🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳- 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.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- BREAKING: The Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, eastern Saudi Arabia, has been struck by an Ansarullah ballistic missile, according to sources cited by Reuters.

Rerum Novarum was told by locals that the facility had been struck and Reuters has now confirmed the report.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Visual confirmation of the moment an Ansarullah ballistic missile struck the Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, eastern Saudi Arabia.

🇮🇱⚡- Heavy Israeli jet activity over the West Bank and the Galilee region for the third consecutive day.

During the previous two days, the Israeli Air Force conducted large-scale strike simulations against Iran, with aircraft entering Iraqi airspace as part of the exercises.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️- A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after planting an audio recording device in the company's executive conference room.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️- "We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work." - OpenAI's Newsroom account on X.

🇫🇷⚡️- French President Emmanuel Macron to convene the President of the Senate, the President of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister over for an unplanned lunch tomorrow at the Elysée to discuss the few issues surrounding France such as the riots, the lack of budget, the ongoing parliamentary agenda, upcoming elections and the escalation of hybrid warfare between Russia and the West.

🇫🇷 - While it could be a political stunt, convening those three specific roles for a meeting is the first step before triggering Article 12 (Assembly dissolution) or Article 16 (exceptional full powers) of the French Constitution.

🇻🇦⚡️- Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, the Vatican confirmed, following successful surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung.

Our prayers are with the Holy Father, may Our Lord Jesus Christ grant him strength, healing, and a swift recovery.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- BREAKING: Aidaros al-Zubaidi, President of Yemen's UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), has issued his first public statement in nine months following the collapse of the Aden-based STC administration.

Al-Zubaidi condemned the recent Ansarullah attacks on Saudi Arabia and called on southern Yemenis to mobilize and maintain a high state of readiness.

Note, no major non-PLC-aligned STC formation is currently participating in the fighting against Ansarullah, explaining the relative calm along the Ad Dali front. Earlier this year, the Southern Giants Brigades, Shabwah Emergency Forces, Rapid Intervention Forces, Abyan Emergency Forces, and Division 22 all underwent forced leadership changes and subsequently pledged allegiance to the Presidential Leadership Council, PLC, hence their participation in the hostilities against the Ansarullah.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Alerts in As Sulayyil and Wady Aldwasr, Saudi Arabia.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇷🇺⚡- Russia has condemned the Ansarullah strike on Terminal 3 of King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, on October 10, and has urged both sides to resolve the differences through dialogue.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Pro Southern Transitional Council protests have erupted across southern Yemen following the statement by Aidaros al-Zubaidi's, President of Yemen's UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council.

Footage from al-Mukalla, Hadhramaut region.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Pro-STC celebrations in Aden, southern Yemen.

🇺🇸⚡️- Cornell has suspended most Greek Life activity for the rest of the 2026-2027 academic year including charity events and parties in response to the Cornell 7 incident.

Pro free speech organizations such as FIRE have condemned the move calling it collective punishment.