Britain’s King Charles III welcomed Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq on the country’s first state visit in 44 years, commending Oman’s efforts to promote peace and quoting an Islamic sacred text attributed to the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) in Arabic.

#Yemen /  #SaudiArabia 🇾🇪🇸🇦: Ansar Allah ( #Houthis) conducted large scale attacks against PLC Forces in Marib Governorate.

Fighters used Russian 9M113 “Konkurs” Missile (ATGM) and Tactical Short-Range Ballistic Missile / Guided Artillery Rocket.
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  — War Noir (@war_noir) Oct 21, 2026

Pakistani authorities arrest man accused in $126m US postage *****

Severe fighting intensified across Yemen on October 20 as government troops conducted 744 air and ground operations targeting Houthi supply lines and command centers. Simultaneously, coalition air defenses intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile and drone aimed at Riyadh, prompting early warnings in the Saudi capital. Houthi officials reported 93 coalition strikes across eight provinces and claimed eight fishermen were killed in boat attacks off Taiz.
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US envoy Steve Witkoff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a ‘humanitarian’ while thanking him for the release of American Stephen Hubbard, who spent more than four years in Russian detention after being convicted of mercenary activity in Ukraine.

#Pakistan 🇵🇰: Tehrik-e  #Taliban Pakistan ( #TTP) struck a Pakistani police station in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Militants used a Drone (very likely a common DJI Mavic / Matrice Quadcopter UAV) armed with an Improvised Air-Dropped Grenade.
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  — War Noir (@war_noir) Oct 21, 2026

Musk pledges $10bn in SpaceX shares for US children: Who really gains?

Venture investment in Europe is at a four-year high, but remains concentrated in a small number of very large deals, particularly in AI. UK companies raised $6.8bn in the third quarter, more than Germany ($5.3bn) or France ($4.9bn), as in every quarter on this chart. Britain remains the deepest venture market in Europe.
Germany's and France's strong quarters were made by a handful of rounds. Mistral's $3.5bn raise is around 70% of France's total.
Private markets continue to expand. The most promising companies stay private for longer, and large late-stage rounds now do the job IPOs once did, with growth funds, sovereign wealth funds and corporates writing many of the cheques. That gives early-stage investors a route to liquidity and finances companies further into their growth.
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Source: PitchBook data, KPMG Venture Pulse Q3'26.
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How Qatar, Turkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia are deepening defence ties

#Iran 🇮🇷: “Jaysh al-Adl” (People's Fighters Front) released a new video of a militant who was killed by Iranian Forces in  #Balochistan.

The militant were carrying a  #USA-made 🇺🇸 M16A4 assault rifle mounted with a Pulsar Trail XP/XQ 38/50 Thermal Scope.
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  — War Noir (@war_noir) Oct 21, 2026