For review: 1. US Defense Secretary Hegseth announced a new military and surveillance campaign in the Western Hemisphere on Thursday, dubbed “Operation Southern Spear,” to pummel “narco-terrorists.” 2. US SOUTHCOM Release: On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. 3. CNN Report: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US for its cam...

For review: 1. The body of slain hostage Israeli Meny Godard was returned to Israel by Hamas on Thursday night, officials confirmed. The bodies of three slain hostages now remain held in the Strip — two Israelis and one Thai national. 2. US Secretary of State Optimistic About Gaza International Stabilization Force. 3. Indonesia has trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks during a planned peacekeeping operation in the war-torn enclave of Gaza, the def...

For review: 1. US Envoys Visit Israel to Discuss Hamas Fighters Trapped in Rafah Tunnels. 2. France hosted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris for a meeting on Tuesday, during which French President Emmanuel Macron committed to helping the PA draft a constitution for a future state. 3. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa threw cold water on the prospect of his country joining the Abraham Accords, saying that conditions were premature for talks on a normalization deal with Isra...

For review: 1. Pakistan said Sunday it was committed to “dialogue” with Afghanistan despite peace talks ending after deadly violence, with Islamabad stressing its security concerns persist. 2. IDF Officer's Body Returned After More Than 11 Years in Hamas Captivity; 4 Hostages Remain. 3. Israel has warned Lebanon’s army that it is not satisfied with the actions taken so far against the Hezbollah terror group, vowing to continue its stepped-up bombing campaign unless the situation changes. The ...

For review: 1. Secretary of War Hegseth Speech to Defense Industry Leaders. 2. Ukrainian forces continue to stubbornly defend the pocket around Pokrovsk despite relentless Russian assaults, leading to an ever-increasing threat of encirclement. 3. US to Establish Presence at Airbase in Syria. 4. The US has added the entire text of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the Gaza war to the UN Security Council Resolution. 5. US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that t...

For review: 1. Hamas & PA Agree on Temporary Committee to Manage Gaza. 2. Saudi Arabia Requests Purchase of F-35 Fighters from US. The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets. 3. US President Donald Trump will host Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for talks on November 10, the White House announced Tuesday. 4. Ukraine General Staff: No Encirclement of Units & Divisions in Pokrovsk. The important hub in Ukraine’s Donetsk reg...

For review: 1. US Draft UNSC Resolution to Establish Gaza International Stabilization Force. International Stabilization Force will be in charge of securing the borders with Israel and Egypt, ensuring the safety of civilians and humanitarian zones, and training new Palestinian police officers who it will partner with. The force’s mandate will apparently include disarming Hamas. 2. Gaza’s future must be Palestinian-led and avoid any new system of foreign hegemony, Turkey and six of its t...

For review: 1. President Trump said Friday he is not considering strikes on Venezuela, which fears that a major US military buildup in the region is aimed at regime change in Caracas. 2. President Trump Directs Department of War to Prepare for Action in Nigeria. President Trump on Saturday announced the US will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria if its government continues to allow the killing of Christians. 3. Jordan and Germany said on Saturday that the International S...

For review: 1. President Trump Meets Chinese President in S. Korea; Discusses Ukraine. 2. President Trump Directs Renewed Nuclear Testing. 3. Qatari Prime Minister al-Thani indicated on Wednesday that Hamas violated the US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday when it attacked IDF soldiers- but did not specifically blame Hamas, referring instead to “the Palestinian party.” 4. Hamas on Thursday returned to Israel the remains of two deceased hostages, Amiram Cooper, 84, and Sahar Baruch, ...

For review: 1. President Trump Meets Japan's Prime Minister; On to S. Korea for Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin received North Korea's top diplomat at the Kremlin on October 27. North Korean media said Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui discussed "many future projects to constantly strengthen and develop" the bilateral relationship while also passing on leader Kim Jong Un's "brotherly regard" to Putin. 3. Gaza Ceasefire Holding Despite Violation...

For review: 1. While in Malaysia - President Trump Oversees Peace Agreement Between Thailand & Cambodia; Next Stop Japan. 2. Israel Allows Egyptian & Hamas Search Teams Access Beyond the Yellow Line. 3. Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said Friday that Russia, US, & Ukraine are “quite close” to reaching a diplomatic solution to end the war. 4. Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Skyfall (NATO) Cruise Missile. ...

For review: 1. US Secretary of State Visits Israel. 2. IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon. 3. Russia Exercises Nuclear Triad. 4. Latest in US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization.

For review: 1. US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East this week. 2. United States Vice President JD Vance projected confidence on Tuesday that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was going to last as he paid a visit to a new US-Israel ceasefire coordination center in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel. 3. There will be no Turkish troops in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office insisted Wednesday- as part of the planned International Stabilization Force (ISF). 4. IDF Strikes Hezb...

For review: 1. Vice President Vance Travels to Israel to Shore Ceasefire Agreement. 2. Ceasefire Status Returns After Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Rafah Leads to Israeli Retaliation. 3. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday told US President Donald Trump to “keep dreaming” if he thinks US airstrikes in June destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities. 4. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would honor the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin...

For review: 1. Pakistan & Afghanistan Agree to Ceasefire. Security issues are at the heart of the tensions, with Pakistan accusing Afghanistan of harboring militant groups led by the Pakistani Taliban on its soil- a claim Kabul denies. 2. Hamas terror group transferred to Israel two caskets Saturday night which it said contained the remains of two dead hostages held in Gaza. If the bodies are confirmed to belong to hostages, it would mean that the number of bodies of dead captives still h...

For review: 1. The military commander of the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Muhammad al-Ghamari, has died, the Iran-backed group announced Thursday afternoon. The Israel Defense Forces later confirmed that al-Ghamari had been killed during a 28 Aug airstrike in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. 2. US-Led Gaza Coordination Center Operational in Days. The command center will be led by a US three-star general, at least initially, who has not been identified publicly. The commander will have a foreign...

For review: 1. Israel To Keep Rafah Crossing Closed & Limit Aid Until Hamas Returns Remaining Hostages. 2. Post Gaza Ceasefire: Hamas gunmen tightened their grip in Gaza on Monday and Tuesday, sources in the Strip said, including carrying out public executions. Hamas has killed at least 33 people since a ceasefire took effect on Friday in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip, sources in the strip said. 3. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that supplying U....

For review: 1. 20 Living Hostages Returned to Israel After Two Plus Years of Captivity; 4 of 28 Hostages Bodies Also Returned. 2. President Trump Addresses Knesset. 3. President Trump and Leaders of Egypt, Qatar, & Turkey Sign Peace Declaration. 4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s success in brokering a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has renewed his hope that Trump can help facilitate a similar agreement in Russia’s war against Ukr...

For review: 1. Pakistan & Afghanistan Trade Fire on Border Regions. 2. All of Israel Prepares for the Return of the Hostages (Monday AM). 3. President Trump to Arrive in Israel to address Knesset; Then to Egypt for Summit. Egypt will host an international summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to finalize an agreement aimed at ending the war in Gaza, an Egyptian presidential spokesperson said on Saturday. The summit will be attended by more than 2...

For review: 1. IDF Withdraws to Yellow Line in Gaza; 72-Hour Clock to Release Hostages Begins. Noon Monday (13 Oct) is the deadline for Hostage Release. 2. US President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Israel on Monday morning and address the Knesset (in Jerusalem) before departing that same day. 3. Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, dashing US President Donald Trump’s hopes of collecting the prestigious award after mediating a ceasefire...