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Pentagon said on Friday it was deploying the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford to the Caribbean, a major escalation in the Trump administration’s war against drug cartels that provides the resources to start conducting strikes against targets on the ground www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pentagon deploys top aircraft carrier as Trump militarisation of Caribbean ratchets up
Use of USS Gerald Ford along with fighter jets comes as president plots strikes against alleged cartels on land
www.theguardian.com
Kom vrijdag 24 oktober naar het Spui voor het 82e vredesprotest! ​Met als sprekers Dolph Kessler ('Oorlog of vrede') en Bastiaan Meijer, kandidaat Tweede Kamer SP ​https://stopdeoorlogamsterdam.nl
1,400 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration tasked with oversight of the nuclear stockpile, received furlough letters this morning as the government shutdown enters its fourth week - Fewer than 400 employees remain on the job www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Kushner and Witkoff bring the pressure
President Donald Trump appears, at least for now, ready to put some muscle into holding together the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
www.politico.com
US administration has authorized the CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela, stepping up the campaign against Maduro - The new authority would allow the CIA to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
Financial Times: Duitse minister van defensie (SPD) torpedeert op het laatste moment voorstel van CDU om te gaan loten onder dienstplichtigen als er zich volgens de nieuwe dienstplichtwet onvoldoende vrijwilligers melden - Chaos dreigt in Bondsdag www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
German defence minister derails compromise over military service
Boris Pistorius’s objections to coalition deal threaten efforts to boost armed forces
www.ft.com
Earlier: An elite group of soldiers joined thousands of protesters against Madagascar's president on the streets of the capital on Saturday afternoon - The Capsat unit drove armoured vehicles from their base in Soanierana in the south of Antananarivo www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Soldiers from elite Capsat unit join protests against Madagascar’s president
Demonstrators march alongside regiment, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on the crowds
www.theguardian.com
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US Defense Secretary Hegseth has arrived in Brussels for the NATO Defense Ministers’ meeting and the “Ramstein” summit on Ukraine.

It’s his first time attending in person after previously joining the meetings online. Kyiv Post correspondents are on the ground.
nieuwevredesbeweging.nl/2025/09/15/m... De Vredeskring Utrecht van de Nieuwe Vredesbeweging organiseert een gespreksavond met Willem de Haan, vredesactivist en totaalweigeraar.
17 oktober 2025, aanvang: 19:30. Locatie: Dijckzigt, Boorstraat 107 in Utrecht. Opgave: [email protected]
Militaire Dienstplicht, goed idee? | Gespreksavond Utrecht | De Nieuwe Vredesbeweging
nieuwevredesbeweging.nl
Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show - Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by US Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show
Documents from U.S. Central Command show meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
Detained shadow tanker Boracay departed from French port and began moving southwest through the Bay of Biscay early Friday - It remains unclear why it was allowed to leave after being raided by French Navy commandos last weekend @safety4sea safety4sea.com/detained-sha...
Detained shadow tanker departs from French port
The Boracay tanker, suspected of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” and already under Western sanctions, has departed from its
safety4sea.com
(29-9) Spain bans transit of US arms shipments to Israel via bases Rota in Cádiz and Moron near Sevilla -'Rota and Moron are not a backdoor,' sources familiar with functioning of US-Spain Joint Committee confirm (Il Pais) v.aa.com.tr/3702031
Spain bans transit of US arms shipments to Israel via Rota, Moron bases
'Rota and Moron are not a backdoor,' sources familiar with functioning of US-Spain Joint Committee confirm - Anadolu Ajansı
v.aa.com.tr
Sinai in the eye of the storm: Egypt's military build-up strains Camp David limits - Israel's war on Gaza and Cairo's bid to pre-empt a forced Palestinian displacement may be pushing Egypt toward redefining sovereignty in Sinai thecradle.co/articles-id/...
Sinai in the eye of the storm: Egypt's military build-up strains Camp David limits
Israel's war on Gaza and Cairo's bid to pre-empt a forced Palestinian displacement may be pushing Egypt toward redefining sovereignty in Sinai.
thecradle.co