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Serbian authorities say a teenager attacked an officer guarding a facility near Israel’s Belgrade embassy. The officer killed him; the alert level was raised.

France and 10 European partners are developing a nuclear deterrence framework that could deploy French Rafale jets, according to a WSJ report.

A European official told AP that Starlink restrictions remain in Ukraine, despite Trump’s claim that service was operating without limits.

Two PHP vulnerabilities rated 9.2 out of 10 could enable remote code execution. Russia faces elevated exposure because PHP is widely used there.

A source told RBC Ukraine that a Polish weapons package was put on hold after a Lviv council tribute to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Vladimir Putin met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in St. Petersburg on Oct. 21, after meeting U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the Ukraine war.

Vladimir Putin said Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen convicted in Russia over fighting for Ukraine, has been released and is at St. Petersburg airport.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a Kremlin official warned a German counterpart the Leipzig airport sabotage attempt would not be Moscow’s last target.

Poland ordered 11 Belarusians and four Russians to leave after they entered on tourist visas, apparently intending to attend a karate championship.

The New York Times reports Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to meet Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Oct. 21 and seek an American’s release.

Seoul says it will recall some staff from its Kyiv embassy, citing an unresolved dispute over two North Korean prisoners of war and Russian airstrikes.

Two administrators of Russia’s RailGallery face charges carrying five to 10 years in prison over alleged access to protected infrastructure data.

Diplomatic sources told Politico that European leaders did not ask Volodymyr Zelensky to soften his criticism of Donald Trump at a Brussels meeting.

Ukraine is trying to disrupt Russian airport traffic with long-range drones, while a more aggressive AI-guided plan remains unapproved, The Atlantic reports.

Russia’s FSB says a Swedish citizen was detained in Pskov and alleges he fought for Ukraine and planned sabotage at military sites.

Greenpeace estimates an oil slick reached 25 square kilometers after a tanker caught fire off Sochi. Russian officials deny a major spill.

Yelena Morgunova tells Meduza she was detained twice, threatened over her family and given an ultimatum after returning to Russia.

Kazakhstan police say rapper Navai was detained entering from Kyrgyzstan on suspicion of drug smuggling. His Astana concert was postponed.

A Moscow court ordered a Hokkaido Shimbun correspondent held on espionage charges after his detention in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Bulgaria says two cargo ships were attacked in the Black Sea, leaving five sailors with minor injuries and one vessel sunk. Sofia plans to summon Russia’s ambassador.

A Meduza interview describes near-daily Russian attacks on Kyiv since late August, civilian casualties and residents’ preparations for winter.

EU foreign ministers approved a 22nd Russia sanctions package, adding about 1,600 people and legal entities, the largest single expansion since 2022.

A Federal Register listing identifies an Iran-related determination, but the available source text does not show its substance or effects.

A Riga court sentenced Polina Kamleva for financing an armed conflict over a €43 transfer investigators say was meant for Russian military equipment.

EU ambassadors have agreed to expand the Russia sanctions list with 743 people and 826 organizations; foreign ministers are due to approve it Oct. 12.

Latvia’s foreign minister says a process has begun to declare a Russian citizen persona non grata. Delfi reports the case involves Leonid Ragozin.

The Guardian reported 14 fuel voyages from South Korea to Russia in July and August, including three tankers under British and EU sanctions.

A draft budget allocates nearly 60 billion rubles over three years to Russia’s internet filtering system, nearly double a previous plan.

A Russian strike damaged a bridge over the Dnipro in Zaporizhzhia, injuring five, including two Red Cross staff members. Traffic was shut down.

A Russian guided-bomb attack on Kharkiv on October 5 killed three people and injured 39, regional military administration head Oleh Syniehubov said.

A munition struck near Moldova’s Palanca crossing on October 5, injuring a border guard and prompting a temporary closure and traffic rerouting.

Russian drone attacks damaged Kyiv’s Southern and Northern bridges, disrupting traffic and raising concerns about the city’s transport links.

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A Meduza report from Afghanistan describes safer travel and an opium crackdown alongside poverty, unemployment and severe limits on women’s rights.

Ukrainian officials report three deaths, including a child, and seven injuries after Russian strikes hit Kyiv and the surrounding region on September 30.

RTRS plans to take apart the 1922 Shabolovka radio tower and rebuild it with replica steel by 2028. Specialists call it destruction of a landmark.

Missiles and drones hit Kyiv overnight September 29, setting fires at an educational institution and apartment building; one person was injured.

Search and coverage interest is spiking around Commissioner Roswall’s opening remarks at the 2nd UfM Ministerial on Water. The trigger remains unconfirmed.

Search interest has risen around a reported water outage affecting more than 650,000 people in Russia’s Far East; the trigger remains unconfirmed.

Interest is rising in Commissioner Roswall’s Water Festival opening address, but the reason for the attention and any details of the speech remain unconfirmed.