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Settlers attack Palestinian citizens, property in West Bank

Palestinian Information Center – October 25, 2026

WEST BANK – Extremist Jewish settlers launched a new spate of violations and attacks across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting Palestinian citizens, homes, and agricultural property.

In the vicinity of Occupied Jerusalem, settlers sabotaged the water supply lines feeding the Bedouin community of al-Tabana near al-Khan al-Ahmar.

In Nablus, a horde of settlers escorted by soldiers detained several olive pickers in a grove in as-Sawiya village before taking them to the illegal settlement of Rehelim, where they were assaulted. The settlers also stole an agricultural tractor and an olive harvest.

In al-Khalil, settlers bulldozed, under military protection, swaths of Palestinian-owned land in the areas of Khallet al-Farra and Marah al-Rabia for the second consecutive day. They also pitched tents in preparation for establishing an outpost and farms in the area adjacent to the settlement of Otniel.

In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation forces kidnaped two children from the al-Fahs area of southern al-Khalil and took them to a military base for interrogation.

A West Bank War for Netanyahu’s Election Campaign, Could It Backfire?

By Robert Inlakesh | Palestine Chronicle | October 25, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a new military operation in the occupied West Bank to collectively punish the people of al-Khalil, all in the lead-up to the scheduled national elections early next week. Is the Premier playing with fire?

Following years of ever-escalating settler violence and the intensification of Israel’s military occupation across the occupied West Bank, two Palestinian men in their twenties – Hamouda and Firas al-Ja’ba – decided to carry out a resistance operation against an Israeli army guard post.

The two resistance fighters carried out their attack, injuring four Israeli soldiers and killing two, using pistols and a rifle near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint in al-Khalil. The Israeli army called in backup, leading to an armed clash in which both of the Palestinians were killed during a 20-minute clash.

From the CCTV footage of the clash, it appears as if the two Palestinians were not professionally trained and acted alone. No Palestinian movement claimed the attack, although it was widely praised. Israel was quick to blame Hamas and then launch a new military campaign targeting the entire city of al-Khalil.

There are a number of reasons that the attack, which, although the most significant carried out in the West Bank in over a year, is not exactly unusual, has been reacted to in the way we see today. … continue

Eight Palestinians killed, others injured in Gaza, Israeli drone targets a gathering of students on campus

Palestinian Information Center – October 25, 2026

GAZA – Seven Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were wounded in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while a young girl died of injuries sustained yesterday.

According to media sources, three citizens were killed in an Israeli drone strike that targeted the campus of the Islamic University of Gaza, southwest of Gaza City, in the afternoon.

The sources identified the three martyrs as employees of the Islamic University of Gaza, Sami Baward, Ashraf Dahlan, and Shadi Abu Ataya.

This deadly strike occurred shortly after an Israeli drone targeted a gathering of students on campus, injuring at least five people, some of them critically.

Another Israeli attack killed a citizen and wounded three others in the west of Gaza City.

In southern Gaza, a strike claimed the lives of two citizens and injured several others, some critically, in northern Khan Yunis.

In central Gaza, a citizen was killed following a drone strike in the al-Mazra’ah area of Deir al-Balah.

Earlier today, eight-year-old Fatima al-Bayouk died from wounds she sustained after being shot by Israeli forces in the al-Mazra’ah area of Deir al-Balah yesterday.

Meanwhile, widespread military activity, including shooting incidents, artillery shelling, drone overflights, and demolitions, was reported in different areas of Gaza.

Israeli bombs shower south Lebanon as Tel Aviv places troops on ‘highest alert level’

The Cradle | October 25, 2026

Tel Aviv stepped up its violent bombardment of southern Lebanon on 25 October, with warplanes carrying out airstrikes across multiple villages – as Hebrew media says Israel is on “high alert” and has deployed thousands of troops to the Lebanese border.

Another strike hit Wadi al-Hujair in south Lebanon on Sunday morning, following earlier attacks on the area overnight and the day before.

Israel also bombed the Lebanese town of Kfar Tebnit.

The outskirts of Baraachit came under Israeli artillery fire a short while earlier. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli occupation forces positioned in the south advanced toward the town of Aita al-Jabal and carried out an attack.

“This morning, two Merkava tanks were spotted positioned on the outskirts of Aita al-Jabal. They carried out machine-gun fire with heavy machine guns while residents were present in the olive groves harvesting the olive crop. No casualties were reported,” it said.

Israeli army vehicles also advanced in Haddatha and carried out an artillery attack on the town. Additionally, artillery shelling hit Majdal Zoun, Mansouri, Wadi al-Saluqi, and Zawtar al-Sharqiya.

Further violations included Israeli military vehicle movements in Zawtar al-Sharqiya and a series of explosions carried out by Israeli occupation forces in Majdal Zoun, targeting civilian infrastructure. Overnight, heavy airstrikes hit Wadi al-Hujair, destroying several buildings.

Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported on 24 October that the Israeli army has raised its state of alert to the “highest level” ahead of the Israeli elections in two days. It said “tens of thousands of troops” were deployed to multiple fronts, including the Lebanese border.

The outlet says it is preparing itself for rocket or missile launches from Lebanon or Iran – although military sources told KAN that “there is no specific intelligence.” Israel has reportedly been building a helicopter landing site in south Lebanon and has no intention of withdrawing, KAN’s reporting adds. … Full article

Yemen denounces European Parliament’s ‘hypocritical’ push to blacklist Ansarullah

Press TV – October 25, 2026

The speaker of the Yemeni House of Representatives has denounced the European Parliament’s push to blacklist the Ansarullah resistance movement, saying the step is rooted in hypocrisy and double standards.

In a statement on Saturday, Yahya Ali Ahmed al-Raee emphasized that the legislature’s stance on Yemen is nothing more than a political cover for the war crimes being perpetrated by Saudi Arabia and its forces against the Yemeni nation.

“The European Parliament’s latest resolution is a clear sign of double standards and hypocrisy. It is an attempt to distort the position of the Sana’a-based Yemeni government, and blatantly ignores its repeated guarantees and commitment to international maritime security,” he noted.

