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Aurangzeb discusses targeted fuel subsidies in meeting with senior IMF official
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke in Bangkok on Wednesday, with their discussion covering targeted fuel subsidies among other matters. Aurangzeb “outlined targeted fuel subsidies to protect vulnerable groups and preserve social cohesion” during the meeting, a statement issued by the finance ministry said. The government has already rolled out a fuel subsidy scheme for the users of motorcycles, autos and vehicles of up
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Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities after claiming they targeted Aramco
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Wednesday they had targeted facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco, after Saudi officials reported a strike on a building in an area in Riyadh housing the energy giant’s operations centre. Powerful explosions meanwhile rattled the Saudi capital, as the coalition fighting the Houthis said it had intercepted a missile fired by the group towards Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude oil exporter, has in recent days come under sustained attack in a dramatic escalati
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Burnham condemns 'Zionism is racism' motion and rules out coalition with Greens
Burnham condemns 'Zionism is racism' motion and rules out coalition with Greens MEE staff on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 15:00 'It is wrong, it is antisemitic, and this side of the house will have nothing to do with it', the prime minister declared Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in central London to take part in the weekly session of 'Prime Minister's Questions' (PMQs) at the parliament on 14 October 2026 (AFP) Off British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has condemned the G
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Europe must continue supporting Ukraine as U.S. aid declines – Polish expert
Europe must continue supporting Ukraine because the war concerns the security of the entire continent, while Kyiv needs to ramp up domestic production of air defense systems amid shortages of missiles in Europe and the United States.
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HSBC ‘sharia‑compliant’ fund spent over $100m on five Israeli military‑linked firms
HSBC ‘sharia‑compliant’ fund spent over $100m on five Israeli military‑linked firms Imran Mulla on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 12:52 MEE analysis reveals HSBC’s Islamic Global Equity Index Fund purchased shares in world’s second-largest arms company A branch of HSBC bank in central London on 24 February 2026 (AFP) Off The UK’s largest “sharia-compliant” fund has purchased more than $100m worth of shares in companies linked to the Israeli military in the first half of this year, a Middle East Eye analy
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HSBC ‘sharia‑compliant’ fund spent over $100m on five Israeli military‑linked firms
HSBC ‘sharia‑compliant’ fund spent over $100m on five Israeli military‑linked firms Imran Mulla on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 12:52 MEE analysis reveals HSBC’s Islamic Global Equity Index Fund purchased shares in world’s second-largest arms company A branch of HSBC bank in central London on 24 February 2026 (AFP) Off The UK’s largest “sharia-compliant” fund has purchased more than $100m worth of shares in companies linked to the Israeli military in the first half of this year, a Middle East Eye analy
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How a new US Army unit could challenge the PLA’s area-denial strategy in a Taiwan conflict
The United States Army has launched a new task force aimed at countering Chinese efforts to block American and allied warships and aircraft in a potential conflict. The 4th Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) – established at Fort Carson, Colorado on October 8 – is the latest addition to a series of specialised formations developed for operations in the western Pacific. Those formations were earlier activated in Washington state, Germany and Hawaii. The new unit includes nearly 2,100 soldiers and...
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Trump ignores Russian strikes on US businesses in Ukraine – CNN
Andy Hunder warns that direct Russian missile strikes on US corporate infrastructure send a clear signal, yet requests for White House meetings go unanswered
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Russia to continue economic cooperation with US — Dmitriev
According to the RDIF chief, the Russian side will keep engaging with the US on economic and investment projects and explaining that American sanctions primarily harm the American people and American farmers
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Trump says ‘massive’ oil, gas and mineral exploration to begin in Greenland
US President Donald Trump said “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in “our new and beautiful Greenland” early on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear what exploration or developments the US president was referring to in his post, and Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, rather than a part of the United States. Trump posted on social media following a campaign event on Tuesday in Wasilla, Alaska, to stump for Republican US Senator Dan Sullivan as he seeks.
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Ukraine’s MoD in contact with US, SpaceX, NATO partners over Starshield restrictions – source
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense is in contact with the United States, SpaceX and NATO partners over the unilateral restriction on the operation of Starshield (“military package”) terminals while in motion.
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Novak outlines factors behind future easing of sanctions on Russia's energy sector
According to the official. things will depend on the current market situation and Russia's relations with the United States
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From Saddam Hussein to Israel: How Iran's wars have divided a nation - analysis
After Iran engaged twice in the space of one year against Israel and the United States, the question of how Iranians respond to an external enemy has returned to the fore.
