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How Israel seeks to reshape Arab classrooms

By Freddie Ponton | 21st Century Wire | October 6, 2026

“Muslims will not relinquish Jerusalem.” The sentence appeared in a Saudi schoolbook’s Arabic language exercise, then disappeared from later editions. An Israeli organisation monitoring the books described the removal as deleting a “politically charged reference.” In Jordan, the same organisation recorded another disappearance. Maps bearing the name “Palestine” were replaced with versions leaving the territory unnamed.

These classroom changes open a larger story about who shapes what Arab children learn about their region. A new Arabic Post investigation follows three decades of scrutiny across 17 Arab countries, tracing how assessments of schoolbooks reach Western governments, parliaments and donors with the power to demand changes. … continue

92 Palestinian prisoners killed in Israeli prisons in three years, nearly half held without charge or trial

Palestinian Information Center – October 6, 2026

GAZA – Palestinian prisoners’ organizations have documented the deaths of 92 identified Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli prisons and detention camps over the past three years, while Israel continues to forcibly disappear detainees from the Gaza Strip, marking one of the deadliest periods in the history of the Palestinian captive movement.

In a documentation report issued Tuesday to mark three years since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the organizations said the 92 identified prisoners who died during this period account for approximately 28 percent of all documented Palestinian prisoner deaths since 1967, which now totals 329.

More than 100 Palestinian prisoners have died over the past three years, but the identities of only 92 have been announced. The fate of dozens of detainees from Gaza remains unknown due to their continued enforced disappearance, while Israel continues to withhold the bodies of 100 Palestinian prisoners who died in custody.

More than 26,000 arrests in West Bank

The report documented more than 26,000 arrests across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war.

The figure does not include thousands of Palestinians detained in Gaza, where the organizations have been unable to fully document arrests because of continuing Israeli military operations, information restrictions and the blackout surrounding the conditions and whereabouts of detainees.

Israel’s mass arrest campaigns have targeted Palestinians from across society, including women, children, older people, the sick, journalists and human rights workers. … Full article

Israeli Attacks Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza

IMEMC | October 6, 2026

Israeli forces continued attacks across the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing two Palestinians and wounding others in airstrikes and gunfire, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli attack the previous day.

In Gaza City, an Israeli drone strike killed Mo’tasem Salah and wounded another Palestinian near the Gaza Municipality Park on Omar al-Mukhtar Street, according to local sources.

A separate Israeli airstrike on Aydiya Street in Gaza City killed another Palestinian whose identity was not immediately reported.

Furthermore, Ibrahim Mohammad Allam died from wounds sustained Monday when Israeli aircraft struck the Tayba Towers west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources also reported that Fathi Hamada Fathi Breika, a resident of Khan Younis, died in Egypt from wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli strike during the war on Gaza.

In addition, Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian in the al-Karama neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City.

Another Palestinian was wounded when Israeli gunfire struck tents sheltering displaced families in the Bir 19 area, south of the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.

Israeli helicopters opened fire east of Khan Younis and west of Rafah, while heavy gunfire continued near the displaced families’ tents in the Bir 19 area.

Israeli warplanes also carried out a series of airstrikes on eastern areas of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

In northern Gaza, Israeli tanks fired heavily toward several areas, while Israeli artillery and military vehicles targeted the eastern part of the Jabalia refugee camp. Israeli forces also carried out two demolitions in eastern Gaza City. … Full article

By Netanyahu’s Own Math, Gaza Is 3,900 September 11ths

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 5, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu likes to translate Israel’s grief into American. At the United Nations last month, he took the dead of October 7 and multiplied them by the ratio of America’s population to Israel’s. The 1,200 Israelis killed that day, he said, were “equal to 40,000 innocent Americans slaughtered in less than 24 hours. That’s 16 times 9/11.”

Per-capita comparisons are a perfectly legitimate tool. A small country feels a massacre more than a large one, and Americans should understand what October 7 meant to Israelis. But a method is only honest if you’re willing to apply it to everyone. So let’s apply Netanyahu’s method to the people his army has been killing for three years.

Gaza had about 2.2 million people before the war. The United States has about 341 million, roughly 155 times as many. Take a conservative figure of 75,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, slightly above the Gaza Health Ministry’s latest count of more than 73,000. Multiply it by Netanyahu’s own logic, and you get about 11.6 million Americans.

Eleven point six million. That is roughly the population of Ohio. It is more than ten times the number of Americans killed in every war the United States has ever fought, from the Revolution to Afghanistan. It is about 15 times America’s deaths in the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in the nation’s history.

Measured in the unit Netanyahu chose, it is about 3,900 September 11ths.

Run the numbers in Israel’s own terms and the result is the same. Seventy-five thousand dead in a population of 2.2 million is the equivalent of about 340,000 Israelis. Netanyahu built a speech, a war and a foreign policy on 1,200. Imagine what he would say about 340,000. […]

The point of a per-capita comparison is to help outsiders grasp the scale of a loss. Netanyahu wants Americans to imagine 40,000 of their countrymen murdered in a day, and to understand everything Israel has done since as the natural response. Very well. Ask Americans to imagine 11.6 million of their countrymen dead, in a territory sealed off from escape, and to call it self-defense.

No American president would describe 11.6 million American dead as a proportionate response to anything. No American would accept that the dead deserved it because some of them were armed. And no one who has run the numbers can accept the premise of Netanyahu’s arithmetic, which is that Israeli lives scale up and Palestinian lives do not.

The method is Netanyahu’s. So is the answer it produces: by his own measure, the catastrophe in Gaza is about 290 times larger than the one he asks the world to remember. – Full article

Six members of same family killed in Saudi airstrike on house in Yemen’s Hajjah

Press TV – October 6, 2026

Six members of the same family have been killed in a Saudi airstrike targeting a home in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah, as Riyadh expands its aerial bombardment against multiple regions across Yemen.

The al-Masirah television channel, citing local sources, reported that six bodies were recovered on Tuesday from beneath the rubble of a residential building destroyed in the attack in Umm al-Dahi village of the Harad district. The sources identified the victims as a couple and their four young children, aged between 3 and 8 years old. They were survived by a 6-year-old girl who sustained serious injuries in the aerial assault.

