The Kremlin confirmed the November 10-11 talks as Russian strikes killed dozens overnight, including 33 at a school used as an aid center, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia confirmed Tuesday, November 3, that it will send a delegation led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky to U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, the first such talks since February. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said they would cover post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian efforts and next steps toward peace.
U.S. forces hit air-defense sites on Iran's Qeshm island overnight in what an official called defensive strikes. An Iranian official said the two sides remain far apart, with a response on the latest draft expected within 36 hours.
The United States and Iran are both reviewing proposals from mediators to end their war and remain committed to the talks, Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Tuesday, November 3, Reuters reported. Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran on Monday night to discuss a version of a draft U.S.-Iran agreement worked on over the past eight days; an official briefed on the talks said feedback from Washington and Tehran was expected within 36 hours.
China has not announced exercises, but Taiwanese analysts called the surge 'gray zone' pressure as November and December, the PLA's peak drill season, begin.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected 49 sorties by Chinese military aircraft around the island in the 24 hours to 6 a.m. Tuesday, November 3, Taiwan time, the Taipei Times reported, a sharp increase over recent days, when the ministry reported 19 aircraft and seven navy ships on November 2. China has not announced any drills. Su Tzu-yun of Taiwan's government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research described the activity as a 'quiet exercise' meant to keep up pressure without formally announcing drills.
The severe cyclonic storm came ashore near Ongole with winds of 100 to 110 km/h. More than 180,000 people were moved to safety in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, which is still recovering from last week's storm.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, close to Ongole in Prakasam district, between 3:30 and 5:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, November 3, the India Meteorological Department said, according to Business Standard. Sustained winds were 100 to 110 kilometers an hour (about 60 to 70 mph), gusting to 120, and the department had warned of a storm surge of 1 to 1.5 meters (3 to 5 feet) above high tide in low-lying coastal areas. The storm was weakening over land.
The acting president won Sunday's runoff with about 58 percent against Andrey Gyurov, after a first round with record-low turnout.
Bulgaria's acting president, Iliana Iotova, won the country's presidential runoff on Sunday, November 1, becoming its first elected female head of state, according to near-final results from the Central Election Commission reported by Reuters. With 99.95 percent of ballots counted, she had about 57.6 percent of the vote, TVP World reports.
Organizers said about 120,000 people marched in 34 cities against living costs, education cuts and compulsory military service. Police called the main rallies peaceful, but looting and clashes followed in several cities.
Tens of thousands of young people demonstrated in 34 German cities on Saturday, October 31, in protests organized by a group called Gen Z regelt, demanding better education, lower living costs and an end to compulsory military service. The organizers said about 120,000 people took part; police said the main protests were very peaceful, The Times of Israel reports.
Wednesday's flash flood swept away villages in northern Nepal. Hundreds are dead and about 1,500 missing, and officials warn a new debris-dammed lake could burst.
A flash flood caused by the collapse of a high-altitude glacier swept through the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, August 26, burying villages in water, ice, rock and mud. By Friday, August 28, the death toll had climbed to at least 469 in Nepal, with at least three people killed in Tibet and nearly 1,500 still missing, according to Business Standard and AFP; the toll rose quickly as rescuers reached affected areas, including towns along the Trishuli River in Nuwakot district.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday, August 26, that Iran and Oman had agreed to share revenue from the Strait of Hormuz and define their maritime areas, while talks continue on reopening the waterway, AFP reported. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said military vessels would not be allowed to pass under the proposed agreement, the Associated Press reported. The United States said it had finished clearing mines from the strait, and an oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile off Oman the day before, Democracy Now reported. The United States has not agreed to an Iran-Oman arrangement.
Several homes were destroyed in Pechenihy. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain would keep supporting Ukraine militarily after Moscow warned of consequences.
A Russian ballistic missile strike killed 10 civilians and injured eight in the village of Pechenihy in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Tuesday, August 18, Ukrainian authorities said, the Associated Press and Reuters reported; several homes were destroyed. Overnight, Ukraine launched hundreds of drones toward Moscow and surrounding areas, according to Moscow's mayor, Reuters reported.
The White House said it would not extend the 60-day memorandum signed June 18. Iran said it would shift to a fully offensive posture, and each side again blamed the other.
The 60-day memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, signed June 18 as a temporary ceasefire meant to allow talks on ending the war, expired Monday, August 17, without an agreement, and the White House said it would not seek to extend it, Democracy Now and Just Security report.
Qatari mediators said progress had been made in efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran, Reuters reported Tuesday, August 4. Iran and Oman were reported to be close to an arrangement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz with inbound ships using a channel controlled by Iran and outbound ships one controlled by Oman, with a service fee split between them, according to Iranian officials cited by Democracy Now; the United States had not agreed to any such plan. Separately, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, the Minoan Pioneer, was reported missing after being struck by an unknown projectile northeast of Oman, Seatrade Maritime News and Al Arabiya reported.
Tuesday's quake in Kumamoto Prefecture set off an explosion at a shopping mall, damaged a paper mill and flattened homes. More than 10,000 people went to evacuation centers.
The death toll from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu on Tuesday, July 28, rose to 34, the prefectural government said Friday, July 31, according to the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. More than 80 people were injured. The quake struck at about 4:27 p.m. local time near the city of Uki and reached the top level, 7, on Japan's seismic intensity scale in Uki and Hikawa.
U.S. Central Command said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East in what it called a surprise attack on Tuesday, July 28, and that all were intercepted, Politico reported. Separately, a Hamas delegation traveled to Cairo to resume talks on the next phase of its ceasefire with Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The former mayor of Greater Manchester is the U.K.'s seventh prime minister in a decade. Under Britain's system, the governing party chose its new leader without a general election.
Andy Burnham became prime minister of the United Kingdom on Monday, July 20, after Keir Starmer resigned and King Charles III invited Burnham to form a government, NPR and ABC News report. Both men are from the center-left Labour Party. Burnham was confirmed as Labour leader at a special party conference on Friday, July 17, as the only candidate, with nominations from 379 of the party's 403 members of Parliament.
U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces had redirected seven commercial vessels and disabled one since reimposing the naval blockade of Iranian ports on July 14, Middle East Eye reported. Greek shipping company Dynacom Tankers said two of its oil tankers, the Kavomaleas and the Acheloos, were struck by unknown projectiles off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. The national average price of gasoline in the U.S. topped $4 a gallon, the highest since mid-June, AFP reported.
Central Command struck coastal defense, missile and drone sites ahead of the blockade, which had ended in June. Iran fired on two tankers linked to the UAE.
The U.S. military reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports on Tuesday, July 14, after attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Associated Press and France 24. The earlier blockade had ended on June 17. U.S. Central Command carried out another round of strikes aimed at capabilities used to attack commercial shipping, including coastal defense systems and missile and drone sites.
U.S. forces struck about 90 targets in Iran for a second night, and Iran fired missiles and drones toward U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Each side accused the other of breaking their deal.
The United States and Iran exchanged strikes overnight into Thursday, July 9, for a second straight night, hours after President Trump said he believed their ceasefire was over. Both governments accused the other of violating the terms of the deal they signed in mid-June.
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