North Korean soldiers show up in Russia while global tensions rise

NATO spots North-korean forces in Russias Kursk region - a move that shows Vladimir Putinʼs need for more troops. Around 10k soldiers (including 1‚500 special-ops units) are now training in eastern russia

Last summer NK and Russia signed a defense deal that now lets them share military stuff: Pyongyang gives missiles while Moscow sends tech back. Mark Rutte from NATO says this shows how Putin cant keep fighting without help‚ since over 600k Russian troops are out of action

Over 600‚000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putinʼs war‚ and he is unable to sustain his assault on Ukraine without foreign support

In Lebanon Naim Qassem becomes Hezbollahs new boss after Israels forces took out Hassan Nasrallah bout a month ago; Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant wrote on X that its just temporary. The group lost its other top pick when an air-strike hit Beirut early oct

The Georgian election mess gets bigger as 14% of voting spots need new counting. The ruling Georgian Dream party says they got 54% but lots of people dont buy it. Salome Zourabichvili the president says its all fake; huge crowds showed up in Tbilisi to protest

In Bolivia‚ ex-president Evo Morales and current minister Eduardo del Castillo throw blame at each other after a weird car chase. Morales says government tried to kill him; Castillo calls it fake drama. This happens as Morales cant run in next years vote

In a tiny Japanese village called Ichinono (where less than 60 folks live) theres something odd: life-size puppets sit everywhere - on swings riding bikes pushing carts. These quiet watchers help old-timers feel less alone in their shrinking town