Hajjah province has been repeatedly targeted because of its strategic position along northern Yemen’s communication routes.

Spokesperson of the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population, Dr. Anis al-Asbahi, said three civilians, including a child, were also injured when Saudi fighter aircraft bombed Sala district in the southwestern province of Ta’izz.

Meanwhile, the Yemeni Armed Forces have dealt a heavy blow to Saudi-backed mercenary forces in the eastern countryside of the northern Al-Jawf province.

The Yemeni army soldiers struck the positions of the Saudi-sponsored militants, killing dozens of them in the process and setting a number of military vehicles ablaze.

Elsewhere in the central province of Ma’rib, several Saudi-backed mercenary forces were killed and wounded when Yemeni military units targeted their temporary camps in the Raghwan district.

The military units also carried out mop-up operations in the strategic southwestern province of Ta’izz, purging the remaining districts of Saudi-sponsored gunmen. … Full article

In August Hanning Treason Case- All Signs Point To Tel Aviv

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | October 6, 2026

In a major international espionage story, August Hanning, the former German intelligence chief, who was the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, has been charged with “obtaining classified information from a former employee of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and using it in connection with his private consultancy work.”

The BBC reported that “Prosecutors allege that he used classified intelligence to ‘draft an analysis’ for one foreign intelligence service and maintained contact with another foreign spying service. Investigators have not disclosed which foreign powers were involved.”

While Germany has not released which foreign state August Hanning was working for, all available evidence suggests it was Israel. … continue

Paris bans pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Oct. 7 over ‘risks of public disorder’

MEMO | October 6, 2026

Paris police chief Patrice Faure on Tuesday banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Wednesday, the third anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel, over “risks of public disorder,” Anadolu reports.

“At the request of Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, I issued an order banning a demonstration ‘against the genocide in Gaza and for respect for the ceasefire’ in Paris on Wednesday,” Faure said on US social media platform X.

He noted that such a demonstration could pose “significant risks of public disorder,” citing a “high terrorist threat” and antisemitic acts that “remain at historically high levels” across France.

“In light of this, and in view of all the risks identified, it is my responsibility to ensure everyone’s safety. I have therefore decided to ban this demonstration,” Faure added.

France cleared dozens of military sales to Israel between May and September: Report

The Cradle | October 6, 2026

France greenlit 35 military sales to Israel between May and September 2026, according to a joint investigation by the Palestinian Youth Movement and the French collective Urgence Palestine, with all shipments bound for subsidiaries of lead Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems.

The report states that suppliers based in five French regions manufactured the equipment, which includes cooling units used in tanks and missile launchers, visors fitted to the helmets of helicopter and fighter jet pilots, surveillance systems, and assorted electronics.

French arms firm Thales built and shipped control panels used to fire weapons remotely, a technology that rights groups and Gaza-based journalists have repeatedly reported Israel using to shoot civilians in their tents and on the streets, children among them. … continue

France projects nuclear power as Macron pushes arsenal expansion

 Al Mayadeen| October 6, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron touted France’s nuclear strength on Tuesday following the launch of an upgraded ballistic missile, as Paris seeks to expand its nuclear arsenal and deepen military coordination with European allies amid tensions with Russia.

“Today we are stronger. The message has been sent loud and clear for wherever it must be received,” Macron said in a video posted on X showing him watching the launch, according to Reuters.

His remarks accompanied the firing of an M51.3 missile from the submarine Le Vigilant off Brittany. The missile carried no nuclear warhead.

France’s Defense Ministry described the operation as a certification test following the submarine’s extensive maintenance overhaul. While its announcement did not mention Russia, Macron presented the launch as a broader demonstration of French military power. … continue

Lithuania Takes First Step Toward Lifting Nuclear Weapons Ban

By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | October 6, 2026

The Lithuanian parliament took the first step toward removing the country’s constitutional prohibition on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, and foreign military bases. The US currently stations nuclear weapons in several NATO states.

On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Seimas voted 106-18, with six abstentions, to repeal the constitutional provision prohibiting weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases. A second and final vote is expected on January 12.

Russia responded sharply to the vote.

“If the military infrastructure of what is, in effect, ​NATO’s leading country (the US) is moving closer to our borders, then, of course, this cannot be perceived ⁠as anything other than a ⁠step towards escalating tensions.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.  “The same applies ​to the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of ​a neighbouring state. Neither of these developments will contribute ‌to stability and predictability on the European continent; on the contrary, they will, much to our regret, mark yet another significant escalation of tensions.” … Full article

What changes with Lula or Flávio?

By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 6, 2026

Brazil’s presidential elections are approaching. And with them come controversies, debates, and different perspectives on what this event means for Brazil, for the BRICS, and for the future of the multipolar world.

In a recent article, respected Brazilian political analyst Valdir Bezerra argued that the 2026 elections represent a turning point in Brazilian history, potentially determining Brazil’s role in the world. According to Bezerra, the election pits, on the one hand, the “autonomist” tradition, represented by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, against, on the other hand, the “Westernist” one, represented by Flávio Bolsonaro.

With all due respect to Bezerra’s work, as one of the most highly regarded analysts in the Russian-Brazilian political debate, I would like to present a critical view of his position here. My intention is not to “refute” Bezerra’s argument, but merely to explain why I do not consider this opposition between autonomism and Westernism a valid premise for analyzing the current electoral dispute. Furthermore, I would also like to explain why I do not consider the 2026 election a decisive moment in determining Brazil’s international role. … continue

Britain leads Western media’s demise through ‘fear porn’ narrative

By Martin Jay | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 6, 2026

Ian Proud’s arrest by secret police at a London airport marks a new low in how far the deep state can go to control a false narrative. But it also shows a new level of fear. … continue

Ukrainian drones kill two in Moscow Region – officials

RT | October 6, 2026

Two civilians have been killed and nine injured after Ukraine launched 650 drones toward Moscow and the surrounding region overnight, local officials have said.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in the early hours of Tuesday that most of the UAVs were destroyed at “distant lines,” while 134 were intercepted on the approaches to Moscow itself.

