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‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza

‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor write: Over the past three years, we conducted night-time interviews on the rooftops of Tel Aviv with 24 Israeli soldiers who played an active role in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. Most of them were intelligence officers, working behind screens and participating remotely in the mass killing of Palestinians. Their testimonies form the basis of “NAZA,” a new documentary we directed — produced by The Guardian and James Wilson and executive produced by Jonathan Glazer —…

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The seven-day lightning offensive by the Houthis that changed Yemen’s war

The seven-day lightning offensive by the Houthis that changed Yemen’s war

Mohammed Al-Qadhi writes: There are moments in Yemen’s long war when the map changes faster than politicians can understand it. The collapse of the western coast this month was one of them. The lightning offensive by Yemen’s Houthi movement and its seizure of key positions around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are game changers in the country’s 12-year conflict, fundamentally reshaping the domestic balance of power and bearing consequences that go…

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To bomb, or not to bomb: Trump’s indecisive ‘deciding mode’

To bomb, or not to bomb: Trump’s indecisive ‘deciding mode’

The New York Times reports: For two weeks, the question of whether to yield to pleas from Saudi Arabia and order the U.S. military to strike targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis has bedeviled President Trump. A decision to go forward could open another front in the war against Iran that Mr. Trump started but has been unable to end as it spreads economic shock around the globe. The president had wavered for weeks over the Saudi appeals…

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European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against NATO

European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against NATO

The Guardian reports: European intelligence officials have raised the possibility of an imminent Russian test of Nato, with one saying a potential attack could come in a matter of “months, not years”. The warnings come after Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, told parliament that intelligence assessments suggested Russia might launch an attack with drones or missiles on Nato territory in the coming months, as part of efforts to prove that “article 5 is more theoretical than practical”. The French president,…

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How AI ‘almost started a war’ between the U.S. and China with ‘entirely false’ intelligence

How AI ‘almost started a war’ between the U.S. and China with ‘entirely false’ intelligence

CNN reports: The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, according to four sources familiar with the episode. According to two of the sources, armed members of the US military were preparing to board the ship. Military planes…

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China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say

China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say

Reuters reports: China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen’s Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group’s military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with ​the matter. Riyadh turned to China for help after the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea coast and around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, moves that have left Saudi oil exports and ‌shipping more exposed, the sources said. China has publicly…

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Why Latin America is key to Israel’s diplomatic impunity

Why Latin America is key to Israel’s diplomatic impunity

+972 reports: On Aug. 10, just three days after taking office, Colombia’s new government under President Abelardo de la Espriella formally recognized Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. The announcement was all the more conspicuous coming on the same day that Colombia confronted one the largest earthquakes in its recent history, which killed more than 300 people and left extensive damage across the country. Even before taking office, de la Espriella’s incoming administration had agreed with Israel to restore…

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Saudi Arabia faces ‘worst-case scenario’ after being rebuffed by Trump

Saudi Arabia faces ‘worst-case scenario’ after being rebuffed by Trump

The New York Times reports: Saudi Arabia has increasingly found itself caught in the middle of the war between the United States and Iran. Now, the kingdom’s leadership is assessing dwindling options on how to respond. In recent weeks, the Iran-allied Houthi militia in Yemen has repeatedly attacked the kingdom, threatening to throttle its ability to export oil and piling pressure on the global economy. But Saudi Arabia has been left frustrated and disappointed by President Trump’s reluctance to confront…

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Photos show U.S. positions damaged by Iranian attacks: ‘We’re just watching them get destroyed’

Photos show U.S. positions damaged by Iranian attacks: ‘We’re just watching them get destroyed’

CBS News reports: New photos obtained exclusively by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks. The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military. “This is major damage to our bases that hasn’t been communicated to the American public,” one…

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The U.S. just admitted it has weapons in space. Why that’s a big deal

The U.S. just admitted it has weapons in space. Why that’s a big deal

Jeffrey Kluger writes: On Sept. 14, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the quiet part out loud. Speaking at the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Meink openly conceded something U.S. policymakers have been avoiding acknowledging for years—that the American military intends to weaponize space, and indeed, that it already has hostile hardware in Earth orbit. “We are increasing readiness against existing threats,” Meink said. “[T]he United States has on orbit space control weapons capable of defending…

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Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply

Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply

Reuters reports: Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports ‌if it doesn’t restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said. A further decline in Saudi flows will worsen the global supply crunch, which has already pushed global fuel prices to record highs, spurred ​inflation around the world and sent U.S. bond yields to the highest levels since the…

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As hostilities flare and oil prices spike, U.S. consumers pay at the pump

As hostilities flare and oil prices spike, U.S. consumers pay at the pump

By Marianne Lavelle September 8, 2026 This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United States wins its war with Iran, strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure by Iranian-backed Houthis Tuesday caused global oil prices to spike to nearly $100 per barrel. The latest runup,…

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Train carrying former British PM and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say

Train carrying former British PM and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say

The Guardian reports: A train carrying Boris Johnson and the former CIA chief David Petraeus may have been the target of a Russian drone strike that hit a train engine near the Poland-Ukraine border, according to Ukrainian Railways. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, described the attack as “Putin’s terror knocking directly on the doors of the EU and Nato”. Overnight attacks across Ukraine involving more than 450 Russian drones and missiles killed at least six people and injured more than…

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Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast is ‘a Saudi-American f**k up of epic proportions’

Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast is ‘a Saudi-American f**k up of epic proportions’

CNN reports: The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. An advance by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha was in full swing, and backup support from chief ally Saudi Arabia was nowhere in sight. “The Houthis committed everything they had – waves upon waves of fighters … along with their available ballistic missiles and weapons,” a senior Yemeni source attached to their military forces told CNN. The source said…

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Saudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies

Saudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies

The Associated Press reports: A lightning advance by Houthi rebels threatens a crucial Red Sea shipping route. Drone attacks blamed on Iraqi militias have forced the closure of a major pipeline, and Iran is still disrupting the Strait of Hormuz. It’s a nightmare scenario for Saudi Arabia, and it has sent jitters through global markets. The Saudis’ most essential ally, the United States, has been unpredictable and sometimes unreliable. U.S. President Donald Trump seems reluctant to widen an already unpopular…

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Houthis’ lightning advance means a third of the world’s oil shipments is now under threat

Houthis’ lightning advance means a third of the world’s oil shipments is now under threat

Robert F Worth writes: As recently as last week, the Iran war appeared to be turning slightly in America’s favor. The Houthis—the Yemen-based militia that is Iran’s most formidable remaining ally in the Middle East—were under pressure from their local rivals, and the Saudi air force was pounding them with air strikes. The president of Yemen’s internationally recognized government issued a triumphant statement declaring that the Houthis’ miscalculations “will open the door to their complete collapse.” With their Houthi partners…

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