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The support for a ban on diesel export to support the domestic energy market has been gaining momentums among Republican politicians, who are facing a difficult midterm election.
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Qatar and Oman are pushing for renewed negotiations, potentially as early as next week, including a proposed seven-day pause in fighting and a phased reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia, however, wants Iran to face further economic pressure following attacks on Gulf shipping and the increasing Houthi (Ansarallah) operations threatening its Red Sea oil exports.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told U.S. officials to maintain the blockade until Iran agrees to a new deal.
Meanwhile, Iranian diplomats have presented proposals to end the war, but mediators say the IRGC has taken a harder position, rejecting new negotiating formulas and signaling its readiness for a prolonged conflict.
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Alignment with the United States in implementing hostile policies will remain in the memory of the Iranian people, although our strategy in this regard is clear: Either flying in the region is permitted for everyone, or for no one.
If Iran is unable to operate flights and receive airport services, no country in the region will have this possibility either.
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Over the last 10 days, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive operations in the Krasny Lyman direction, which has facilitated the launching of additional counterattacks east of Nikolaevka in the direction of Seversk.
In the north, Ukrainian forces continued advancing eastwards down the Pinkov Gulley towards Zarechnoe (Kirovsk), entering the western part of the village, and captured some new positions on the northwestern outskirts of the settlement. Other forces continued fighting for the northern streets of the village.
To the southwest, after clearing northern Lyman from earlier Russian infiltrations, Ukrainian forces were able to establish control over the fields east of the city, while simultaneously breaking through east along the road to Zarechnoe (Kirovsk), entering the southwestern part of the village where they are now engaged in heavy fighting with Russian forces. Since then, they were able to fully clear the fields between Lyman and Zarechnoe (Kirovsk), pushing the Russians nearly 9 km away from the eastern outskirts of Lyman.
To the south, the Ukrainians completed their clearing operations in the southeastern suburbs of Lyman, thereby officially re-establishing full control over Lyman city. From there, they began advancing east through the forests towards Torskoe, pushing the Russians around 8 km away from the eastern outskirts of Lyman and establishing control over nearly the entire stretch of forest between Lyman and Torskoe.
To support these counterattacks east of Lyman, Ukrainian forces, with their newly improved logistical lines established in the recaptured areas north and northwest of Lyman, began funnelling in reinforcements for new operations southeast of Lyman, where they were able to clear the forests west of Dibrova before eventually re-establishing full control over the village itself. From here, they initiated new counterattacks east from Lyman, pushing down the railway line and recapturing a number of strongpoints along the way, while other assault groups secured the strongpoints at the lakes northeast of Dibrova.
To the southeast, the Ukrainians resumed infiltration operations into Yampol and recaptured the southern half of the village. From there, they began a two-pronged attack in the direction of Torskoe from the southwest, supporting the ongoing offensive from the west, where they are now actively infiltrating towards the railway overpass, the ostrich farm, and the western edge of the Serebryansky Forest in Lugansk Oblast. Due to these advances, Russian forces mostly withdrew from their large salient southeast of Lyman and are attempting to defend a small bridgehead west of the Zherebets River northeast of Yampol.
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🇫🇷⚡️- The French magistrates have confirmed that the killers of young Thomas in Crépol will be judged for "racist-based crimes against the white race and the French nation" following months of intense debates within France.
This event, which received major media coverage, will set a solid legal precedent to prosecute anti-white crimes throughout Europe.
This event, which received major media coverage, will set a solid legal precedent to prosecute anti-white crimes throughout Europe.
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🪖 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba, with the Army Reserve assessing forces that could be needed within 90–120 days, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
The document also seeks medical, surgical, military police, engineering and logistics units, but no deployment orders have been issued.
The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
The document reviewed by CBS News says Army Reserve headquarters is seeking feedback from subordinate commands on the possible availability of six types of formations that would fall under the authority of U.S. Southern Command. The units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to the message, which directs commands to provide feedback to Army Reserve headquarters by Sept. 25.