In Moscow Region, air defenses neutralized 185 drones, Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported. A 20-year-old man was killed in the settlement of Radumlya, northwest of Moscow, while rescuers found a 71-year-old man dead beneath the rubble of a destroyed private home in Barybino, south of the capital, with a woman in the same building receiving injuries.

A man in Pokrovskoye, west of Moscow, was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, while two residents of the Istra area, also west of the capital, were taken to hospital. Three people in Lyakhovo, south of Moscow, received medical care but declined hospitalization, Vorobyov added.

Vorobyov said a total of 47 private homes were damaged across the region. In Lobanovo, south of the capital, windows and balcony glazing were blown out in four apartments, while a nearby boiler house was also damaged. Three cars were hit, and a small fire at a warehouse in Litvinovo, northwest of Moscow, was extinguished, according to the governor.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 868 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across the country overnight.

On Tuesday, Rodion Miroshnik, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry mission tracking alleged Ukrainian war crimes, told TASS that 29 civilians, including two children, were killed and 206 injured in Ukrainian attacks on Russian regions over the past week alone. He added that 98% were victims of drone strikes. … Full article

New Mexico Found a Way to Fine Platforms for Speech It Didn’t Delete

Lying about user data is one thing. Leaving up speech a state doesn’t like is supposed to be protected.

By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net | October 5, 2026

A civil jury has found Meta liable for violating New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act, and now the judge is being asked to order the company to pay between $35 billion and $40 billion. […]

… it’s hard to see how fining a company for not removing “hate speech” and “misinformation” fast enough can be in line with the First Amendment. In fact, this looks like a way for state attorneys general to put pressure on social platforms to remove more speech – and the fact that the penalty is calculated by multiplying the number of violations by the number of people in a state means that this gives them a powerful lever to keep using.

As for the verdict, it’s clear that a huge portion of it is for lying about privacy, and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. But about a quarter of the violations are over “hate speech” and “misinformation” – and this is what the state is demanding Meta pay for as well.

In other words, a state is fining a platform for not removing speech fast enough – and this is a dangerous precedent. – Full article

What Is Atherosclerosis?

An Essay on Healed Injury, Layered Clots, and the Repair That Medicine Refuses to See

Lies are Unbekoming | October 5, 2026

… If plaque is built from clots at sites of lining damage, what damages the lining?

The arterial lining is not a passive sheet of tiles. It is covered on the blood side by a layer called the glycocalyx, a fine mesh of sugars and proteins that keeps blood cells and clotting factors from touching the endothelial cells beneath.²⁸ The glycocalyx is where damage begins. Strip it away and the endothelial cells are exposed. Damage the endothelial cells and the tissue beneath is exposed, triggering clot formation.

The known insults are specific and well-documented.

Blood sugar spikes… Read full article

New York Teen Forced Out of School Again After 3 More Doctors Argue Vaccines Would Harm Her

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 5, 2026

Seventeen-year-old Sarah Doe is back in court seeking emergency federal court intervention so she can stay in school after three more doctors said the teen shouldn’t get the last two vaccines the state requires for school attendance.

The three medical opinions add to the seven the school district has received over the last two years. In each case, doctors argued that Sarah qualifies for a medical exemption. They said forcing Sarah to get the vaccines would put her already precarious health at increased risk.

In an emergency motion filed late last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Sarah and her mother Jane Doe asked for a temporary restraining order allowing the high school senior to attend school pending the district’s review of a new medical exemption request relating to a third hepatitis B (Hep B) shot and the meningococcal vaccine.

Children’s Health Defense is funding Sarah’s case.

The emergency motion followed a Sept. 23 ruling by U.S. District Judge Gary Brown. Brown declined to extend Sarah’s previous medical exemption, for the 2024-2025 school year, to the current school year. The district expelled Sarah from school the next day, Sept. 24. … continue

Georgia’s Largest Healthcare System Will Fire Employees Who Refuse Flu Vaccine

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 5, 2026

Employees of Georgia’s largest healthcare system have until Nov. 1 to get the flu vaccine or an approved exemption, or they will be suspended without pay. If suspended employees don’t submit proof of vaccination by 4 p.m. Nov. 15, they will be fired.

According to the Emory Healthcare website, the vaccine mandate applies to all employees, including contractors and remote workers. … continue

Moderna Plan to Test mRNA COVID and Flu Vaccines on 410,000 Elderly a ‘Catastrophe in the Making,’ Critic Says

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 2, 2026

The large-scale trial seeks to enroll 410,000 healthy Danish adults age 65 and older. The study will compare Moderna’s combination mRNA COVID-19 and flu shot with two separate shots: Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine and its high-dose flu vaccine.

Scientists and physicians critical of mRNA vaccines warned the trial could expose a third of the Danish population to serious vaccine injuries. … Read article

Israeli army demolishes home housing two Palestinian families near Hebron

MEMO | October 5, 2026

The Israeli army demolished a home housing two Palestinian families near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday, leaving both families homeless, Anadolu reports.

Heavy machinery tore down the building in Khallet al-Deirat as Israeli soldiers stood nearby and Palestinians watched.

Homeowner Faris Mohammed said Israeli forces arrived in the morning and began demolishing the property on the grounds that it lacked a building permit. He said the 130-square-meter home consisted of two sections occupied by two families.

“They demolished in 25 minutes the house we spent years building,” Mohammed said. … video

One Palestinian killed, 5 injured in Israeli army, occupier attacks in West Bank

MEMO | October 5, 2026

A Palestinian was killed and five others injured Monday in Israeli army and occupier attacks in the occupied West Bank provinces of Hebron and Jenin, according to Palestinian officials and medical sources, Anadolu reports.

Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying three Palestinians near Bani Naim, east of Hebron, killing one and injuring the other two.

The Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs identified the man killed as Hossam Alaa al-Din Abdul Jabbar Walad Ali, 38, and said Israeli forces withheld his body.

