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31.10.2025 07:30 Since midsummer, Ukrainian forces have played a game of whack-a-mole in Pokrovsk, watching individual Russian soldiers and small units pop up in building ruins or basements in the frontline Donetsk region city, and then hammering them one by one.

31.10.2025 07:30 Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine have killed at least five people and injured dozens of others, including children, as Russian troops step up assaults around the country's strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.

31.10.2025 07:30 Efforts to facilitate the repair of the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 power line at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant are ongoing, following the discovery last week of additional damage to the line during the successful reconnection of the plant to Ukraine's power grid, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.

31.10.2025 07:30 The Regional Special Operations Component Command , led by Hungary, has officially reached full operational capability, marking a major milestone in regional defence cooperation between Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. With this achievement, the five nations now have a fully deployable multinational headquarters capable of commanding special operations forces missions together or supporting NATO and EU-led operations when needed.

31.10.2025 07:30 Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US soldiers from Romania, the country's Foreign Minister Oana Toiu told RFE/RL, leaving the alliance with a "stronger" presence.

31.10.2025 07:30 Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur said that the United States has made a significant decision to maintain its military presence in Estonia, reaffirming the U.S.'s continued commitment to the defence of the region and NATO's entire eastern flank.

31.10.2025 07:30 Governments moving to restore ties with the Taliban risk legitimising oppression and deepening Afghanistan's crisis, an independent UN human rights expert cautioned on Thursday, calling for a principled approach that defends the rights of women and girls.

31.10.2025 07:30 Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator's briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan

31.10.2025 07:30 El Fasher has "descended into an even darker hell," senior UN officials warned on Thursday, as the Rapid Support Forces militia seized control of the North Darfur capital after a 500-day siege, forcing tens of thousands to flee on foot amid reports of mass executions, rape and starvation.

31.10.2025 07:30 The newly appointed Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, Miroslav Jenča, has praised the country's peace process as "a global model," while urging greater financial support to strengthen the Mission's work.

31.10.2025 07:30 The Justice Department announced today that RAFAT AMIROV, a/k/a "Farkhaddin Mirzoev," a/k/a "Pᴎᴍ," a/k/a "Rome," and POLAD OMAROV, a/k/a "Araz Aliyev," a/k/a "Polad Qaqa," a/k/a "Haci Qaqa," were each sentenced yesterday to 25 years' in prison for their participation in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Masih Alinejad, a journalist, author, and human rights activist, on behalf of the Government of Iran.

31.10.2025 07:30 Canyon Anthony Amarys, 28, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested on October 28 in connection with his indictment for the attempted violation of the Export Control Reform Act. Amarys will make his initial appearance today in federal court in the District of Kansas at 1:30 p.m. Central Time.

31.10.2025 07:30 UK and Germany sign new contract for world-leading bridging equipment in latest milestone for landmark defence partnership

31.10.2025 07:30 Britain's security will be strengthened through a new defence agreement signed with Qatar.

31.10.2025 07:30 US President Donald Trump has struck a truce in the trade war with China, telling reporters after his high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea that he expects to sign a bilateral deal with Beijing "pretty soon."