Western intelligence warns China could try to invade Taiwan as early as late 2026, especially if the U.S. is distracted by domestic unrest after the elections.

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Today marks Victory Day in Azerbaijan, commemorating the conclusion of major military operations during the 2020 Second Karabakh War.

After 44 days of conflict, Azerbaijani forces regained control of several territories, including the strategically significant city of Shusha (Şuşa).

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has strongly warned Vladimir Putin against using nuclear weapons:

“Putin must know that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought,” Rutte told Welt am Sonntag.

NEW: Sudan’s air defense systems shot down a strategic drone belonging to UAE-backed RSF militias over El-Obeid city.

Tanzania: A court charged at least 240 people with treason following last week’s deadly election protests, as authorities downplayed the violence and insisted the vote was free and fair.

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Biden to Trump:

You work for us, Mr. President. We don’t work for you.

You work for us — not just billionaires and millionaires.

I mean it sincerely. I am angry.

Biden on Trump:

There are no kings in democracies. None.

Pete Hegseth:

We’re not building for peace time. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing, building for victory should our adversaries FAFO.

Another trace of UAE involvement in the RSF massacre in Sudan.

Footage released by the RSF shows Chinese-made AH4 155 mm howitzers in the background.

The United Arab Emirates is known as a key supplier of these artillery systems, and unverified reports suggest it has supplied them to the RSF.

Reports also indicate that the RSF has actively used them during its attacks on El-Fashir.

Pete Hegseth:

This is a 1939 moment — or hopefully a 1981 moment.

A moment of mounting urgency. Enemies gather, threats grow. You feel it. I feel it.

Footage of the drone shot down by the Sudanese army.

Ethiopia: Tigray Defense Forces released footage showing artillery rocket strikes on Ethiopian forces.

TDF’s units appear to be using China-made 107mm Type 63 launchers powered by truck batteries.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We don’t hold grudges, nor do we allow past suffering to be repeated.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We are hopeful for lasting peace.

We appreciate President Ilham Aliyev’s sincere efforts and welcome Prime Minister Pashinyan’s courageous steps on this path.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

Armenians once said they’d drink tea in Baku — and now they are.

Armenian war criminals are on trial in Baku, drinking Azerbaijani tea in pre-trial detention.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

We have returned to Karabakh and East Zangezur — our ancestral lands.

The Azerbaijani flag will fly here forever.

WATCH: JF-17 fighter jets appear at Azerbaijan’s Victory Day parade.

Iran unveiled a statue in central Tehran portraying ancient King Shapur I defeating Roman Emperor Valerian.

Venezuelan President Maduro:

I’m so famous in the U.S.—more than Taylor Swift, Karol G, or Bad Bunny.

I’m even thinking of recording an album to help fund community projects.

Venezuelan President Maduro:

The imperialists try to reduce everything to one man. They attack me because I represent something bigger.

I’m just a kid from Caracas, born in 1962, raised among working-class assemblies and Metro workers—yet I’ve become a threat to the U.S. empire.

But it’s not about me. It’s about a proud, Bolivarian, Chavista people who will never surrender and will defeat any imperialist threat against our homeland.

NEW: Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces say they destroyed a Russian S-400 launcher and an ammunition depot in occupied Crimea on October 6, 2025.