6 ballistic missile launchers and a UAV launch platform spotted in a tunnel in Lorestan Province, Iran.

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Tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz are now running in daylight, a U.S. official told Axios. Escorted crossings by the U.S. military and Gulf states had been kept mostly to night hours until now.

An Islamic Jihad rocket squad commander was killed in Khan Younis over the weekend, per the IDF. Mohsen Farid Said Abu Hadaf crossed into Israel on October 7 and raided the Kissufim area.

Germany’s Chancellor Merz on Iran:

Iran must finally end this blockade. Above all, it must end its military nuclear program.

Tehran’s support for proxies throughout the region must stop. We see the consequences every day.

We also call on Iran not to carry the conflict further into Iraq.

A private retreat in Germany last week brought together senior military commanders from the U.S., Israel and several Arab countries to discuss the Iran war and regional tensions. Adm. Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander, organized it. No participating country made it public, per two Israeli officials speaking to Axios.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

Fiction: Iran is defenseless.

Fact: 100s of U.S. military sites blown to pieces; dozens of aircraft scorched. (Source: The Pentagon)

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

We'll reveal it all in due course.

For those who've sold lies about Iran, it won't be pretty.

Trump's name must stay off the Kennedy Center, a U.S. judge ruled.

Iraqi PM al-Zaidi: "Until now, Iraq has been dependent on a single strait."

He wants export routes split between Türkiye, Syria and the Mediterranean, with the oil sold to Europe and the U.S.

Iraqi PM al-Zaidi was asked about the strike in Saudi Arabia.

Investigations are still running. A joint commission between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran has been formed, and the results are currently being analyzed.

"We do not want to prejudge anything because we first need reliable findings."

Once those findings are in, he said they will be presented together with the Iranians.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Yemen:

"The Houthis now control strategic positions around Bab al-Mandab. They are attacking energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.

This is further worsening the situation on the energy markets, and Germany is also feeling the effects.

The international community cannot allow the Houthis to take shipping in the Red Sea hostage."

A drone crashed near Steinhuder Meer in Germany, about a kilometer from the Wunstorf Bundeswehr air base. Police are searching for further debris. No known threat to the public, and no one knows who the drone belongs to.

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Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia will receive $52 million in U.S. military aid pulled from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq under a Trump administration shift.

Counter narcotics work, security for the Panama Canal, and blocking strategic rivals in the Western Hemisphere are the stated purposes, per the State Department.

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The Saudi Turkey Pakistan defense pact is not expected to be activated in the widening confrontation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, who are firing deep into the Kingdom daily.

A regional diplomat told Kan News the pact does not oblige its members to respond automatically or immediately, and that the Houthis are not considered an existential threat to Saudi Arabia at this point.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

"Mechanisms must be established to modernize the naval fleet damaged during the war."

An official Lebanese source to Al-Hadath on the upcoming Washington meeting between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors:

The talks will cover developments in the agreement and the obstacles to implementing the framework agreement.

Lebanon's ambassador will present the official Lebanese viewpoint on implementation.

Both ambassadors will submit a report on the meeting to their governments.

The date of the next round of negotiations will be set based on their recommendations.

Sen. Bernie Sanders says the agreement among Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman that AI development must slow is only a start.

"When you are racing towards a cliff, you don't just ease up on the gas pedal. You hit the brakes."

With the future of humanity at stake, he is calling for binding international safety rules rather than voluntary standards set by the industry.

Sen. Bernie Sanders:

"Leading scientists have been clear: AI is an existential threat to humanity."

"Like nuclear weapons, artificial superintelligence is a threat to humanity, and it must be treated as such."

Sanders will introduce a bill next week to permanently ban development of artificial superintelligence.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claims Saudi jets flew 52 airstrikes over the past 24 hours against civilian targets, including schools, bridges and roads in Taiz, along with sites in al Jawf, al Bayda, Saada and Amran.

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Honor Guard rehearsals underway at the White House before Xi Jinping's visit next week.

Iranian Army Spokesman: Iran and Pakistan are cooperating to ensure regional security

Iraq is moving closer to U.S. sanctions over attacks on Saudi oil facilities that were allegedly launched from its territory by IRGC-linked groups. Roughly 7 million barrels of Saudi exports were disrupted.

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