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US senators are briefed on a reported Trump plan to resume military action against Iran; Chris Murphy warns it could have serious consequences.
Al Jazeera English
U.S. 2nd Fleet hosts an U.S.-Canada command post exercise involving naval and coast guard personnel in Norfolk, Virginia.
CENTCOM
The New Arab reports divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Iran ahead of a G20 meeting in the United States.
Google News – Iran · أخبار جوجل – إيران
AFP reports that an US woman is convicted of receiving military training from Islamic State.
Google News – Syria
The US Justice Department says a court sentences Syrian Ahmed Omar Agha to 42 months for hacking media groups, companies and NGOs on behalf of Bashar al-Assad's government.
القدس العربي · الشرق الأوسط · أخبار جوجل – سوريا +2
Turkey tells the UN Security Council that its memorandum of understanding with Libya has been in force since 2019.
أخبار جوجل – ليبيا · أخبار جوجل – تركيا
The United States allows wind-down transactions involving an Iraqi bank described as Iran-linked, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Google News – Iran
CNN Business examines whether the U.S. Congress can change the course of the Iran war and the possible effects on global oil prices.
أخبار جوجل – إيران
Anadolu Agency reports Alphabet's market value falls $500 billion as shares drop nearly 13%, citing AI infrastructure costs, negative cash flow and pressure on ad revenue from AI search.
Anadolu Agency
AI data center expansion becomes a campaign issue in Maine, where a debate audience member says the facilities threaten the climate and water.
The Verge AI
TASS reports that Sergey Lavrov arrived in the United States to attend a G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta.
سكاي نيوز عربية · Tasnim · Al-Monitor +1
Former Biden administration officials who resigned over Gaza urge US presidential candidates not to hire people they accuse of enabling Israel.
Google News – Gaza
IndraStra Global reports divisions at G20 talks in Atlanta over Iran, energy security and membership.
Google News – Iran
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses Turkey and displays a map at the UN Security Council, saying, “Geography cannot be rewritten.”
Google News – Libya
Nasdaq futures fall more than 2% on Friday after Amazon indicates its AI spending surge is not near its end.
الشرق الأوسط
France 24 reports that Washington is considering a military option against Iran.
أخبار جوجل – إيران
China backs South Africa's participation in G20 meetings, while Donald Trump says South Africa will not be invited to the leaders' summit in Miami.
Anadolu Agency
A film by Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans examines the 1985 pipe-bombing that killed Palestinian activist Alex Odeh in California and traces the case to suspects in Israel.
New York Times – Middle East
Candidates in a Thursday debate for Connecticut’s Fourth District discuss Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani and the Iran war, according to CT News Junkie.
Google News – Iran
The Wikimedia Foundation urges courts in US AI copyright cases to protect LLM training on copyrighted works but not chatbots reproducing them.
The Verge AI
Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, will decide whether the city divests from Israel.
Google News – Israel
Greece and Turkey exchange opposing views at the UN Security Council in New York, according to the headline.
Google News – Libya
Former Biden-era officials who resigned over Gaza urge 2028 U.S. candidates to denounce officials who formulated the policy.
Google News – Gaza
India Today reports that Mar-a-Lago and an airport associated with Donald Trump are receiving missile shields.
Google News – Iran
India Today reports that air defence systems have been placed at Donald Trump's “Winter White House” and an airport amid fears of war with Iran.
Google News – Iran
Iranian envoy Gholamhossein Darzi says unnamed parties bear responsibility for any disruption or obstruction of navigation in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.
IRNA · Mehr News · Tasnim +4
Some 9/11 families call on President Donald Trump to hold Saudi Arabia accountable at a Ground Zero memorial ceremony in New York City, ABC7 Bay Area reports.
Google News – Saudi Arabia
Middle East Online reports that an Egyptian man admits carrying out an attack that killed people at a pro-Israel rally in Colorado.
Google News – Egypt
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan travels to Atlanta to attend a G20 meeting.
أخبار جوجل – تركيا
Hindustan Times reports that Trump cancels midterm rallies and Vance skips a “War on Fraud” event as the United States weighs fresh strikes on Iran.
Google News – Iran
Tasnim reports JD Vance says Donald Trump will not allow the war with Iran to become a long, endless war.
Tasnim · Al-Ghadeer TV · أخبار جوجل – إيران +4
Annahar asks whether U.S. midterm election results affect the war involving Iran.
أخبار جوجل – إيران
The UN Security Council is expected to vote by 31 October on a Western Sahara resolution based on an US draft revised after member-state amendments.
القدس العربي
A report cites a statement at the UN Security Council saying Ansar Allah is no longer solely a Yemeni matter.
أخبار جوجل – اليمن الحوثي
A Pentagon official says former Joint Chiefs strategy chief Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia failed three polygraph tests in an inquiry into alleged leaks of classified information about the Iran war to journalists.
The Times of Israel
The Washington Post reports that the White House views an unnamed person as the only one able to build consensus on negotiations with Iran.
أخبار جوجل – إيران
Greece’s prime minister says the Turkey-Libya maritime deal is “void” and calls for a global truce after attacks in the Black Sea.
Google News – Libya · Al-Monitor · أخبار جوجل – ليبيا +1
Ynet reports that a Syrian hacker who worked for Assad and previously hacked an Israeli military spokesperson is sentenced to prison in the United States.
ynet
University of Kentucky administrator David Durman receives a religious exemption from using AI at work.
TechCrunch AI
Mehr News reports that the Pentagon is preparing a $400 billion military budget reduction, with US military agencies and Congress drafting a budget below $1.1 trillion.
Mehr News