Among the units is a combat sustainment support battalion that specializes in coordinating logistics such as transportation, maintenance, fuel and supply needs, along with an engineer battalion. The document also seeks an expeditionary sustainment command that would oversee logistics across a theater of operations.
The document generated last week also calls for a medical brigade to command and coordinate medical units, as well as a forward resuscitative and surgical detachment to provide emergency surgery and trauma care closer to U.S. forces. Finally, the document seeks a military police brigade — these units typically oversee military police forces responsible for security, detention and other law enforcement missions.
Earlier this year, American forces conducted reconnaissance operations on the seafloor and maritime approaches surrounding the Cuban island, multiple U.S. military personnel told CBS News. Separately, U.S. airpower components were placed on heightened readiness and directed to pre-stage personnel for potential deployment. Those plans, however, did not come to fruition. CBS News is withholding certain details from publication that could potentially put U.S. service members at risk.
CBS News reported in May that U.S. intelligence officials were assessing how Cuba would respond to possible U.S. military action, as the Trump administration accused Havana of strengthening ties with Russia, China and Iran. The intelligence community's 2026 annual threat assessment largely portrays Cuba as an enabling environment for larger geopolitical competitors, rather than as an independent strategic threat.
In July, CBS News reported that American military planners had examined a range of options for possible action against the island, including an Army-led air assault involving thousands of U.S. soldiers to be carried out by the 101st Airborne Division, the only unit trained for such a task.
Since September, the U.S. military has killed more than 230 people in 70 strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. The operations are a stark contrast from the U.S. military's historical role of maritime drug interdiction and arrest. Some legal experts have said the strikes amount to illegal extrajudicial killings because U.S. forces are prohibited from intentionally targeting civilians or individuals suspected of criminal activity, unless they meet the legal standard governing the use of military force.
For Cuba, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Cuban entities and officials, including military research and development enterprises tied to the country's nickel industry ahead of the U.N. General Assembly this week.
In New York, Mr. Trump told the U.N. General Assembly that his administration was seeking a "fundamental change" on the island and predicted Cuba's communist government "will fall" and declared that "freedom will be coming to Cuba." The Cuban delegation walked out during his remarks.
Mr. Trump also said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was "deep into negotiations" with Havana and vowed that the United States would not allow foreign adversaries to establish a strengthening foothold "on our own doorstep."
Those remarks follow months of increasingly explicit statements from Mr. Trump about Cuba. Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has vowed to counter any U.S. attack, and has accused the U.S. of "aggression" and "economic warfare" by blocking oil imports to Cuba.
Earlier this year, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he believed he would have "the honor of taking Cuba."
"Taking Cuba in some form, yeah," he said in mid-March. "Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it — I think I could do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth."
Later that month, Mr. Trump said bluntly: "Cuba's going to be next."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-groundwork-potential-action-cuba-trump/
The document also seeks medical, surgical, military police, engineering and logistics units, but no deployment orders have been issued.
The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
The document reviewed by CBS News says Army Reserve headquarters is seeking feedback from subordinate commands on the possible availability of six types of formations that would fall under the authority of U.S. Southern Command. The units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to the message, which directs commands to provide feedback to Army Reserve headquarters by Sept. 25.
Among the units is a combat sustainment support battalion that specializes in coordinating logistics such as transportation, maintenance, fuel and supply needs, along with an engineer battalion. The document also seeks an expeditionary sustainment command that would oversee logistics across a theater of operations.
The document generated last week also calls for a medical brigade to command and coordinate medical units, as well as a forward resuscitative and surgical detachment to provide emergency surgery and trauma care closer to U.S. forces. Finally, the document seeks a military police brigade — these units typically oversee military police forces responsible for security, detention and other law enforcement missions.
Earlier this year, American forces conducted reconnaissance operations on the seafloor and maritime approaches surrounding the Cuban island, multiple U.S. military personnel told CBS News. Separately, U.S. airpower components were placed on heightened readiness and directed to pre-stage personnel for potential deployment. Those plans, however, did not come to fruition. CBS News is withholding certain details from publication that could potentially put U.S. service members at risk.
