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cbsnews.com | 20 min. ago NEW

Netanyahu fighting for his political life in Israeli election

Israelis voted in one of the most important elections on Tuesday, with the potential to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and help shape the future of the war with Iran, the Gaza Strip and America's relationship with the Middle East. Matt Gutman reports from Tel Aviv.

nytimes.com | 22 min. ago NEW

[$] Iran War Cost Rises to $47.1 Billion, Pentagon Told Lawmakers

The estimate through Oct. 16 shows that bombs, missiles and other munitions accounted for more than 60 percent of expenses.

mirror.co.uk | 1 hrs. ago

Putin invites Zelensky to Moscow for peace talks in big potential war breakthrough

The leaders of Finland and Norway - which both share borders with Russia - had a phone conversation with Russia President Vladimir Zelensky during which he said his Ukrainian counterpart should come to Moscow for direct talks

kyivpost.com | 2 hrs. 23 min. ago

Ukraine War News Today - Top Stories and Breaking Updates from Kyiv Post

Stay informed with the most important Ukraine breaking news today. This page compiles the top headlines and critical updates from across Ukraine, offering a real-time snapshot of key developments. Whether it’s military updates, political changes, or international reactions — we bring you the latest Ukraine news as it happens.

All reports are carefully curated from verified sources and KyivPost correspondents on the ground.

dailymail.com | 2 hrs. 59 min. ago

An unreliable US President cosying up to Russia. War in the Middle East. And a global oil crunch... 70 years after the Suez Crisis, history is repeating itself in truly brutal ways

Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe the Russians are brutally attempting to extirpate a much smaller country, which is mounting a heroic but ultimately doomed resistance.

dailymail.com | 3 hrs. 1 min. ago

An unreliable US President cosying up to Russia. War in the Middle East. And a global oil crunch... 70 years after the Suez Crisis, history is repeating itself in truly brutal ways

Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe the Russians are brutally attempting to extirpate a much smaller country, which is mounting a heroic but ultimately doomed resistance.

koreatimes.co.kr | 3 hrs. 31 min. ago

Gov't to lift hoarding bans on urea, medical goods as supplies stabilize

Korea will lift bans on hoarding urea, urea solution, medical syringes and needles imposed earlier this year following supply concerns stemming from the Middle East war, citing stable inventories and supplies, the finance ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Finance and Economy made the announcement during a meeting of economy-related ministers, saying the hoarding ban on urea and urea solution, introduced in March, will expire at the end of this month.

Restrictions imposed on medical syringes and needles, which have been in place since April, will also be lifted, the ministry added. Urea is used to curb emissions in diesel vehicles and make agricultural fertilizers. Under the bans, companies were prohibited from holding inventories exceeding 200 percent of their average monthly sales last year for seven days or longer for urea products and five days for medical supplies.

"With domestic supplies remaining stable and no signs of hoarding or disruption to market order, the government will seek to end the hoarding ban," the ministry said. "Even after the ban expires, the government will c

euromaidanpress.com | 3 hrs. 50 min. ago

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1707: UN commission finds Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s power grid are crimes against humanity

Russian missiles hit a Kyiv university campus and the Southern Bridge in two overnight waves and the ceasefire around occupied Oleshky began earlier than planned.

scmp.com | 4 hrs. 48 min. ago

Global carmakers search for new China strategy as market share slips below 30%

Global carmakers are searching for a way to survive in China’s cutthroat market, as they continue to lose ground to domestic competitors in a landscape that is increasingly tilting towards electric vehicles. International auto brands from Volkswagen to Toyota saw their market share in the Chinese mainland slide once again in the third quarter of the year, as consumers turned away from expensive foreign cars amid an economic slowdown and the Iran war.

Foreign marques accounted for less than 30...

scmp.com | 4 hrs. 48 min. ago

Why is the US reluctant to give South Korea wartime control of its troops?

South Korea wants to take back wartime command of its troops from the United States within the next two years, but analysts say Washington is refusing to commit to a date to keep a hold on a military it sees as vital to countering China.

