🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- The European Union has adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia's military industrial complex, more than half of which are connected to ballistic missile production, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

The announcement comes as Ukrainian President Zelensky accuses Moscow of violating the energy ceasefire announced by President Trump over the weekend, following Russian strikes on a thermal power plant in Kharkiv. Kyiv says it learned about the proposed ceasefire through the media and is still awaiting details, while Moscow has not confirmed an agreement.

🇺🇸⚡️- Cornell Faculty Senate is set to hold a no confidence vote on the University's Administration. Students and faculty have demanded the resignation of the University President and other Admin staff since the initial lawsuit by Lucy Craig was filed against Cornell.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- A major build-up of Ethiopian National Defense Forces around Bure in northern Afar, along Ethiopia's border with Eritrea.

On the opposite side, Eritrea is also massing troops. No clashes have yet occurred on this axis.

🇺🇸 - Happy Columbus Day!

🇧🇬🇷🇺⚡- BREAKING: Two commercial vessels have been struck by drones just outside Bulgaria's water-spaces. One ship sank, the other remains disabled.

Bulgaria has summoned the Russian ambassador to the country following the attacks. Neither of the vessels had originated from a Ukrainian seaport.

The two vessels are AZOV CONCORD, Turkish-owned, and CHELSEA 3, Ukrainian-owned.

Note, last week Russia had struck a Turkish-operated vessel within Bulgaria's territorial waters, resulting in casualties.

🇵🇰⚡- The Balochistan Liberation Army targeted a Pakistani Coast Guard vessel, killing 13 sailors onboard.

🇫🇷🇷🇺⚡- France has seized the Russian shadow fleet tanker DF PEAK south of Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The vessel was operating under a false flag.

🇮🇱⚡- Gadi Eisenkot rules out running with the Arab coalition parties (Joint List and Ra'am) in the Israeli October 27 elections.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️- President Donald Trump doesn't believe that China or Russia are helping Iran at all, says those claims come from "the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics".

🇮🇷⚡- Iran has carried out four separate ballistic missile exercises in Isfahan, central Iran, today.

🇾🇪 - Siege of Ta'izz:

The current situation in Ta'izz, southern Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, halts air traffic amid an ongoing Ansarullah missile and drone attack.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Saudi Arabia's Joint Forces Command has issued an evacuation order for Yemen Petroleum Company's (YPC) al-Sabaha Central Station in Sana'a, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- In response, the Ansarullah have called on all employees and civilians near ARAMCO facilities in Saudi Arabia to evacuate for their safety.

🇺🇸🇬🇷⚡️- The Trump administration has asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, per White House press secretary Katie Zacharia.

🇺🇸🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- President Trump threatens Ansarullah (Houthis), saying he will not forget their actions after the upcoming midterm elections.