US stocks rose on Tuesday, driven by a tech-led rally as investors embraced AI optimism following last week’s market gloom, Reuters reported. The broader market gains found support from lower oil prices and a steady bond market, even as attention shifted toward the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy decision. AI-Led Momentum Lifts Core Capital Goods and … Read more
“Vote for Bibi Netanyahu for Prime Minister, we have to finish the job that we started!” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media, cementing a high-stakes foreign intervention on the eve of Israel’s national election, Reuters reported. That endorsement, issued on Sunday, October 26, 2026, became the central pivot of the closing hours of … Read more
Trump’s Foreign Policy Becomes a Midterm Liability as Voter Discontent Grows Reuters reported that 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump’s policies for rising prices outpacing earnings, marking a change in how voters connect his foreign actions to economic pain. This trend, not seen since 2006, threatens Republican control of Congress and complicates Trump’s agenda. … Read more
Two veteran Iranian security officials informed Reuters that Tehran has prepared comprehensive blueprints to strike subsea telecommunications lines in the Gulf should Israel and the United States initiate another military offensive. The warnings follow statements from Iranian leadership indicating that subsea digital infrastructure could become a direct target if diplomacy with Washington collapses amid escalating … Read more
Economic Output Contracted by 1.3 Percent Due to Regional Conflict The International Monetary Fund forecast a sharp drop in economic output across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan, projecting a 1.3 percent contraction for the year driven by the ongoing war against Iran, Reuters reported. Jihad Azour, director of the IMF’s Middle East and … Read more
“The safety and security of department personnel and their families remain our highest priority,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said as the U.S. government ordered diplomat families to leave Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi attacks. Oil prices rose on Thursday following a surge in attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Saudi Arabia, which prompted … Read more
The U.S. State Department is preparing to issue an ordered departure for certain personnel and family members from embassies across the Gulf region, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The directive stems from a potential resumption of hostilities, particularly involving Iran-aligned Houthi militia forces in Yemen, according to two of the officials. Embassy Evacuations … Read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stated that Cairo’s military support for Saudi Arabia will remain strictly limited to defending the kingdom’s territory and borders rather than participating in any attack on Yemen, the presidency announced on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The policy clarification comes as Iran-allied Houthi forces ramp up attacks against the kingdom, opening … Read more
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national and former OpenAI engineer, allegedly planted custom encrypted recording devices in an executive conference room in San Francisco, according to U.S. federal prosecutors. Federal Prosecutors Argue Flight Risk in Detention Motion U.S. prosecutors asked a federal judge to keep Alfozan in custody without bail, arguing he poses a significant … Read more
Under a moonlit sky on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, loggerhead turtle hatchlings emerge from the sand to scramble toward the sea, offering a natural barometer of climate change as the country prepares to host the COP31 UN climate summit in November. Antalya Nesting Beaches Warm Marine conservation will take center stage along the coast in Antalya … Read more