An explosion occurred at the entrance of the Turkish Aviation and Space Industry Factory (TUSAŞ) in Ankara, Turkey. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey called the incident a subversive act and reported that there were victims and wounded.

A special duty-free trade zone may be established on the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border. At the interregional forum held in Samarkand, the governor of Mangistau region put forward this proposal. It was also reported that the highway connecting Mangistau and Uzbekistan is under construction.

On October 23-24, the President of Uzbekistan will pay a working visit to the city of Kazan, where he will participate in the BRICS summit.

Tolls and fees charged to Uzbek drivers in Afghanistan have been reduced by a total of approximately $99. These fees were determined for the entry of the truck into the territory of Afghanistan and crossing the Amudarya bridge.

Uzbek marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum announced his intention to return to Afghanistan. It was reported that he plans to reorganize the resistance to the Taliban and liberate Afghanistan.

In Sudan, the Rapid Support Force (RSF) reported that a plane used as a bomber by the Sudanese army was shot down in the Malha region of North Darfur. However, the wreckage belonged to an Il-76 aircraft, and one of the crew members had the credentials of Airline Transport Incorporation FZC, a company based in Kyrgyzstan, based in the UAE.

It is said that 29 people who protested against companies that support Israel were arrested in a shopping center in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. They carried signs calling for a "boycott" and poured red paint on the sidewalks and stairs.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has abandoned plans to declare China's treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority a genocide, despite campaign promises. Before the elections, the new British government reneged on the promise to recognize the Palestinian state.

FETO leader, preacher Fethullah Gülen, whom Turkey accuses of being the organizer of the July 2016 coup attempt, died at the age of 83 in one of the hospitals in the US state of Pennsylvania. Ankara has repeatedly demanded the extradition of Gulen from its NATO ally, the United States.

In the last three years, the number of Central Asian immigrants to Lithuania has increased 14 times. The head of the Lithuanian State Security Department, Dariusz Jaunishkis, said that there are no grounds for serious concerns at the moment, but that anti-Western sentiment is growing.