Raee stated that the European Parliament should have designated Israel as the source of terrorism, given the genocidal crimes it is committing in the Gaza Strip. … continue

Qalibaf: UAE’s UN bid aims to ‘clear the runway’ for ‘Greater Israel’, whitewash genocide

Press TV – October 25, 2026

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says a United Arab Emirates diplomat’s bid to become the next United Nations secretary-general aims to clear the diplomatic runway for Israel’s expansionist and aggressive ambitions under the so-called “Greater Israel” scheme.

Qalibaf made the remarks in a post on X on Sunday, saying UAE Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh’s candidacy for the UN’s top job also aims to whitewash Israel’s “systematic genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

He added that defending the Gaza tragedy had become a résumé for the UAE’s decision to seek the UN post, drawing a comparison between the country’s pursuit of the position and a fox seeking a job guarding a henhouse. … continue

Iran denies offering opening Hormuz for US lifting naval blockade

Al Mayadeen – October 25, 2026

Iran has denied reports that it offered the US a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the naval blockade, insisting that it has submitted no new proposal to Pakistan, Tasnim News Agency reported, citing an informed source.

The source’s remarks came in response to claims by a Saudi satellite channel that Tehran had proposed such an arrangement, slamming them as “lies and pure fiction.”

“This is similar to many other reports about Iran published by the same media outlet,” the source stated. … Full article

Pakistan reopens Iran border after boosting security: Report

Press TV – October 25, 2025

Pakistan has reopened a major border crossing with Iran that handles key energy and commodity supplies between the two countries amid improved security in the region.

Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday that the Gabd-Rimdan border crossing, also known as Gate 250, in the country’s Gwadar region, had reopened a day earlier following a weeklong suspension that began on October 17.

The report quoted Mir Naveed Jan Kalmati, president of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as saying that import and export operations between Pakistan and Iran had resumed.

It said the decision came amid dwindling LPG supplies in Pakistan ahead of the winter season. … continue

Why are so many Brazilians voting for Flávio Bolsonaro?

By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 25, 2026

… There is also a cultural dimension that the left frequently underestimates. Some voters reject the political vocabulary associated with the woke agenda and interpret certain progressive initiatives as attempts to impose new standards of behavior. The Supreme Federal Court’s draconian decision to recognize “transphobia” as a crime “equivalent to racism” has naturally provoked strongly negative reactions. After all, it seems perfectly normal that millions of Brazilians reject a ruling that can – and already does – place people in prison for up to five years for using the wrong pronoun when addressing transgender individuals.

Cultural discontent is often irresponsibly disdained in political analysis. Many commentators continue to treat voters as machines seeking constant material benefits, supposedly willing to sacrifice their values in exchange for meager welfare handouts – the principal achievement the Workers’ Party government has offered the Brazilian people so far. This analysis is mistaken. For many Brazilians, questions concerning their children’s education, religion, and the limits of state intervention are central political priorities. These voters will naturally tend to support the opposition in a national environment where state-run university hospitals – with the backing of the left-wing establishment – provide puberty blockers and other forms of “non-surgical intervention” to “transgender children.”

Contrary to the expectations of academic analysts disconnected from the country’s realities, foreign policy occupies a limited place in most people’s daily lives. Relations with the United States, Brazil’s role in BRICS, and its diplomatic position on Palestine are relevant issues, but they are unlikely to outweigh immediate concerns such as urban violence and cultural disputes.

Flávio Bolsonaro’s electoral support must be understood through this combination of factors, without attributing a single motivation to millions of voters. Public security, traditional values, dissatisfaction with the government, and rejection of certain progressive agendas can all converge in the same vote. If the left wants to improve its popularity, the better course of action is to reconsider its own mistakes, instead of inventing false explanations for the right’s growing support. – Read full article

UK defense secretary says Britain has 1,000 days to prepare for war

Al Mayadeen – October 25, 2026

Britain has a little more than 1,000 days to be ready to fight a war alongside its allies, UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said in a piece for The Telegraph on Saturday, arguing that “adversaries” could be capable of attacking the country by 2030.

“My defining priority… is to make sure that this country is ready to fight and win a war,” Streeting wrote, setting out a two-step logic.

“To prevent the worst, we have to prepare for it,” he said, explaining that Britain should first expand its capabilities “so our adversaries think twice about attacking us,” and that if deterrence fails, “we must ensure that Britain is ready for war.”

Streeting wrote that hostile states have long wished Britain harm, and their expanding armed forces and war economies are what could give them the means to act by 2030. “By 2030 their force strength and war economy could put them in a position to attack,” he said, adding that this “gives us a little over 1,000 days to complete our mission.”

Streeting did not link this to Britain’s aggressive foreign policy and military interventions alongside the US around the world, including arming proxy wars and supplying military intelligence, such as in Ukraine, and instead presented Britain as taking a “defensive” stance.

He presented the window as the time left to finish preparations, with the goal of being ready “with our allies to fight and win,” and pledged that the government “will make sure it is mission accomplished.” […]

The comments come ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, where Chancellor John Healey faces pressure to commit to spending 3 percent of GDP on defense by 2030. Healey resigned as defense secretary in June over the previous government’s refusal to set that date. The government under Prime Minister Andy Burnham now points instead to NATO’s target of 3.5 percent by 2035.

Streeting’s article came days after the government launched its “Be Ready” campaign, which urges households to keep at least three days of water, non-perishable food and other basics, plus items such as blankets and radios. … Full article

Democrats Put Anti-Russia Agenda Ahead of American Workers

Sputnik – 25.10.2026

Even as the US diesel deal with Russia that was brokered by Donald Trump could help bring the price of oil down, the Democrats’ Russophobia “is leading them to try to sabotage the deal,” Dr. Jeremy Kuzmarov, managing editor of CovertAction Magazine, tells Sputnik.

“Trump may be making some steps at the beginning to try to end the conflict in Ukraine, whereas the Democrats, I think, want to escalate that conflict. And they are totally irrational,” he adds.

Only a small number of Democrats opposed the anti-Russian sanctions bill, arguing that it is “totally irrational and is going to have a very negative effect on the US economy.”

“This is a case in point where this hysteria about Russia and Russophobia reaches the extent that the government is actually advocating for positions that are very harmful to the American economy and to American workers or farmers — even though the Democrats purport that they are more for the working people.” … continue

Two killed in drone strike on Belgorod – governor

RT | October 25, 2026

Two civilians were killed and thirteen others wounded in a major attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, regional governor Aleksandr Shuvayev has said.

