⚠️ IRAN WARDay 224 · A third carrier group and 2,000+ Marines sail for the region ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHThree Saudis killed at King Khalid airport, a Saudia pilot among them · AP ◆
✈️ RIYADHEmirates, Etihad, flydubai, Lufthansa among carriers halting flights ◆
🇾🇪 SAREEAid flights to Riyadh need Sanaa’s permit, the Houthis say ◆
🇺🇳 UNRiyadh asks the Security Council to act on the Houthi strikes ◆
🇾🇪 COALITIONAl-Maliki: 136 Houthi military targets destroyed Friday · Arab News ◆
🇾🇪 SANAASaudi strikes on the airport kill two, Houthi media says ◆
🇾🇪 NUZAILIYemen’s army claims 1,400 Houthis “neutralised” in 2,750 strikes in a day ◆
🇷🇺 KREMLINTrump welcomed Russia’s role in an Iran settlement on a 90-minute call ◆
🇺🇸 SYRACUSETrump rally: Iran must “give us everything” or won’t “exist” ◆
🇩🇪 BERLINGermany to release up to 15M barrels under the G7 deal ◆
🚢 HORMUZIranian TV: blasts in the southern passage, tankers may have hit mines · unconfirmed ◆
🚢 NV SUNSHINEIRGC claims a strike on the LPG carrier · vows to punish violators past Hormuz ◆
🚢 UKMTOShip hit by a projectile 13nm west of Al Jazeera, UAE, Friday · fire out ◆
🇺🇸 CENTCOM133 ships redirected under an “ironclad” blockade ◆
🇮🇷 IRGC NAVYMohammadi: action against “violating” ships “every night” since the war began ◆
🇺🇸 NYTTrump ordered new Iran strike options, a three-day plan among them, after five vetoes ◆
🇮🇷 PEZESHKIANAt a CIS summit in Turkmenistan: talks work only “without pressure and threats” ◆
🇳🇴 OSLONavi Pillay wins the Peace Prize · Israel calls it “grotesque weaponization” ◆
🇺🇦 UMEROVKyiv’s team meets Witkoff and Kushner Oct 9–10 on energy and Black Sea ceasefires ◆
🚀 DRONES136 launched overnight, 93 jet-powered · 41 killed across Ukraine in a day ◆
⚛️ ORATOMICNeutral-atom startup raises $775M toward a fault-tolerant machine ◆
📊 CRUDEDecember Brent settles $104.72 · WTI $91.85 · both up about 0.4% ◆
⛽️ DIESELTrump: Putin to release 300,000+ tons now, 500,000 in November ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHDiplomats shelter, financial-district firms evacuate staff as blasts shake the capital ◆
🇾🇪 SAREEHouthis warn Saudi oil-facility workers away from targeted sites ◆
🇮🇷 ARAGHCHIIran answers US views on its seven-day plan “within the next few days” ◆
🇺🇸 NBCMilitary preparing new Iran options before the midterms, including a bombing restart ◆
🇮🇷 ARMYAkramnia: Iran ready for preemptive strikes on US positions ◆
🇺🇸 TRUTH SOCIALTrump: no attack on Iran before the Nov 3 midterms · talks “productive” ◆
🇺🇸 TRUMPThe war will be “over soon, one way or the other” ◆ 💰 TREASURY17 shadow-fleet tankers sanctioned · Bessent: funds to “wage war” ◆ ✈️ CRS81 US aircraft and drones lost or damaged · 45 of them Reapers ◆ 🇷🇺 KREMLINPutin to Pezeshkian: ready to “do everything” toward a settlement ◆
🇦🇪 DUBAIUAE revokes landing permits for Israeli repatriation flights · Times of Israel ◆
🇺🇦 KRAMATORSKGlide bomb hits two minibuses · 33 dead, the emergency service says ◆
🇺🇸 RUBIONo prospect of a Ukraine settlement for now, he tells Kathimerini ◆
🔥 SALAVATUkraine says it hit Gazprom’s Bashkortostan refinery · Astra places the fire on site ◆
⚛️ DARPAAtom Computing, Diraq, IBM, IonQ reach the final stage of its quantum benchmark ◆
📋 REUTERS/IPSOSTrump approval 32% · tied for his career low ◆
🇺🇸 VANCEIran must do “something meaningful” on enrichment to end the war · Reuters ◆
🇺🇸 WHITE HOUSEPentagon asked for Iran strike options before the midterms · The Atlantic ◆
🇸🇦 AIRPORTSHouthi strikes on Abha and Riyadh kill three, wound 36 · GACA ◆
