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Referring to his consultations with the Chinese Foreign Minister, the Deputy for International Affairs of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Bagheri Kani stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People's Republic of China share common views on many international and regional issues.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has thwarted a terrorist plot against security forces in the country's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan

The ongoing ethnic violence in India's northeastern state of Manipur has left five people dead in two separate incidents in the state's Kangpokpi and Noney districts, officials said Monday.

As China enters a critical period in its modernization drive, the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) has charted the course for tougher action against corruption and stronger self-governance in the years ahead.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman in Beijing on Monday, with the two sides exchanging views on bilateral relations as well as international and regional hotspot issues. The Chinese leader said that China stands ready to deepen the alignment of development strategies with Oman, while also emphasizing that the Middle East and the Gulf region should not become a wrestling ground for major-country rivalry and geopolitical conflicts, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Australian, Japanese and US personnel demonstrated new levels of interoperability between autonomous maritime systems during a first-of-its-kind trilateral experiment at Exercise Keen Sword 27 in Japan.

A DPRK military commentator made public the following article "Intolerable is the moves of the neo-militarist forces of Japan to acquire the capability for making a preemptive attack inviting a vicious cycle of the escalation of the regional tension" on November 3:

Hundreds of British troops, RAF jets and forces from 11 nations will rehearse how to secure lasting peace in Ukraine when the fighting ends in a major exercise in Poland this month.

A US reconnaissance aircraft conducted patrols near the borders of the Kaliningrad region for approximately four hours and then landed in Romania, according to flight data analyzed by Sputnik on Monday.

Ukraine lost up to 335 soldiers in combat against Russia's Tsentr battlegroup over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had thwarted a series of terrorist attacks planned by the Ukrainian special services using bombs in FPV goggles to control drones sent to the special military operation area.

The Russian Armed Forces have struck a site used to conceal and store launchers for Neptun anti-ship missile systems near Tuzly in the Odessa region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

All obligations during the ceasefire in Alyoshki, Kherson Region, were upheld by both sides, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said.

China could cut off supplies to Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island, but forcing Taipei to abandon the remote outpost would require a sustained operation that might be too risky for Beijing, analysts told Radio Free Asia.

Russia and China oppose the creation of new military blocs in the Asia-Pacific region, sharing a common understanding that a unified security system is needed in the region, Russian Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko said on Monday.

Western nations' efforts to draw NATO into the Arctic could turn the Arctic Council into a "suitcase without a handle" - a burden that is difficult to carry but impossible to discard, Vladislav Maslennikov, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's European issues department, said.

Russia, together with its partners, is working to establish mechanisms for cross-border financial, production, and logistical cooperation that are resilient to external pressure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

The Trump administration is hoping to use renewed energy trade as leverage to secure a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, reports the WSJ, citing US, European and Ukrainian officials.US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff reportedly floated the proposal during visits to Russia and Ukraine in September.

Russia notes the success of the humanitarian operation in Aleshki and highly appreciates the level of coordination of all participants in the process, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Iran wants to reach a peace settlement with the United States, US President Donald Trump has claimed.