A US intelligence report published October 26 shows China’s secretive spaceplane in orbit and warns of counterspace weapons, a charge Beijing rejects.
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Putin hosted the Gas Exporting Countries Forum on October 27, 2026, with Iran and Qatar present and sanctions and Hormuz on the agenda, as Brent traded near $116.
US emergency crude stocks have fallen to 282.6 million barrels, the lowest since October 1982, as Hormuz-era releases continue and Brent trades near $115.
Moscow hosts the third Russia-Africa summit on October 28 and 29, 2026, with 48 African countries confirmed and three documents due, as trade ambitions meet an uneven record.
Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish security chiefs met Iran’s president on October 26, 2026, in the first Mecca defence pact contact with Tehran, as fears of renewed US-Israeli strikes grow.
Police say 48 died in a gunmen raid on Binnari village in Taraba State, while Amnesty counts 52, raising pressure on Abuja before 2027 elections and testing US security ties.
Clashes in France and simultaneous rallies from Milan to Tirana are testing governments, and protest groups are demanding more marches as Macron weighs his options.
Israel’s Hebron demolitions and West Bank lockdown, launched after two soldiers were killed, are drawing UN and regional condemnation days before Israel’s October 27 election.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called for an “honest discussion” on free movement with the EU, four weeks before a Brussels summit that will test his reset.
North Korea’s leader crossed the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge into Dandong on October 24, 2026, a signal of warming Beijing-Pyongyang ties before an APEC summit Trump may attend.