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The Defense Intelligence Agency has released a new report assessing the scope and breadth of adversary threats in space.

North Korea has told the UN Security Council that a mine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone was a "fabrication" by South Korea, Anadolu Agency reported, citing the local media.

North Korea told the UN Security Council that the mine explosion was a "sinister obstructive move" by South Korea aimed at portraying Pyongyang's border fortifications as a military invasion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's weekend visit to China over the newly completed New Yalu River Bridge was largely symbolic, and acknowledged a history that Pyongyang has downplayed for three generations, experts told Radio Free Asia.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on October 26, 2026, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) i.e. in-principle administrative to various capital acquisition proposals of the Defence Forces at an estimated cost of about Rs 2,12,000 crore. For the Indian Army, approval was accorded for the procurement of High Mobility Vehicles (HMV), Self-Propelled Tracked Gun System, Gun Shot Response System (GSRS), Light Multi Role Helicopters (LMRH), Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS), Platform Based Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS), Unmanned Aerial System Brick Long Range, Surveillance UAV, Integrated Surveillance and Strike System and Long Range Kamikaze Drone System.

The UN's Ebola coordinator and the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) have deplored the killing of a nurse working to halt the spread of the disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The Public Security Directorate said the three suspects were arrested following a dawn shootout and that all three were wounded.

NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years, according to Daily Sabah.

New US strikes on Iran would go beyond efforts to maintain the status quo by striking Iranian military sites that can be quickly rebuilt, CNN reported, citing sources.

Acting Oil Minister Hamid Bovard says US military interventions, hostile actions in several nations, along with unilateral sanctions, have negatively impacted investment, security, and predictability of global energy markets.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has responded to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's accusation that Iran has attacked ships like the Pirates of the Caribbean, recalling US President Donald Trump's own remarks comparing his country's actions to piracy.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman pointed out that Marco Rubio's claims about Iranian actions against commercial shipping conveniently ignore Trump's own proud admission that American forces operate "like pirates."

In a message to the scientific and sports medalists, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said Iran's strength relies on scientific authority.

Delegations from Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia released a press statement after concluding their security meeting in Tehran on Monday.

President Pezeshkian reiterates Iran's support for any agreement that reinforces unity among Muslim countries and boosts constructive cooperation in West Asia.

High-level delegations from Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia visited Tehran on Monday and held four-way talks with Iranian officials. Here is the press statement following the meeting.

Representatives of Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia hold a security meeting in Tehran.

Baghaei says the meeting with senior officials from Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia could serve as a prelude to further steps toward shaping endogenous security.

Iran and three members of a regional mutual-defense pact have agreed to continue talks after their first meeting in Tehran, Iranian state television reported.

Top representatives from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, members of the so-called Mecca alliance, were set to meet in Iran's capital, Tehran, on October 26, according to media reports.