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Nuclear arsenals unlikely to be discussed by Putin, Trump, Xi Jinping — Kremlin
China believes its nuclear capabilities are currently incomparable to those of Russia and the United States, Dmitry Peskov noted
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Sudden Starlink Restrictions Hamper Ukraine Just as Russia Escalates
Kyiv has found itself increasingly vulnerable. A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people there, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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Yatsenyuk: Trump cannot ignore 70% of Americans supporting Ukraine
The United States will not abandon its support for Ukraine, as this is prevented by the will of the American people, the stance of the Republican Party, and unity with NATO allies, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum (KSF) and former Prime of Ukraine (2014–2016), is convinced.
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Automating death: Israel’s AI-powered genocide in Gaza
On February 29, 2024, Israeli forces fired at civilians as they gathered around an aid convoy. At least 115 people were killed in what has since become known as the ‘Flour Massacre’. Survivors recalled the involvement of armed tanks and quadcopters. “When the aid entered, the tank and quadcopter started firing at the people gathered, the people who went to get food for themselves and their children. They started shooting at them,” Mahmoud Ahmad, a Gaza resident, told Reuters shortly after the in
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US holds ‘unusual’ civil-military meeting in Tokyo ahead of Trump’s China trip
Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November. People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific gathered to exchange intelligence, coordinate diplomatic reporting and align regional priorities. The
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IMF calls for US to cut deficits amid bond woes, China to shift away from exports
By David Lawder BANGKOK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The United States cannot grow its way out of mounting public debt without tax or spending adjustments, while China must pivot from export-led growth towards more domestic consumption, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday.
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IMF calls for US to cut deficits amid bond woes, urges China to shift away from exports
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal BANGKOK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The United States cannot grow its way out of mounting public debt without tax or spending adjustments, while China must pivot from export-led growth towards more domestic consumption, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday.
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Lebanon ambassador to US receives complaint for asking Israeli ambassador about his son
In a sharply worded statement, a State Department spokesperson said the US was aware of the complaint, which was filed by a lawyer affiliated with Hezbollah.
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Burnham says UK to increase supply of anti-drone missiles to Ukraine, ahead of PMQs and Zelenskyy – UK politics live
Prime minister to face MPs at PMQs before hosting Ukraine’s president in London Good morning. Andy Burnham is taking PMQs this afternoon, but he will regard his most important engagement as the meeting he has with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, later in No 10. Peter Walker has a preview. When Keir Starmer talked about his best achievements, he said one of the things he was most proud of was being able to embrace Zelenskyy outside No 10 only 24 hours after President Trump humiliate
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Russia showing ‘ostentatious disrespect’ towards US with latest attacks on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says – Europe live
Zelenskyy says Russia attacked ‘infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American president’ “Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect toward the United States,” Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after a night of relentless attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, despite Donald Trump’s claims of an energy ceasefire. “A targeted Russian ballistic missile strike specifically against energy infrastructure – the very infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced
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'Ostentatious disrespect' — Zelensky says Russia defied Trump's energy ceasefire with massive missile strike
"The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that "Russia does not consider the American President's statements strong."
