Iran, 10-14-26

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A link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and for IRAN 10-12-26.) — MCM

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IRGC says massive container ship sinks after hitting mine near Hormuz. From the Cradle. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced today that a container ship carrying more than 2,500 containers sank south of the Strait of Hormuz after striking a naval mine while attempting to transit through an “unauthorized” route in the strait. Click HERE for report with brief video.

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Ukraine, 10-14-26

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Links to four reports: from the Associated Press, the Moscow Times;, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN and YEMEN, and down for UKRAINE 10-13-26.) — MCM

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Ukrainian drones lose some speed after SpaceX imposes Starlink restrictions, by Hanna Arhirova, Samya Kullab and Barry Hatton | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian drones lost some of their speed after restrictions were suddenly imposed on the battlefield use of the country’s U.S.-made Starlink communication terminals, officials said today as Ukraine’s capital endured a second consecutive night of missile attacks. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Ukrainian drones hit Sberbank data center after Yandex attacks. From the Moscow Times. Ukrainian drones targeted a major data center under construction for Russian state lender Sberbank in the Saratov region overnight, First Deputy CEO Alexander Vedyakhin said today, as attacks on Moscow disrupted more than 500 flights. READ MORE,

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Zelenskyy talks Trump, rising diesel prices and the ongoing war in his country. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and Michel Martin | NPR  In an NPR interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discusses tensions with Trump, U.S. sanctions relief for Russian oil and threats to intelligence-sharing as the war continues. Zelenskyy talks Trump, rising diesel prices and the ongoing war in his country. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for second NPR report.

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Yemen, 10-14-26

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A link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and down for YEMEN 10-13-26.) — MCM

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels hit Saudi Aramco headquarters, officials say, by Samy Magdy and Cara Anna | AP  CAIRO — Iran-backed Houthi rebels hit the headquarters of the Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco in an overnight strike, two regional officials said Wednesday, damaging the offices of the firm’s chief executive and other top officials. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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All of it, 10-13-26

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A link to a commentary via Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s YEMEN and UKRAINE, and for ALL OF IT 10-11-26.) — MCM

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The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion — it’s time the West woke up, by Marco Carnelos | Middle East Eye  Central banks accumulating gold are not exiting the international monetary system; they are just hedging within it. But adaptability has a cost, and that cost is compounding. READ MORE.

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Yemen, 10-13-26

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Links to three reports: from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE, and for YEMEN 10-12-26.) — MCM

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Houthi rebels encircle Yemen’s Taiz, by Fatma Khaled | AP  CAIRO  The Iran-backed Houthis are pushing to capture the Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz, a long-sought prize in the country’s 12-year civil war, as they also escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia, including a string of deadly strikes on the airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE and HERE for Oct. 12 report from AP in English and Spanish with video and photos.
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Yemen issues evacuation orders for Aramco facilities, Saudi airports as Riyadh threatens to carpet bomb Sanaa. From the Cradle. The Yemeni Armed Forces released a statement this afternoon urging Saudi citizens to “evacuate” areas near Aramco’s headquarters in Dammam, King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, and Aramco’s Riyadh refinery. READ MORE.
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Ukraine, 10-13-26

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Links to three reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT and YEMEN, and down for UKRAINE 10-8-26.) — MCM

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners on incoming missile strike on Kyiv, by Hanna Arhirova and Justin Spike | AP  KYIV — Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today, characterizing the barrage as . . . Click HERE for AP report with photos, and HERE for Reuters report.
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Trump’s diesel deal with Putin angers Europe. Reported by President Trump’s diesel deal with Russia sparks European fury, as Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy questions Washington’s motives and allies vow to keep pressure on Moscow. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Yemen, 10-12-26

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Links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s IRAN and GAZA, and for YEMEN 10-8-26.) — MCM

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Saudi Arabia responds to drone and cruise missile attacks, and other Mideast developments. From AP.  Saudi forces have responded to a drone and cruise missile attack on the Kingdom from Yemen, according to state-run media. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said airstrikes  on two districts in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa and in the country’s north killed 10 people and wounded 19 others. Report with photos is HERE. A second from AP is HERE. Other AP news from the Middle East is HERE. Click HERE for AP reports in Spanish. Click HERE and HERE for Oct. 11 and 12 reports from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor.