🇬🇧 FAIRFORDUS bombers moved off the RAF base over a feared Iranian drone plot · Tehran denies ◆
🔥 SOCHIKyiv posts a tanker burning after a sea-drone strike · Perm, Samara, Astrakhan oil sites hit ◆
🚢 HORMUZUKMTO: the IRGC turns a tanker back off Khasab under threat of attack ◆
🚢 ON PEACETanker hit in Hormuz Tuesday · 12 crew hurt, 11 Indian ◆
🇶🇦 QATARTanker struck by multiple projectiles off the northern coast · UKMTO ◆
🇮🇷 NAQDIIRGC adviser: Iran will soon shut “illegal routes” off Oman’s coast ◆
🚢 TANKER WAR12+ tanker attacks near Hormuz in one week, the war’s most · Reuters ◆
🛢️ SHELLSawan: Mideast oil flows back near 80% of pre-war ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHCoalition downs a Houthi ballistic missile north of the capital at dawn ◆ 🇾🇪 ADENTwo Houthi missiles target the international airport · no casualties reported ◆ 🇸🇦 JAZANAttacks on Jazan and Najran airports wound three · the Houthis claim them ◆
🇸🇦 KHAMIS MUSHAITCoalition downs an Ansarallah ballistic missile aimed at the air base city ◆
🛢️ EAST-WESTPipeline to Yanbu pumping 5.8M b/d · Prince Abdulaziz ◆
🇺🇸 CENTCOMDenies Iranian report of a downed MH-60R · “all U.S. military aircraft” safe ◆
🇾🇪 SAADACoalition says it destroyed 82 Houthi targets, 11 missile stores · Anadolu ◆
🚢 HORMUZGreek LNG carrier Maran Gas Mystras hit at the waterline · sails on, crew safe ◆
🇷🇴 BLACK SEATurkish-owned grain ship sinks in Romania’s waters · two dead · Kyiv blames Russian drones ◆
🇧🇬 BYALATwo more ships hit off Bulgaria · Radev: the drones’ origin “still being clarified” ◆
🇺🇦 PRYLUKYTuesday’s barrage toll reaches 28 · at least 20 in Pryluky · Kyiv Independent ◆
🏛️ WHITE HOUSETrump: MAGA Inc. or he will pay for the TV ads now · $1.5M in public money spent ◆
🚢 HORMUZUKMTO: a tanker hit Monday, engine-room fire · third in two days ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHTürkiye and Pakistan agree to deploy forces to the kingdom ◆
🇵🇰 ISLAMABADGuterres hails Pakistan’s “pivotal role” · urges a return to diplomacy ◆
🇾🇪 MOCHAYemen’s government says its forces took the city from the Houthis ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHHouthis claim King Khalid airport, Rabigh refinery strikes · no Saudi confirmation ◆
💰 TREASURYForeign banks dealing with Iran’s banks face sanctions without notice ◆
🛢️ SPRUS reserve at 283M barrels · lowest since 1982 ◆
🚢 HORMUZLipsi, six weeks old, left adrift after a hit to the engine room · crew safe ◆
🛢️ ARAMCONasser: 3B barrels lost · refilling stocks could take two years ◆
🇺🇸 WASHINGTONVance: nothing conclusive yet on an Iranian role in Flydubai ◆
🛢️ KPLER40% of Gulf crude now bypasses Hormuz · exports back above pre-war ◆
🇮🇷 TEHRANAraghchi: “no military solution, nor any solution based on new sanctions” ◆
🇺🇦 KYIVZelensky: the US wants three-way technical talks by end of October ◆
🚀 AIR WARRussia says it downed some 900 Ukrainian drones overnight · 650 aimed at Moscow ◆
🇲🇩 PALANCAA shell hits the border crossing · a Moldovan guard hurt, a bus struck ◆
🔥 REFINERIESKyiv says 51% of Russia’s refining capacity is out · AP ◆
🇪🇪 NARVAEstonia moves its 1st Brigade toward the Russian border ◆
🚢 HORMUZUKMTO: four tankers hit since Oct 1 · all on the Omani side ◆
🇮🇷 NOURNEWSHormuz “will not reopen until conditions are met” ◆
🇮🇷 ARMYAkramnia: Iran “absolutely must increase the range” of its missiles ◆
🛢️ OPEC+November quotas held flat · next meeting Nov 1 ◆ 🛢️ ARAMCONovember Arab Light for Asia cut $3 · widest discount since 2020 ◆
🇾🇪 ADENAl-Alimi announces strikes on “vital targets” in Sanaa and Saada ◆
