Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:

I never believed in diplomatic agreements.

Host: The U.S., a superpower, is not succeeding against Iran.

Ben Gvir: It could have succeeded. There were unnecessary restraints there too.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:

We will always need to fight them. We will always need to be strong and maintain our ability to fight them. Otherwise, we will lose.

It’s like football: if you defend, defend, defend, eventually you concede a goal. To win, you have to keep attacking, attacking, attacking.

Even when you’re leading by one, even when you’re leading by two — don’t stop. Attack more and more and more.

The Trump administration declined to invite OSCE observers to the 2026 midterms, ending more than two decades of international monitoring of U.S. federal elections.

The OSCE has observed every U.S. federal election since 2002.

Its monitors have no enforcement powers and only observe polling and report on how elections are conducted.

Source: MS NOW

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar:

The British and other left-wing governments in Europe are 100% on the side of the Palestinians and against us.

You have to understand that. It is fundamental, and it is not going to change in the coming years.

UKMTO says a tanker has been struck by multiple projectiles about 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar.

Casualties are reported.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius:

There was a time when Putin was saying that they would not invade Ukraine.

So you can never predict what’s on their mind and how they will actually proceed.

They’re talking one thing, but acting very much differently.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius:

Our constitution bans weapons of mass destruction on our soil. We are removing that article.

It does not mean we’ll have them ourselves. That means if a French submarine carrying an atomic weapon comes to a Baltic port, it’s okay.

If a plane carrying an atomic weapon flies over Lithuania, it will be okay. Currently, it’s not allowed.

And we can maybe join some nuclear umbrella.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius:

Sometimes I hear this Suwałki corridor called an Achilles’ heel or a bottleneck. It’s not something that narrow.

It’s actually, I think, 60 kilometers wide, and to some extent it creates issues for maneuvering and logistics in a worst-case scenario.

But at the same time, we recently established a military training area and facilities next to the Suwałki corridor.

I mean, it’s not a trap or gap that brings some additional risks to Lithuania.

A UPS employee missed a security warning and mistakenly routed sensitive F-35 parts through Hong Kong, allowing China to obtain them.

The shipment included a cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door coated with radar-absorbing material and was supposed to avoid restricted countries under U.S. export rules.

Source: Bloomberg

Lithuania is deploying up to 100 soldiers to reinforce its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region for about two weeks.

Officials said the preventive move follows reports of a possible Russian mobilization, which could prompt people to try crossing illegally, as well as a recent border incident between Latvia and Belarus.

Lithuania says the situation at its border is currently calm.

Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia says she was raped this summer while trying to repair a campaign sign in a parking lot in Sun City.

She reported being struck on the head, losing consciousness and waking during the assault, later suffering bruising, bleeding and what she believes was a concussion.

Greene-Placentia reported the rape to police two weeks later and says she is continuing her campaign while speaking publicly to encourage other sexual assault victims to come forward.

📸 Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot gives the middle finger to the exploding wreckage of a Russian attack drone he just shot down.

Greece lied about its budget for years.

When the truth came out, the country nearly went bankrupt.

Germany helped lead a €289 billion rescue.

Germany’s Chancellor Merz:

Whoever elects a member of a far-right party as state parliament president must reconcile that with their own conscience.

Whoever gives their vote to the AfD is playing the extremists' game and destroying credibility.

New York prosecutors are expected to bring new charges against Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, over the alleged torture of Americans held in Venezuelan custody.

The charges could be announced as soon as Thursday and relate to the alleged wrongful detention of more than a dozen U.S. citizens.

Source: CNN

Türkiye will submit the Mecca Defense Alliance agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to parliament within days for ratification.

FlyDubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly attempted to crash Flight 1073 near Tel Aviv last week, told investigators he had planned a similar attack in July but backed out because he cared about a crew member.

The Omani national reportedly sought employment with airlines flying to Israel and planned to incapacitate the captain and crash into a target such as Ben Gurion Airport.

Hammami had previously been barred from flying by Oman Air over extremist concerns, but FlyDubai hired him without checking with Omani authorities.

Source: WSJ

Eritrean troops spotted driving through the Ethiopian town of Adigrat, 25 km from the border, per Reuters citing witnesses and ACLED.

This is the first confirmed presence of Eritrean soldiers on Ethiopian soil since the current conflict began September 23.

ACLED says they crossed at Zelambesa and Ethiopian military drone-struck their vehicles at Guada.

Eritrea denies it, calling the reports fabricated to justify Ethiopian aggression.

Ethiopia and Eritrea severed diplomatic ties last week.

The US urged both sides to exercise restraint, warning conflict would jeopardize US cooperation with both countries.

Fears growing of a wider Horn of Africa war involving Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt.

Marco Rubio:

Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional.

We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart from the rest of the world.

Our prosperity somehow became a source of guilt. We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness.