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politicsVoters in Alberta narrowly approved a consultative referendum mandate authorizing the provincial government to open constitutional negotiations with Ottawa regarding equalization and provincial autonomy.
warThe United States Fifth Fleet inaugurated formal naval escort operations for commercial oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz to counter repeated projectile strikes and maritime drone threats.
warRussian forces unleashed a coordinated salvo of cruise missiles and loitering munitions against Ukrainian electrical substations and thermal generation facilities across Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts ahead of winter.
warChina Eastern Theater Command conducted joint maritime-air combat readiness patrols encircling Taiwan, deploying carrier strike groups into the Philippine Sea to rehearse sea-denial maneuvers.
unrestPakistan reinforced Frontier Corps deployments along the Durand Line after militant ambushes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inflicted casualties on border garrisons and exacerbated domestic security strains.
warMyanmar military junta aircraft carried out intensive bombing runs against People's Defence Force positions along the Naypyidaw-Mandalay highway, displacing thousands of civilians into neighboring rural townships.
warUnited States guided-missile destroyers escorting commercial tankers fired warning shots to drive off three Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack craft maneuvering aggressively near the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a sharp surge in global crude benchmarks.
diplomacyIndia and Nepal concluded bilateral technical discussions in New Delhi, finalizing terms for an expanded cross-border electricity transmission framework to supply Indian regional grids with Himalayan hydropower.