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• Pentagon Chief Claims New US Strike on Drug Trafficking Vessel in Caribbean Sputnik 02 Nov 2025 -- Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth claimed a new US strike on a vessel that, according to him, was used for drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea and belonged to a "terrorist organization."
• US military strikes another Caribbean vessel, kills three Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The US military forces stationed in the Caribbean have conducted yet another strike on a ship, leaving at least three men dead.

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• Trump threatens military strikes on Nigeria on pretext of protecting Christians Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- US President Donald Trump has said that Washington may launch military action in Nigeria, claiming he has ordered the Department of War to prepare strikes over alleged anti-Christian violence.
• U.S. Naval forces and South Korea Navy Conduct Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise 2025 U.S. 7th Fleet 02 Nov 2025 -- Naval forces from the U.S., South Korea, and 15 partner and allied nations began Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise (MNMIWEX) 25 near Busan, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2025.
• US to Conduct Noncritical Nuclear Tests - Energy Secretary Sputnik 02 Nov 2025 -- The United States plans to conduct subcritical explosions as part of its nuclear weapons tests, which do not trigger a chain nuclear reaction, said US Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
• Russia showcases nuclear-powered Khabarovsk submarine Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Russia has unveiled its new nuclear submarine, the "Khabarovsk", designed to carry the massive torpedo-shaped nuclear-powered Poseidon drone.
• What Makes Russia's Khabarovsk Sub Deep-Sea Powerhouse Sputnik 02 Nov 2025 -- Bulgaria is exploring the possibility of requesting a waiver from US sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil, a newspaper reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
• There Is a Good Result for Our Air Defense - Ukraine Now Has More Patriots - Address by the President President of Ukraine 02 Nov 2025
• U.S. contractor working to speed up F-16V delivery to Taiwan: Ministry CNA 02 Nov 2025 -- United States personnel tasked with the production of F-16 Block 70 fighter jets purchased by Taiwan are working 20 hours a day to expedite the delivery of the aircraft, but will still miss the deadline, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense.
• Drone groups will help counter China's 'gray-zone' threats: Expert CNA 02 Nov 2025 -- The military's plan to create an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) group for each of the country's five theaters of operations (TOs) will help counter China's "gray-zone coercion" and surprise attacks disguised as exercises, a military expert said in a recent essay.
• Canada and the Philippines Sign a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement Canada 02 Nov 2025 -- Today, the Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence and the Philippine Secretary of National Defense, Gilbert Teodoro, signed a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) between Canada and the Philippines. This agreement builds on the Canada-Philippines Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding signed in January 2024.
• PH, Canada tighten defense ties with SOVFA signing Philippine News Agency 02 Nov 2025 -- The Philippines and Canada on Sunday formally signed the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), marking a milestone in their 75-year partnership and strengthening defense cooperation.
• INDIAN NAVY TO CONDUCT TRI-SERVICES EXERCISE WITH INDIAN ARMY AND INDIAN AIR FORCE India PIB 02 Nov 2025 -- Tri-Services Exercise (TSE-2025) "Trishul", being conducted by the Indian Navy as the lead service jointly with the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, will commence in early Nov 2025
• Prime Minister congratulates ISRO on the successful launch of India's heaviest communication satellite CMS-03 India PIB 02 Nov 2025 -- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of India's heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03
• Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan Congratulates ISRO and Indian Navy on the Successful Launch of CMS-03 Communication Satellite India PIB 02 Nov 2025 -- The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, has extended his heartiest congratulations to ISRO and the Indian Navy on the successful launch of the CMS-03 communication satellite.
• INDIAN NAVY TO BOLSTER SPACE-BASED COMMUNICATION WITH INDIGENOUS GSAT-7R SATELLITE India PIB 02 Nov 2025 -- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch Indian Navy's GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite today, 02 Nov 2025. This would be the most advanced communication satellite thus far for the Indian Navy.
• IRGC Navy ensures Iran's maritime security, General Vahidi says IRNA 02 Nov 2025 -- The Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, has emphasized that the security of the country's maritime borders is the result of the sacrifices and round-the-clock efforts of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy.
• Exclusive: First batch of submarines under China-Pakistan cooperation project to enter service next year, says Pakistani naval chief Global Times 02 Nov 2025 -- The first batch of Hangor-class submarines under a China-Pakistan cooperation project is expected to enter operational service with the Pakistan Navy in 2026, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, chief of the Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy, told the Global Times in a recent exclusive interview. He said that the Hangor-class submarine program is progressing smoothly, and that the successful launch of the second and third submarines in China earlier this year is a major milestone for naval collaboration between China and Pakistan.
• Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn 'generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth UK MOD 02 Nov 2025 -- The MOD is announcing its new Defence Housing Strategy, with £9bn to improve over 40,000 military homes.
• Armenia set to sign $3 billion fighter jet deal with India after Azerbaijan buys warplanes from Pakistan Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- In a significant shift altering the security dynamics of the South Caucasus, Armenia is set to finalize a historic defense agreement to acquire twelve Su-30MKI multirole fighter jets from India, months after neighboring Azerbaijan signed a similar deal with Pakistan.