The death toll from an overnight drone strike has risen to two. One of the injured victims who was hospitalized following the attack has died, Shuvayev added.

Overall thirteen people were injured, according to updated data from regional authorities.

Earlier reports said one person had been killed and 14 injured.

“The enemy launched a large-scale drone strike on residential areas in the center of the city,” Mayor Valentin Demidov wrote in a post on social media early on Sunday. … Full article

Albania PM plans $550 fines as anti-government protests escalate

Al Mayadeen | October 25, 2026

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced plans to fine participants in violent demonstrations more than $550, as months of anti-government protests intensify in Tirana and demonstrators continue to demand his resignation.

The Socialist Party leader said Sunday that a new law, expected this week, would penalize people who remain in crowds involved in violence or looting in public spaces, as well as those concealing their identities. The legislation would also authorize police to restrict gatherings when there is a risk of violence.

The announcement follows days of escalating confrontations between protesters and security forces, with demonstrators targeting government buildings over corruption allegations and demands for better conditions for students. … Full article

Putin: Europe Paying the Price for Own Political and Economic Mistakes

Sputnik – 25.10.2026

European leaders have only themselves to blame for growing unrest and economic problems across the continent, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

“This is bad for them, and why? Because they won’t address the root cause … And what is that cause? It lies in their own mistakes, mistakes made across various areas, including the economy and finance,” Putin said.

He pointed to mounting public debt, large budget deficits, and declining industrial production, calling the situation dramatic for many European economies. By comparison, he said, Russia’s external debt stands at just 2.6% of GDP, with total government debt at 17.5%, while Russian industrial output has grown since 2021.

He also criticized Europe’s green energy policies and described its decision to ban everything Russian as “stupidity.” Putin noted that Europe cut itself off from Russian markets and energy supplies, although it continues to import substantial amounts of Russian energy.

“They have cut themselves off from our energy resources and our market. You have to understand, we weren’t just supplying relatively cheap primary energy resources, we were also providing access to our market! A market that is, in fact, quite large for European countries,” Putin said.

Putin added that some Western companies “almost cried” when they were forced to abandon the Russian market under pressure from their own governments.

Turning to migration, Putin argued that European countries lack the financial resources to integrate and assimilate migrants, contributing to growing social tensions.

He also accused Europeans of dismantling their own traditional and historical values, arguing that societies abandoning their own traditions have little left to pass on to newcomers.

Putin Calls Attempts to Accuse Russia of Inciting Unrest in Europe Clear Exaggeration

Sputnik – 25.10.2026

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that attempts to accuse Russia of inciting unrest in Europe is a clear exaggeration.

“My first reaction upon seeing this was surprise. To suggest that we are provoking mass protests in major European cities, well, that is clearly going too far, it’s something that, in my view, is obvious to the ordinary citizens of European countries,” Putin told Russian media.

Accusations that Russia has allegedly orchestrated unrest in Europe point to the weakness of European politicians and their inability to take responsibility for the events taking place, the Russian president said.

“This speaks to the weakness and inability of certain leaders in European countries to take responsibility for what is happening,” Putin said.

The Russian leader added he was surprised that the United States was initially blamed for the protests in Europe.

“I did not expect European leaders to lash out like that at their primary ally, their protector, so to speak, in the military sense, across the ocean. But they quickly came to their senses and reverted to their customary accusations against the Russian Federation,” Putin said.

Pentagon designates Chinese cultural centers national security threat

RT | October 24, 2026

The Pentagon has designated cultural programs linked to China’s Confucius Institute as a national security threat, according to US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. He claims that the centers, which largely offer Chinese language courses on American college and university campuses, serve as a front for Beijing’s “propaganda” campaign – an allegation Chinese officials have previously denied.

In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, Hegseth said that while the US Congress had previously “banned” the Confucius Institutes from American educational institutions, they “came back disguised in new forms” and under new names.

Hegseth was apparently referring to several measures passed by Congress in recent years that stripped universities that hosted Confucius Institutes of federal funding. The pressure from the lawmakers has led to the closure of multiple centers on US soil.

According to Hegseth, over the past two months, the Department of War has “systematically dismantled” 80 new Chinese-backed cultural centers across 30 universities, adding “these sleeper organizations to our list of institutions that threaten our national security.”

The official alleged that the targeted entities had sought to “steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students,” but stopped short of providing any concrete evidence. … continue

BBC senior broadcaster speaks out on Gaza coverage

By Adonis Storr | The National | October 21, 2026

The BBC have been “very compliant to Israel, reporting their arguments even where it’s screamingly obvious, even to viewers, that what’s happening in Gaza is an international scandal,” a BBC insider has said.

A senior broadcaster, speaking on the condition of anonymity, has told The National: “The BBC have navigated themselves into a position where you can’t use [the word genocide]. And I think that’s a mistake.”

The source said that the BBC have “listened to Israel very closely and reproduced and reported Israel’s defence arguments, which is not their role” and that, “they should be much more investigative and much more deliberative about their views”.

The comments come in the wake of Francesca Albanese’s latest UN report.

Truth Under The Rubble: Media In The Time Of Genocide levelled heavy criticism at the UK’s public broadcaster, accusing the corporation of being one part of an interconnected system that is “intrinsic to genocide”. … continue

Damning report shows the media must confront its failures on Gaza

By Lucy Jackson | The National | October 19, 2026

Now, a damning new United Nations (UN) report could force news organisations to confront their own failures in accurately reporting on the scale and reality of the atrocities committed by Israel.

The report, by Francesca Albanese – UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories – lays bare the media’s complicity in Israel’s brutal onslaught of Gaza, which the UN, human rights organisations and leading academics have concluded amounts to genocide.

It argues that Israel has committed “mediacide”, finding that Israel has used “three interconnected patterns” which have both facilitated genocide and hindered accountability:

  1. The systematic ­killing of ­Palestinian journalists
  2. An ­information ­regime of ­propaganda and censorship within ­Israel
  3. International media amplifying Israeli narratives while silencing Palestinian voices

Particularly striking are the report’s findings on the role played by major broadcasters and newspapers in shaping the public’s understanding of the genocide.

The BBC is singled out as an example of how Palestinian suffering has been obscured through the repetition of unverified Israeli claims, the stripping away of historical context and a reliance on official Israeli sources over Palestinian voices.