The Israeli army claimed that the three Palestinians had attempted to carry out a car-ramming attack against soldiers in the Bani Naim area.

In a separate attack, three Palestinians were injured when Israeli occupiers assaulted them while they were harvesting olives near Yabad, southwest of Jenin.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated three people injured in an attack by Israeli occupiers in the Imriha area and transferred them to hospital.

Local sources told Anadolu that one Palestinian suffered a broken leg, another sustained an injury to his left hand, and an elderly man was beaten and sprayed with pepper spray. … Full article

Israeli army tightens Gaza blockade with ‘wide trench, earthen embankment’: Report

MEMO | October 5, 2026

The Israeli army is tightening its blockade of the Gaza Strip by constructing a wide trench and an earthen embankment while continuing targeted killings of Hamas members, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said Monday.

“Israeli forces are completing an anti-vehicle barrier consisting of a wide trench and an earthen embankment, while drilling into the ground at regular intervals,” the daily said.

It claimed that the measures were intended to ensure that no tunnel crossing into Israel had been overlooked.

The barrier is being constructed on the eastern side of the yellow line, which divides the Gaza Strip between an area controlled by the Israeli army and another where Palestinians are allowed to move freely.

Alongside maintaining control of the territory, operational activity is focused on uninterrupted assassination of Hamas members, the paper said.

It said the measures come two and a half years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel was “one step away from victory.”

Despite the Israeli army’s extensive military presence in the Gaza Strip, “the basic reality remains unchanged: Hamas still governs the territory,” the newspaper said.

Israeli forces currently control around 64% of the Gaza Strip, with two divisions deployed across roughly 30 military positions, according to the report. … Full article

Palestinian killed, others wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – October 5, 2026

GAZA – A Palestinian civilian was martyred and several others were injured in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Monday.

According to media sources, an Israeli drone strike killed a citizen and wounded a woman and her two kids in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

Another drone strike wounded a number of citizens near the al-Maslakh area, southwest of Khan Yunis.

Two other citizens were wounded, one seriously, in a drone strike near al-Tayba Towers in the west of Khan Yunis.

Israeli forces also injured two women in Gaza City in separate attacks. One woman suffered a bullet wound to the head when an Israeli gunboat fired on the northwestern as-Sudaniya area, while another was wounded by drone gunfire in the eastern neighborhood of az-Zeitoun.

In another incident, a citizen was injured in an airstrike in Gaza City’s eastern al-Tuffah neighborhood.

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

Enemy Warplanes, Artillery Target Multiple Towns in Southern Lebanon

Al-Manar | October 5, 2026

Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday, while artillery units shelled several towns and machine-gun fire was directed at another border area, according to Al-Manar correspondent.

Our correspondent reported that enemy warplanes conducted airstrikes on Kafr Tibnit and Wadi al-Hujair.

Israeli enemy forces also carried out artillery shelling targeting Wadi al-Salouqi, Al-Mansouri, Haddatha, Haris, and Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

Additionally, machine-gun fire was directed towards Kafr Shuba.

IOF kill Syrian citizen in southern Syria amid incursions

Al Mayadeen | October 5, 2026

A Syrian citizen was killed by Israeli forces’ gunfire after approaching an Israeli military site in the so-called “security zone” in southern Syria, according to claims by the Israeli army.

The incident comes amid continued Israeli attacks and repeated incursions into Syrian territory, particularly in areas adjacent to the occupied Syrian Golan, where Israeli forces carry out ground incursions and establish temporary military points and sites, alongside military movements, artillery shelling and scattered targeting.

These movements have imposed a new military reality on the ground, amid fears of continued expansion inside Syrian territory and violations of its sovereignty, with no indications that these incursions will stop.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry warned on October 4 that the continued aggressive conduct of the Israeli occupation, along with its attacks and field incursions into Syrian territory, represents a “direct threat to regional security and stability.” … Full article

Mecca Defense Alliance agrees to ‘immediately’ implement collective defense commitments

MEMO | October 5, 2026

Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan agreed Monday to “immediately” implement collective defense commitments and take measures to ensure the “rapid deployment” of agreed military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement, Anadolu reports.

The decision came during an emergency meeting of the Mecca Alliance’s Strategic Political and Defense Committee in the Saudi capital Riyadh to address security developments and threats facing the kingdom.

“The Committee decided to move immediately to the practical implementation of the collective defense commitments,” said the joint statement of the three member states sitting on the committee.

It also agreed “to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom.”

The deployment will proceed in line with “the approved arrangements and the national legislation of the Parties, thereby enhancing readiness, military integration, and the collective capacity to confront and counter threats,” it added. … Full article

Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen kill student, woman, wound others

Al Mayadeen | October 5, 2026

A Saudi airstrike on the Bait al-Haidah area of Sawwan in Sanaa governorate killed one student and injured two others, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Yemen reported.

The Health Ministry in Sanaa announced that a woman was killed in a Saudi airstrike on a farm in Bait al-Shatbi in the Sanhan district of Sanaa governorate, according to the ministry.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and launched raids on the Sahar, al-Safra, Kitaf, al-Buqa, and al-Salem districts and south of the city of Saada in northern Yemen. Airstrikes were also carried out on Saada governorate in northern Yemen, the correspondent said.

On the previous day, Saudi forces conducted a series of airstrikes on al-Jawf governorate in northeastern Yemen, accompanied by artillery and rocket shelling that targeted border areas in Saada governorate.

Saudi Arabia continues its campaign in Yemen, targeting civilian objects in the Sanaa, Saada, Taiz, Hajjah, and Marib governorates, resulting in deaths and injuries among civilians, according to the reports. In response, Yemeni armed forces continue to retaliate against the Saudi campaign, targeting vital facilities in Saudi territory and Saudi military gatherings inside Yemen, the correspondent said.

Yemeni Armed Forces expel Saudi forces from Taiz

A military source cited by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) said Saudi-backed forces were expelled from Al-Mawaset District in Taiz Governorate earlier on Monday, with Yemeni Armed Forces reaching the residence of Rashad Al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council.