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• Prime Minister's Office Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 02 Nov 2025
• PM Netanyahu at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 02 Nov 2025 -- "The incident in Sde Teiman caused immense damage to the image of the State of Israel and the IDF, to our soldiers. This is perhaps the most severe public relations attack that the State of Israel has experienced since its establishment. I do not recall one so focused with such intensity. This demands an independent, impartial investigation, and I expect such an investigation to be carried out."
• Israel to appoint new army lawyer after leaked video of soldiers raping Palestinian prisoner Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The Israeli military is set to appoint a new advocate general after a scandal forced the resignation of its top lawyer, who admitted to leaking footage showing soldiers raping a Palestinian detainee at a notorious prison.
• Israeli military demolishes Palestinian homes in Gaza, continues raids across West Bank Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Israeli forces have demolished a number of Palestinian homes in Gaza City and the southern flanks of the coastal sliver amid ongoing violations of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that came into effect in early October, and at the same time, continued their raids throughout the occupied West Bank.
• Over 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since ceasefire began as search for thousands continues Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The Gaza health Ministry says more than 500 bodies have been recovered from beneath the rubble in the Gaza Strip since the US-brokered ceasefire took effect several weeks ago.
• Israel's genocide cost over 3 million years of life in Gaza, Lancet study finds Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- More than three million years of human life have been lost in Gaza since Israel launched its genocidal war on the besieged territory in October 2023, a new study has found.
• Palestinian groups vow resistance until liberation of occupied territories IRNA 02 Nov 2025 -- Palestinian resistance groups have described the Balfour Declaration that led to the creation of Israel as the beginning of a chain of oppression and crimes against the Palestinian people and their land.
• US claim of aid looting aims to justify Israel's restrictions on Gaza: Hamas Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly denounced US claims that its members looted an aid truck in Gaza, describing the incident as "staged" to justify Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid entering the besieged region.
• 'Systematic disinformation campaign': Gaza Media Office rejects US claims on aid theft Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The Gaza Government Media Office has blasted the United States for running a "systematic disinformation campaign" about the alleged looting of humanitarian aid in the genocide-stricken Palestinian territory.
• Hamas decries Israeli minister Ben-Gvir's threats to execute Palestinian abductees Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced Israeli minister Ben-Gvir's threats to execute Palestinian abductees as he posted a video of himself standing over a row of abductees lying prone with their hands tied.
• Israeli artillery shells southern Lebanon amid ongoing ceasefire violations IRNA 02 Nov 2025 -- Israeli artillery has fired incendiary shells at the southern Lebanese village of Aitaroun in another violation of the fragile ceasefire with the Arab country, Lebanese media reported.
• Israeli airstrike kills 4, wounds 3 in southern Lebanon in continued violation of ceasefire: Report Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- An Israeli airstrike has claimed the lives of four people and wounded three others in southern Lebanon amid Tel Aviv's ongoing deadly incursions into the country in violation of a 2024 ceasefire.
• UNICEF warns of humanitarian crisis for children in Gaza despite ceasefire Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- The United Nations agency for children (UNICEF) spokesperson Tess Ingram has highlighted the dire situation facing over one million children in Gaza, who remain in urgent need of food and water.
• US ramps up pressure on 'failed state' Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- An American diplomat claims that Lebanon is collapsing, pressing the Arab country to disarm Hezbollah and open dialogue with the Israeli regime.
• UK Foreign Secretary "the people of Gaza cannot afford to wait" for aid UK FCDO 02 Nov 2025 -- Foreign Secretary in Jordan today to call for increased aid access as a vital step in the pathway to peace

Other Conflicts

• Pakistani Military Hindering Peace Process With Afghanistan - Afghan Leader's Spokesman Sputnik 02 Nov 2025 -- The civilian government of Pakistan shows interest in establishing relations with Afghanistan, but the country's military is obstructing the peace process, the Afghan supreme leader's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said.
• Terrorists kill 2 volunteer security forces in SE Iran Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Unidentified attackers have claimed the lives of two volunteer security forces in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
• Press release on the renewal by the UN Security Council of the mandated of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Nov 2025

