🇷🇺🇦🇪 Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

🔹In light of this year marking the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and the UAE, the leaders discussed the further development of bilateral cooperation, which is strategic and mutually beneficial.

🔹When discussing current international matters, the topics addressed included the agreements reached as a result of the telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump regarding supplies of Russian diesel fuel as well as prospects for settling the crisis in the Persian Gulf.

🔹The leaders agreed to maintain personal contacts.

🇮🇱🇺🇸 NETANYAHU EYES PRE‑ELECTION STRIKE ON IRAN – "Go Ahead and Prepare"

Israeli and US officials say Netanyahu has discussed a joint strike on Iran with Trump – just two weeks before Israel's elections. The motive? He believes "his power lies in being a wartime Prime Minister."

🗳️ Timing is everything. Netanyahu wants to resume strikes before the vote – because war keeps him in power.

🗣️ A US official says Netanyahu raised the issue several times. Trump's response: "Go ahead and prepare."

🇮🇷 This would be a joint US-Israeli strike – not a unilateral Israeli operation.

#Israel 🇮🇱 #US 🇺🇸 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Netanyahu #Trump

🇾🇪🇸🇦 YEMEN-Saudi TENSIONS EXPLODE – Airstrikes on Sana'a, Houthis Threaten Aramco

The Saudi-led coalition has launched airstrikes on Sana'a after warning civilians to evacuate. The Houthis have responded with a threat to target Saudi Aramco facilities – and air traffic at Jeddah has been halted.

🛡️ Saudi coalition: Three drones intercepted north of Riyadh. Commander Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki announced a "special operation" in Sana'a and ordered civilians to evacuate the Yemen Petroleum Company's Al-Sabaha station.

💥 Airstrikes hit Sana'a. Explosions heard across the capital. Houthi air defences confronting Saudi formations.

🎯 Houthi response: Warning issued to all ARAMCO facilities – "These facilities are legitimate targets for our forces."

⚠️ Specific targets named: Saudi Aramco headquarters in Dammam, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and the Aramco Riyadh refinery.

#Yemen 🇾🇪 #SaudiArabia 🇸🇦 #Houthis #Aramco #Riyadh

Panamanian influencer Gracie Bon posted photos of herself among the rubble after the 7.7 earthquake. Critics called it insensitive. She said she was there to donate and show the real damage. Supporters told her to ignore them.

What do you think?

#graciebon #panama #earthquake #influencer

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🇺🇸🎭 TRUMP'S RHETORIC vs. REALITY: "Iran Is a Failed Country" – As the US Buys Russian Diesel

The US president is rambling about the Houthis, threatening Iran, and praising a diesel deal with Russia – while claiming Iran has "no navy, no air force" and "300% inflation."

🇾🇪 On the Houthis: "They're behaving very badly. Probably at the behest of Iran, which is a Failing Nation, with No Navy, No Airforce, the World's Worst Economy, and 301% Inflation… I will never forget!"

🛢️ On the diesel deal: "That's a diesel deal that's gonna be released into the world for the world market because the world market suffered with high prices."

🇮🇷 On Iran: "We'll make a decision on Iran first… We control the Hormuz Strait, and a lot of oil is coming out."

#Trump 🇺🇸 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Houthis #Yemen 🇾🇪 #DieselDeal

🍞☕ BRICS IS ALREADY ON YOUR BREAKFAST TABLE

Think BRICS is distant? Look at your plate.

· ☕ Coffee? Brazil – world's largest producer, exporting 41+ million bags

· 🍚 Rice? India (28.2%) + China (26.8%) = over half the world's supply

· 🌱 Soybeans? Brazil – 173 million tonnes, 112 million exported

· 🌾 Wheat & maize? BRICS = 47% and 43% of global production

· 🧪 Fertilizer? Russia is a major global supplier

BRICS = 42% of global food production + one-third of agricultural land. Not a political union – just major producers, consumers, and traders.

👉 Read the full article: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/brics-may-already-be-on-your-breakfast

#BRICS #FoodSecurity #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity #ThinkBRICS

ICE’s regular budget was about $9–10 billion a year. Congress added roughly $75 billion over four years, including $45 billion for detention.

