The US Navy destroyer USS John Basilone has arrived at Spain’s Rota Naval Base. Its deployment completes the agreed expansion of NATO’s missile defense presence in southern Europe from four ships to six.
A large majority of people surveyed in Spain say the right to housing should be prioritised as a constitutional right. Housing was also named the country’s main problem in the CIS October barometer.
5G traffic in Spain grew 61.1% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, accounting for 24.6% of all mobile broadband traffic, according to the National Commission on Markets and Competition.
The High Court of the Region of Murcia upheld a 19-year-and-three-month prison sentence for a man convicted of continuing sexual offences against two underage sisters. The ruling is not final and may be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country upheld a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a man convicted of distributing child pornography. The ruling is not final and may be appealed to Spain’s Supreme Court.
China’s market regulator has placed three companies on its list of serious violators. One produced substandard batteries, while two others issued false inspection reports.
Chinese authorities tested diapers from 168 manufacturers and 210 blood samples, finding no formamide. The investigation also identified methodological problems in several private tests.
Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions have directly detected a cosmic filament splitting its flow toward galaxy clusters at both ends. The signal was measured with a statistical significance above 5σ.
German Customs arrested a 38-year-old construction company director on 14 October on the orders of a Münster court. He is suspected of failing to register employees for social insurance and pay required contributions.
Germany’s Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs has approved a new agreement with Yad Vashem. It aims to expand Holocaust education and efforts to counter antisemitism.
Three men were arrested at Frankfurt Airport while allegedly attempting to smuggle 22 kilograms of cocaine into Germany. Investigators say the group is suspected of involvement in at least 590 kilograms of cocaine trafficking.
German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan commented on the 2026 Global Hunger Index. She said Sudan is facing the world’s largest hunger crisis and half of Yemen’s population is going hungry.
Armenia’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Davit Khudatyan met Kazakhstan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Alibek Kuantyrov. They discussed cooperation on subsoil use, green transport, renewable energy and waste management.
A 44-year-old man was detained in Sisian, Armenia, on suspicion of repeatedly abusing his 13-year-old daughter. A criminal proceeding has been initiated.
Kyrgyzstan’s GDP rose 10.8% in January-September 2026 compared with the same period last year. Industrial output increased 7%, while construction grew 1.6-fold.
Kyrgyzstan’s GDP reached 1,640.9 billion soms in January–September 2026, up 10.8% from the same period a year earlier. Growth was supported by goods-producing industries, services and net taxes on products.
The first hospital school in Chukotka has opened in Anadyr as part of the Uch imZnayem project. The new site is the 75th in Russia’s network and will provide lessons for children receiving long-term treatment.
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