
AI-generated summary
Since the United States and Israel jointly launched an air attack on Iran on February 28, tensions in the Middle East have increased. As an important global energy channel, the Strait of Hormuz has frequently seen attacks on ships.
(Central News Agency, Dubai, comprehensive foreign news report on the 17th) The maritime monitoring agency said today that an oil tanker was attacked by "unidentified projectiles" on the coast of the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia, and the crew was forced to evacuate. There are currently no reports of casualties.
Agence France-Presse reported that the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations stated that the ship was attacked yesterday 68 nautical miles from Jubail, a city in the Saudi Arabian petrochemical industry zone, and "reported that all crew members were safe."
Vanguard Maritime Solutions, another British maritime security company, identified the ship as the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Safeen Principal and said the ship lost power and had a fire in its cabin.
The United States and Israel jointly launched air strikes on Iran on February 28. Since the outbreak of the Middle East war, Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz and occasionally attacked passing ships. The Strait of Hormuz is the only maritime artery for oil and natural gas exports in the Persian Gulf.
Before the war, about 1/5 of the world's oil exports passed through the Strait of Hormuz, and oil prices continued to soar during the war.

At least 10 people, including five women and a 5-year-old boy, died in a fire at the Tuptup Resto and Resort in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Six others were injured in the blaze, which destroyed the facility located on Patuartek beach.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the U.S. exemption from Russian sanctions as a financial reward for Putin and would encourage his aggressive behavior. At the same time, he condemned the recent large-scale attack by the Russian military on Ukraine's power grid, with the intention of depriving millions of people of electricity and heating supplies before the onset of winter.

The Chinese Embassy in Estonia issued a diplomatic note in response to the attendance of several Estonian MPs at the Taiwan National Day reception. Pekedo, chairman of the Taiwan-loving Friendship Group of the Estonian Parliament, said that Taiwan is an important partner and China's protests will not affect the willingness of members of parliament to interact with Taiwan.

The United States and Myanmar's military-backed government held talks in Tokyo last week, the second meeting in a month, people familiar with the matter said. Washington is reinforcing its re-engagement with Myanmar, with discussions focusing on securing the release of U.S. businessmen, cracking down on fraudulent industrial parks and acquiring rare earth minerals.

At the invitation of Uzbek Prime Minister Aripov, Premier Li Qiang left Beijing on a chartered flight on the morning of October 17 for an official visit to Uzbekistan, and arrived in Tashkent in the afternoon of the same day.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae cooperated with the Yasukuni Shrine's autumn festival to offer "Masakaki" offerings, and cabinet minister Jonouchi visited the shrine in person. This move triggered strong protests from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, criticizing it for glorifying aggressive wars and war criminals.