News Reports

• US spy chief claims strategy of 'regime change' is over; not a hegemony rethink, nor abandonment of interventionism, say observers Global Times 02 Nov 2025 -- Addressing officials on Friday in the Middle East, the US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard claimed that America's former strategy of "regime change or nation building" had ended under President Donald Trump, AP reported local time Saturday.
• US spy chief claims America's 'regime change' strategy over under Trump Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- US spy chief Tulsi Gabbard has claimed that America's strategy of "regime change" is no longer an option for use by the Trump administration, even as Washington continues to use sanctions, slap tariffs, and take military action to impose its foreign policy agenda on other countries.
• Israel confiscates Chinese cars from military officers over 'sensitive information leakage' Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Israel has reportedly begun confiscating roughly 700 Chinese-manufactured vehicles from military officers, citing alleged espionage concerns linked to embedded cameras, sensors, and onboard communications systems.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Nov 2025
• Comment by Foreign Minister Tsahkna: Wagner flag above the Narva River is a sign of Russia's fracturing system Estonia MFA 02 Nov 2025 -- Our information as well as images and footage indicate that a Russian border guard cutter bearing the flag of the Wagner private military group sailed on the Narva River today.
• Hegseth's divided remarks — hailing relations as 'never better' while hyping 'China threat' to ASEAN members — show complex nature of US-China ties: expert Global Times 02 Nov 2025 -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made remarks that appear inconsistent within just two days. In his latest post on Sunday, he hailed China-US relations as "never better." Yet just a day earlier, the US official accused China of engaging in "destabilizing actions" in the South China Sea and urged Southeast Asian nations to counter Beijing during a meeting in Malaysia with counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• EU welcomes China's one-year rare earth export controls suspension; expert says message highlights EU reliance, concern Global Times 02 Nov 2025 -- The EU has welcomed China's decision to suspend its recently expanded rare-earth restrictions for one year, according to media reports. A Chinese expert noted that the EU's response underscores its dependence on Chinese rare-earth products and its underlying unease, as the bloc continues to impose restrictive measures that affect bilateral trade and economic relations.
• Xi says China willing to work with S. Korea for steady development of strategic cooperative partnership PRC MND 02 Nov 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday said that China stands ready to work with South Korea to ensure the steady and long-term development of their strategic cooperative partnership.
• TPP 'coalition government' idea inapplicable to Taiwan: DPP CNA 02 Nov 2025 -- Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday accused the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) of misleading the public by promoting the idea of a "coalition government," saying the concept is incompatible with Taiwan's constitutional structure.
• 50 may lose Taiwan household status over China links: Immigration agency CNA 02 Nov 2025 -- Taiwan's National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Sunday that "about 50" people have been reported to household registration offices for revocation of their Taiwanese household status after evidence confirmed they held household registration in China or had obtained Chinese passports.
• China expresses strong protest, makes serious démarche over Japanese leader's meeting with personnel from Taiwan authorities on the sidelines of APEC meetings: embassy Global Times 02 Nov 2025 -- Following a response from a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday regarding Japanese leader's wrongful comments and actions concerning the Taiwan question on the sidelines of APEC meetings, the Chinese Embassy to Japan also issued a response on Sunday stating that China expresses firm opposition and strong protest and has made serious démarches to Japan.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 02 Nov 2025
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Headquarters of 11th Corps of Korean People's Army KCNA 02 Nov 2025 -- 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, inspected the headquarters of the 11th Corps of the Korean People's Army on November 1.
• Iran's nuclear program aims for public welfare, not weapons: Pezeshkian IRNA 02 Nov 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian has reaffirmed Iran's commitment to its peaceful nuclear program, noting that the country's intention to expand its nuclear industry is solely to meet public needs and improve national welfare, not to develop weapons.
• President Pezeshkian: Iran's nuclear industry aimed at public welfare, not nukes Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized that Iran's expansion of its peaceful nuclear industry is aimed at enhancing the nation's welfare, not acquiring weapons.
• President Pezeshkian tours AEOI, holds talks with nuclear industry managers IRNA 02 Nov 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian has visited the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), where he held talks with senior officials of the country's nuclear industry.
• Iran FM denounces US and Israeli nuclear claims as 'heinous lie' Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has once again rejected US and Israeli justifications for attacking Iran's nuclear facilities, calling them a "heinous lie."
• Top security official calls on Iranian nation to resist 'endless' US demands IRNA 02 Nov 2025 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani says the enemy's main goal, by setting unacceptable and impossible conditions in negotiations, has been to break the will of the Iranian nation.
• Iran will engage in 'genuine' talks, rejects 'unconditional concessions': Top security official Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani says Tehran will only engage in "genuine" negotiations with the United States and will reject any pressure for "unconditional concessions."
• Iran confident gas export contract with Turkey will be renewed Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- A senior official in the Iranian Oil Ministry says the government is confident that it will renew its gas export contract with Turkey next year.
• Iran to open its first nuclear desalination plant next year Press TV 02 Nov 2025 -- Iran will open its first nuclear desalination plant next year amid efforts by the government to use a home-grown nuclear technology to improve people's lives, and to support sustainable development in the country
• Tanzania: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the elections in Tanzania EC/CEU 02 Nov 2025 -- The European Union (EU) takes note of the proclamation by the Independent National Electoral Commission of Tanzania and the Zanzibar Electoral Commission of the results of the presidential elections held on 29 October 2025.
• Aboul Gheit receives UK Minister of State for the Middle East League of Arab States 02 Nov 2025 -- Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, received Mr. Hamish Falconer, UK Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, on 2 November as part of ongoing consultations between the League of Arab States and the United Kingdom on regional issues of mutual concern.
• Forced Labor In Central Asian Cotton Fields Disrupts Schools, Hospitals RFE/RL 02 Nov 2025 -- Hurmatoi spends her days at the medpunkt, a one-story rural health post where she gives injections, checks blood pressure, and visits bedridden patients in their homes. These days, the community nurse is forced to work well away from the some 300 residents in her part of a village in Tajikistan's northern Sughd region.