🏳️🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan's death toll rises to 32 from the clashes with the Afghan Taliban last week.

🇵🇰⚡- Anti-US and anti-Israeli protests continue in support of the far-right Tahreek-i-Labbaik political party in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

Last night in Muridke, Pakistani security forces responded with live fire killing 36+ civilians.

🇫🇷⚡- Former French President Sarkozy will begin serving his prison sentence on October 21, RTL reports.

🇲🇬⚡- The Senate of Madagascar has voted to impeach Senate President Richard Ravalomanana.

Jean Ndremanjary has been appointed as his replacement.

🇻🇪🇳🇴🇦🇺⚡- Venezuela closes its embassies in Norway and Australia.

🏳️🇵🇰⚡- "The attack on Kerman in Iran to mark Soleimani's anniversary, and the attack Moscow’s Crocus City Hall were carried ISIS-K, and were planned, organized and executed from Pakistani centers – Russia and Iran are aware of this," - Zabihullah Mujahid, Afghan Taliban Spokesman.

🏳️🇵🇰⚡- "Pakistan has been recruiting terrorists for ISIS-K from various countries, they are then transferred to centers in Pakistan for training in terrorism," - Zabihullah Mujahid, Afghan Taliban Spokesman.

🇻🇪⚡- Venezuela's Interior Ministry has begun pleading for foreign assistance to confront "US aggression."

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- President Trump has invited Ukraine's Zelensky to the White House on Friday.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Conservative politician Ezzatollah Zarghami of the formerly pro-Raisi Jamna says Iranian officials "have become so afraid of assassinations that they don't even pick up their phones."

Zarghami claims that the officials, to avoid detection by the Mossad, have "isolated themselves."

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- TIME Magazine cover celebrating President Trump's Gaza ceasefire deal.

🇺🇸⚡️- Marjorie Taylor Greene and many Democrats are prodding the GOP to get rid of the Senate filibuster in order to end the shutdown with a simple majority vote. This has been a major policy goal of the Democratic party since the start of the Trump era in order to strip power away from the minority party in the Senate.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- President Trump will be attending the Thailand-Cambodia peace deal signing ceremony at the ASEAN summit.

The ASEAN summit will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26th.

🇶🇦🇸🇩🇦🇪⚡- Africa Intelligence reports Qatar's military support for Sudan's Chairman al-Burhan has massively increased, in what has become yet another proxy war between Qatar and the UAE.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Two Israeli drone strikes, one against the al-Shujaiya District of Gaza City killing three, and another against Khan Yunis killing one.

🇮🇷⚡- "For reasons still unknown, most Iranian-flagged oil tankers are now transmitting properly over AIS without spoofing; for the first time in seven and a half years. This change began today. Please note that two different AIS data providers confirm this," - Tanker Trackers.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India claims it foiled a major Pakistani infiltration attempt last night along the Line of Control. Delhi reports it has killed two, with search operations still underway.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "Trump has a different plan to oust Maduro this time around. Sticking to an anti-Maduro campaign without officially labeling it 'regime change' has other benefits for the US.

Trump would look weak if he loudly proclaimed he was trying to oust Maduro but it doesn't end up working. The US also would be less responsible for the potentially costly fallout in Venezuela if it avoids an all-out invasion and sticks to what it insists is a law enforcement mission," - Politico.

🇬🇧🇦🇲🇦🇿⚡- The UK lifts its 33-year long arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan.

🇮🇩🇮🇱⚡- Indonesia have denied their President will visit Israel today.