Its own editorial guidance omits Gaza from the occupied territory and refers to the West Bank and Gaza as “disputed” territories, despite their status under international law. … continue

Israel Used “Where’s Daddy?” AI to Relentlessly Murder Palestinian Journalists and Their Families in Their Homes

By Andy Worthington | October 21, 2026

There is no doubt that Israel’s sustained genocidal assault on the largely civilian population of the Gaza Strip, now in its fourth year, has been the deadliest military conflict for journalists in human history.

As the journalist Nick Turse reported for Brown University’s “Costs of War” project in April 2025, “The war in Gaza has, since October 7, 2023, killed more journalists than the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined.”

Under international humanitarian law, as most noticeably enshrined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, “Civilian journalists engaged in professional missions in areas of armed conflict must be respected and protected as long as they are not taking a direct part in hostilities.” (emphasis added).

The State of Israel, however, has nothing but contempt for international humanitarian law. As far as they are concerned, everyone who works for a media outlet that is, in any way, aligned with the military wing of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other militant faction in Gaza, is a terrorist, and can be targeted and killed, and anyone who works as a journalist but has previously had any suspected involvement with any of these military factions in any kind of capacity can also be targeted and killed.

Israel doesn’t recognize that, by the same application of its lawless logic, almost every journalist in Israel could be regarded similarly by the Palestinians, because military service is mandatory in Israel. Most crucially, however, it fails to recognize that, if an individual has, in the past, been a part of a Palestinian military faction in any way, that doesn’t apply endlessly as a justification for their targeted killing. If they don a press vest and begin reporting, international humanitarian law makes it clear, as noted above, that they cannot be regarded as a legitimate military target unless they are specifically “taking a direct part in hostilities.”

In a cynical, devious and sustained effort to erase these distinctions, Israel has targeted and killed journalists for what it regards as “suspicious activity” — using drones to secure footage or photos, for example, or using vantage points on buildings, both for the overview they provide, but also, often, to secure transmission signals in an environment in which internet and mobile phone signals are often notoriously unreliable.

It has also, increasingly, resorted to black propaganda, alleging, almost entirely without providing evidence, that the journalists it has killed were not journalists at all, but were military operatives masquerading as journalists, and it has sometimes targeted these journalists directly, texting or calling them to tell them to stop their work or threatening them that, if they don’t stop, they or their families will be targeted and killed.

One reason why Israel feels empowered to so comprehensively erase the distinctions between combatants and civilians is because, since the 1990s, western governments (including the US in 1997, the EU in 2003, and the UK in 2021) have obligingly designated the whole of Hamas as a terrorist organization — not just its military wing, but also the whole of the civilian administrative government in Gaza.

Since October 7, 2023, this has allowed to Israel to claim that, for example, doctors and medical staff can — if a devious enough excuse can be invented — be regarded as terrorists because they work for the Ministry of Health. This is a western-approved betrayal of the absolute prohibition on targeting doctors or hospitals, which Israel has thoroughly embraced, making risible and never-proven claims that the hospitals were Hamas control and command centres, and that the doctors, like the journalists, were not actually doctors at all, but were military operatives pretending to be doctors. … continue

Israel Demolishes Home Of Lebanese Journalist Whose Viral Film Exposed Pager Attack

By Wyatt Reed | The Grayzone | October 23, 2026

Israeli soldiers have looted and demolished the family home of Radwan Mortada, a prominent Lebanese investigative journalist who directed the recent viral Al Jazeera 360 documentary “The Trap.” The film exposes the surreptitious network and planning behind Israel’s notorious pager attack, which left hundreds of Lebanese citizens wounded and maimed, and has become one of the channel’s most-watched in recent history.

Israel’s destruction of Mortada family home on October 17 has drawn condemnation from at least one international press freedom group, the Committee to Protect Journalists. On October 21, the organization issued a statement declaring that it “strongly condemns the Israeli military’s demolition of journalist Radwan Mortada’s family home in southern Lebanon. Just three weeks earlier, Mortada released an Al Jazeera documentary on the Israeli 2024 pager attack. In the days leading up to the demolition, Israeli soldiers launched a sound bomb, a tank tore down the entrance, and soldiers looted personal belongings. CPJ fears this destruction is in retaliation for Mortada’s work, marking another dangerous violation of international law and disregard for the press.”

Speaking to The Grayzone, Mortada recalled how he learned that Israel’s military forces destroyed the estate he and his family had painstakingly constructed over almost a decade. … continue

They Razed the Universities, Then Policed the Word

By David Miller | Tracking Power | October 24, 2026

Start in Gaza, not in a dean’s office. A UNESCO assessment with the Ministry of Education and AWRAD, presented in November 2025, covered 21 higher-education institutions and 38 campuses. Twenty-two campuses were completely destroyed, 14 more were damaged, and 195 of 206 buildings were unusable. Of 5,102 staff, 1,112 had been killed, detained or injured. Islamic University, Al-Azhar, Al-Aqsa, Al-Israa: the sector as a physical fact had been hit.

That is scholasticide, a pillar of the genocide, not collateral. In July 2025 the presidents of Gaza’s universities wrote an open letter refusing a reconstruction designed by donors and occupiers. The Emergency Committee was set up mid-genocide to keep the institutions alive without their buildings. Academic freedom in Gaza is the freedom to teach in a tent because the campus was bombed. … continue

Israeli army conducts mass demolition campaign in Hebron following deadly West Bank resistance op

The Cradle | October 24, 2026

On 23 October, the Israeli military demolished homes and expelled about 1,500 Palestinians from Hebron in a campaign of collective punishment, after resistance fighters killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint outside the occupied West Bank city.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to Hebron after the gun battle on Friday, promising the destruction of the neighborhood the two resistance fighters hailed from.

“We are going to apply the successful, aggressive model we used in the refugee camps,” Netanyahu stated, referring to earlier military campaigns to destroy the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps in the West Bank.

The first home demolitions began within hours of the attack on Friday. Ministers in Netanyahu’s cabinet also rushed to the site, hoping to use the incident to campaign for next Tuesday’s Knesset elections.

Religious Zionism leader and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich posted a video showing himself standing in front of a bulldozer as it demolished a Palestinian home near the site of the gun battle.

The destruction of the home, whose owners had no ties to the Palestinian resistance fighters, was intended to “create deterrence and exact a price,” Smotrich said.

