‘OUT IN THE OPEN’: US REMOVES B-1 BOMBERS FROM UK FAIRFORD BASE

Mon 05 October 2026: A Pentagon official has told Al Jazeera the US has removed all of its bomber aircraft from the UK’s Fairford airbase after five men were arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks on the facility. “While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we […]

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OVER 800 PALESTINIAN TEACHERS KILLED BY ISRAEL SINCE GAZA WAR BEGAN

Mon 05 October 2026: Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers and injured over 3,300 others since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Palestinian Education Ministry said Sunday. In a statement ahead of World Teachers’ Day, observed annually on Oct. 5, the ministry said educators across the […]

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TOP OFFICIALS FROM SAUDI ARABIA, TÜRKIYE, PAKISTAN GATHER IN RIYADH AMID NEW OFFENSIVE ON HOUTHIS

Mon 05 October 2026: Pakistan’s Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend a meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee of the members of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir are accompanying Dar in Monday’s talks with counterparts […]

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THE MIRAGE OF “GREATER ISRAEL” AND THE STRUCTURAL MECHANICS OF IMPERIAL COLLAPSE

Sun 04 October 2026: The expansionist Zionist project has entered its terminal, self-devouring phase. What the global community is witnessing in the aftermath of the devastating campaign in Gaza is not the consolidation of an invincible regional power, but the structural, compounding decay of an aggressive settler-colonial enterprise. Blinded by decades of unchecked ideological hubris, […]

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‘WE MUST ENTER FIRST’: YEMEN’S FEMALE SOLDIERS FACE WAR, DANGER AND A CHANGING SOCIETY

Sun 04 October 2026: Female officers say their role is especially important when searching women, protecting privacy and keeping communities safe Wearing her security uniform, usually without a Kalashnikov or even a sidearm, 36-year-old Tahani walks proudly through Taiz city’s markets. While some locals remain uneasy about seeing women in military roles, others express pride […]

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AIPAC TO SPEND $233 MILLION AGAINST CANDIDATES CRITICAL OF NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT, SENATOR SAYS

Sat 03 October 2026: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is set to spend $233 million to defeat candidates in this fall’s congressional midterm elections who speak out against the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warned US Senator Bernie Sanders. The top pro-Israel lobbying firm in the US “plans to spend $233 […]

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THREE IN FOUR HOUSEHOLDS GO HUNGRY IN PARTS OF YEMEN AMID FIGHTING: UN

Sat 03 October 2026: Three out of four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry after a surge in fighting displaced tens of thousands of people and disrupted food supplies, the United Nations food agency says. Some 74 percent of households in accessible government-held areas cannot meet their basic food needs, a record for […]

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PAKISTAN “SENSITISED” THE IRAN ABOUT MECCA PACT; “AS MUSLIMS WE HAVE TO HONOUR IT”: FOREIGN MINISTER DAR

Fri 02 October 2026: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the Strategic Political Defence Committee (SPDC) established under the joint defence pact (Mecca pact) between Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia will meet “soon” in the Saudi capital Riyadh. “Very soon, a meeting of the whole SPDC has been agreed to in principle to […]

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US BOOSTS AIR DEFENSES IN SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR AHEAD OF POSSIBLE OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAN

Fri 02 October 2026: The US military has deployed two additional Patriot missile batteries to protect energy facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar amid preparations for possible renewed military operations against Iran, the Axios news site reported Thursday, citing two US officials and a regional source. One battery was sent to Saudi Arabia last month […]

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TRUMP CONSIDERS PUSH FOR EUROPE TO TAP DIESEL STOCKPILES AMID PRICE SURGE

Fri 02 October 2026: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel reserves to help bring down fuel prices. Asked about the proposal, Trump said he may ask European countries to make some of their stockpiles available as part of efforts to ease prices at […]

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