The dispute is over wartime operational control, known as OPCON, which the US has held since shortly after the outbreak of the Korean war in 1950. If fighting were to break out again under the current arrangements, designated South Korean units would be assigned...

thehill.com | 4 hrs. 54 min. ago

Iran war cost increases to $47 billion

The cost of the U.S.’s war against Iran has gone up to $47 billion, an increase of more than $3 billion since last month, as President Trump mulls launching strikes against the Islamic Republic after the U.S. midterm elections. The biggest chunk of the cost is munition replacement at $29 billion, according to an Oct....

nytimes.com | 5 hrs. 22 min. ago

European Leaders Split Over Phone Call to Putin

The diplomatic outreach was part of an effort to push talks to end the war in Ukraine, though it was not welcomed by all European leaders.

pagesix.com | 5 hrs. 23 min. ago

Tom Brady sparks heated model war between Candice Swanepoel and Joan Smalls — friends now forced to choose sides

Joan Smalls is giving mutual friends an ultimatum after her 15-year friendship with Candice Swanepoel allegedly ended over Tom Brady.

euromaidanpress.com | 5 hrs. 56 min. ago

Russia replaces Ukrainians with Russian settlers in occupied Kherson Oblast; only 10–20% of pre-war population remains, Ukraine says

Russia is forcing Ukrainians from their homes while offering Russian teachers and medical workers financial incentives to settle in occupied Kherson Oblast, Ukraine’s military intelligence says.

kyivindependent.com | 6 hrs. 25 min. ago

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky reveals details of 'Operation Veles'

The operation, code-named "Veles," involved an underground advance of more than 15 kilometers (9 miles), according to Zelensky.

nytimes.com | 7 hrs. 54 min. ago

Tensions Between North and South Korea Stem From Decade-Old Border Dispute

A heated disagreement over recent land mine explosions is part of the legacy of the truce that halted the Korean War 73 years ago.

abcnews.com | 8 hrs. ago

Pope says 'there is no such thing as a holy war' in message to religious leaders

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the religious justification for wars raging around the world, saying “there is no such thing as a holy war.”

kyivindependent.com | 9 hrs. 24 min. ago

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky reveals details of 'Operation Veles'

The operation, code-named "Veles," involved an underground advance of more than 15 kilometers (9 miles), according to Zelensky.

cbsnews.com | 9 hrs. 27 min. ago

8-month Iran war looms large over Israeli election

Israeli voters are choosing their next government, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisting only he can finish the job started eight months ago in Iran.

kyivindependent.com | 10 hrs. 20 min. ago

On Ukraine's language day, Russia strikes publisher's warehouse in Kharkiv

The disruption to KSD's planned releases is the latest blow to Ukraine's book industry, which has endured repeated Russian strikes on printing facilities and warehouses since the start of the full-scale war.

theguardian.com | 10 hrs. 24 min. ago

Pablo Escobar tried to bomb me in Bogotá. To stop the cartels infiltrating Europe, we should legalise cocaine

Letter | Responding to a Guardian investigation into trafficking, former British ambassador to Colombia Keith Morris says the ‘war on drugs’ has failedI congratulate the Guardian on this investigation (Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’, 13 October). It has already prompted a strong call from the former Colombian vice-president Marta Lucía Ramírez for effective international cooperation to counter the transnational criminal threat.I have followed the “war on drugs” pretty closely since I was the British ambassador to Colombia in the heyday of Pablo Escobar, but I was still shocked to learn of the scale of the Latin American criminal presence in Europe, including supposedly political insurgents such as the Colombian ELN and various Farc dissident factions.

The fivefold increase in the cocaine trade in the last decade has boosted organised crime on both sides of the Atlantic. It underlines dramatically the failure of the “war on drugs”. Continue reading...

time.com | 10 hrs. 40 min. ago

How the War in Iran Could Escalate

“Tehran remains unlikely to let Washington end the conflict quickly and, fearing a potential attack from the U.S., could itself strike first,” writes Hamidreza Azizi.

theguardian.com | 10 hrs. 57 min. ago

Schrödinger’s racism, Nige’s latest wheeze to dodge his associates’ bigotry

John Crace | We are apparently to believe Raheem Kassam calling Kemi a ‘Nigerian scammer’ was racist and not racist at the same timeBack to the future. Some of us can remember the days when the key to surviving a nuclear war was to kneel down under the kitchen table and keep your eyes closed till you were incinerated or died of radiation poisoning.

Now the government wants you to hoard some baked beans and a few litres of water in the hope of getting through the next three days.But when the apocalypse does come, you can bank on there being one survivor. The politician with seemingly limitless powers of regeneration.

As one party of his dies, so another rises from the ashes. Fuelled not by water and tinned food, but by alcohol and grievance. Somehow, Nigel Farage is always the victim in his own story. The man who is forever misunderstood. Continue reading...

nytimes.com | 11 hrs. 10 min. ago

The U.S. Called It Putin’s ‘Slush Fund.’ Now Trump May Drop Sanctions on It.

The move would be the latest U.S. concession to Moscow as President Trump pursues economic incentives he hopes will secure an end to war in Ukraine.