Smotrich further called for Israel to launch a campaign in the West Bank “exactly like in Gaza or Lebanon,” where Israeli troops have erased entire Palestinian and Lebanese villages and cities to prepare for Jewish settlement.

The gunfight began Friday when two Palestinian resistance fighters were stopped by Israeli occupying troops at a temporary checkpoint. The fighters killed two Israeli soldiers and injured three others before they were killed, according to Israeli officials.

Armed resistance to foreign occupation is lawful under international law. Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem in 1967. … Full article

19 Separate Attacks on Olive Pickers by Israeli Fanatics on Saturday

IMEMC | October 24, 2026

The Commission Against the Wall and Settlements documented 19 separate attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces and armed Israeli paramilitary colonists against Palestinian olive pickers and their lands in 6 governorates in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, since early Saturday morning.

The attacks included firing live bullets and gas bombs at olive harvesters, abducting and beating the olive harvesters, stealing olive fruits and harvesting equipment, vandalizing agricultural property, preventing farmers from reaching their lands and forcing them to leave.

In Jerusalem Governorate, Israeli paramilitary colonists protected by the Israeli occupation forces attacked olive pickers in the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem, despite prior coordination for the harvest. The Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets and gas bombs at the farmers, and abducted citizen Muhammad Sidr after beating him and spraying his face with pepper gas, while the colonists stole the harvest cloths.

In Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, the village of Sinjil witnessed three raids on agricultural lands during the day, including attacks on farmers in the Al-Tall and Al-Waer areas, an assault on an elderly man and the theft of his phone and harvesting equipment, in addition to the release of sheep into agricultural lands and stealing water designated for irrigating trees.

In Salfit Governorate, Israeli colonists surrounded farmers in the Wadi al-Ahmar area east of Marda village, smashed one of their vehicles, and forced them to leave their land. In Deir Ballut, colonists attacked Mahmoud Othman Mustafa’s family in the Wadi al-Shami area, stealing 8 bags of olives, a picking machine, and an electric bike, and damaging mobile phones. … continue

Five Gazans killed, others injured in Israeli attacks

Palestinian Information Center – October 24, 2026

GAZA – Four Palestinian civilians, including two women, were martyred and others were wounded in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, while another one died of injuries sustained in an earlier strike.

Local sources reported that a young girl was killed by Israeli gunfire in the Tal al-Dahab area of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.

Another citizen was also killed and three others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians near Palestine Stadium in Gaza City’s al-Rimal neighborhood.

Later in the evening, a woman was shot dead by Israeli gunfire at al-Zahra School in Khan Yunis refugee camp, south of Gaza.

In central Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire towards Deir al-Balah, killing one citizen.

Meanwhile, a citizen was pronounced dead after succumbing to injuries sustained in a previous strike in the west of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

In northern Gaza, a woman was critically wounded by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia, while another woman was injured after being shot by an Israeli quadcopter in Jabalia refugee camp.

In Gaza City, several residents were injured and property was damaged after Israeli tanks fired projectiles at two inhabited homes near the Shuja’iya junction in the east of the city.

Additionally, widespread military activity, including shooting incidents, artillery shelling, drone overflights, and demolitions, was reported in different areas of Gaza today.

Protests erupt across Syria against violent Israeli incursions

Press TV – October 24, 2026

Syrians rallied in several locations on Friday, including Damascus and Homs in central Syria, condemning Israeli incursions and attacks in the southern provinces of Quneitra and Daraa, AFP correspondents and state media reported.

In Damascus, outside a United Nations building, the family of a Syrian man kidnapped by Israel demanded his release, with children holding posters reading, “I want my dad.”

Protester Taysir al-Hariri told AFP that demonstrators aimed to show the world that Syrians stand strong and united against “Israeli incursions and against anyone who is tempted to tamper… with national security.”

State media released footage of other rallies showing protesters holding posters reading, “We are all Moaz.” Moaz Salameh al-Baair was a young man with Down syndrome who was killed by Israeli fire on Thursday during an incursion in Daraa province.

Demonstrators in the town of Khan Arnabah carried banners in Arabic and English denouncing the repeated violations and demanded the release of kidnapped Syrians held by Israeli forces. … Full article

Iraqi Resistance reports 171 US airspace violations, slams US diktats

Al Mayadeen | October 24, 2026

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said US military and surveillance aircraft violated Iraqi airspace 171 times between September 30 and October 23, accusing Washington of breaching its commitments to Baghdad and undermining Iraq’s sovereignty.

In a statement issued on October 24, the Resistance said the documented violations were carried out by combat and reconnaissance aircraft, calling on the Iraqi government to inform the public about the situation.

The movement also criticized the closure of airports and border crossings with Iran, arguing that the decisions reflected US pressure and restricted Iraq’s independent national decision-making.

It questioned how Iraq could claim full sovereignty while foreign powers continued to violate its airspace and influence its national decisions. … Full article

Record Oil, Empty Tanks: The UAE’s Miracle Recovery

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 24, 2026

Good news, everyone. The war is over, at least in the United Arab Emirates. That is the only conclusion you could draw from this month’s headlines. On October 14, Bloomberg reported the International Energy Agency’s estimate that UAE oil supply hit a record 5.3 million barrels a day in September. Fujairah, the port the Emirates built so they would never have to worry about the Strait of Hormuz, loaded a record 2.62 million barrels a day. The giant Ruwais refinery was declared back at full capacity at the end of August. Pop the (non-alcoholic) champagne.

Then Karl Miller sent me his October 22 assessment of the UAE’s oil and gas system, and spoiled the party. … continue

Burnham tackles Britain’s poverty with aggression in Yemen

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 24, 2026

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has found a novel way of solving Britain’s cost-of-living crisis. By bombing Yemen.

Yes, you read that correctly. This week, Burnham authorized the deployment of British Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia for its war with Yemen.

Downing Street assured the British public that the deployment was for “defensive” operations only. The BBC and other British media outlets indulged this fantasy by repeating over and over that the Royal Air Force was being deployed for “defensive actions”. The RAF would not be engaging in attacking Yemen, it was claimed, and the British fighter jets were being sent to “protect” Saudi Arabia from “escalating” Houthi aggression.

