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European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič arrived in Beijing for two days of critical negotiations with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, seeking to rebalance a daily €1 billion trade deficit and address raw material export controls amid joint warnings from France and Germany
A commercial tanker was struck by multiple projectiles 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, causing crew casualties and marking a significant geographical expansion of maritime attacks beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the central Arabian Gulf
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific as it returned home from a 265-day wartime deployment
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed that separate attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha International Airport killed three foreign nationals and injured 36 people, prompting coalition counter-strikes against Houthi missile platforms in Sanaa
Israel strikes Gaza on October 7 anniversary as Palestinian officials report three dead, despite a US-brokered ceasefire that began in October 2025.
Sri Lanka arrested ex-first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa over alleged misuse of children's hospital donations, a major blow to the once powerful Rajapaksa family.
