🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says new sanctions against the country will not significantly affect its economy.

🇨🇴🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses the US of conducting "extrajudicial executions" in the Caribbean.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US President Donald Trump says there will be "land action" in Venezuela soon.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirms the destruction of a drug vessel in the Caribbean.

🇨🇳🇹🇼 - Chinese lawmakers establish October 25 as the "Commemoration Day of Taiwan's Restoration."

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders the deployment of an aircraft carrier to South American waters.

🇺🇸🇨🇴 - US Department of the Treasury imposes sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, citing illicit drugs.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif warns of an "open war" with Afghanistan if peace talks fail.

🇨🇾🇱🇧 - Lebanese government approves an agreement with Cyprus on the demarcation of their maritime borders.

🇮🇷 - Iranian financial authorities declare one of the country's largest private banks bankrupt, with its assets absorbed.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - IDF says it carried out a strike against the Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump urges Hamas to resume returning the bodies of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

🇨🇳🇪🇺 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU aims to reduce its dependency on Chinese critical raw materials.

🇹🇷🇮🇶 - PKK announces the withdrawal of all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq.

🇹🇭🇰🇭 - Thai and Cambodian officials sign a ceasefire agreement.

🇹🇹🇺🇸🇻🇪 - AFP reports the arrival of a US warship in Trinidad and Tobago, close to Venezuela.

🇬🇪🇨🇳 - Georgian police say they have arrested three Chinese nationals for trying to illegally buy 2 kg of uranium.

🇸🇩 - RSF says it captured the besieged city of El Fasher, Sudan.

🇺🇸🇲🇱 - US Department of State says its non-emergency officials and their families have left Mali due to "safety risks."

🇷🇸🇽🇰 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirms he will not recognize Kosovo's independence during his presidency.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Syrian officials tell the US they no longer want it to be militarily involved against ISIS, but still seek intelligence support.