Britain’s Minister of Defense Wes Streeting (a former health minister, please note) framed the RAF mission as necessary to counter instability in the Middle East and soaring energy prices. As if Britain was not the cause of instability and higher fuel costs by backing Trump’s aggression on Iran. … continue

Saudi airstrikes in Yemen leave over 20 civilian casualties

The Cradle | October 24, 2026

Saudi warplanes killed or wounded at least 21 people in strikes on a civilian home in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and a cement factory in the surrounding governorate, the Yemeni Health Ministry announced on 24 October.

The strike on housing for cement factory workers in the Hamdan district killed eight people, including six women and a girl, and wounded more than 10, according to Yemeni media. This is up from the ministry’s initial count of seven killed and eight wounded.

The strike on a civilian’s home in the capital’s Asr area killed three people and wounded three others. Both strikes were part of a wave of Saudi raids on Sanaa.

Saudi missiles also hit the Maran district of Saada Governorate, while Saudi warplanes launched 20 airstrikes on the coastal city of Mokha in western Taiz Governorate since morning.

Saturday’s escalation followed an announcement the previous day by Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF), that Saudi warplanes had carried out 124 airstrikes on civilian facilities across several Yemeni governorates within 24 hours. … Full article

Three killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russian region – governor

RT | October 24, 2026

Three people have been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian city of Oryol, Governor Andrey Klychkov has said.

The bodies were recovered from the rubble of a civilian enterprise targeted by Kiev on Friday, Klychkov announced on Saturday.

According to the governor, Ukrainian forces used NATO-made missiles in the attack. He shared photos of missile fragments bearing markings in English as evidence of their alleged Western origin.

Klychkov did not specify the type of weapons used, although Russian military bloggers earlier claimed that Kiev had fired British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

The governor condemned Friday’s strike as “especially cynical,” saying it took place during rush hour, when people were returning home from work to their families. … Full article

Peace in Ukraine: the easy way – or the hard way

Strategic Culture Foundation | October 23, 2026

Diplomacy, as the saying goes, is the art of the possible. A peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine is possible if all sides were to engage in genuine diplomacy. That’s the easy, more civilized way.

If not, Russia will achieve peace the hard way through complete military victory.

Diplomacy is being prevented because European politicians, in particular, are held hostage by their own twisted ideology and false propaganda.

Ironically, the NATO proxy war in Ukraine was intended to “strategically defeat” Russia. It turns out, however, that it is the NATO axis that is staring at a historic defeat. The chaos surging across Europe is a manifestation of that failure, driven by higher energy prices and reckless, unsustainable militarism. … continue

Trump & the Rrrrussians

By Patrick LAWRENCE | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 24, 2026

Given the gush of vitriol and condemnation since Oct. 9, when Donald Trump announced his deal to import 5 million metric tons of Russian diesel, roughly 37 million barrels, one would think the president had surrendered the United States’ sovereignty to the Kremlin, or handed over the Ukrainians to the Russian army, or rankly betrayed the Europeans or altogether renounced what we picturesquely call Western civilization.

This is, indeed, what we read daily in the corporate press these days and what we are supposed to think. It is 2016 redux, it seems. Another round of Russiagate may not be far off, given 16 House Democrats have introduced a Prohibit Corrupt Russia Oil Deals Act and 12 senators now attack the diesel accord as “a gift to our adversary.”

If there is one thing essential to recall about those dreary years it is that the wobbly-from-the-first Russiagate edifice, the whole of it, was made of mis– and disinformation, hyperbole, innuendo, extravagant abuses of office and propaganda incessantly disseminated in corporate media.

It was, in short, the Deep State’s attempt to scuttle any effort to advance beyond the poisonous Russophobia it had spent a decade cultivating (taking my date from Vladimir Putin’s era-defining speech to the Munich Security Conference in 2007).

It is the same again as Trump tries once more to end the war in Ukraine and refashion East–West relations, a project the old “MICIMATT”— the military-industrial, congressional, intelligence, media, academic and think tank blob — simply cannot abide. … continue

US taxpayer money laundered back through Ukraine – Musk

RT | October 24, 2026

Billionaire Elon Musk has accused US politicians of putting Kiev’s interests ahead of their own country’s, alleging that American taxpayer money sent to Ukraine is being laundered back into political campaigns.

Writing on X on Friday, the SpaceX founder suggested that financial interests could explain why some American lawmakers remain staunch supporters of Kiev in its conflict with Russia.

“Some of that US taxpayer money comes back through multiple laundry machines to fund political campaigns in America, which is why you see some politicians caring more about Ukraine than America!” Musk wrote, without identifying the beneficiaries. … continue

Before COVID, an NIH lab chief proposed making a SARS-like bat virus more infectious

By Lewis Kamb | U.S. Right to Know | October 15, 2026

On a Sunday morning in October 2019, the chief of the virus ecology unit at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories emailed a postdoctoral scientist in his lab with an idea.

Vincent Munster and his postdoc, Michael Letko, had spent that year building a system to rapidly test whether dozens of SARS-related bat coronaviruses could infect human cells.

That week, Munster read a new preprint from prominent virologists Vineet Menachery and Ralph Baric’s lab groups showing that the protease trypsin could unlock entry for certain coronaviruses that otherwise would not infect human cells.

Letko had forwarded him the paper two days earlier with the note, “Seems like more groups will be converging on this idea soon.”

“You should be able to make S with a more broader cleavage signature (like furin-like) to enhance infectivity,” Munster wrote back on Oct. 6, 2019. “You can include a motif like this R-X-[K/R]-R↓ Might be cool to get some synthesized.”

In virology parlance, “S” is the coronavirus spike protein, which allows the virus to latch onto the cells it infects, and R-X-[K/R]-R is a furin cleavage site motif, which can make viruses better able to infect cells and spread.

Munster was suggesting that his postdoc engineer a furin site into a coronavirus spike protein to make it more infectious.

Eleven weeks later, a coronavirus carrying a similar furin cleavage site emerged in Wuhan, China, spawning the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains the only known sarbecovirus, the SARS-related group of coronaviruses that Munster and Letko were then screening, to have one. … continue

At Least 10 Prominent Athletes Dead or Struck by Anomalous Medical Emergencies in Last 21 Days

By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH | Focal Points | October 21, 2026

Large numbers of prominent athletes continue to die unexpectedly or suffer anomalous medical emergencies since the mRNA gene therapies were rolled out.

