the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr with the Royal Navy of Oman Vessel Al Seeb off Goa from 13 to 18 October 24
• Navy cmdr.: Maritime Exercise IMEX 2024 shows Iran won't be isolated IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Commander of the Iranian Army's Naval Forces Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has said that the presence and participation of different countries in Maritime Exercise IMEX 2024 hosted by Iran show that the Islamic Republic cannot be isolated.
• New air defence laser engages multiple missiles at once UK MOD 20 Oct 2024 -- RAF pilots are one step closer to being equipped with a cutting-edge air-protection laser self-protection system, following 100% successful live-fire trials.
• HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa New Zealand Defence Force 20 Oct 2024

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• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari-October 20, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 20 Oct 2024
• Israel confirms commander of 401st Brigade killed in Gaza IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- The commander of the Israeli occupation forces' 401st Armored Brigade has been killed by Palestinian resistance fighters in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has confirmed.
• 53 Israeli forces injured amid resistance groups' retaliation in 24 hrs Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- The Israeli regime's military has admitted that as many as 53 Israeli forces have been injured amid continuous retaliatory operations by various resistances groups against the regime's regional aggression.
• Oct. 19: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 20 Oct 2024
• Gaza Death Toll From Israeli Attacks Surpasses 42,600 Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- The death toll from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since the escalation of the conflict has exceeded 42,600 people, the enclave's health ministry said on Sunday.
• Qassam Brigades target Zionist soldiers, military equipment in Gaza IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Palestinian resistance forces have targeted a congregation of Zionist forces, as well as Zionist military equipment, in different areas of the Gaza Strip.
• Dozens more massacred by Zionist regime in northern Gaza IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- At least 73 more people are martyred in the Zionist regime's new crimes in the Gaza Strip as Israeli warplanes and artillery keep pounding areas across the north of the blockaded coastal Palestinian territory.
• Hezbollah Says Fired Missiles at Filon Military Base in Northern Israel Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah said on Sunday that it had launched a missile attack against Israeli military base Filon, located in the Rosh Pina settlement in northern Israel.
• Israeli Air Force Launches 2 Strikes Near Hospital in Southern Suburbs of Beirut - Reports Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- The Israeli Air Force has launched two strikes on the Haret Hreik municipality near the Bahman Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanese media reported on Sunday.
• Hezbollah carries out fresh attacks on Haifa IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Hezbollah of Lebanon has said that its forces have launched a missile attack on Zionist targets in Haifa.
• Hezbollah ready for war of attrition against Israel: Report IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah is ready for a war of attrition against Israel, which has already been reflected in the continued and increasingly intense attacks on the regime, a report by an Israeli research center says.
• Hezbollah rockets hit Zionist positions in occupied Palestine IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- The Hezbollah resistance movement has carried out fresh overnight attack on the targets of the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territory in support of Gaza and resistance fighters there as well as in response to deadly aggression against Lebanon.
• Hezbollah shoots downs Israeli Hermes 900 drone Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has carried out fresh retaliatory operations against Israeli targets in retaliation for the regime's brutal aggression against Gaza and Lebanon.
• Israel shells Lebanese town with banned phosphorous munitions: Report Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- Israeli forces have used internationally banned phosphorus munitions during a series of recent deadly airstrikes in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media.
• Hezbollah fires rocket salvos at Israeli base in northern occupied territories Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has launched a barrage of missiles at the occupied territories in retaliation for the Israeli regime's ongoing aggression against Lebanon.
• Israeli army 'deliberately demolished' watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon UN News 20 Oct 2024 -- The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an observation tower and the perimeter fence of a UN position earlier on Sunday in Marwahin, in the southern part of the country.
• Message from Juliette touma, UNRWA Director of Communications UNRWA 20 Oct 2024 -- "On 22 October 2023, we reached a very sad milestone = 20 UNRWA team members killed in Gaza."
• UNRWA Situation Report #144 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information from 14-16 October 2024, is valid as of 16 October 2024 at 22:30 (local time) UNRWA 20 Oct 2024
• UNRWA Situation Report #8 on the Lebanon Emergency Response. All information from 14 October - 17 October 2024, valid as of 17 October 2024 at 12:00 UNRWA 20 Oct 2024
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Mozambique UN Secretary-General 20 Oct 2024
• UN: Intensified Israeli siege of northern Gaza threatens civilian lives IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- The UN Deputy Special Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory says that the Israeli regime has been warned many times in the last two weeks against the intensified siege of northern Gaza, including the Jabalia refugee camp that threatens human lives there.
• 'Horrifying scenes' unfolding after Israeli massacre in Gaza's Beit Lahia: UN Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- "Horrifying scenes" are unfolding in the Gaza town of Beit Lahia, where the Israeli regime's airstrikes overnight and into Sunday killed dozens of Palestinians, most of them women and children, the UN says.
• U.S. Probing Reported Leak Of Israel's Plans For Iran Attack RFE/RL 20 Oct 2024 -- The United States will soon begin a probe of the leak of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives said on October 20.
• US Probing Intelligence Leak on Israel's Preparations to Attack Iran - Reports Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- The United States is investigating a leak of its top-secret intelligence on Israel's preparations to strike Iran, which includes Israeli Air Force exercises using air-to-ground missiles, CNN reported citing three people familiar with the situation.
• Hamas Will Not Cease Activities After Sinwar's Death, Iranian Foreign Minister Believes Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- The murder of Hamas political chief Yahya Sinwar will not be a reason for the Palestinian movement to cease its activities, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi believes.
• Iran strongly condemns continuous Israeli crimes against Palestinians IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei has strongly condemned the continuous Israeli crimes and brutal acts against the Palestinian people, which he said are being committed in the wake of international inaction.
• Iraqi resistance conducts drone attack on occupied Golan IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- The Iraqi resistance once again conducted a drone attack on the occupied Golan in the southwest of Syria.
• Iraqi resistance conducts new attacks on 'vital' Israeli sites in Golan Heights Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror groups have launched fresh drone attacks on key positions in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in response to the Tel Aviv regime's unrelenting atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and devastating strikes across Lebanon.