In the same context, a military source told Saba that Saudi media reports of “advances” toward the Dhubab area were unfounded and represented an attempt to conceal their repeated failures and defeats, according to the agency.

The developments come amid intensifying confrontations across Yemen’s battlefronts, with the situation in Taiz subsequently developing in favor of the Yemeni Armed Forces, the source said.

Yemen’s Health Ministry in Sanaa said on Sunday 4 that two people were killed and two others wounded in a Saudi drone strike on the al-Ahyuq road junction in the al-Wazi’iyah district of western Taiz. … Full article

The Five-Year Fuel Crisis: Why the World Economy Is Paying for a War It Thinks Is Ending

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 4, 2026 

Once again Karl W. Miller has put numbers to a problem that most of the commentariat still treats as a temporary price spike.

His latest forward outlook, “The Five-Year Global Energy Crisis,” dated October 3, makes an argument that should alarm every finance ministry from Berlin to Jakarta.

The war’s damage to Gulf energy infrastructure is not a disruption that ends when the shooting stops. It is a reconstruction problem measured in years and trillions of dollars, and while it is solved, the world will be short of the fuels that run its economy. … continue

Trump’s Big Bluff on Iran

By John J. Mearsheimer | October 4, 2026

The Trump administration and its supporters – including the Wall Street Journal editorial page – are working overtime these days to spin the news around the Iran war to make it appear that the US is winning and Tehran had better submit to Washington’s demands before it is wrecked, maybe even “annihilated.” Indeed, Trump is preparing the option of bringing the military hammer down on Iran after the midterm elections if Tehran has not surrendered by then.

In effect, Trump and his supporters are waging a “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran in the mainstream media.

This campaign is sure to fail. If anything, it reflects the Trump administration’s desperation. The president started a war the United States was bound to lose, and there is little he can do now to change that basic fact. … continue

NATO Presence in Afghanistan Unacceptable — Lavrov

Sputnik – October 5, 2026

Russia considers the deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan and neighboring countries unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

“I would once again like to emphasize the categorical unacceptability of deploying NATO military infrastructure on the territory of Afghanistan or neighboring states, under any pretext whatsoever,” Lavrov said at a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan.

Russia will continue regular supplies of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, with the next batch set to be delivered in one to two months, Sergey Lavrov said.

“Russia, for its part, will continue to carry out regular humanitarian supplies. The next batch of these supplies should arrive in Afghanistan in the next one to two months,” Lavrov said.

The Taliban-led Afghan government is effectively governing the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

“The national government led by the Taliban movement has secured control over the country’s territory and, it must be acknowledged, is governing it quite successfully,” Lavrov said at a meeting of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan.

Ukraine’s EU neighbors reject new plea from Kiev – Politico

RT | October 5, 2026

Poland and Romania have refused to help Kiev move millions of tons of grain – which got stuck in Ukraine following Vladimir Zelensky’s war on exports – into the EU, Politico reports, citing officials in Warsaw and Bucharest. Zelensky’s 40-day campaign resulted in Russia implementing a de facto blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, with the wider consequences of the strikes estimated at 1.5% of the country’s collapsing GDP.

Last week, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky appealed to the EU for a €1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) allocation to improve transit capacity, which would help free large quantities of grain – Ukraine’s key source of income – trapped in the country.

The request came after Zelensky’s 40-day PR ‘pressure campaign’ on Russia, which involved long-range strikes on oil refineries and civilian infrastructure. The effort backfired, as Russia ramped up strikes on Ukraine’s military-related logistics, including the key hub of Odessa, accounting for an overwhelming majority of Kiev’s agricultural exports.

Speaking to Politico, Vysotsky described the situation as “very, very critical,” after his ministry reported the export of 2.4 million tons of agricultural products in September, just 46% of what Kiev considers the required volume. … continue

Ukraine Shells Thermal Power Plant Crucial to Zaporozhye Facility’s Safety – Rosatom CEO

Sputnik – 05.10.2026

MOSCOW – Ukrainian forces have spent the past two weeks striking the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant, whose operation is essential to the safety of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Station, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said Monday.

“Over the past two weeks, the Ukrainian armed forces have been systematically shelling the territory of the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant (TPP)— the second energy facility in Energodar. The plant is not a nuclear facility, so it is of no interest to the international community. Yet, the safety of the nuclear power plant directly depends on the operational status of the equipment located on the premises of the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant. We are talking about the electrical equipment located on the premises of the Zaporozhye TPP, which redirects electricity from the Ferrosplavnaya high‑voltage lines to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant,” Likhachev told reporters.

Energodar is also under fire, the CEO said, adding that about 70 facilities that make up the municipal, social, and commercial infrastructure of the city have been destroyed because of artillery shelling and drone attacks, and about 50 more have been damaged.

“It was not calm at the Zaporozhye plant itself at night. Two facilities were attacked at once: the laboratory building, located 200 meters [656 feet] from units 4 and 5, and the building for processing radioactive waste,” Likhachev said.

In both cases, the roof was damaged, but this does not pose a threat to nuclear safety, the CEO added.

“On Sunday, our comrade was killed again. A van carrying food for the NPP staff was attacked by a drone. The driver, a station employee, was killed,” Likhachev said. … Full article

Swiss scammed out of millions by Ukraine-linked call centers – media

RT | October 5, 2026

Swiss police are investigating a sprawling fraud operation with suspected links to Ukrainian scam call centers, an industry said to be worth billions to corrupt officials in Kiev, Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ) has reported, citing law enforcement officials.

According to a report on Sunday, NEDIK, the police network coordinating Switzerland’s fight against digital crime, recently recorded an increase in fraud offenses suspected of having links to Ukraine. The network declined to provide nationwide figures “for tactical reasons,” but noted that at least four fraudulent call centers in Ukraine have been identified in international investigations involving Swiss authorities, with Swiss and German citizens among their main victims. … continue

Germany facing potential ‘violent conflict’ with Russia – spy chief

BND chief Martin Jaeger’s claim comes as his agency pushes for more funding and expanded powers

RT | October 5, 2026

Martin Jaeger arrives to speak in the annual open hearing of Germany’s three intelligence services at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2026 © Getty Images ; Sean Gallup

Germany could become “embroiled in a violent conflict with Russia,” the country’s foreign intelligence chief has warned, claiming that a mysterious drone incident at Leipzig airport is an example of the “real and imminent” threat posed by Moscow.