Across the NFL, NHL, NCAA football, professional rugby, women’s basketball, and international hockey, athletes ranging in age from just 18 to 56 have suffered major medical events, including pulmonary emboli, cardiac arrest, an aortic dissection, an emergency heart transplant, and several deaths. … continue

Gates, Bourla on Trial in Netherlands Accused of ‘Great Reset’ Scheme at Vaccine Injury Hearing

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 23, 2026

Highlights:

  • Seven Dutch plaintiffs sued Bill Gates, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and 15 other defendants over alleged COVID-19 vaccine injuries. Two plaintiffs have since died.
  • At a hearing this week, plaintiffs’ attorney Peter Stassen alleged that the pandemic and vaccines were part of a coordinated “Great Reset” project involving deception and violations of individual rights.
  • Defense attorneys maintained that the vaccines were safe and effective and saved millions of lives, while challenging the plaintiffs’ allegations and witnesses’ qualifications.
  • The court limited the plaintiffs’ four expert witnesses to video statements rather than in-person testimony, drawing objections from Stassen and others quoted in the article.
  • A ruling is expected as early as December, though it could be delayed until February 2027.

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How the Cambridge Analytica scandal still haunts Mark Zuckerberg

RT | October 23, 2026

‘Cambridge Analytica’ is by now a byword for the social media Wild West of 2016, when regulations were non-existent and unscrupulous brokers sold personal user data to advertisers and political operatives. RT explores the scandal that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg still can’t dodge.

On October 22, Meta was ordered by a New Mexico judge to pay $25 billion in civil penalties over the collection of personal data from 44 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica more than a decade earlier.

The judge concluded that Meta’s misconduct warranted a penalty exceeding $219 billion under state law, but reduced the amount to $25 billion, making it one of the largest fines ever imposed on an American corporation.

Meta, operating at the time as Facebook, knowingly and systematically deceived users about how it managed their personal data and allowed its harvesting by third-party companies like Cambridge Analytica. The jury also found Meta’s senior executive team knew of, and lied about, deceiving users about how it planned to investigate data-harvesting companies after the Cambridge Analytica scandal became public.

To understand how Meta ended up owing an eighth of its annual revenue in just one judgment, it’s necessary to go back to 2013, when Cambridge Analytica emerged from Britain’s shadowy private intelligence sector. … continue

The Ongoing Cancellation Campaign Against a Dissenting Academic in Norway

By Glenn Diesen | October 23, 2026

The very public execution of my professorship and reputation continues in Norway. Today’s media article about me makes three claims that are misleading and/or false. … continue

Yemen and ‘the Houthis’: Challenging Sami Hamdi’s Narrative

By Robert Inlakesh | Palestine Chronicle | October 23, 2026 

Amidst widespread confusion about the Saudi-Yemen War, British journalist Sami Hamdi has weighed in on the debate. Unfortunately, his stance and analysis not only miss the mark, but are replete with factual errors, undemonstrable assumptions, and an incorrect timeline of how events transpired.

Until recently, the war in Yemen has long been ignored by the corporate media in the West. Despite the conflict being over a decade old, most references to it highlighted a humanitarian crisis and presented a narrative that a Saudi-Iranian proxy war was raging on. “The Houthis” have been labeled as terrorists, and many have found it rather difficult to understand what is truly going on inside the country.

Therefore, the goal of this article is to push back against Sami Hamdi’s portrayal of events inside the country and provide key context that will help a wider audience understand this issue in greater depth. It is not an attack on Hamdi himself, or an attempt to discredit him as a journalist; instead, it is a criticism of his narrative on this issue and a correction of false information he has presented. … continue

No, Christians did not invent Zionism

By David Miller | Tracking Power | October 23, 2026

What is it with anti-Zionist Jews claiming that Christians invented Zionism? … continue

AIPAC-led lobbying network opens branches in Cypriot, Greek parliaments

The Cradle | October 23, 2026

Cyprus hosted the leadership of the pro-Israel US lobbying group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in Nicosia on 21 October, pledging to deepen the island’s ties with Israel and the US.

Outgoing AIPAC president Bernard Kaminetsky and his successor, Yehuda Neuberger, led the delegation to the presidential palace for talks with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.

The talks focused on accelerating the 3+1 Mechanism, a partnership binding Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the US to coordinate on energy, security, and infrastructure.

AIPAC, in return, pledged to keep championing Cypriot interests in Washington.

Meanwhile, pro-Israel lobbies have been embedding themselves inside the Cypriot and Greek parliaments, with Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) launching caucuses in both legislatures to bring lawmakers into line with Israel’s regional agenda.

IAF president Josh Reinstein unveiled the Cypriot caucus on 14 October after meeting Christodoulides, explicitly pitting the initiative against Ankara by branding Turkiye a “common enemy” of Israel and Cyprus. … continue

IOF demolishes home of suspected al-Khalil attacker amid collective punishment measures

Palestinian Information Center – October 23, 2026

WEST BANK – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished a residential building containing three apartments in the Farsh al-Hawa neighborhood of al-Khalil, in the southern occupied West Bank, on Friday, as part of a collective punishment policy targeting Palestinian families and threatening to leave them homeless.

The demolition coincided with the closure of entrances to the city and the imposition of severe restrictions on the movement of residents and vehicles.

Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers began demolishing a building belonging to Palestinian resident Riyad Amreish. The building contained three residential apartments, each measuring approximately 200 square meters.

According to the sources, the IOF ordered the residents to evacuate the building before carrying out the demolition. They added that Israeli troops sealed off the surrounding area and its main entrance, which serves as the only access point connecting al-Khalil to the bypass road, further restricting movement throughout the city.

The IOF also closed all entrances and roads leading into al-Khalil, preventing residents and vehicles from entering or leaving the city as military restrictions intensified in the surrounding area.

The demolition and road closures followed a shooting attack in al-Khalil earlier this morning that killed two Israeli soldiers.

Following the resistance operation, Israeli government officials threatened to demolish Palestinian homes and other structures near the site of the shooting. … Full article

Israeli army detains 11 international activists supporting Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank

MEMO | October 23, 2026

Israeli forces detained 11 international solidarity activists on Thursday while they were helping Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the village of Al-Buwaib, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian volunteer campaign.

The Fazaa campaign said in a statement that the activists had been held since Thursday morning, without Israeli authorities providing an explanation for their detention.