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Netanyahu pressed Trump to resume Iran war before elections, report says
Netanyahu pressed Trump to resume Iran war before elections, report says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has discussed with US President Donald Trump the possibility of resuming the war against Iran, Israel’s Channel 12 reported, with senior American officials saying they were struck by his interest in acting before the elections. Israel votes on 27 October and the US holds midterms on 3 November. Netanyahu has held several calls with Trump in the past two weeks about a large-scale jo
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Morning recap
Morning recap Good Morning Middle East Eye readers, If you are just joining us, here are key developments from across the region and beyond: * Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry says a strike caused a small fire at an Aramco building in Dhahran with no injuries. * Cities across Saudi Arabia were rocked by explosions on Tuesday night local time after the kingdom launched strikes on energy facilities in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital controlled by the Houthis. * Israeli forces shot two Palestinians in t
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Pakistan president urges Iran, US to honour Islamabad MoU
Pakistan president urges Iran, US to honour Islamabad MoU Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the US and Iran to exercise restraint and honour their commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU is a 14-point interim peace agreement signed electronically on 17-18 June between the United States and Iran, with Pakistan acting as the primary mediator. Zardari called for differences to be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, emphasising the importance of safe m
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Ahead of US polls, Iran shifts Hormuz attack tactics, report says
Ahead of US polls, Iran shifts Hormuz attack tactics, report says Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters. The two officials declined to provide details of the new strategy, but one said that Iran had started using different offensive tactics against vessels it considered in violation of its restrictions about 10 days ago, adding that t
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US may have ‘gone too far’ in targeting Iran leaders
OHIO: US President Donald Trump said that the United States “might have gone too far” in targeting Iran’s leadership. “We might have gone too far with the leaders because we don’t know who the hell we’re dealing with any more,” he said during a campaign rally in Ohio, according to Middle East Eye. “Nobody wants to be the president of Iran,” he added, claiming that potential candidates did not want to take up the position. Trump made this remark despite Masoud Pezeshkian being Iran’s president si
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Houthis warn of ‘painful’ response as Saudis strike Yemen fuel sites
• Coalition says struck sites ‘supported Houthi missile, drone operations’ • Aerial threat alerts issued for Riyadh, Eastern Province; blasts heard near Dhahran • Trump warns rebels; Erdogan pledges support for Riyadh RIYADH: Saudi Arabia launched strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Tuesday, targeting fuel and energy facilities it said were being used to support missile and drone attacks, as the Yemeni group threatened a “harsh and painful” response against Saudi airports, refineries
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Will China beat the US in AI?
IN China, people are being paid to fold clothes, wipe tables, and open microwave doors. Wearing virtual reality headsets and exoskeletons, they repeat the movements hundreds of times so humanoid robots can learn them. Across China, similar centres have people performing other painfully ordinary tasks. The work looks mundane, but it produces precious data. It may seem like an odd way to begin a story about geopolitics, but like this piece, it offers important clues about who is better placed to
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'IRGC has no navy': Centcom rejects Tehran's Hormuz control claim
'IRGC has no navy': Centcom rejects Tehran's Hormuz control claim US Central Command (Centcom) has rejected Iranian military's claims that Tehran controls the Strait of Hormuz and would sink approaching American warships. “IRGC’s navy commander has no navy. American forces and regional partners clearly control the Strait of Hormuz. Just yesterday U.S. forces assisted Gulf partners in shipping more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the strait,” Centcom said on X. 🚫 CLAIM: The navy co
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Trump’s ‘golden age’ push hands top science honours to big tech. Will it work?
The White House’s bid for a US “golden age” of science should put China on alert, Chinese analysts have warned, but they remain sceptical as to whether President Donald Trump’s alliance with Silicon Valley billionaires can pull it off. This comes as Trump, in another arguably unconventional move, handed the country’s highest science and engineering awards to top American tech bosses. Elon Musk, head of electric-vehicle maker Tesla and aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, received the National Medal of
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American woman alleged to have joined Daesh goes on trial
NEW YORK: An American woman alleged to have been an Daesh group member caught by anti-Daesh forces in Syria went on trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with receiving military training from the terrorist group. Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of women who ended up in the territory controlled by the Islamic State (IS) married to terrorist fighters before being captured and detained pending their repatriation. The fate of these women and their children has proven a sticking point for the
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Saudi-led coalition strikes oil site in Yemen's capital
Yemen’s Houthis claimed Saudi Arabia struck an oil facility in Sanaa on Tuesday, after the Riyadh-led coalition told civilians to leave the surrounding area in its first evacuation order for the Yemeni capital since the war flared up again. The Saudi-led coalition said military operations were conducted against “vital assets” used by the Houthis to wage war in Yemen. In a statement posted on X, coalition spokesperson Major General Turki Al-Maliki says the targets included the Al-Sabaha central s
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Houthi attacks are ‘a terrorist threat’ to the international community: Ex-CIA official
The Houthis’ escalating missile and drone attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia should no longer be viewed simply through the prism of Yemen’s civil war, according to former senior US intelligence official Norman Roule. They represent a terrorist threat not only to the Kingdom, he said, but to millions of foreign nationals living in the Gulf, international shipping and the wider global economy. Speaking to Arab News following deadly missile attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Air
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Democratic midterm gains could speed US military aid to Ukraine, lawmaker says
Polling and prediction markets suggest the midterms could deliver “a fairly massive repudiation of the president,” said Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle asked to resign, White House says
Greece has been an important NATO ally to the United States, offering key military facilities to safeguard security in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Houthis claim Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital
Yemen’s Houthis claimed Saudi Arabia struck an oil facility in Sanaa on Tuesday, after the Riyadh-led coalition told civilians to leave the surrounding area in its first evacuation order for the Yemeni capital since the war flared up again. After a series of strikes on the kingdom’s airports and energy sites, the coalition’s spokesman said people should leave an oil facility belonging to the Yemen Petroleum Company on the western outskirts of Sanaa before it was attacked. An AFP correspondent i
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Yemen's Houthis threaten Saudi Aramco sites after coalition strikes in Sanaa
Yemen's Houthis threaten Saudi Aramco sites after coalition strikes in Sanaa MEE staff on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 15:56 The group warned civilians and employees to leave Aramco facilities, calling them 'legitimate targets', after air strikes hit oil facilities west of Yemen’s capital A fire burns at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh on 3 October 2026 (AFP) Off Yemen’s Houthis have threatened to strike Saudi Aramco facilities after the Saudi-led coalition ordered civili
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Is this the best time for US strategists to push for abandoning ambiguity on Taiwan?