Speaking to lawmakers at a parliamentary hearing on Monday, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) head Martin Jaeger declared that “the confrontation we are facing with Russia has taken on a new, more dangerous dimension.”

“Germany is in danger ​of becoming embroiled in a violent conflict with Russia – the attempted attack in Leipzig ⁠is just one example,” he continued, referring to the discovery of an explosive-laden drone next to a Ukrainian transport plane at the city’s airport in August. … continue

British Transport Police Facial Recognition Trial Scanned 926,912 People With Zero Arrests

By Cam Wakefield | Reclaim The Net | October 3, 2026

So what does it take for a police force to stop using a “trial” deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology? Apparently, scanning the faces of more than half a million people and catching nobody is not it.

In fact, it gets you an extension of four months and an expanded area to “hunt” in.

The British Transport Police (BTP) has now revealed that its initial six-month LFR deployment at London railway stations produced one alert – that was false.

The trial cost £320,786 ($425k) to carry out. That was just the cost of equipment hire and police officers’ time, and the figure comes from a freedom of information document obtained by Liberty Investigates.

It ran from February to July across 18 deployments, which the BTP’s own register says resulted in 537,697 people having their faces scanned. … continue

House Bill Would Ban Federal Use of Flock ALPR Data

By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net | October 3, 2026

A new US bill, Ban Flock Act, has been introduced, with the aim of stopping the federal government from using automated license plate readers (ALPRs).

“Flock is eviscerating the very notion of privacy by installing tens of thousands of cameras in communities across America without their consent,” said Senator Bernie Sanders, who is planning a Senate version.

“Going to the doctor? Flock knows. Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you. Flock is always watching,” he continued. … continue

Ultra Bad El Nino to kill 450,000, it’s the “worst in 1,000 years” (or at least since satellites began)

By Jo Nova | September 30, 2026

This El Nino is absolutely definitely the worst – apart from all the other ones we don’t know about, which is most of them.

Satellites only started in 1979, and prehistoric records of atmospheric pressure are thin on the ground. For some reason Pacific Islanders weren’t paddling out in canoes recording the sea surface temperature every day, and they certainly weren’t doing it across 5,500 kilometers, which is the area we watch today.

Yet here we are, facing headlines for months about ‘the worst ever’ El Nino, which is going to kill 450,000 people, and it’s all our fault because one study of a bunch of corals at the Galapagos found an uptick in the last 40 years.

What we really need is to find all those satellite records from the Reformation…

The Cole et al study found the holy grail of climate grants — an El Nino signal that could be construed as ‘intensified’ in the last forty years, which means they can loosely associate it with man-made CO2 emissions.

In the immortal words of the lead researcher, it must be CO2 because we couldn’t think of anything else. It’s Argument from Ignorance all the way down until it gets eaten by the turtle. […]

The awful truth is that we have patchy, tiny pieces of proxy snapshots from a handful of locations in a vast ocean. Then we use that to second guess a whole millennia across the largest ocean on Earth. Then we feed it to journalists who don’t know how to ask a hard question. … Full article

Wrong, TIME, One Nor’easter Isn’t Proof of Climate Change

By Anthony Watts | ClimateRealism | September 30, 2026

In their article How Does Climate Change Impact Nor’easters? TIME magazine claims that a nor’easter which struck the northeastern United States in mid-September illustrates how climate change is making powerful storms more intense. That’s false. There is no evidence that the recent nor’easter was at all unusual or represents a long-term climate change induced shift in the occurrence or strength of such storms. TIME’s claims go well beyond what the evidence can establish about an individual storm and lacks support in data and meteorological records.

“While September nor’easters aren’t unheard of, they are uncommon,” states TIME. “And as the climate warms, research suggests that the strongest storms are also going to become more intense.” TIME then uses speculative sleight of hand to link the recent storm to increasing number of billion-dollar disasters.

The historical record and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show substantial natural variability in extratropical storms and low confidence in observed trends in their intensity, making TIME’s attempt to turn a single weather event into a climate-change story scientifically unjustified.

The basic problem with TIME’s article is right there in its premise. A nor’easter is a weather event. Climate is the statistical behavior of weather measured over decades.

As Climate at a Glance has explained, individual hurricanes, floods, droughts, heat waves, cold snaps, and storms are weather. Long-term changes in their frequency or intensity can potentially constitute evidence of climate change, but one storm cannot establish such a trend. … Full article

The 12 Recommended Ages That Were Lowered to Make More Patients

An Essay on Committee Votes That Moved First Screening from Age 50 to 18 Months

Lies are Unbekoming | October 4, 2026

This essay tracks twelve committee decisions between 2011 and 2024 that lowered the recommended starting age for a screening test, a vaccination, or a drug intervention. It stands as a companion to the earlier essay on diagnostic thresholds, which examined how the numerical cutoffs that define disease have been quietly reset. That piece looked at where the line is drawn. This one looks at when it is drawn, meaning the age in a life at which the measurement first takes place. The two operations do the same work on different axes. A lowered threshold and a lowered starting age each enlarge the pool of official candidates for intervention. The committees produce candidates by signature, and the result is market-making in its purest form: an ever-growing share of the population becomes officially eligible for the product, and the product has nowhere else to go for its growth. The chair of each committee, the date of each vote, and the wording of each guideline can be traced back to a publicly available document. … continue

Can a Spice Rival a Drug? 10 Head-to-Head Trials Put It to the Test.

By Sayer Ji | October 4, 2026

For nearly two decades, GreenMedInfo has done one thing most health publishers never bother with: we go into the National Library of Medicine and pull out the studies where researchers put a natural substance directly against a drug — same condition, same patients, same scoring — and then publish what they found.

