Category: AI
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Saudi–Houthi War Reignites
Saudi-backed government airstrikes hit Houthi positions inside Yemen. The Houthis struck southern Saudi Arabia — cities including Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jizan, and Najran — hitting energy facilities and wounding 73 civilians, saying the attacks responded to those strikes. Riyadh called this a “dangerous escalation” and vowed retaliation. The Houthis later reported that Saudi warplanes conducted…
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Hormuz on the Brink
U.S. Central Command reported destroying five Iranian crude oil carriers, including the M/T Riesco which sank, after Iran’s IRGC targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles that missed. Iran claimed it hit two U.S. vessels, eight oil tankers, and ten other ships in the largest single attack in the strait. The escalation has pushed…
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West Bank Pressure Becomes Policy
On 8 September 2026, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Sweden issued a joint statement confirming their intention to introduce national restrictions—or support European ones—on trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The UK, France, and Canada specifically announced they would ban imports of…
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Canada Hits Back in Tariff War
Canada’s retaliatory counter-tariffs (surtaxes) on roughly C$27.6 billion (~US$20 billion) of U.S.-origin goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. This is a dollar-for-dollar, rate-for-rate response to U.S. Section 338 tariffs (and matching Section 232 rates) that hit a similar value of Canadian exports after trade talks collapsed in late August. Rates are 15%,…
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AfD Breaks Germany’s Firewall
Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured around 44 percent in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, more than doubling its prior share and taking 39 of 83 seats amid 78 percent turnout. The party now leads tense talks to form a government, short of a majority, with plans for border closures, ending migrant benefits, and mass deportations…