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Iran signaled on Monday that it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume diplomatic negotiations within two days if the United States meets its demands, even as Washington and Tehran exchanged renewed warnings over potential military escalation.

Troops stationed in Kinmen conducted live-fire exercises early Tuesday morning, deploying armored vehicles and artillery to engage simulated sea and air targets, the Kinmen Defense Command said.

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China's privately developed Kinetica-2 Y2 liquid-propellant carrier rocket successfully launched 18 satellites into their planned orbits on Tuesday, marking a significant step in the participation of private aerospace enterprises in the country's large-scale deployment of low-Earth orbit satellite internet constellations.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) expresses its strong solidarity with the Government and people of the Republic of Kenya and supports their call for the urgent review and lifting of the Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz held a phone call with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Eisenkot says he would meet with Trump but opposes interference in Israel's internal affairs, KAN reports.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has captured the fourth US reconnaissance and decoy drone intact west of the Strait of Hormuz after taking control of its guidance and control systems.

The Public Relations office of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement the destruction of an advanced MQ9 drone.

US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that Washington has made "progress" in talks with Iran, saying he and President Donald Trump feel "pretty good" about reaching a negotiated settlement, Anadolu Agency reports.

Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Bagheri Kani says the Islamic Republic will not compromise on defending its national security and sovereignty.

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.