For nearly five decades, the United States’ Taiwan policy has centred on strategic ambiguity by not declaring whether it would intervene militarily in a potential Taiwan conflict. This policy – designed to deter Beijing from using force while preventing Taipei from formally declaring independence – is being challenged by realist US strategists amid a broader debate over America’s role in the world, growing constraints on US military might and a shifting regional balance of power driven by...
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US embassy warns against travel to Saudi Arabia
US embassy warns against travel to Saudi Arabia The US embassy in Saudi Arabia has urged Americans to reconsider travel to the kingdom due to the renewed fighting with Yemen's Houthis. It said there was a “risk of drone and missile targeting of American interests by Iran and the Iranian-supported Houthis”.
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Hormuz attacks spike after US airstrike on Iran-linked tanker
Six commercial vessels were hit in just one day in the Strait of Hormuz after an American fighter jet disabled an Iran-linked tanker that military officials accused of attempting to run the US naval blockade.
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Letters to the editor: Readers question Trump's Russian diesel deal and US sanctions policy
This week's letters come from readers questioning the Trump administration's decision to purchase Russian diesel fuel amid rising prices in the United States. An American reader argues the deal benefits Russian President Vladimir Putin at Ukraine's expense, a scholar questions whether a U.S. sanctions bill will meaningfully pressure Moscow, and a British reader raises concerns about Washington's turn to Russian oil. Got an opinion on anything you've read in the Kyiv Independent? Send it to lett
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As Russian missiles slip through Kyiv's air defenses without warning, officials say US intelligence remains intact. For now
Despite the recent failure of Kyiv's early warning system and threats to halt U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine, Washington made no such decision, Ukrainian and American sources told the Kyiv Independent. Five Russian S-400 missiles struck the Ukrainian capital shortly after 10 p.m. local time on Oct. 12, causing "massive explosions," Kyiv Independent journalists reported. Air raid sirens and mobile alerts sounded only after the attack. The attack came as Washington had threatened to susp
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EU expresses regret over Trump-Putin 'diesel deal,' but dialogue will continue – European diplomat
The European Union expresses regret over the so-called "diesel deal" between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, noting that this is not the first time differences have arisen between Europe and the United States regarding the war Russia is waging against Ukraine.
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Iran will not trade its nuclear insurance policy for worthless American promises
Iran will not trade its nuclear insurance policy for worthless American promises Ali Naghieh on Wed, 10/07/2026 - 15:45 A durable agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz must make concessions progressively harder to reverse on both sides Iranian missiles are seen on display near a portrait of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, at Baharestan Square in Tehran on 28 September 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump last month rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen th
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EU economy chief doubtful Russian diesel exports will affect prices
EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP on Tuesday that Russian diesel sales recently authorised by the United States were unlikely to move the price of the commodity, which has spiked since the start of the Iran war. US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had spoken to President Vladimir Putin and they had struck an agreement for Russia to release large amounts of diesel onto world markets, a bid to lower prices that have spiked since the US leader launched the war on Iran
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Kyiv stopped attacking Russia's oil refineries, Moscow continues pounding Ukraine's energy grid, Zelensky says
"Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general for the two days since the American president announced an energy ceasefire. But Russia did not heed," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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