🇾🇪 SANAAHouthis claim Sunday strikes on Aramco sites in Riyadh and Khurais ◆
🇮🇷 MAJLISGhashghavi: Iran is at a “post-negotiations stage” ◆
🇮🇷 TEHRANGharibabadi: the US reply is under review · final word to follow ◆
🇮🇷 OIL MINISTRYPaknejad resigns · NIOC chief Hamid Bovard named acting minister ◆
🚢 RED SEAUKMTO: blasts close to a tanker 60nm south of Mokha · crew safe ◆
🇬🇧 FAIRFORDUS B-1s fly home after the suspected plot · Pentagon confirms ◆
🇮🇷 IRGCFadavi claims no US warships remain in or near the Gulf ◆
🇮🇷 FARSIRGC hit seven “violating” tankers in five days, agency says ◆
🛢️ LUKOILNYT: US–Russia talks now include Carlyle’s deal for Lukoil’s foreign assets ◆
🇺🇳 GENEVAUN: 15,280 civilian casualties in Ukraine, Jan–Aug · up 55% ◆
🇺🇸 WASHINGTONTrump on his Iran decision: “the easy way or the hard way” ◆ 🇺🇸 PENTAGONHegseth on Hormuz: “They don’t control it, we do” ◆
🇮🇷 MAJLISParliament advances a bill to charge ships for Hormuz passage ◆
🇮🇷 IRGCAny threat answered “more lethally” than the 2024 salvo on Israel ◆
🇾🇪 RED SEA COASTAFP: over 270 fighters killed in 24 hours · 115 government troops ◆
🇸🇦 MEDINACoalition: a Houthi drone hit a station powering the Prophet’s Mosque · Houthis: a “lie” ◆
⛽️ DIESELG7 agrees a 100M-barrel release over four months · diesel first ◆
⛽️ DIESELTrump order lets untaxed red-dyed diesel onto highways through Dec 31 ◆
🇺🇸 GRAND ISLANDTrump: war “essentially almost over,” costs “a very small price” ◆
🚢 HORMUZUKMTO: another tanker hit Friday · small fire, blackout · no casualties ◆
🚢 HORMUZNYT: about 30 drones, 10 anti-ship missiles a week at shipping ◆
🇸🇦 ASIRDebris from a downed Houthi missile injures a resident · prayer room hit ◆
🇾🇪 BAB EL-MANDEBGovernment says the strait and Mayyun Island are cleared · no Houthi word ◆
🇾🇪 DHUBABState media: the fight for the district goes on ◆
🇾🇪 SANAACoalition: 100 jets, 324 targets in a three-front push on the capital ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHHouthis claim missiles and drones at an Aramco site near the capital ◆
🇾🇪 SANAAHouthi media counts 26 Saudi airstrikes on the capital Saturday ◆
🇮🇶 IRAQState tanker firm moves 2M barrels through Hormuz · a first in decades ◆
🇦🇪 ABU DHABI17 Iranian prisoners handed to Tehran, Iran’s judiciary says ◆
🇮🇶 BAGHDADIraq’s envoy in Tehran: Iran–Iraq flights resume soon ◆
🇺🇦 KYIVA jet drone hits the Northern Bridge · a second Dnipro crossing shut ◆
🇺🇦 KHARKIVGlide bombs wound 42 in the city · eight killed nationwide ◆
🇲🇩 MOLDOVAThree Russian missiles and two drones strike Moldovan territory ◆
🔥 VOLGOGRADRefinery fire after Ukrainian drones · a Samara tank farm burns too ◆
🗳️ OKLAHOMATrump: “If we don’t win, they’ll end up impeaching me” ◆
🇮🇷 TEHRANCommanders weigh targets in countries backing US operations ◆
⛽️ DIESELG7 pledges to refrain from energy export restrictions ◆
🇮🇷 TEHRANRezaei to Trump: “You can win every day in your own imagination” ◆
🇺🇸 NEW YORKUS officials: Rubio ordered the delegation out · Iran says it left on schedule ◆
🇮🇷 TEHRANPezeshkian: talks with Washington “meaningless” after three US attacks ◆
🇮🇷 TEHRANBritain’s ambassador summoned · Fairford claims “false and ridiculous” ◆
✈️ TEHRANForeign flights into Tehran down 42% since the Sep 23 airline sanctions ◆
🚢 HORMUZUKMTO: a tanker hit by a projectile Thursday, fire aboard · crew safe ◆
💰 TREASURYBessent: Iran loaded zero crude onto tankers in September ◆
💰 TREASURYSanctions on Iran Khodro, SAIPA and the state railway ◆
🇬🇧 LONDONSeventh Fairford arrest: a British man, 22, held in central London ◆
🇺🇸 WASHINGTONTrump: Iran “ready to fold up” · over “very quickly” after the vote ◆
