Geopolitics beyond the usual borders.
China sent 244 ships around Taiwan last month, the highest monthly total on record, according to a report cited by Taipei Times and the China-Global South Project.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow, reportedly the first by a sitting CIA chief since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The US Defense Department is preparing choices for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on how many American troops should stay in Europe, due by November 6.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow that had already been reported, but new reporting from US news outlets says what he actually told the Russians: don't attack NATO countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and don't help Iran.
UN envoy Mladenov briefed the Security Council on Gaza, warning of a deep crisis and presenting the first detailed international plan to disarm fighters and rebuild the territory.
Flash floods hit the border between Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people.
China has told its citizens to leave Eswatini, a small kingdom in southern Africa, citing security risks it has not explained.
Oman is trying to arrange a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage between Iran and the United States that carries about a fifth of the world's oil and gas.
President Trump has sent Congress a classified agreement to help Saudi Arabia build a civilian nuclear program.
China has gone from rejecting a US ultimatum over its trade with Iran to warning it may retaliate, the Financial Times reports.
Canada has published a detailed list of new tariffs on $20 billion of American goods, including steel, dairy, fish, furniture and cosmetics, matching tariffs the United States already placed on Canadian goods.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday, according to two US media outlets, in what would be his first known visit to Russia since becoming America's top spy chief.