The UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding pandemic preparedness declaration on October 12, with 153 votes in favor, three against (the U.S., Israel and Argentina) and two abstentions.

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have suspended BBC FM radio broadcasts nationwide, citing unspecified “repeated violations.”

The BBC said millions of Afghans rely on its reporting and that it was working with authorities to resolve the issue.

The Taliban government said the ban would remain in place for the time being.

Turkish President Erdogan held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, condemning Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and offering condolences to the victims’ families.

Erdogan reaffirmed Türkiye’s support for Saudi Arabia and expressed confidence that the Kingdom would overcome the crisis.

WATCH: Türkiye tests swarm attack of SİVRİSİNEK (Mosquito) kamikaze drones, AI-coordinated strikes with 1,000+ km range and GPS-free navigation.

New exercise footage shows dozens of small fixed-wing drones flying in formation before diving into marked ground targets in coordinated waves of explosions.

WATCH: Bali is hit by fuel crisis as queues stretch up to 2 km.

Distribution delays and panic buying have caused widespread shortages across Denpasar, Kuta, Gianyar, Tabanan.

Other areas with waits of 1–3+ hours and traffic jams around gas stations.

NEW: Yemen’s Houthis renew warning to all workers at Saudi oil facilities and airports to evacuate, signaling more strikes ahead.

Houthis warned all “experts, engineers, and workers at all Saudi oil installations” to leave areas that represent targets, “whether previously struck or not,” to avoid endangering their lives.

They also renewed warnings to airlines, airports, passengers, and staff previously designated as target zones.

NEW: Saudi-led coalition warns civilians to evacuate Yemen’s main oil company station Al-Sabaha in Sanaa, signaling an imminent strike.

NEW: Israel bans fiber-optic and SIM-controlled drones from civilian airspace for six months amid escalating drone threats.

Defense Minister Katz is expected to sign the directive following Security Cabinet approval.

The ban specifically targets drones controlled via fiber-optic cables — which are immune to electronic jamming — and those operating over cellular networks via SIM cards.

The move comes after fiber-optic FPV drones, a tactic refined in Ukraine and adopted by Hezbollah, have proven extremely difficult to counter — flying too low for radar, resistant to jamming, and hard to intercept.

Concerns also extend to potential use from the West Bank or against senior officials.

Security forces and Civil Aviation Authority-approved operations are exempt.

The temporary ban aims to reduce the “noise” of civilian drones so hostile ones are easier to detect while longer-term countermeasures (lasers, AI targeting, kinetic interceptors) are developed.

Yemen's Houthis name three Saudi targets for retaliation if coalition strikes Sanaa oil depot:

— Aramco HQs in Dammam
— King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh
— Aramco refinery in Riyadh

White House:

President Trump delivers on every promise.

BREAKING: White House:

We have asked Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign.

We wish her well.

Q: Has the U.S. stopped sharing intel with Ukraine?

White House: I will have to get back to you on that.

White House:

My president—excuse me, my husband. That’s a good one.

📸 A teacher and several students in Azerbaijan held classes outside after being denied entry to school for wearing hijab.

German Foreign Minister Wadephul:

A lot of people in Europe, and especially in Germany, were asking us and me: Why don't you talk to the Russians?

Now I had that conversation, and you saw the result. It's a very dire result, and it shows that Russia right now is not ready for a ceasefire.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

There are also some rumors that some people are expecting these assets to be released back to Russia.

I don't think I'm speaking just for myself in saying: Over our dead bodies.

Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide:

As they say in Kyiv these days, the most difficult day in a three-day special military operation comes in the fifth year.

That's already a victory. The fact that Ukraine is there, 80% under democratic control of an elected government, is already a very strong sign of this resolve.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

You can kill a lot of people, you can commit a lot of war crimes, but it doesn't end the war.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

There is a special tribunal for dealing with the crimes in Ukraine, of which Poland is a founding member.

But for it to happen, the same thing has to happen that led to the prosecution of the guilty in Rwanda or Yugoslavia.

You first have to win the war, because only a subsequent Russian government will send some of those criminals to The Hague.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

I believe that in the medium term, we no longer need to be panicky about Russia.

The threat is real, but that power is not what it seemed.

If we just do what we've already pledged ourselves to do at the Hague summit and at the Ankara summit, then by the end of the decade, we'll have the kinds of militaries — Germany, Poland, others — that Putin cannot successfully take on.