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kyivpost.com | 1 hrs. 9 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 | 1 hrs. 47 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 | 2 hrs. 17 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

scmp.com | 3 hrs. 34 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 | 3 hrs. 34 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 | 3 hrs. 40 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 | 4 hrs. 8 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 | 4 hrs. 9 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.

kyivindependent.com | 5 hrs. 11 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 | 6 hrs. 40 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 | 6 hrs. 46 min. 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.”

cbsnews.com | 8 hrs. 13 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.

theguardian.com | 9 hrs. 10 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 | 9 hrs. 26 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 | 9 hrs. 43 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 | 9 hrs. 55 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.

thehill.com | 10 hrs. 58 min. ago

The 'weapon of war' argument has backfired on AR-15 bans

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County regarding the constitutionality of state and local bans on AR-15 semiautomatic rifles.

pagesix.com | 10 hrs. 59 min. ago

Nepo baby at center of bitter war between New York Times journalist mom and billionaire Amy Griffin speaks out

Ariel Ehrlich shared a lengthy Substack essay on Tuesday after Griffin denied threatening him over Katherine Rosman's September 2025 article.

bbc.co.uk | 11 hrs. 3 min. ago

West warns of famine risk in Sudan as civil war grinds on

Millions face acute hunger in Sudan as conflict, drought and funding cuts aggravate the humanitarian crisis.

kyivpost.com | 11 hrs. 25 min. ago

POW Dispute: South Korea Pulls 8 Diplomats From Ukraine

South Korea has withdrawn eight diplomatic personnel from Ukraine amid a dispute over Kyiv’s disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said talks with his Ukrainian counterpart were continuing, while essential embassy personnel remained in the country and Seoul’s broader support for Ukraine was unchanged.

cbsnews.com | 12 hrs. 14 min. ago

World awaits results of Israeli election that could replace Netanyahu

Israel holds its first parliamentary election on Tuesday since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that sparked its war in Gaza to decide if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in office. Matt Gutman reports.

iol.co.za | 12 hrs. 52 min. ago

Mbalula vows to intervene in Malema’s war of words with MySol

ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, promised to intervene in the public tension between EFF leader, Julius Malema and North West mining mogul, Solomon “MySol” Madibela.

livemint.com | 13 hrs. 33 min. ago

War: What is FORTRESS? Inside Pentagon's 90-day war plan as US military bases prepare to survive without outside support

The approach is intended to help the US expand its defence manufacturing capacity quickly rather than begin negotiating arrangements and adapting factories after a conflict has already started.

al-monitor.com | 13 hrs. 42 min. ago

Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery with missile

DUBAI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they had hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, the ⁠biggest in the kingdom, with a ballistic missile.The group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the strike had caused a fire at the complex, which also includes a shipping terminal, located on the Gulf, west of the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the strike.Ras Tanura, which has a capacity of 550,000 barrels per day, was shut for a period in the early months of the Iran war as a precautionary measure.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 15 hrs. 4 min. ago

World War II bunker in England becomes a £650,000 home with rooftop terrace

foxnews.com | 15 hrs. 8 min. ago

Trump supporters confront Iran, affordability concerns with a message for critics: 'Give him time'

Trump rally-goers in Perry, Georgia, defend the president as gas prices hit $3.66 per gallon amid the Iran war and growing affordability concerns.

dailymail.com | 15 hrs. 44 min. ago

Labour revolt at Burnham bringing back Brexit wars as MPs warn over free movement talks with EU… and Cabinet splits deepen

Andy Burnham used an interview yesterday to lean into the idea of returning to open borders with the EU as part of his bid for closer ties.

marketwatch.com | 15 hrs. 52 min. ago

Why reported Khamenei call for end to ‘neither war nor peace’ moved markets — a bit

Iran’s supreme leader was quoted as saying it’s time for a deal. There’s a long way to go.

