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Iranian forces report mine strikes on tankers and a closed strait. US Central Command says 97% of ships get through. No report read independently confirms either account in full.
Officials told AP a Houthi strike damaged Aramco executive offices in Dhahran, while the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a missile aimed there. Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of encouraging the escalation.
Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan commissioned the ship on October 16. Reports say it is the first major warship built by an Indian private shipyard.
India's shipping minister said no Indian crew were hurt when a tanker was hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz and another by a drone off Romania. Neither report says who was responsible.
South Korea's military said the Oct. 12 launch followed its own hypersonic test. North Korea's state media later said it fired two types of strategic cruise missiles.
A projectile struck King Khalid International Airport on October 10, and Yemen's Houthis claimed it. Reports give death tolls of 12 to 13, and later coalition and AP figures for the month are higher.
Home ministers of the seven BIMSTEC countries met in New Delhi on October 13 under Amit Shah and approved five regional security initiatives, according to reports.
The Cochin Shipyard-built vessel, which reports say has over 80 percent indigenous content, was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on October 12.