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A spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday slammed reports of TSMC asking suppliers to assess alternatives that do not use mainland rare earths amid the mainland's export controls on rare earth materials, magnets and related processing technologies.

Asked about a recent social media post in which Kevin Tsai Kang-yong said he had "never supported Taiwan independence," Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity is a shared obligation of all Chinese people, including compatriots in the Taiwan region.

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The cost of the U.S. military campaign against Iran has risen to at least 47 billion U.S. dollars, up 3.5 billion dollars from early September, local media reported Tuesday.

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Official Spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Taif

On October 28, 2026, while visiting the Philippines to participate in the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), Defense Minister Koizumi and Secretary of War Hegseth held discussions from 8:30 (local time) for approximately 30 minutes. The summary is as follows.

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot said Tuesday night that exit polls showing his bloc ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition reflected a "complete lack of confidence" in Netanyahu's government, vowing to move swiftly to replace it, as the projections pointed to a parliamentary election deadlock.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, had a photo session with the participants in the Third Meeting of Company Leaders of the Korean People's Army on Oct. 27.

China has once again strongly demanded that the US immediately lift its blockade of Cuba and stop exerting pressure on the country, and will continue to firmly support Cuba's just cause of safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and right to development, Fu Cong, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, said in an address to the General Assembly on Tuesday.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday criticized defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving the country following the election, calling the move "shameful."

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday extended congratulations to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his re-election as president of Brazil.

Around 80 cyber security specialists from the ADF, Japan, the US, Canada and New Zealand are strengthening their ability to operate together in an increasingly important operational domain during Exercise Keen Sword 27 in Japan.

Soldiers from 7 Bde and members of 5 Avn Regt practised the rapid movement of artillery at RAAF Base Amberley this month with the CH-47F Chinook.

Army's 4 Bde is ready to fight.

More than 350 personnel from the Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and United States Navy have participated in a biennial exercise in the Jervis Bay area designed to strengthen mine warfare, clearance diving and seabed warfare capabilities.

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On October 27, under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific.

Competition to host the Next Great American Base - a premier joint force installation project - has been met with "exceptional" nationwide interest.