CBS News reported in May that U.S. intelligence officials were assessing how Cuba would respond to possible U.S. military action, as the Trump administration accused Havana of strengthening ties with Russia, China and Iran. The intelligence community's 2026 annual threat assessment largely portrays Cuba as an enabling environment for larger geopolitical competitors, rather than as an independent strategic threat.
In July, CBS News reported that American military planners had examined a range of options for possible action against the island, including an Army-led air assault involving thousands of U.S. soldiers to be carried out by the 101st Airborne Division, the only unit trained for such a task.
Since September, the U.S. military has killed more than 230 people in 70 strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. The operations are a stark contrast from the U.S. military's historical role of maritime drug interdiction and arrest. Some legal experts have said the strikes amount to illegal extrajudicial killings because U.S. forces are prohibited from intentionally targeting civilians or individuals suspected of criminal activity, unless they meet the legal standard governing the use of military force.
For Cuba, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Cuban entities and officials, including military research and development enterprises tied to the country's nickel industry ahead of the U.N. General Assembly this week.
In New York, Mr. Trump told the U.N. General Assembly that his administration was seeking a "fundamental change" on the island and predicted Cuba's communist government "will fall" and declared that "freedom will be coming to Cuba." The Cuban delegation walked out during his remarks.
Mr. Trump also said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was "deep into negotiations" with Havana and vowed that the United States would not allow foreign adversaries to establish a strengthening foothold "on our own doorstep."
Those remarks follow months of increasingly explicit statements from Mr. Trump about Cuba. Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has vowed to counter any U.S. attack, and has accused the U.S. of "aggression" and "economic warfare" by blocking oil imports to Cuba.
Earlier this year, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he believed he would have "the honor of taking Cuba."
"Taking Cuba in some form, yeah," he said in mid-March. "Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it — I think I could do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth."
Later that month, Mr. Trump said bluntly: "Cuba's going to be next."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-groundwork-potential-action-cuba-trump/
CBS NEWS
U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
📢 🇺🇸 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is aware of reports of active fighting near Lalibela in the Amhara Region. Ethiopian Airlines reportedly suspended flights to and from the Lalibela airport on September 24, 2026. The Embassy has no information on when flights will resume. The Embassy is also aware of reports that internet and phone connectivity has been suspended in the Tigray Region. U.S. citizens are advised not to travel to the Amhara Region (including Lalibela), the Tigray Region, or the Afar Region for any reason. U.S. citizens in those areas are advised to leave if it is safe to do so or shelter in place until conditions improve, monitor local media for updates, and stay in touch with the airline for notifications on operations. More at: https://et.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-addis-ababa-ethiopia-september-25-2026/
📎 TravelGov
📎 TravelGov
⚖️ 🇺🇸 🗳 The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume its expanded voter citizenship verification program, which lets states use Social Security records to check voters' citizenship. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented.
The Court found that a 1996 federal law likely authorizes DHS to obtain citizenship information from other agencies despite federal privacy restrictions. It also found that the lower court's ruling interfered with lawful individualized voter checks ahead of the midterms.
Justice Jackson argues that the 1996 law does not override federal privacy protections. She warned that outdated Social Security records could cause eligible voters, particularly recently naturalized citizens, to lose their registrations or face additional requirements.
Read the ruling here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf
📎 SCOTUS Wire
The Court found that a 1996 federal law likely authorizes DHS to obtain citizenship information from other agencies despite federal privacy restrictions. It also found that the lower court's ruling interfered with lawful individualized voter checks ahead of the midterms.
Justice Jackson argues that the 1996 law does not override federal privacy protections. She warned that outdated Social Security records could cause eligible voters, particularly recently naturalized citizens, to lose their registrations or face additional requirements.
Read the ruling here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf
📎 SCOTUS Wire
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📢 🇸🇻 🇭🇳 Nayib Bukele on X: Francisco Morazán was born Honduran, but he lived, fought, and died as a Central American.
His remains were transferred from the Cemetery of the Illustrious to his new mausoleum, where the urn was solemnly placed in the crypt that will guard them forever.
Finally, I deposited a commemorative saber as an offering to the one who dedicated his life to the dream of a united Central America.
