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🇸🇦 Two Saudi officers killed in helicopter crash as Riyadh rejects Houthi claims Two officers were killed when an AH-6 helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia's Najran province, the Saudi Defense Ministry said. The crash was caused by a technical failure, Ministry spokesman Turki al-Maliki said. Riyadh denied claims by Houthis that the aircraft was shot down during a combat mission. The Houthis had said a Saudi air force helicopter was brought down in the border area of Najran while conducting a military operation against Yemeni positions. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🗣 ‘This isn’t the cause!’- French woman pushed aside after challenging looters A woman who joined the cost-of-living student protests in France was horrified when fellow demonstrators began looting stores.

💬 “This isn’t the cause!” she shouted, only to be pushed aside as the looters insisted they had “urgent shopping” to do.

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🇾🇪 Yemen’s Houthis claim fourth Saudi Karayel drone kill Ansar Allah forces have shot down a Saudi armed reconnaissance drone in the northwest of the country, military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced. Houthi air defenses successfully targeted and brought down the Turkish-made Vestel Karayel-type drone while it was conducting hostile operations, Saree noted on X. He identified it as the fourth of its type downed since the beginning of the recent escalation. Houthi military media previously released footage of wreckage from similar downed Karayel drones. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

👹 Netanyahu shrugs off genocide charge, says Israel is given a ‘bum rap' Benjamin Netanyahu touts Israel’s “ratio of one to one and a half combatants to non-combatants” in Gaza. He invokes an urban warfare expert to assert that “no military in history has gone to the lengths that Israel has gone to prevent civilian casualties,” and then lands the shrug: “What kind of genocide? So that’s a lie.” He then reaches for the US war in Afghanistan comparison, which supposedly produced ratios of 7-to-1. Israel has gotten “a bum rap” he complains, insists that the IDF is the most moral army around. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🔥 Israeli defense minister threatens to target Iran energy facilities after election Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has signaled plans for new, massive attacks against Iran following the election, explicitly vowing to target the country's entire energy infrastructure.

💬 "Energy facilities are a crucial element in pushing Iran back 40 years, to the dark ages and the Stone Age."

Taking out a nation's entire energy grid means cutting off electricity, water pumps, hospitals, and heating for 90 million people. It is a blueprint for collective punishment and mass civilian suffering. And he frames it as a step toward peace:

💬 "Once the Iranian regime is defeated, the entire region will move towards open relations, and Israel will be at the heart of this process."

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🎤 China invites sacked White House press secretary after her 'toilet' remarks China's Foreign Ministry has offered a sarcastic response to Katie Zacharia's brief tenure as White House press secretary, extending an invitation for her to visit the country again after she insulted it on a podcast.

"We welcome her to visit China more often when she has the opportunity," said FM spokesperson Mao Ning.

While speaking with podcaster Jack Posobiec, Zacharia questioned China's rise as a global power. She claimed that they don't even have proper toilets. She is now the shortest-serving White House press secretary in US history after being fired less than a week into the job. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🔥 1,200 arrested, 150 police injured as protests turn violent French Prime Minister announced around 1,200 people arrested and 150 police officers injured after a nationwide day of protests against rising living costs and declining public services descended into violent clashes across the country. 🌏 Event organizers claim more than 800,000 participants took part nationwide 🌏 The unrest saw the historic 143-year-old Limoges City Hall burn to the ground, with its bell tower and roof collapsing 🌏 President Emmanuel Macron vowed to prosecute and punish those involved

"No room for violence in our Republic. Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be prosecuted and punished. We will all stand united against the sowers of chaos," he wrote on X.

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🔊 Netanyahu says Israel is not colonialist — 'We are the original owners' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the label of a colonialist enterprise, asserting absolute historical and divine ownership over the territories in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. The ‘Greater Israel’ is a plan to expand Israel’s borders all the way to the limits vaguely described in ancient Jewish religious texts where God purportedly promised Jews the land stretching from the Nile River to Euphrates. There is another distinction: traditional colonialism sought to extract resources and subjugate the local population. The project unfolding today is different: it aims at total erasure. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

⚔️ Police fire rubber bullets at anti-government protesters in Albania Violent clashes have broken out in the capital as mass student demonstrations enter another night, with crowds demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama step down corruption, education costs, and the government’s policies. Riot police deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and physical containment measures against the crowds. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🗣 Rubio on West Bank settler violence: 'Not a good look' Secretary of State Marco Rubio has addressed the attack on an American photojournalist in the West Bank, calling the images disturbing while defending the administration's earlier decision to lift sanctions on Israeli settlers.

💬 "There was video of that. The whole thing was just disturbing. Not a good look."

