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ConflictBreakingOct 30Russian oil refinery suffers major drone attackU.S. President Donald Trump has been pressuring Ukraine not to hit energy targets inside Russia.Politico Europe
ConflictOct 30Russian attacks leave consumers without power in Kyiv and four regions – UkrenergoUkrinform [en]
ConflictOct 30Saudi Arabia says Houthis-launched drone destroyed near Mecca, group deniesSaudi Arabia said on Friday it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels near Islam’s holiest city, a claim the Houthis denied. A coalition spokesman, Major General Turki al-Malki, said the drone was intercepted in the region surrounding Mecca, Islam’s holiest city and a destination for millions of Muslim pilgrims each year. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree denied carrying out any operations targeting Mecca, saying the group’s military...South China Morning Post
ConflictOct 30Russian oil refinery struck as Ukraine renews drone attacksAl Jazeera [en]
ConflictOct 30Humanitarian aid being delivered to Oleshky, 25 buses with 750 seats ready for evacuation – LubinetsUkraine's Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said that 25 buses with a total capacity of 750 seats had been prepared to evacuate residents of Oleshky, along with ambulances for people with limited mobility. Humanitarian aid is also being delivered to the town.Ukrinform [en]
ConflictOct 30Haiti announces new election dates as El Salvador sends troops to rescue missing soldiersAfricanews [en]
ConflictOct 30Colombia’s ‘Narcoterrorist’ Crackdown Raises Questions Over KillingsMilitary-involved deaths have roiled a country with an iron-fisted new president — and a history of extrajudicial killings.NYT World
ConflictOct 30Evacuation of Russian-occupied Oleshky begins with aid convoy on wayThe Independent World
ConflictOct 30Oleshky ceasefire will not bring wider truce with Russia, former Ukrainian PM warnsThe first humanitarian operation in years in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky offers a fragile glimmer of hope for civilians trapped by war, but raises grave concerns over Moscow's true intentions and the fate of those seeking evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory.EuroNews [en]
ConflictBreakingOct 30Drone attack and fire reported at Russia's Novokuibyshevsk oil refineryEuroNews [en]
ConflictOct 30Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a drone near Mecca and other Middle East newsClarín
ConflictOct 30Pentagon urges Baltic NATO allies to tone down rhetoric about Russia, citing remarks likening Putin to a ‘rat in a corner’Pentagon officials urged several NATO member countries to tone down their rhetoric about the Russian threat during bilateral meetings, according to Reuters sources.Meduza [en]
ConflictBreakingOct 30Russian drones attack four districts of Kyiv region over past 24 hoursUkrinform [en]
ConflictBreakingOct 30Moscow mayor says more than 800 Ukrainian drones headed toward Russian capital as reports emerge of fire at Samara region oil refineryMeduza [en]
ConflictOct 30Sudan investigation maps commanders linked to wartime rapeInvestigative unit CIR identifies 25 commanders present at five sites during periods of reported sexual violence.Al Jazeera [en]
ConflictOct 30Russian and Ukrainian ombudsmen head to occupied Oleshky on humanitarian mission to deliver aid and evacuate civiliansUkrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russia’s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova have traveled to the occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region. They are accompanying a convoy of humanitarian aid and plan to organize the evacuation of residents who want to leave the city.Meduza [en]
ConflictOct 30Eleven people remain hospitalized after Russian strike on Dnipro railway stationUkrinform [en]
ConflictOct 30‘My life is buried here’: Iranian man whose 12 family members were killedAl Jazeera [en]
ConflictOct 30Russian forces launch over 20 attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region overnightUkrinform [en]
ConflictOct 30Gunmen kill four in Plateau communityFour persons were reportedly killed when gunmen attacked Sabon Angwa community, around Bet/Zat in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Thursday night. The post Gunmen kill four in Plateau community appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
ConflictOct 30‘A living hell’: The occupied town of Oleshky captures the world’s attention — including Melania Trump’sHello, and happy Friday. My name is Angela Skujins. On today’s agenda: the horrors of a Russian-captured community, EU-Canada affairs throw up more questions than answers, and hefty fines for angry Albanian protesters. Let’s go.EuroNews [en]
ConflictOct 30Russia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv as aid convoy heads for besieged town of OleshkyFrance 24 [en]
ConflictOct 30Russian airstrike on Izium: Bodies of four victims recovered from rubbleRescuers have recovered the bodies of four people from the rubble of a building in Izium, Kharkiv region.Ukrinform [en]
ConflictOct 30Moldova Steps Up Border Security Amid ‘Unprecedented’ ThreatsBorder police chief Ruslan Galusca says the threat to Moldova’s borders from drones, drug trafficking and illegal migration has grown massively since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.Balkan Insight