Those studies exist. There are thousands of them. They just don’t get press releases, because nobody holds a patent on honey.

Below are ten of the most striking. Every one is a human trial. Every one is indexed in our database. And every one links to the long-form article where you can read the methodology, the numbers and the citations for yourself. … continue

PTI supporters march toward Islamabad demanding Imran Khan’s release

Al Mayadeen | October 5, 2026

Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have launched a march toward Islamabad, with participants demanding Khan’s release from prison, Pakistani media reported on Sunday.

The demonstration, originally scheduled for September 27, was postponed to October 4. PTI supporters began the march despite warnings from the federal government that it would prevent violent gatherings in the capital, according to Dawn.

The march began in Lakki Marwat, with participants heading toward Islamabad as authorities tightened security ahead of the protest.

Pakistani authorities have deployed tens of thousands of police officers in Islamabad as the government prepares for the arrival of protesters.

The heightened security measures come amid government warnings against violence during the demonstration. Authorities have pledged to prevent gatherings that could lead to unrest in the capital. … Full article

Israeli forces abduct two Palestinian journalists in occupied West Bank amid crackdown

Press TV – October 4, 2026

Israeli military forces have abducted two Palestinian journalists in the West Bank, as the regime forces continue their crackdown across the occupied West Bank, kidnapping dozens of civilians and demolishing several homes.

According to the official Palestinian WAFA news agency, Israeli troops raided the town of Arraba, south of Jenin, in the early hours of Sunday, and detained journalist Raja Maarouf Jabr after breaking into her home and ransacking it.

Israeli troops also raided ‘Asira al-Qibliya village, southwest of Nablus, overnight and abducted journalist Sami al-Shami along with five residents.

The latest abductions of Palestinian journalists come more than a fortnight after Israeli forces abducted Press TV correspondent Naqaa Hamed in the West Bank.

Hamed, 38, was abducted on September 14 by occupation forces at a checkpoint near Tuqu’ in Bethlehem. She was set free on October 4, after nearly two weeks in detention at Damon Prison. … Full article

Palestinian Man Dies While Held at Ennab Military Roadblock

IMEMC | October 4, 2026

On Sunday afternoon, October 4, 2026, Ra’fat Khairi Ahmad Abu Khalil, 45, also known as Abu Shams, died while Israeli soldiers detained him at the Ennab military roadblock, east of Tulkarem in the northwestern occupied West Bank.

Abu Khalil was a resident of Attil, north of Tulkarem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics received a report of a man in critical condition at the military roadblock.

It added that its ambulance crews arrived at the scene and attempted to resuscitate Abu Khalil, but he was pronounced dead at the military roadblock before his body was transferred to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem.

Quds News Network reported that Abu Shams died after Israeli soldiers beat and mistreated him while detaining him at the military roadblock. … Full article

Israeli settlers attack students, torch vehicle in West Bank

Al Mayadeen | October 4, 2026

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian students, set fire to a vehicle, and damaged agricultural land across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, escalating their assaults on Palestinian communities under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.

The attacks extended across Nablus, al-Khalil, and the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, targeting residents’ homes, property, and livelihoods.

In Nablus, settlers assaulted students heading to Huwara Boys’ Secondary School, prompting the students and their families to confront the attackers.
Homes and farmland targeted in al-Khalil, Ramallah

Local sources reported that settlers raided neighborhoods in al-Samu, south of al-Khalil, particularly the Wadi al-Jahish area. They torched a Palestinian resident’s vehicle and daubed racist, hostile slogans on the walls of a home before leaving.

Further south, in Khallat al-Hummus in Masafer Yatta, settlers released cattle and other livestock around Palestinian homes and onto residents’ farmland. The incursions are aimed at making daily life increasingly difficult for residents and forcing them off their land.

Settlers used similar tactics in al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, allowing their livestock to graze on Palestinian agricultural land, destroying crops and damaging property. … Full article

Over 800 Palestinian teachers killed by Israel since Gaza war: Education Ministry

MEMO | October 4, 2026

Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers and injured over 3,300 others since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Palestinian Education Ministry said Sunday, Anadolu reports.

In a statement ahead of World Teachers’ Day, observed annually on Oct. 5, the ministry said educators across the occupied Palestinian territories are fighting “a real battle for survival” to protect the right to education amid systematic targeting.

The education sector in Gaza and the West Bank has suffered “comprehensive genocide” since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the ministry said.

The ministry said more than 170 teachers remain detained “in harsh conditions.” … Full article

Three Palestinians Killed, Several Injured in Israeli Attacks Across Gaza

IMEMC | October 4, 2026

Three Palestinians, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and more than ten others were injured on Sunday as Israeli forces continued bombing and firing on several areas of the Gaza Strip, in further violations of the ceasefire agreement.

A Palestinian, Moath Jamal Abu Nasira, 36, was killed and another seriously injured after an Israeli military drone fired a missile at a group of Palestinians northwest of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. He worked for Bani Soheila Town Council.

Israeli gunfire also injured a child at the Abdul Qader Al-Husseini School displacement shelter near Nasser Medical Complex, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a vehicle near the Al-Hawouz area, south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, killing one Palestinian and wounding ten others, some seriously.

Media sources identified the slain man as Saqr al-Qaisi, the Gaza director of the Turkish humanitarian organization Deniz Feneri.

Local medical sources reported that six-year-old Palestinian girl Soha Mohammad Nasser succumbed to wounds sustained when Israeli soldiers shot her inside her family’s displacement tent in Wadi as-Salqa, south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

In northern Gaza, Israeli soldiers shot and injured several Palestinians in Beit Lahia as attacks continued across the area.

Before dawn, an Israeli drone bombed an area near the Engineers Syndicate headquarters northwest of Gaza City, wounding several Palestinians.

Israeli helicopters simultaneously opened fire east of the city, while the army detonated buildings in eastern Gaza City and fired illumination flares east of the Jabalia refugee camp.

Israeli artillery also shelled areas east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. In southern Gaza, Israeli military vehicles opened intense fire east of Hamad City and toward the eastern areas of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis. Israeli artillery shelling also coincided with gunfire from military vehicles east of Khan Younis.

