Editorial
🇸🇦🇮🇷 Saudi Arabia’s armed forces chief of staff, Fayyad al-Ruwaili, visited Tehran for talks with Iranian officials, discussing defense diplomacy and cooperation. This high-level meeting
🇦🇫 Taliban officials will attend COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, marking their first major UN climate conference since taking power in 2021. While not recognized as
🇦🇺🇮🇩 Australian Defence Force troops arrived in East Java, Indonesia, for the Keris Woomera Exercise, the largest joint military drill between Australia and Indonesia, involving
🇱🇧 An Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese town of Almat killed at least 23 people, including seven children, with more casualties expected, Lebanon’s health ministry
🇱🇹 Lithuania’s Social Democrats, winners of last month’s election, are forming a coalition with Nemunas Dawn, led by Remigijus Zemaitaitis, who is on trial for
🇶🇦 Qatar has paused its mediation efforts for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, citing a lack of “willingness and seriousness” from both Hamas
🇺🇳 IAEA chief Rafael Grossi will visit Iran on Wednesday to address nuclear program concerns, including Iran’s restrictions on inspectors and unexplained uranium traces at
🇨🇳 China condemned the Philippines’ new maritime laws defining its sea boundaries, claiming they infringe on China’s South China Sea “sovereignty.” Beijing, asserting nearly total
🇸🇾 A reported Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Sayeda Zainab, near Damascus, killed seven civilians, including women and children, and injured 20 others.
