Situation Reports

Cameroon's Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji announced that opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary will face legal action for allegedly inciting violent protests following the Oct. 12 presidential vote, which saw President Paul Biya win an eighth consecutive term, BBC reported on Oct. 29.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow successfully tested the Poseidon nuclear-powered undersea torpedo, calling it a "huge success," Reuters reported on Oct. 29.

Foreign missions accredited to Mali, including those representing the United States and Australia, have called on their nationals to immediately leave Mali amid a worsening jihadist insurgency now threatening the capital, Bamako, Radio France Internationale reported on Oct. 29.

Tanzanian officials imposed a curfew in the economic capital, Dar es Salaam, following protests against the presidential and parliamentary elections, which were widely deemed unfair, BBC reported on Oct. 29.

The new leader of Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang, or KMT, Cheng Li-wun, reiterated her objections to the government's plan to raise defense spending to 5% of Taiwan's gross domestic product by 2030, citing financial concerns, Focus Taiwan reported on Oct. 29.

Hurricane Melissa caused severe floods and power outages in Jamaica and Cuba, CNN reported on Oct. 29.

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reached a trade deal to lower U.S. tariffs on South Korean goods, including automobiles, from 25% to 15%, Yonhap News Agency reported on Oct. 29.

A police operation against a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ended with 64 confirmed deaths, and locals retrieved at least another 78 bodies from an area near the favelas where the raid occurred, marking the state's most violent police operation on record, g1 reported on Oct. 29.

A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, announced that Israel would resume the ceasefire with Hamas after Israel conducted a series of large-scale airstrikes on Gaza, reportedly killing at least 100 people, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 29.

Romania's Ministry of National Defence said in an Oct. 29 statement that Bucharest and other NATO allies were notified of the United States' decision to reduce its troop presence in Romania and other European countries as part of a broader review of U.S. global force posture.