According to the campaign, the detainees include nationals of Italy, Germany, the United States, Britain and Australia. […]

The activists were participating in efforts to support Palestinian farming communities facing threats and attacks by Israeli settlers during the olive harvest season. … Full article

Commission Documents 409 Israeli Attacks During Olive Harvest

IMEMC | October 22, 2026

The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission documented 409 attacks by Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinian olive farmers, olive trees, agricultural land, and agricultural equipment between October 1 and 21, 2026. Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out 317 of the documented attacks, while Israeli soldiers were responsible for 92.

The documented violations included preventing farmers from accessing their fields, assaulting them and forcing them to leave, stealing harvested olives, and damaging olive trees and agricultural equipment.

The Commission reported that the Nablus governorate recorded the highest number of attacks, with 166, followed by Salfit with 91, Ramallah and Al-Bireh with 69, Jenin with 36, Hebron with 30, Qalqilia with nine, Bethlehem with five, and Jerusalem with three. Nablus and Salfit together accounted for approximately 63% of all documented attacks.

The Commission documented 287 attacks directly targeting farmers, including 149 incidents of intimidation and threats, 50 physical assaults, 29 incidents involving restrictions on movement and denial of access, 18 abductions during the harvest, and 15 cases in which farmers were detained in olive groves.

It also documented 14 incidents involving the use of pepper spray or the firing of gas bombs at farmers, as well as 11 incidents involving live fire.

On October 7, 2026, Israeli paramilitary colonizers killed Ali Hassan Bazari, 44, a resident of Burqa town, northwest of Nablus, while he was harvesting olives. Sixteen Palestinians were injured by the colonizers and Israeli soldiers in the attack. … continue

3 Palestinians killed, others injured in fresh Israeli attacks on Gaza

MEMO | October 23, 2026

Three Palestinians were killed and others injured in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday as violations of the October 2025 ceasefire continue unabated, Anadolu reports.

Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a motorcycle in the al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City, medical sources told Anadolu.

In a separate incident, the sources said several Palestinians were wounded in a strike on Gaza City’s al-Rimal neighborhood.

On Friday morning, another Palestinian was killed and others injured when a drone targeted a bicycle on al-Qubba Street in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a medical source and local sources told Anadolu.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army expanded the areas under its control east of al-Masdar village in central Gaza.

Local sources said the army extended its control east of the village by moving the concrete blocks marking the so-called “Yellow Line” into areas beyond its existing zone of control. … Full article

Saudi aggression kills or wounds 30 civilians, mostly women and children, in Yemen’s Taiz and Hajjah

Press TV – October 23, 2026

At least 30 Yemeni civilians have been killed or wounded over the past 24 hours in a fresh wave of airstrikes and artillery attacks by Saudi Arabia and its affiliated forces targeting residential areas in the provinces of Taiz and Hajjah, according to Yemen’s Al-Masirah network and local health authorities.

Al-Masirah reported early Friday that the Saudi coalition and its forces carried out five separate attacks on civilians, resulting in the deaths of nine people and injuries to 21 others. The majority of the casualties are women and children.

In Al-Ma’afir District of Taiz, three Saudi airstrikes struck a residential home in the Al-Nashma area, killing two civilians and wounding one woman and three children. The bombardment also destroyed civilian property. In the same district, Saudi fighter jets targeted the Al-Sharq Club and a sports hall in the Al-Sannah area, causing extensive destruction to public and private property, spreading terror among residents, and destroying sports facilities used by local youth.

A separate Saudi airstrike on a house in the Al-Omari area of coastal Dhubab District killed one woman and injured eight other civilians. The attack specifically targeted residential homes.

In Al-Ta’iziyah District, an artillery attack by Saudi-led coalition forces on the home of a Yemeni citizen in the Al-Arsh area killed three women and wounded three children from the same family. … Full article

Qatar signs deal to buy millions of tons of US LNG through 2054

The Cradle | October 23, 2026

QatarEnergy signed a deal with US firm Cheniere Energy Inc. to buy 4 million tons a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through 2054, in a bid to meet its obligations to customers after the disruption of its own production due to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Bloomberg reported on 22 October.

Qatar, the world’s second-largest LNG exporter before the war, needs gas to supply customers in Asia after Iranian strikes damaged its Ras Laffan facility during the first month of the war in March.

QatarEnergy has also been forced to dramatically reduce LNG exports through the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian attacks on vessels transiting the strategic waterway.

QatarEnergy will buy 2 million tons a year of LNG from each of Cheniere’s two plants, Sabine Pass in Louisiana and Corpus Christi in Texas, the company announced in a statement on Thursday. … Full article

Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being Abandoned

“So Much Worse Than People Realize”

By Aaron Parnas and Ken Harbaugh | MeidasTouch | October 22, 2026

When the United States went to war with Iran in late February, the American public was told little about what was happening to the troops stationed across the Middle East. There were no embedded journalists. Casualty details trickled out slowly. Images of damage to American bases were almost nonexistent.

Now, service members, civilian contractors, and military families are breaking their silence.

MeidasTouch, in coordination with our partner VALOR Media Network, has obtained dozens of never-before-published photos and videos showing damage to U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, along with firsthand accounts from people who were there. They describe destroyed aircraft, bombed-out barracks and mess halls, troops digging their own foxholes, and military families hiding in parking garages while Iranian missiles flew overhead. … continue

Araghchi blasts ‘parasitic’ alliance as US taxpayers pay for Israel’s war on Iran

Press TV – October 23, 2026

Iran has condemned “parasitic” military relations between the United States and Israel, citing the spending of $11 billion in American taxpayers’ money on missiles for the occupying regime over the past three years.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in an X post on Friday, saying the US has fired more interceptors to protect Israel than the usurping entity has.

“That is not a symbiotic relationship. It is a parasitic one,” he added. … continue

Easy fix for Europe’s chaos? Stop fueling war against Russia

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 23, 2026

There is a straightforward way to alleviate the social chaos sweeping Europe, as well as the war in Ukraine threatening to engulf the continent. It’s an easy fix… continue

Putin’s key remarks on peace talks and Europe’s ‘schizophrenia’

RT | October 23, 2026

Russia remains ready to negotiate a lasting settlement in Ukraine but will achieve its objectives regardless, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalist Pavel Zarubin on Thursday. He also outright rejected “schizophrenic” claims in Western media that Moscow could be seeking a war with Europe. … continue