thehindu.com | 16 hrs. 47 min. ago

Chip war exposes India’s semiconductor vulnerabilities, industry leaders say

U.S.–China tensions underscore need for domestic technology capabilities and resilient supply chains; industry flags gaps in materials, manufacturing expertise and specialised talent

kyivindependent.com | 17 hrs. 9 min. ago

Norway, Finland call Putin ahead of potential Abu Dhabi peace talks

"The outcome of this war will have a direct impact on our and the broader European security. Ending the war requires direct discussions," said Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

thehindu.com | 17 hrs. 29 min. ago

Durga puja 2026: The stories behind Bengal’s patachitra artists

You spotted them at Kolkata’s Durga Ppuja pandals, selling paintings, kurtas and curios. But behind these colourful wares is a world of travelling storytellers, sung scrolls and a tradition now caught between reinvention and the risk of losing its story

defence-blog.com | 17 hrs. 51 min. ago

Shotgun-armed drone gets Pentagon green light

An armed, reusable drone that fires 40 mm grenades and 12-gauge shotgun rounds and then flies back to be reloaded has been cleared for purchase and use across the U.S. military, after Skyborne Technologies’ Cerberus MI was added to the U.S. Department of War’s Blue UAS Cleared List, the company announced on Oct.

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nytimes.com | 18 hrs. 27 min. ago

[$] Inflation. War. Corruption. Hold Trump Accountable.

The American people have a chance to allow the nation to glimpse the end of the Trump era and the start of something brighter.

defence-blog.com | 18 hrs. 33 min. ago

NATO simulates war with a million troops on each side

NATO commanders spent 10 days in October rehearsing how they would fight a war against an enemy army of one million soldiers, running the alliance’s Avenger Triad 26 computer-assisted exercise from a command center in Wiesbaden, Germany, where about 150 officers from several countries tracked a simulated attack on alliance territory around the clock on […]

defence-blog.com | 19 hrs. 8 min. ago

General Dynamics gets $136M to upgrade Stryker power system

The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $135.9 million contract modification that sets prices for buying complete retrofit kits for the Stryker armored vehicle’s Enhanced Power Distribution Unit Version 2, raising the total value of the contract to $162.4 million, the Department of War announced on Oct.

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thehindu.com | 19 hrs. 21 min. ago

Supreme Court seeks government response on pleas challenging Vande Mataram as a ‘divisive religious war song’

The petitions argued that government orders had imposed a “sectarian prayer to particular goddesses of one particular religion as the National Song” which violated fundamental rights of religion and attracted the criminal law

warontherocks.com | 19 hrs. 36 min. ago

The Machine Staff

At Nellis Air Force Base last year, an AI system was tasked with building courses of action, a complex operational problem that military planners have spent generations learning to perform. The AI system took less than a minute to complete its task with solutions rated at 97 percent viable and tactically valid (essentially, whether the proposed plan could work given operational constraints such as fuel and force composition).

By contrast, their human counterparts took roughly 19 minutes and only reached 48 percent viability.That comparison needs two qualifiers. First, the tool that hit 97 percent came from a single vendor that The post The Machine Staff appeared first on War on the Rocks.

kyivindependent.com | 20 hrs. 11 min. ago

Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says

Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

theguardian.com | 20 hrs. 32 min. ago

Melting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitions

Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightingsA significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the Italian army has said.The devices, which included Italian artillery shells and French mortar bombs, were removed and defused by the army’s Julia Alpine brigade, according to a statement.

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koreatimes.co.kr | 21 hrs. 14 min. ago

FM Cho says lodged complaint to US envoy over USFK chief's remarks on inter-Korean border

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Tuesday he lodged a complaint to U.S. Ambassador to Korea Michelle Steel last week over recent remarks by the chief of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on the inter-Korean border. Controversy has arisen over comments made by USFK Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson at a seminar in Washington earlier this month, when he said that, from the U.N.

Command's (UNC) perspective, Korean territory begins at the southern fence line of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), established under the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. Brunson also serves as commander of the UNC. "Last week, I called Steel to the foreign ministry to convey our position following Brunson's remarks.

I will raise the matter with the U.S. side again," Cho said during a parliamentary audit of his ministry, responding to a lawmaker's call for the government to issue "a clear warning" to Washington over the matter. Some lawmakers and critics have accused Brunson of questioning Korea's territorial sovereignty.

Under the Korean Constitution, the country's territory encompasses the entire Korean Peninsula and it