Swedish Foreign Minister Billström:

It is a not-so-well-kept secret that Türkiye’s approval of Sweden's NATO application and Türkiye’s desire to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States are linked.

We already know that these issues are connected. As President Erdogan himself has said.

Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges, the former Commanding General of US Army Europe:

The U.S. has so far failed to fully commit itself a Ukrainian victory in the war against Russia, with the assistance provided by Washington only sufficient to keep Ukraine in the fight.

Iranian Navy observing U.S. Navy fleet as they enter the waters of Arabian Gulf.


USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
USS Gravely (DDG 107)
USS Stethem (DDG 63)
French frigate FS Languedoc (D-653)

Detailed footage of Burkina Faso Air Force Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs hunting terrorist and insurgent targets.

Caricature of Elon Musk's trip to Israel.

About 10,000 people living in the United States have reported for Israeli military duty after receiving draft notices, part of a larger mobilization of 360,000 troops, WaPo reports.

Turkish Bayraktar TB3 UCAV successfully completed its 9th flight test, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet.

New footage of Israeli soldiers in Gaza.

Japanese National Public Security Intelligence Agency has removed the PKK from the list of major terrorist organizations in the world.

Many Turkish and Japanese citizens now seek an explanation from the agency.

Yang Wei, the designer of the Chinese fifth-generation fighter J-20, criticized the American stealth bomber B-21 Raider.

Wei said B-21 “is not as good as China’s. I don't think the B-21 can compare with ours...”

Show of force by Hamas forces a short time ago in the Rafah area - apparently after handing over the hostages to the Red Cross.

NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg, responding to accusations of Western double standards, said international law had to apply in all conflicts but the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are “very different.”

Hamas official invites Elon Musk to Gaza to 'see the scale of the massacres and the crimes committed against our people'.

Economist Robin Brooks:

Kyrgyzstan is a key destination for European exports that - ultimately - go to Russia.

Estonian (EE) exports to Kyrgyzstan are up 10,000%. Finnish (FI) exports are up 3,100%, Poland (PL) is up 2200% and Greece (GR) is up 2100%. And - no - definitely not everyone is doing this...

The United States has paused the drone flights it was flying over Gaza, as part of the truce between Israel and Hamas, Pentagon says.

A top CIA official posted a pro-Palestine image on Facebook two weeks after Hamas attacked Israel, FT reports.

The CIA’s associate deputy director for analysis changed her Facebook cover photo on October 21 to an image of a man waving a Palestinian flag that is often used in stories criticising Israel.

The Financial Times has decided not to name her after the intelligence agency expressed concern about her safety.

In a separate Facebook post, the senior intelligence official also published a selfie with a sticker saying “Free Palestine” superimposed on the photograph. One person familiar with the image said it was posted to Facebook years ago and long before the current conflict.

“The officer is a career analyst with extensive background in all aspects of the Middle East and this post [of the Palestinian flag] was not intended to express a position on the conflict,” said the person familiar with the situation.

This person added that the senior official had also published posts on Facebook taking a stand against antisemitism. 

Hamas hands over Israeli citizen Mia Leimberg with her dog to the Red Cross.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told NATO counterparts on Tuesday he was working hard on Sweden's NATO ratification which is currently being debated by the Turkish parliament and provided a likely timeline of before year-end for the Nordic country to formally join the alliance, a senior State Department official said to Reuters.

Footage reveals decomposed bodies of premature babies in Al-Nasser Hospital in Gaza.

Israeli army forced the parents to go away and babies were left in the hospital to die.

Last week, Khaled Nabhan, a grandfather who lives in Gaza, faced the worst nightmare of his life: his two grandchildren, just 3 and 5, were killed due to Israeli military strikes.

Khaled says his grandchildren Reem and Tarek were “the soul of my soul.”

Reporting by CNN from Gaza.

The UN Assembly calls on Israel to withdraw from all occupied territories and Golan Heights and to return to the borders that existed on June 4, 1967.

A total of 91 countries voted in favor of the document, including Russia, Brazil, India, China and Saudi Arabia.

Eight countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, voted against.

62 countries abstained.