In July 2026 ICE arrested 49,571 people, the highest month of Trump’s second term. More than half had no criminal conviction.

#ice #immigration #trump

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🇨🇳⚓ CHINA'S ZHUHAI AIR SHOW GOES NAVAL – A First in 30 Years

The world's eyes are on China's naval rise. And now, for the first time, the Zhuhai air show will feature a dedicated naval equipment exhibition area.

🚢 First-ever dedicated naval display – showcasing hardware in service with China's navy.

🛩️ A legacy of debuts: The J-20 stealth fighter made its first public flight at Zhuhai in 2016.

🌊 China's naval capabilities are expanding rapidly – from carriers to destroyers to submarines.

🛡️ Sovereignty at sea: The PLAN is becoming a blue-water force capable of protecting sea lanes, trade routes, and national interests.

#China 🇨🇳 #PLAN #Zhuhai #NavalPower #BRICS

🇬🇧🎭 MI5 CHIEF BLAMES IRAN & RUSSIA – But Where's the Evidence?

MI5 Director General Ken McCallum has accused Iran of escalating attacks on British soil – including military sites – and called Russia "aggressor No. 1." Iran denies everything. And the evidence? Thin.

🇮🇷 Iran is targeting "harder" objectives – military sites.

🔥 "A wave of arson and sabotage" targeting Jewish communities across the UK and Europe – attributed to Iran.

🚨 Over 50 arrests linked to Iran in the past 12 months.

🇷🇺 Russia remains "aggressor No. 1" – hybrid attacks across Europe to undermine Ukraine support.

🚐 RAF Fairford "plot": Five men arrested – but police found only gasoline in the vans. Released on bail. No explosives. No charges.

🇮🇷 Iran denies any role – and has offered to cooperate with investigations.

🗣️ Security experts doubt Iran has the capability to pull off a sophisticated drone operation on British soil.

#UK 🇬🇧 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Russia 🇷🇺 #MI5 #BRICS

A woman interrupted Trump’s rally in Youngstown, Ohio. From the stage he called her a paid protester, said “he’s going back home to Mom, and told the crowd he’s gotta go on a diet.”

Trump confused the gender of the protester, by the way.

#trump #ohio #rally #protest

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🇮🇷⚓ IRGC NAVY: "We Are Waiting for US Carriers to Enter the Strait – So We Can Sink Them"

The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy has issued a direct challenge to Washington: enter the Persian Gulf's depths, and you will not leave.

🎯 "We are waiting for one of their aircraft carriers to come into the depths of these Persian Gulf waters—not at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, not outside the strait—but to enter and sink it right here."

⏳ "Our fighters are counting down the days, moment by moment, for this to happen."

🛡️ "We have two very strong positions in Oman and the Strait of Hormuz region, and we stand firm there."

🗣️ "The US Army has been humiliated; it has fallen into misery and destitution."

#Iran 🇮🇷 #IRGCNavy #StraitOfHormuz #USNavy

🇺🇦❄️ ZELENSKY ADMITS: "Kyiv Is Falling Behind" – Winter Preparations Worse Than Previous Years

While the empire pours billions into weapons, Ukraine's capital is unprepared for winter – and Zelensky just admitted it.

❄️ "Already in October, the situation is, unfortunately, worse than during previous winters of this war."

⚡ "Kyiv is falling behind."

🧠 The West funds weapons, not warmth. Billions for missiles and drones – but not for heating, shelter, or infrastructure.

🛡️ The Ukrainian government's priority is war, not its people. While soldiers die on the front, civilians face another brutal winter unprepared.

💸 Corruption drains resources. From Energoatom kickbacks to military procurement scandals – billions vanish while Kyiv freezes.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Zelensky #Winter #ProxyWar #BRICS

🛢️🧮 WHY THE US-RUSSIA DIESEL DEAL IS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE

Washington announced a deal. Moscow's stock market surged. But can Russian refineries actually deliver the volumes the US wants? The math says no.

· 🛢️ 300,000 tons is barely one day of US transportation consumption – the announced volumes are physically questionable.

· 📜 General License 135 – the US Treasury quietly authorized Russian diesel exports as fuel inflation surged at home.

