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Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries have triggered a kerosene shortage, with more than a third of internationa...
10/16/2026

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries have triggered a kerosene shortage, with more than a third of international airports facing fuel supply problems, according to a new RUSI analysis. The campaign is draining Moscow's budget and pushing Central Asian partners to seek other suppliers.

EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has declared that 'Pax Americana is over,' saying Europe's new security archite...
10/16/2026

EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has declared that 'Pax Americana is over,' saying Europe's new security architecture will include Ukraine. Speaking at the College of Europe, he warned that a rising China and India will push the US into third place by the end of the century — a shift he admitted may prove psychologically challenging for Americans.

Yemen's Houthis have made a 'major leap' in building advanced ballistic missiles indigenously, using specialist componen...
10/16/2026

Yemen's Houthis have made a 'major leap' in building advanced ballistic missiles indigenously, using specialist components smuggled in from Chinese companies, arms investigators told The National. The Palestine-2 missile can manoeuvre at 6,000kph in its terminal stage and evade air defences across a 1,800km range — and it exploited a gap in Saudi Arabia's air-defence layers in Saturday's deadly Riyadh airport attack.

A provocative essay by Fudan University philosopher Tongdong Bai argues the global order can only survive if it drops th...
10/16/2026

A provocative essay by Fudan University philosopher Tongdong Bai argues the global order can only survive if it drops the fantasy of equality: nation-states will always put their own interests first, and globalization led by nation-states can only last while it serves them. With the US shedding its leadership role and a rising China demanding more, he warns history shows the result is too often war — unless we accept that nations love their kin more than outsiders, and care for all, but unequally.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU leaders are rallying around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Donald Trump called Ukraine's strikes on Russia a 'disgrac...
10/16/2026

🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU leaders are rallying around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Donald Trump called Ukraine's strikes on Russia a 'disgrace'. Trump blindsided Kyiv by announcing that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to target each other — a claim that has put European capitals firmly behind Zelenskyy. The split deepens the transatlantic rift over how the war should end.

Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran and says he does not foresee sending U.S. ground troops in...
10/16/2026

Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran and says he does not foresee sending U.S. ground troops into the country, telling Newsmax "we don't have to" use nukes. His comments came after CNN reported new U.S. strike plans targeting Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites — including possible use of the non-nuclear MOAB — while the threat to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz remains severe.

At this week's Warsaw Security Forum, 2,000 global security experts were consumed by one fear: that the war in Ukraine c...
10/16/2026

At this week's Warsaw Security Forum, 2,000 global security experts were consumed by one fear: that the war in Ukraine could spill over into Poland and NATO territory. Veteran broadcaster Nik Gowing, who covered Poland's 1981 martial law, says the mood of despair mirrors that era — when a crackdown seemed "unthinkable" until it happened. With Russia's hybrid attacks mounting on NATO's eastern flank, delegates were urged to "deploy their imagination" about what Putin might do next.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Donald Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky 'not a good guy' to deal with in a Newsmax interview, accusing the Ukrainian...
10/16/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Donald Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky 'not a good guy' to deal with in a Newsmax interview, accusing the Ukrainian president of refusing to help end the war. The remark caps a tense week: Zelensky lifted restrictions on strikes against Russian oil refineries, while Trump's team threatened to cut arms and intelligence support unless Kyiv halts the attacks — even as Moscow keeps hitting Ukraine's power grid.

Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith warns that Vladimir Putin is growing more creative with so-called hybrid a...
10/16/2026

Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith warns that Vladimir Putin is growing more creative with so-called hybrid attacks — sabotage, airspace violations and sabotage-style operations short of war — forcing the alliance to confront when its collective-defence Article 5 clause applies. In a TVP World interview, she said NATO faces a genuine dilemma over how to respond to acts that sit just below the threshold of war.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have vowed to keep striking deep inside Saudi Arabia — hitting airports and oil facilities, includ...
10/16/2026

Yemen's Houthi rebels have vowed to keep striking deep inside Saudi Arabia — hitting airports and oil facilities, including Aramco's Dhahran headquarters — shattering a four-year informal ceasefire in the country's civil war. The Houthis frame the attacks as a direct response to Saudi strikes on Yemen, while Riyadh has intercepted missiles and drones and launched retaliatory raids on Sanaa. The planned EU-GCC summit in Saudi Arabia has been postponed over the security fears.

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