Earlier, the US has refused to demand an investigation into the deaths of 9 of its own citizens, and it lifted the very sanctions that were meant to restrain the groups involved. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🔊 Ben-Gvir begs for a cabinet post on TV: 'What will they let us have? The Tourism Ministry?' Netanyahu has publicly blocked his far-right coalition partner from the National Security and Defense ministries just weeks before the October 27 election — and Ben-Gvir is not taking it well. Why he wanted the Defense Ministry so badly:

💬 "I think the central issue is encouraging emigration. I want to be defense minister in order to encourage emigration," he said on TV.

Now, the largest political parties in Israel are preventing him from realizing his dream of displacing Palestinians en masse. And all he can do is beg for the Tourism Ministry. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🗣 Israeli Defense Minister calls Gaza's destruction an 'achievement' Israel Katz has openly framed the devastation of Gaza and southern Lebanon as a dramatic success.

"The achievements are dramatic. In Gaza, we have achieved our objectives. 70-80% of Gaza is destroyed. The same is true in southern Lebanon," he declared on national TV.

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🚨 Iranian Shahed drones strike Kurdish opposition base in Erbil Iranian drones targeted a base belonging to the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Erbil province’s Soran administration, according to the party. Footage circulating on social media purported to show at least two drones hitting the Alana Valley. The Kurdistan Region has been hit by hundreds of drone and missile strikes since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in February. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🔍 Ben-Gvir scrambles to stay in power as Netanyahu eyes unity government without him Israel's far-right National Security Minister is lashing out after the country's ambassador to Washington suggested Netanyahu plans to form a post-election unity government with Gadi Eisenkot — and made clear Ben-Gvir's cabinet days are over.

"A government is neither in Washington nor CNN. Only the people of Israel will decide," Ben Gvir responded on X.

This is the same minister who called to "kill 30 or 40" Palestinians every night — now begging for a cabinet post. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

💬 War Secretary Pete Hegseth brands US military as peacemakers Speaking to ROTC cadets with a straight face, Pete Hegseth said US military strikes in the Strait of Hormuz – part of a war the US started – were an example of the “peace-making business” the US military supposedly engages in. And yes, the man who styles himself as a ‘secretary of war’ insists that the US military should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

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🗣 Saudis double down on blunder in Yemen – Prof. Mearsheimer Despite their situation already being bad, the Saudis continue escalating in Yemen, apparently believing that “they can up the ante against the Houthis and beat the Houthis,” Prof. John Mearsheimer remarked on Judge Napolitano’s podcast. He further noted that Saudi Arabia waged a proxy war against the Houthis with significant assistance from the United States for several years until a ceasefire deal was struck, and still failed to defeat the Yemeni movement. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🗣Dropping MOAB on Iran would invite all-out retaliation across the Gulf – academic Iran’s retaliation to the US dropping the "Mother of all bombs" (MOAB) on it would be aimed at any US-linked targets in the region, Prof. Mohammad Marandi, former adviser to the Iranian nuclear negotiations team, said on Judge Napolitano’s podcast.

“It goes beyond just oil and gas infrastructure, it means everything that is somehow linked to the United States, whether it’s data centers or banks or anything that is of any value,” he elaborated.

Marandi also pointed out that the US previously dropped a MOAB on Afghanistan, but it did not help them win the war there. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🇺🇸👁 US quietly courts Myanmar's generals as rivalry with China heats up The Trump administration has quietly resumed contact with Myanmar's military-backed government, holding its second round of talks in a month, Reuters reports. Last week's meeting took place in Tokyo, following an earlier session in Naypyitaw in mid-September. 👉 The initial discussions centered on two concrete goals: securing the release of an American businessman and shutting down fraud operations against US citizens. Those talks, however, opened the door to a broader agenda. US officials have also raised the question of access to Myanmar's substantial heavy rare earth deposits. Estimates suggest Myanmar accounts for roughly two-thirds of the world's supply of heavy rare earth metals. However, obstacles are considerable, since most of the deposits sit in territory held by ethnic armed groups fighting the military, and China, the dominant buyer of Myanmar's rare earths, would likely resist any American role. 🟥 In 2025, Myanmar accounted for 52.8% of all Chinese imports of rare earth metals 🟥 These elements are essential for producing high-temperature permanent magnets used in electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, and precision defense equipment Beyond resources, Myanmar's value lies in its geography. The country offers access to the Indian Ocean, bypassing the narrow and vulnerable Malacca Strait. The key project here is the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), which includes the deep-water port of Kyaukphyu and oil and gas pipelines running into Yunnan province. China maintains ties with several ethnic armed groups along its border, but in an effort to protect its investments and borders, it has reduced arms supplies to the groups and pressured them to cease fire. Thailand, which shares a long border, has taken a more pragmatic line, engaging the junta on trade and border security while hosting refugees fleeing the fighting. 👉 The shift in US diplomatic priorities is surprising. Earlier, the US government supported resistance forces, but after Trump took office it curtailed aid programs and began a dialogue with the military-backed government, reducing diplomatic and sanctions pressure. Experts say this follows US-China competition for Southeast Asia and the valuable resources Myanmar possesses — essential for modern military-industrial technology. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime