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Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles at Azadi Square in Tehran on Aug. 2
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Iran producing 50 missiles per month despite crippled industry
The U.S. has said since the early days of the war that Tehran’s arsenal, and its ability to reconstitute it, had been thoroughly degraded.
Trucks wait to cross into Iran at the border post in Taftan, Pakistan, in February 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Expanding on naval blockade, U.S. military looks to restrict Iranian land commerce
Task Force Iron Gate will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other U.S. government agencies.
Satellite operator ICEYE's headquarters in Espoo, Finland. One of its satellites, which provides radar imagery to Western governments and militaries, was approached by a Russian military satellite last month.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2026
Russia may have rehearsed attack on Western satellite, specialist says
A Russian satellite had been “intentionally maneuvering dangerously close to a commercial satellite” in mid-October.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their one-on-one chat during the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi in February 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea pours cold water on Kim-Trump meeting as APEC summit looms
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader issued a familiar ultimatum to Trump, telling him to drop his country’s “hostile policy.”
A soldier walks past a screen showing showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at the main rail station in Seoul on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea fires off ‘several’ missiles in latest weapons test
Tokyo did not issue an alert about any North Korean missile launches, as it usually does with those that could pose a threat to Japan.
A combination picture shows what North Korea said was a test to evaluate the effectiveness of a cluster-bomb warhead in this image released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2026
North Korea fires off cluster bomb warheads in latest ‘major’ weapons test
Pyongyang claimed the warhead is “capable of turning into ashes a target area of 12 to 13 hectares.”
A building damaged by a late evening Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday
WORLD
Oct 31, 2026
Trump administration approves potential Patriot missiles sale to Ukraine
The approval comes after weeks of complaints by Ukrainian authorities that its supplies of the interceptor missiles were dwindling.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during an expanded ASEAN defense ministers summit in Cebu, the Philippines, on on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2026
Koizumi vows to uphold ‘defense-oriented’ policy at ASEAN meet
The pledge comes as China continues to accuse Japan of “accelerated remilitarization.”
News coverage shows file footage of a North Korean missile launch, on a screen at Seoul Station on Oct. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2026
North Korea fires off around a dozen ballistic missiles
Seoul said the missiles had been fired from the city of Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast.
A surface-to-surface Agni V missile is launched from the testing range on Wheeler Island off the eastern Indian state of Odisha in April 2012.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
Japan eyes using Indian test ranges for powerful missiles and small attack drones
Tokyo sent officials to the South Asian nation this month as it eyes the possibility of using the sites, the GSDF’s top uniformed officer said.
A neighborhood in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa earlier this month.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2026
Houthi attack on Yemen government camp kills over 50, officials say
It marked the deadliest attack in weeks as fighting escalates after the collapse of a yearslong truce.
A shopping mall in Kyiv damaged by a Russian missile attack on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2026
Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no warning of overnight Russian missile strike
In all, Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles overnight at Kyiv and the surrounding region and more than 200 drones.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2026
China reveals advanced nuclear sub was used to test-fire missile
China had only conducted two publicly known ICBM tests in the Pacific before July, and both were land-based launches.
U.S. Marines and members of the Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade prepare to board an MV-22 Osprey during the Keen Sword 25 exercises at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2024.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2026
Joint Japan-U.S. military drill set to break new ground
The Keen Sword military exercises will see Japan deploy longer-range missiles, while the U.S. will send advanced weapons to Okinawa’s Yonaguni Island.
People watch a newscast on North Korea firing multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2026
North Korea says tested AI-assisted torpedo system
The announcement came days after Pyongyang said it had test-fired two types of cruise missiles from a submarine.
People watch a news report on North Korea firing multiple unidentified cruise missiles into the sea off its west coast, at a railway station in Seoul, in 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2026
North Korea tested two types of sub-launched cruise missiles, state media says
Senior military officers observed the tests conducted Wednesday in the sea off North Korea’s east coast, Korean Central News Agency reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae attend the opening ceremony of the Defense Revolution Museum on Sunday in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2026
North Korea’s Kim visits new defense museum as Trump floats meeting
The North Korean leader inaugurated the museum — chock full of advanced weaponry — as the U.S. president teased the idea of a summit next month.
People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast, at the main railway station in Seoul on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2026
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan
At least two of the weapons were believed to have fallen into waters outside 今日吃瓜 exclusive economic zone.
Iranian missiles are displayed next to a banner with a picture of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on a street in Tehran on Sept. 27.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 10, 2026
Iran guards ability to build missiles as Trump eases attacks
Officials say Iran remains well-stocked with ballistic missiles and some anti-ship weapons, and can quickly add more.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and other officials observe the Hyunmoo-5 missile at an undisclosed test site in South Korea on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 8, 2026
South Korea test-fires its first homegrown hypersonic weapon: presidency
The test comes just days after Pyongyang announced the AI-assisted launch of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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