✈️ AIRSPACEEASA: avoid parts of Saudi airspace after Houthi strikes · through Nov 16 ◆
✈️ TABUKDubai–Tel Aviv flydubai jet diverts after cockpit stabbing · passengers safe ◆ ✈️ TABUKTrump on the copilot: “perhaps a terrorist, or perhaps a whack-job” ◆ ✈️ TABUKTrump: an IRGC link is “possible” · Israeli official: a lone wolf ◆ 🚢 GULFGoldman: Gulf oil exports back to 23.3M b/d · the 2025 average ◆
💰 RIALAbout 2.7M to the dollar · the euro at a record 3M ◆
✈️ TEHRANIraqi Airways lands from Najaf · first foreign carrier since the war began · AFP ◆
🇸🇦 RIYADHMecca-pact talks · Pakistan sends Dar, Asif and its army chief ◆
⚡ PYLONSKyiv: the first jet drone with a cutting warhead built for pylons and bridges ◆
🇷🇺 MOSCOWNovak: four refineries attacked overnight · “all attacks” repelled ◆
📋 POLLINGAP-NORC: Trump approval 31%, a record low across both terms ◆
🇺🇸 WASHINGTONTrump to TIME on Iran’s Hormuz offer: “not good enough. Nearly.” ◆
🇯🇵 TOKYOJapan’s foreign minister asks Tehran for “maximum flexibility” ◆
💵 TREASURY10-year closes 5.22% Thursday · 20-year down 7 bp to 5.64% ◆
💵 TREASURY30-year 5.60% · 2-year 4.75% at Thursday’s close ◆
🛢️ ISAIASHurricane shuts in about 1.3M b/d, 62.9% of US Gulf output ◆
🛢️ IEAMembers agree to speed March stock releases · diesel first ◆
📈 JOBSSeptember adds 29,000 · unemployment 4.2% · hike bets fade ◆
🇨🇳 BEIJINGRefiners halt fuel exports beyond Hong Kong and Macau, four sources tell Reuters ◆
📊 WTIDiscount to Brent $12.87 at Friday’s settle · WTI Nov, Brent Dec ◆
🚢 MIDEASTCrude exports 16.3M b/d in September · highest since the war began ◆
📊 EIABrent physical print $125.44 on Oct 6 · about $21 above the screen ◆
🔭 RAPTURE INDEX182 · unchanged on the Oct 4 print ◆
🇮🇶 BAGHDADAl-Zaidi moves the factions’ disarm deadline to Jun 30, 2027 ◆
📈 WALL STREETS&P −0.22% to 7,801.77 Wednesday · Dow −0.66% · off Tuesday’s records ◆
🇮🇷 STRAIT AUTHORITYFour more added Sep 28 · 81 vessels on the list · Windward ◆
🇮🇷 MAJLISSecurity commission: 20% of cargo value, plus seizure, for unauthorized transits ◆
🇮🇷 MAJLISRastineh: the armed forces plan an operation to break the blockade ◆
🇺🇸 PENTAGONInspector general: $33.4B through June · $22.3B munitions ◆
💰 CBO$38B through Aug 1 · $2B–$3B a month from here ◆
💰 CENTCOM$43.6B through Sep 3 · $28.1B of it munitions ◆
🛡️ INTERCEPTORSHalf to two-thirds spent · five years to rebuild ◆
📈 PCEAugust 3.4% headline, 3.0% core · both under forecast ◆
🇺🇸 CAPITOL HILLHouse votes 220–204 to end hostilities with Iran ◆
🇺🇸 CAPITOL HILLStopgap funds the government to Dec 11 · the fight waits for November ◆
⛽️ DIESELAAA: $6.28 a gallon Thursday · off the Sep 22 record of $6.53 ◆
📋 GENERIC BALLOTD+8.1 · up from D+6.7 on Sep 1 · Silver Bulletin ◆
🇺🇸 WASHINGTONTrump blames Ukraine’s refinery strikes for US diesel prices ◆
🇷🇺 MOSCOWISW: the Kremlin threatens to seize European firms’ assets over sanctions ◆
🇷🇺 MOSCOW2027 defense budget up 27% to 17.1tn roubles · most since 2022 ◆
📋 COOK REPORTFifteen races move to the Democrats · the House projected to flip ◆
🗳️ MIDTERMSNov 3 · 25 days out ◆
🇺🇸 ALASKA$54B in South Korean money for the LNG pipeline · Sullivan faces Peltola ◆
⚛️ BERLINplanqc and LOGIQC picked for Germany’s neutral-atom error-correction race ◆
⚾ MARINERSWilson out with four coaches · next manager comes from outside ◆
🏈 HUSKIES3–2 after a 25–21 loss at USC · No. 20 Iowa visits Oct 9 ◆
🏒 KRAKEN2–2–0 after a 6–2 home loss to Vegas · at Detroit Oct 9 ◆
🏈 SEAHAWKS3–1 after a 30–23 win over the Chargers · the 49ers visit Oct 11 ◆
🇺🇸 WASHINGTONTrump on sanctions relief: “I offered them NOTHING!”