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• Qalibaf: Three Persian Gulf islands inseparable part of Iran IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has reaffirmed Iranian sovereignty over the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb, saying that these islands are inseparable parts of the country.

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• Five Country Ministerial 2024 New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 21 Oct 2024 -- "We, the Home Affairs, Interior, Security and Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the 'Five Countries') remain steadfast in our commitment to uphold and promote shared liberal democratic values, and in working collaboratively to protect our citizens, communities, and governments from evolving national security threats in an increasingly contested world."
• Moldova Wrestles With Its Future After Sandu's First-Round Win But 'No' Result On EU RFE/RL 20 Oct 2024 -- In an apparent rebuff of pro-European President Maia Sandu and her Western allies, Moldovan voters appear to have voted "no" in a referendum on potential European Union membership following a campaign marred by allegations of Russian meddling in opposition to the measure.
• Informal meeting with President of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of Russia 20 Oct 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had an informal meeting with President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence in the Moscow Region.
• Telephone conversation with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic President of Russia 20 Oct 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic.
• PRC at 75: In China under Xi Jinping, people run or 'lie flat' Radio Free Asia 19 Oct 2024 -- When Xi Jinping took his place as leader of the ruling Chinese Communist Party in 2012, some commentators expected he would be a weak president beset by factional strife in the wake of the jailing of former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai and cryptic official references to rumors of a coup in Beijing.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 20 Oct 2024
• DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui Issues Press Statement KCNA 20 Oct 2024 -- DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui on October 19 made public the following press statement titled "The countries involved in imposing illegal and outrageous sanctions on the DPRK will have to pay a dear price":
• Press Statement by Vice-Minister for Int'l Organizations of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Kim Son Gyong, vice-minister for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, released the following press statement on Sunday:
• North Korea slams new-US-led sanctions monitoring team as 'unlawful' Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- North Korea's Foreign Minister has denounced a newly established multilateral sanctions monitoring team, led by the United States, as "completely unlawful and illegitimate," according to a report by the Korean media on Sunday.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Reply Message from Xi Jinping KCNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a reply message from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, on October 16.
• 'All targets identified': Iran warns Israel of 'proportionate response' to any attack IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Tehran will give a proportionate response to any Israeli attack on Iranian soil, and that it has already identified all targets in the Israeli-occupied territories.
• FM: 'All Israeli targets' identified for retaliation in case regime attacks Iran Press TV 20 Oct 2024 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Iran has "identified all its targets" in the occupied territories for a retaliatory attack against Israel.
• Iran's Foreign Minister: Targets in Israel Are Set, Retaliation Ready if Attacked Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- The Iranian command has identified targets in Israel that will be struck if Israeli forces attack Iran, stated Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.
• Iran begins construction of border walls along eastern borders IRNA 20 Oct 2024 -- Iran has started building walls across its eastern borders to counter security risks, a commander of the Islamic Republic's Border Guard Police said.
• Millions of Cubans Remain Without Power After Grid Failure Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told a meeting with energy workers that the crisis was caused by objective problems with fuel, financing and power generation capacity, while acknowledging that many saw mismanagement as the cause.
• Read-out of the call between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates European Commission 20 Oct 2024
• Pro-Europe Georgians Rally As Crucial Parliamentary Elections Loom RFE/RL 20 Oct 2024 -- Tens of thousands of pro-Europe Georgians took to the streets on October 20 to rally against the ruling Georgian Dream party ahead of the parliamentary elections that will likely decide the direction of the South Caucasus nation's future.
• Indonesia's New President Prabowo Subianto Inaugurated at Ceremony in Jakarta Sputnik 20 Oct 2024 -- Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto has officially taken office at a ceremonial inauguration in Jakarta, a Sputnik correspondent reports.