📎 Nayib Bukele
His remains were transferred from the Cemetery of the Illustrious to his new mausoleum, where the urn was solemnly placed in the crypt that will guard them forever.
Finally, I deposited a commemorative saber as an offering to the one who dedicated his life to the dream of a united Central America.
📎 Nayib Bukele
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📢 🇺🇸 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is aware of reports of active fighting near Lalibela in the Amhara Region. Ethiopian Airlines reportedly suspended flights to and from the Lalibela airport on September 24, 2026. The Embassy has no information…
📢 🇪🇹 📵 Reuters reports that Tigray’s ruling TPLF has ordered private operator Safaricom and state-owned Ethio Telecom to cut phone and internet access across the region amid escalating tensions with Ethiopia’s federal government.
📎 AfriMEOSINT
📎 AfriMEOSINT
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🇪🇹 🇪🇹 🇪🇹 A recently announced rebel coalition has launched a large-scale offensive against the Ethiopian federal government, which may be the first move in a renewed full-scale war in northern Ethiopia.
The rebel offensive likely aims to consolidate the TPLF's control of Tigray and pressure key federal supply lines, although strategic differences will challenge coordination among the disparate coalition members.
The rebel coalition's offensive began when the TPLF seized the three main airports in Tigray region on the night of September 22 to September 23.
The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF/Ugugumo) and the TDF—the TPLF’s military wing—then conducted offensive operations on multiple axes on the Afar-Tigray regional border in Afar, most notably capturing the district capital Abala approximately 30 miles east of Mekele, the Tigray regional capital.
The ethno-nationalist Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) and TDF have also clashed with the Ethiopian military (ENDF) on multiple axes near the Amhara-Tigray regional border in Amhara, but the ENDF has thus far prevented significant rebel gains.
The fighting has reportedly expanded to western Tigray, an area that the TPLF disputes due to it being largely under federal or federal-allied control.
The attacks are likely part of a premeditated rebel offensive, and the rebels have described the fighting as part of a war with the federal government.
The Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival (Alliance for Survival) announced its formation on September 20 after months of discussions, with the TPLF, AFNM, ARDUF, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), and three other groups as its initial members.
The Alliance for Survival then accused the federal government on September 23 of initiating a “renewed war” and alleged that all coalition members were counterattacking.
The rebel offensive likely aims to consolidate the TPLF’s control of Tigray and relieve federal pressure on the region.
The TPLF now effectively controls the entire Tigray region outside of disputed areas in southern and western Tigray.
Much of the fighting in Afar and Amhara is also concentrated in areas where the ENDF had deployed forces as part of a wider buildup and blockade on the Tigray regional border.
The offensive could bolster rebel supply lines while threatening vital federal road corridors.
TPLF control of regional airports opens a potential air bridge, and rebel operations along key roads could strengthen supply lines from Eritrea and Sudan.
Fighting along the north–south A2 highway in Amhara is also only approximately 30 miles north of Woldia, which is a key choke point for the entire Amhara region.
The rebel capture of Abala and further fighting east separately opens a potential rebel line of advance toward the strategic A1 highway, also known as the Ethio-Djibouti highway, which the Ethiopian federal government relies on as corridor for approximately 90 percent of its trade.
Preexisting tensions and strategic discrepancies will challenge coordination among disparate rebel coalition members, which will likely cooperate insofar as it serves their individual interests.
The three primary coalition members—the AFNM, TPLF, and OLA—have substantial differences with each other, including objectives and land disputes.
The rebel offensive has so far underscored that operational coordination in the Alliance of Survival is guided by pragmatic self-interest among coalition members.
The AFNM and ARDUF are simultaneously advancing their individual objectives separate from the TPLF, while a continued lack of involvement by the other four coalition members outside of northern Ethiopia would indicate a lack of will or capability to open additional fronts.
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ethiopia-tigray-tplf-fano-china-prc-djibouti-jnim-mali-sudan-saf-rsf-somalia-aussom
📎 Critical Threats
The rebel offensive likely aims to consolidate the TPLF's control of Tigray and pressure key federal supply lines, although strategic differences will challenge coordination among the disparate coalition members.
