🇫🇷🇷🇺⚡- France has seized the Russian shadow fleet tanker DF PEAK south of Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The vessel was operating under a false flag.

🇮🇱⚡- Gadi Eisenkot rules out running with the Arab coalition parties (Joint List and Ra'am) in the Israeli October 27 elections.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️- President Donald Trump doesn't believe that China or Russia are helping Iran at all, says those claims come from "the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics".

🇮🇷⚡- Iran has carried out four separate ballistic missile exercises in Isfahan, central Iran, today.

🇾🇪 - Siege of Ta'izz:

The current situation in Ta'izz, southern Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, halts air traffic amid an ongoing Ansarullah missile and drone attack.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Saudi Arabia's Joint Forces Command has issued an evacuation order for Yemen Petroleum Company's (YPC) al-Sabaha Central Station in Sana'a, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- In response, the Ansarullah have called on all employees and civilians near ARAMCO facilities in Saudi Arabia to evacuate for their safety.

🇺🇸🇬🇷⚡️- The Trump administration has asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, per White House press secretary Katie Zacharia.

🇺🇸🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- President Trump threatens Ansarullah (Houthis), saying he will not forget their actions after the upcoming midterm elections.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli PM Netanyahu and President Trump discussed an attack on Iran before the elections, according to Barak Ravid.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳- EDITOR'S NOTE: President Trump says he doesn't believe China or Russia are helping Iran, dismissing the claims as coming from “Radical Left Morons and Lunatics.”

Apparently, that includes his own administration.

On May 8, Trump's State Department sanctioned three Chinese satellite firms for supplying imagery of US and allied bases to Iran, which it said enabled strikes against US forces. Treasury sanctioned Chinese firms tied to Iranian missile and drone procurement.

On September 18, Congressional Research Service report R48887 stated: “Both countries have provided some support to Iran in 2026.” It cited reports of Russian military shipments, targeting intelligence and missile assistance, alongside Chinese satellite imagery and missile-related supplies.

The Financial Times uncovered contracts and correspondence showing Russia's state arms exporter helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles, with cooperation continuing into 2026.

The Washington Post reported, citing three officials, that Moscow gave Tehran locations of US warships and aircraft.

The Wall Street Journal examined Iranian customs records identifying roughly 1,300 shipments of dual-use components from China to Iran's Defense Ministry.

On July 21, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate that both countries were enabling Iranian activities, with details remaining classified.

President Trump says “we would know about it very fast.” We do. His own government put it in writing.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- BREAKING: Initial reports of an impact in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, locals tell Rerum Novarum.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Alerts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Explosions heard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Could be Interceptions or Ansarullah impacts.

🇪🇹 - The current situation in the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian National Defense Forces continue to approach the Eritrean border after taking the final city in the north, Adwa. Tigray Defense Forces now exist mostly in the Sheraro direction.

Rerum Novarum’s proprietary maps are now available at MINIMAP.TECHNOLOGY

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Iran has struck a tanker and a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz today.