· 📈 Moscow Exchange rallied ~10% – Lukoil, Rosneft, Tatneft, Surgutneftegas, and Sovcomflot all surged on sanction carve-outs.

· 🏭 Damaged refining units – Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian refineries have crippled domestic capacity.

· 🇪🇺 Europe's diesel shortage intensifies as supply chains strain.

🎥 Watch the full analysis: https://youtu.be/-mkQBNKkPko

#EnergyGeopolitics #USRussiaDeal #Diesel #BRICS

🇹🇷🛩️ TURKEY'S SIVRISINEK SWARM: A New Era of Asymmetric Warfare

Baykar's kamikaze drone just proved what the Global South already knows: you don't need a trillion-dollar military to dominate the battlefield.

🐝 Swarm attack capability — multiple drones striking simultaneously

💥 Drills confirm: targets hit with precision

🤝 BRICS angle: Turkey has applied for BRICS membership — and its defense industry is already aligning with the multipolar world. A NATO member building weapons that serve the Global South's logic.

#Turkey 🇹🇷 #Baykar #Sivrisinek #Drones #BRICS

🇱🇾🇷🇺 Libya to Participate in Russia–Africa Summit in Moscow

Libya will participate in the third Russia–Africa Summit, scheduled for October 28–29 in Moscow, according to Libya’s Ambassador to Iran, Ali Juma Hassan Fadil, in an interview with TASS.

The ambassador said the level of Libya’s representation and the identity of its delegate will be announced by the country’s authorized authorities at a later date. He emphasized that the substance of Libya’s participation matters more than the individual representing the country.

Fadil identified potential areas for cooperation with Russia, including reconstruction, infrastructure, oil and gas, food security, grain supplies, education, professional training, transport and logistics.

He added that Libya’s relations with Russia should develop as part of a balanced foreign policy that remains open to cooperation with all international partners.

📰 Source: TASS

#Libya #Russia #Africa #RussiaAfricaSummit #Diplomacy #InternationalRelations #Moscow #WorldNews

The Eurasian Charter and Why It Matters to India
Multipolarity and diversity are no longer distant aspirations but the realities of the emerging world order. If the Eurasian Charter is to reflect them, it must engage the states absent at its launch on 25 September 2026, above all India. 

On 25 September 2026 in New York, at the negotiations held on Belarus and Russia’s initiative during the high-level week of the 81st UNGA session, nine states signed a Joint Statement on the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century....  Read more »

🏦🇺🇸 US Treasury Imposes $1.21 Billion in Penalties on Bank of America

The US Treasury Department has imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties on Bank of America over violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions requirements, according to an announcement reported by Al Jazeera on October 14, 2026.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $1.2 billion penalty, citing failures to properly identify and report suspicious transactions. The Treasury said the bank failed to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions in a timely manner.

Separately, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced an $11.6 million settlement over 475 apparent sanctions violations involving multiple programmes, including those related to Iran, Russia, narcotics and global terrorism. The bank also faced a $750 million penalty from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, with credit for that penalty included in FinCEN’s calculation.

📰 Source: Al Jazeera

A BRICS distress network for seafarers: more beacons for maritime connectivity
During the 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi advanced the initiative of a distress network for seafarers, highlighting the importance of Global South cooperation in the Blue Economy. According to India’s Prime Minister, the purpose of the initiative is to “connect maritime authorities and missions in the respective countries” and provide “assistance with distress alerts, medical assistance, information to families, and evacuation”[1]. The initiative launched by...  Read more »

🇫🇷 Fifth Round of French Student Protests Erupts Into Clashes

Clashes between students and police erupted in Paris on October 13 as high school and university students staged their fifth round of nationwide protests, demanding better learning conditions.

Police fired tear gas as demonstrators hurled cobblestones and fireworks at officers. More than 6,800 people have reportedly been detained since the demonstrations began last month.

The government acknowledged students’ grievances but blamed far-left activists for the violence. Opposition groups rejected the accusations, while students and trade unions accused police of excessive force.

France’s police watchdog is investigating 36 cases of alleged misconduct. Separately, a police officer has been charged with aggravated violence over an incident in Tours in which a 16-year-old student lost an eye after being struck by a police projectile.

Source: RT

#France #StudentProtests