The rebel coalition's offensive began when the TPLF seized the three main airports in Tigray region on the night of September 22 to September 23.
The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF/Ugugumo) and the TDF—the TPLF’s military wing—then conducted offensive operations on multiple axes on the Afar-Tigray regional border in Afar, most notably capturing the district capital Abala approximately 30 miles east of Mekele, the Tigray regional capital.
The ethno-nationalist Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) and TDF have also clashed with the Ethiopian military (ENDF) on multiple axes near the Amhara-Tigray regional border in Amhara, but the ENDF has thus far prevented significant rebel gains.
The fighting has reportedly expanded to western Tigray, an area that the TPLF disputes due to it being largely under federal or federal-allied control.
The attacks are likely part of a premeditated rebel offensive, and the rebels have described the fighting as part of a war with the federal government.
The Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival (Alliance for Survival) announced its formation on September 20 after months of discussions, with the TPLF, AFNM, ARDUF, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), and three other groups as its initial members.
The Alliance for Survival then accused the federal government on September 23 of initiating a “renewed war” and alleged that all coalition members were counterattacking.
The rebel offensive likely aims to consolidate the TPLF’s control of Tigray and relieve federal pressure on the region.
The TPLF now effectively controls the entire Tigray region outside of disputed areas in southern and western Tigray.
Much of the fighting in Afar and Amhara is also concentrated in areas where the ENDF had deployed forces as part of a wider buildup and blockade on the Tigray regional border.
The offensive could bolster rebel supply lines while threatening vital federal road corridors.
TPLF control of regional airports opens a potential air bridge, and rebel operations along key roads could strengthen supply lines from Eritrea and Sudan.
Fighting along the north–south A2 highway in Amhara is also only approximately 30 miles north of Woldia, which is a key choke point for the entire Amhara region.
The rebel capture of Abala and further fighting east separately opens a potential rebel line of advance toward the strategic A1 highway, also known as the Ethio-Djibouti highway, which the Ethiopian federal government relies on as corridor for approximately 90 percent of its trade.
Preexisting tensions and strategic discrepancies will challenge coordination among disparate rebel coalition members, which will likely cooperate insofar as it serves their individual interests.
The three primary coalition members—the AFNM, TPLF, and OLA—have substantial differences with each other, including objectives and land disputes.
The rebel offensive has so far underscored that operational coordination in the Alliance of Survival is guided by pragmatic self-interest among coalition members.
The AFNM and ARDUF are simultaneously advancing their individual objectives separate from the TPLF, while a continued lack of involvement by the other four coalition members outside of northern Ethiopia would indicate a lack of will or capability to open additional fronts.
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ethiopia-tigray-tplf-fano-china-prc-djibouti-jnim-mali-sudan-saf-rsf-somalia-aussom
📎 Critical Threats
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Young men with a college degree are twice as likely to go to church as men without one: 39% vs 19%. 60% of non-graduates almost never go.
🇩🇪 🚫 ✡️ An East German town (Heidenau, near Dresden) voted to ban future Holocaust memorial plaques, the brass "Stolpersteine" embedded in sidewalks commemorating Nazi victims.
The motion was jointly passed by the right-wing AfD and the ruling CDU, fueling debate over the CDU's supposed "firewall" against cooperating with the AfD.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/east-german-town-bans-future-holocaust-memorial-plaques-2026-09-25
📎 Clash Report
The motion was jointly passed by the right-wing AfD and the ruling CDU, fueling debate over the CDU's supposed "firewall" against cooperating with the AfD.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/east-german-town-bans-future-holocaust-memorial-plaques-2026-09-25
📎 Clash Report
🇸🇩 Sudan: the SAF and Joint Forces report to have taken control of the town of Sodari, pushing the RSF out of their last remaining urban stronghold in North Kordofan.
📎 Thomas van Linge
📎 Thomas van Linge
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🇪🇹⚡- BREAKING: TPLF's TDF have captured its first major city, Sekota, along the Tigray-Amhara regional border, in the renewed civil war in northern Ethiopia.