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Iran offers to mediate as Saudi-Houthi conflict escalates. From Middle East Eye. Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to avoid a military approach and pursue a political solution to its escalating conflict with Yemen’s Houthi group, offering to help facilitate dialogue after deadly attacks on Saudi airports intensified regional tensions. READ MORE.

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Saudi energy conference loses Shell, Exxon, BP execs amid Yemeni strikes. From the Cradle. Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh today, as the kingdom insists on holding the conference despite the threat to the capital posed by the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces. READ MORE.

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Iran, 10-12-26

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Links to reports from the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s YEMEN and GAZA, and down for IRAN 10-5-26.) — MCM

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Tehran calls U.S. partial concessions to Iranian conditions ‘inadequate.’ From the Cradle. A top Iranian official on Sunday dismissed as “inadequate”Washington’s partial concessions regarding Tehran’s conditions for resolving the ongoing war. READ MORE.  Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.

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Iran offers to mediate as Saudi-Houthi conflict escalates. From Middle East Eye. Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to avoid a military approach and pursue a political solution to its escalating conflict with Yemen’s Houthi group, offering to help facilitate dialogue after deadly attacks on Saudi airports intensified regional tensions. READ MORE.

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Gaza, 10-12-26

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Links to reports from  the Cradle and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s YEMEN and IRAN, and down for GAZA 10-9-26.) — MCM

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Israel expands occupation, strikes in Gaza on first anniversary of U.S. ‘ceasefire.’ From the Cradle. Israeli occupation forces expanded their presence in Gaza and escalated their bombing of the besieged strip on Sunday, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called ceasefire, which has seen Tel Aviv continue genocide and kill nearly 1,500 Palestinians. READ MORE.

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Israeli soldiers say ordered to drop heavy bombs on inhabited Gaza buildings without evacuation: report. From Middle East Monitor. Four Israeli military intelligence soldiers acknowledged they received instructions to use “heavy bombs” against inhabited buildings in the Gaza Strip without evacuating residents first, in strikes that killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians, according to a media report today. READ MORE.

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All of it, 10-11-26

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Links to a discussion from Consortium News, a program from 21st Century Wire, and a report from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-7-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week – ‘Russia to the rescue?’  Joe Lauria of CN hosts former CIA analyst Joe McGovern and Patrick Hennigsen of 21st Century Wire for two-hours of talk on topics including  * Columbus Day 1983, * President Trump’s state of mind, * the Europeans, * a geopolitical “isosceles triangle, * the 2014 Maidan coup, * Minsk accords 1 and 2 in 2014 and 2015, * nuclear threats and the paradox of international law, * Presidents Trump and Netanyahu at the UN, * the Israel lobby in the United States, * “our mainstream press,” * Netanyahu in extremis, * the Epstein files, * the Ivania Trump / Jared Kushner marriage, * the U.S. weapons inventory, * Nobel Peace Prize to jurist Navi Pillay of South Africa, * public executions in the U.S., * “Where the hell is the Church?” * Tulsi Gabbard, * Joe Kent, * U.S. consulting firms and the French government, * Spain and Pedro Sanchez, and  * Russia and “the long game.”  Click HERE for subtitled video, print intro and comments.

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Sunday Wire Episode 616 — Zelensky’s diesel downfall + Hegseth’s ‘holy war’ firing squad. From 21st Century Wire. Patrick Henningsen reviews and comments on some of the events of last week in a 90-minute monologue, followed by other material. Click HERE for three-hour video.

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FROM OCT. 8  Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, by Konstantin Toropin, Eric Trucker and Claudia Lauer | AP  WASHINGTON — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” Click HERE for report including photos.

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