In the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, Israeli military vehicles fired toward displaced families’ tents in the Bir 19 area, amid continued shelling, gunfire, and demolitions across the Gaza Strip. … Full article

‘Crime against humanity’: Saudi airstrikes hit maternity and child hospital in Yemen

Press TV – October 4, 2026

Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes near a maternity and child hospital in the Yemeni capital Sana’a, causing extensive damage to the health facility and injuring several people, including patients and pregnant women, according to Yemen’s Health Ministry.

The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Saudi warplanes carried out the strikes near Al-Sabeen Maternity and Childhood Hospital around midday, when the facility was crowded with patients, pregnant women, children and medical staff.

The strikes caused extensive damage to the hospital building, its internal departments and medical equipment, including the intensive care unit and infant incubators.

It said several people were injured, including patients, their companions and medical staff. … Full article

The Saudi-Israeli war on Yemen’s resistance: Intelligence sharing, civilian targets & sectarian propaganda

By Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News | October 2, 2026

Scrambling to halt the ongoing offensive of Yemen’s Armed Forces, Israel and Saudi Arabia have strengthened ties through a joint covert campaign aimed at salvaging what remains of their supremacy in the Red Sea region. Tel Aviv and Riyadh’s losses of key military strongholds in Yemen’s Western coast, has ushered in a new era of soft-normalisation.

Saudi Arabia has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Yemen, resulting in thousands of casualties since its renewed bombing campaign began this July. It now heavily relies on Israeli targeting intelligence backing in order to conduct dozens of strikes across Yemeni territory on a daily basis, including attacks on civilian market places and residential buildings. … continue

YAF take control of al-Safiya area, cutting key Taiz-Aden supply route

Al Mayadeen | October 4, 2026

The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) on Sunday took control of the al-Safiya area and cut a major road connecting the city of Taiz with Aden, AFP reported, citing four security sources.

A police official in the area said authorities had been informed that the YAF have taken control of al-Safiya, blocked the main road, and taken control of the local police station.

Three Yemeni military sources confirmed to AFP that the YAF had established control over the area and the key supply route, effectively tightening their encirclement of Taiz city.

The military sources said traffic had also been stopped along the main Taiz-Aden road as fighting in the area continued.

The latest development follows advances reported on the Taiz front earlier today, as Yemeni Armed Forces continued consolidating their positions along Yemen’s western coast and taking control of strategic high grounds amid the ongoing fighting.

YAF advance, take positions on strategic high grounds along west coast

Earlier today, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Yemen reported that Yemeni ballistic missiles reportedly targeted areas in Jizan and Najran, as operations into Saudi Arabia intensify.

According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, Sanaa has consolidated control and advanced along Yemen’s western coast, taking positions on strategic high ground, while Saudi-backed forces are retreating on several fronts.

Our correspondent added that intensified Saudi airstrikes are aimed at compensating for battlefield setbacks but have been futile so far, failing to halt advances on the Taiz front. … Full article

The oil routes around Hormuz face their own chokepoints

By Kamran Yeganegi | The Cradle | October 3, 2026

Saudi oil tankers are loading again at Yanbu, less than three weeks after drone strikes shut down the East–West Pipeline that supplies the Red Sea port. On 24 September, crude was reported to be flowing west again, although no ship had yet loaded a cargo.

By 29 September, trade sources and shipping data showed that loadings had resumed. The interruption and recovery have offered a costly demonstration of what an oil route around the Strait of Hormuz can, and cannot, do.

Yanbu, Ceyhan and Baniyas sit at three very different points on that spectrum.

Yanbu has a 1,200-kilometer pipeline in operation and an established export terminal. Ceyhan is already loading Iraqi crude, though current Iraqi flows are measured in hundreds of thousands–not millions–of barrels a day. Baniyas could eventually give Iraq a major Mediterranean outlet, but for now it remains a project that depends on new infrastructure and financing, political agreements, and protection across two fragile states.

The comparison begins with the oil that reaches ships during a crisis. Pipeline capacity matters only as much as the pumps, terminals, and security along the route allow. … continue

Iran warns US allies in region: Reusing soil for attacks will bring ‘different’ response

Press TV – October 4, 2026

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, warned on Sunday that any future use of regional countries’ territory to attack the Islamic Republic will provoke a different and decisive response, stressing that Tehran expects its neighbors to uphold the principle of good neighborliness.

Speaking at a press conference in Tehran, Baghaei said countries in the region—especially those that placed their facilities at the disposal of the United States and the Zionist regime during the recent war—must reconsider their actions.

“If in the future we witness another aggression by America and the Zionist regime and their soil is used to attack Iran, certainly the response will be different,” Baghaei said.

He emphasized that all countries in the region have had a bitter experience with US military presence and intervention, adding: “We are eternal neighbors.” … continue

What is really happening in Venezuela?

By Raphael Machado | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 4, 2026

The year 2026 is passing quickly. In fact, it won’t be long before it ends. Still, we remember very well how this year opened: on January 3, the U.S. carried out a military operation in Caracas, in which they abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Lícia Flores. During this operation, a large part of Maduro’s bodyguards lost their lives. Maduro was close to a bunker, but he couldn’t reach it and seal the door in time before being captured.

In his place, Delcy Rodríguez assumes power, supported by her brother Jorge Rodríguez, who presides over the National Assembly, by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, and by Vladimir Padrino López, who controls the military. Far from betting on “free and democratic elections,” the U.S. endorsed the continuity of Bolivarian politics, keeping Delcy Rodríguez in power. Maria Corina Machado, Juan Guaidó’s successor in the Venezuelan “color revolution” project, has already fallen into oblivion.

What really happened during Maduro’s abduction? The circumstances were never sufficiently well explained, and we continue swimming amid rumors and hearsay. Occasionally, unverifiable information emerges that some elements of Maduro’s security team sold him out in exchange for financial compensation, never paid by the U.S. In fact, Venezuela’s interim government made several changes to the presidential guard after the abduction, even while denying that there was any betrayal. … continue