Aisha Wahab won California's 14th Congressional District special election, becoming the first Afghan American elected to the US Congress.

She defeated moderate Democrat Melissa Hernandez 53-47%.

AIPAC's super PAC spent millions backing Hernandez after Wahab called Israel's actions in Gaza genocide and supported ending US military aid.

The two will face each other again in the November general election for the full term.

Zelensky:

This night, our strikes hit oil refineries in Perm, over 1600 kilometers from the border, and the Marinovka military airfield in the Volgograd region.

We also have confirmed that a Russian Su-34 aircraft was damaged at the Akhtubinsk airfield, approximately 600 kilometers from the front line.

And in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, almost 180 kilometers away, a storage, preparation, and launch site for attack drones used by the Russians to target our people was hit.

Ukraine's Army Chief, Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi said NATO’s Military Committee is expected to visit Ukraine in October, its first visit in 8 years.

Talks will focus on long-range strikes, air defense, and battlefield tactics.

The Israeli Air Force has received its second of six Boeing KC-46 “Gideon” refueling aircraft.

The new tankers will replace aging Boeing 707s.

Ukrainian MiG-29 jet closely chasing a Russian jet-powered Shahed drone until it crashes into an open field.

The video shows the fighter trailing the drone in close formation before it loses control and impacts the ground.

Turkish Nationalist Politician Devlet Bahceli issued a sharp warning to Israel over the Syria airbase strike:

When the Turkish nation rises up, there is no force that can stand in its way.

Türkiye is not an actor that will go door-to-door in the face of attacks on its sovereignty rights.

Let us remind them once again: Israel has ignored the warnings we have issued.

He proposed expanding the Mecca Pact into a broader "Jerusalem Pact" with an Islamic Peace Force, called for an "Ankara Declaration" stating Türkiye will never remain passive against Israeli aggression, and urged a Middle East Security Conference under UN auspices.

Bahçeli warned that reading Türkiye's preference for diplomacy as weakness is "a grave strategic error."

Venezuela’s aging oil ports have become a bottleneck as crude production and exports recover.

Tankers are waiting up to 30 days to load, with equipment failures, power outages, slow transfers and oil leaks causing major delays and costly demurrage.

The problem could worsen as more companies gain the right to market Venezuelan oil independently.

Source: Reuters

Taiwan Seeks Record Defense Budget With Drones and Missiles in Focus

Taipei’s 2027 budget would raise defense spending by 18% to more than $34.5 billion, with sharp increases in drones, missiles, and other asymmetric capabilities.

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US Faces Critical Missile Shortages: Can It Still Defend Several Allies at Once?

CSIS estimates the US has about 800 Patriot missiles left, sharpening doubts in Europe, Asia, and the Gulf over whether Washington can defend several theaters at once.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said Syria was considering joining the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, but had not yet decided.

“We understand that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Türkiye are very important countries in the region,” Shaibani said. “Of course, we are studying our options.”

“We don’t have a decision right now whether to join or not to join this alliance,” he added.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani:

Israel is seeking not to give space to Syria to have stability in the country or to rebuild the country.

We want to reconstruct the country, we want the stability of Syria and the region, we don’t want to go into war with Israel, and we want Israel to stop its aggression against Syria.

Venezuela Sends Half Its Oil to US As It Struggles With Port Bottlenecks

Around half of Venezuela’s oil output is now flowing to the US, but aging terminals, outages and slow loading are restricting exports as tankers face waits of up to 30 days.

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Trump:

Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families. As everyone knows, under President Biden, beef prices soared at their fastest rate and the American beef herd fell to its smallest size in modern history.

As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers, for the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff.

We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices. This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

It is better to end the war today, while we are in a position of strength and dignity.

More Than 150 Polymarket Wallets May Have Traded on US Military Secrets

Researchers identified 152 highly successful Polymarket International wallets trading in military and defense markets; they made $8 million and averaged a 97.2 percent win rate.

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U.S. forces destroyed a $23 million MQ-9A Reaper on the ground after it made a hard landing during a 19-hour Middle East mission to prevent its sensitive equipment from falling into enemy hands.

Newly released details show the drone had lost engine power after a damaged wire shut down its fuel system, and its crew kept it airborne for nearly 10 minutes before the forced landing.

An Air Force investigation found no evidence that the recent engine replacement or maintenance caused the failure.

Source: Task & Purpose

BREAKING: Türkiye has sought Interpol red notices for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Afek Moskovitch over crimes against Global Sumud Flotilla activists, including genocide and crimes against humanity.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Iran:

These are people that really do want to kill us. And if we don't believe that, we're playing a fool's game.

If there's terror going on in the world, it typically can be traced back to Tehran.

83% of American doctors who treated children in Gaza emergency rooms reported seeing pre-teen patients shot in the head or chest.

The figure comes from a survey by trauma surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, featured in the new documentary "American Doctor."

An open letter signed by 99 US medical volunteers stated they treated such cases "on a regular or even a daily basis."

They called it impossible to dismiss as accidental.

One surgeon documented 13 children with single gunshot wounds to the head in just two weeks.

The documentary also shows the aftermath at hospitals where incubators failed under siege.

At Al-Nasr Children's Hospital, five premature babies were found decomposing in incubators after staff were forced to evacuate.