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Otabek Yusupov — tafs uz coverage of world. News, key facts and context in English, Uzbek and Russian.

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Iran says it’s ‘counting the moments’ until it can strike U.S. warships; Saudi Aramco facilities attacked

Saudi officials said Wednesday that an administrative building belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco was targeted overnight, as the Tehran-backed Houthi militants step up their attacks on the kingdom. The strike caused a fire, but no injuries were reported at the site in the city of Dhahran on the country's eastern coast, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Energy. The Houthis, a Yemen-based militia group backed by Iran, have launched a series of strikes on Saudi targets over the

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Royal Caribbean cruise passenger who went overboard rescued after she spent 20 hours at sea, Greek coastguard says

Updated on: October 14, 2026 / 9:51 AM EDT / CBS/AFP A woman who allegedly jumped off a cruise ship into the Ionian Sea was rescued over the weekend after 20 hours in the water, the Greek coastguard said. The incident occurred early on Friday when the Royal Caribbean Cruises ship Odyssey of the Seas was sailing southwest of the island of Zakynthos, the coastguard said . The 44-year-old Salvadorian woman subsequently told her rescuers she had jumped because "she wanted to disembark," a coastgu

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The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone

Elisabeth Braw’s book Undersea War on rising risks for undersea infrastructure. Despite the expansion of Starlink and other communications satellite services, most of the world’s Internet traffic still travels through subsea cables crisscrossing the ocean floors. Those fiber-optic cables coexist with a network of oil and gas pipelines and submarine power cables—and all these crucial links connecting countries and continents now face growing sabotage risks as gray-zone warfare and open conflicts

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Portugal's Parliament approves extension of paid parental leave

Portugal's parliamentary working group approved a joint proposal by the PS and PSD parties to extend parental leave: 180 days at full pay when shared between parents, or 150 days for a single parent. The document will go to the relevant committee and then to a plenary vote. The new rules will apply only to leave beginning next year.

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Marco Rubio to Visit Samarkand October 17–22 Accompanied by More Than 200 Business Representatives

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Samarkand on October 17–22, and then Mumbai and Jamnagar in India. In Uzbekistan, he will focus on the C5+1 platform and bilateral meetings with the leadership of the five Central Asian countries. The State Department views the arrival of more than 200 business leaders as an important step in strengthening US–region trade cooperation.

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12 US Senators Urge Trump to Rescind Agreement on Russian Diesel Fuel Supplies

A group of 12 US senators led by Richard Blumenthal sent Donald Trump a letter demanding the cancellation of the agreement on Russian diesel fuel supplies to the American and global markets, reached after his phone call with Vladimir Putin on October 9. In the senators' view, the deal is a 'gift' to Russia and a betrayal of allies, and lifting sanctions will strengthen its war economy. Copies of the letter were sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Six Russians injured in a traffic accident in Antalya, Turkey

A minibus with tourists crashed in Turkey's Antalya province on the Korkuteli - Fethiye highway. Nine people were injured, six of them Russian citizens. The accident occurred around noon near Yukarikarman; the vehicle veered off the road and overturned, reportedly because the driver lost control. The passengers suffered minor injuries and were taken to the Korkuteli hospital. The Russian Union of Travel Industry is clarifying whether organized tourists were among the victims and whether they need help from insurers and tour operators.

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Bulgaria's national security agency confirmed that unknown perpetrators set fire to Starlink antennas near Sofia

Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security confirmed an arson attack on Starlink antennas near Sofia. Agency head Plamen Tonchev said the perpetrators entered through a hole in the fence; the facility is on the list of strategic sites. Opposition politician Ivaylo Mirchev first reported the incident, claiming two masked men burned 11 of 17 antennas and suggesting Russia may be behind it. Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev denied that intelligence services had prior knowledge. This follows a similar arson in Poland in late September, which Warsaw blamed on Russian intelligence services.

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Otorhinolaryngologist Hasan Kamilov provided emergency assistance to a passenger who lost consciousness aboard an Uzbekistan Airways flight from Tashkent to Seoul on October 11.

Otorhinolaryngologist Hasan Kamilov provided emergency assistance to a passenger who lost consciousness aboard an Uzbekistan Airways flight from Tashkent to Seoul on October 11. The woman had no detectable pulse or blood pressure and was in shock. Using his own medications and the crew's medical supplies, the doctor brought her back to consciousness within 10–15 minutes at an altitude of 10,000 meters. He continued to assist her for another hour, allowing the aircraft to complete the flight without an emergency landing. The airline and the Ministry of Health thanked the doctor and the crew for their prompt actions.

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Suspect in cyberattack on Dodo Pizza chain's system placed under house arrest

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow has placed 20-year-old Denis Fridman under house arrest until December 8. He is charged with a cyberattack on the IT system of the Dodo Pizza pizzeria chain under Part 3 of Article 272.1 of the Criminal Code. According to the investigation, Fridman unlawfully gained access to customers' personal data and, for monetary compensation, passed it to other persons for publication in one of the Telegram channels.

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In Yemen, fighting has cut off 800,000 people from access to humanitarian aid

Due to the escalation of the armed conflict between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government's forces in Yemen, 800,000 people have lost access to humanitarian aid, and over 18 million face daily food shortages, the UN World Food Programme reported. The situation is worst in Taiz, where more than 600,000 people, including 200,000 women and children, are cut off from aid. The Houthis are trying to retake the city and drive government forces off the strategically important Jabal Sabir mountain. Taiz is Yemen's third-largest city, with key highways leading to Aden, where the recognized government is based. The capital, Sanaa, is controlled by the Houthis.

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The Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt demanded an end to aid to Ukraine

The Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt adopted, by majority vote, a joint resolution by the AfD and BSW demanding an end to military and financial aid to Ukraine and the lifting of sanctions against Russia. The resolution was supported by 44 of 83 deputies; the CDU, SPD, Greens, and Left Party voted against. Minister-President Sven Schulze called it a political show, and Ukraine's ambassador called it "the height of absurdity." The decision is largely symbolic, as these matters fall within the competence of the federal government and the EU.

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EU Summit in Brussels: Energy Prices, Budget Dispute and a Unified Position on Ukraine

EU leaders gathered for a two-day summit in Brussels. The agenda includes gas prices at their highest since the winter of 2022, a dispute over cutting the seven-year budget by €141 billion, trade relations with China, EU enlargement and support for Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky will join the leaders on Friday; the draft of the final statements includes regret over Trump's decision to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian diesel.

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Lavrov noted the stabilizing role of the strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, stated that the strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing plays an important stabilizing role on the international stage. He noted the coincidence of positions on most regional and international issues, the role of both countries as permanent members of the UN Security Council, and cooperation within the SCO, BRICS, APEC and the G20. Lavrov also expressed hope that a trade turnover record with China would be broken this year, noting a 25% increase in the first eight months. Wang Yi congratulated Lavrov on the September State Duma elections, highly assessing their results.

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