MORFOZ turns standard general-purpose bombs into glide munitions.

It features folding wings for standoff range, INS/GNSS navigation, an 8-channel CRPA antenna for GPS jamming resistance, selectable impact angle (including steep/vertical dive), and real-time telemetry back to the launch aircraft until impact.

The test adds the MORFOZ Guidance Kit to AKINCI’s already extensive arsenal of 20+ indigenous munitions, from MAM-series smart bombs to the ÇAKIR cruise missile and İHA-series supersonic missiles.

The Redkino Experimental Plant, which produces specialized fuel for Kh-55/Kh-101 cruise missiles plus ferrocene-based rocket propellant additives, caught fire.

It’s the plant’s second strike in 2026 (first was in February) and it’s been under UK sanctions since September 2025.

The same night, Russia said it downed 505 Ukrainian drones across 19 regions.

A Yandex data center in Kaluga was also damaged (second consecutive night hitting Russian tech infrastructure), and an oil depot near Belgorod was set ablaze.

Thursday’s strike on King Khalid International damaged a Saudia aircraft on the ground.

A Pakistani national was among those injured in earlier attacks this week.

Flightradar24 logged 335 cancelled flights at Riyadh on Thursday alone.

Lufthansa suspended Riyadh service until 16 October; IndiGo, Air India, and Akasa also pulled flights.

Across Pakistan, ~42 Saudi-bound flights were cancelled and 68 delayed, hitting Umrah pilgrims.

PM Sharif condemned the attacks and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to Saudi security under the Makkah Defence Alliance.

The deal follows Marco Rubio’s visit to Athens and is part of Greece’s broader €28 billion defense modernization plan through 2036, which includes F-35 fighter jets, Black Hawk helicopters and an Israeli-equipped air defense system.

The costs will be spread over several years, with officials saying most purchases were already budgeted.

Source: Reuters

CDU general secretary Hoppermann said “shame is hardly the word.”

Kiesewetter called it “betrayal of Europe and of one’s own country.”

The lone defender is SPD’s Stegner, who argued Schröder is one of the few Germans with access to Putin and the visit would be a success if it moved peace “even a millimetre.”

The company did not explain its decision, but BMW CEO Milan Nedeljković recently criticized the AfD, calling right-wing populism and nationalism “poison” for Germany’s economy.

Rausch, the first AfD politician to become a state parliament president in Germany, will temporarily use his CDU predecessor’s BMW 7 Series.

However, its lease expires in November, potentially leaving him without an official car.

Source: BILD

Of the 100 fastest-growing companies in the UK last year, more than half were founded by people who came to Britain.

And let me just say for a moment, we thank them for coming here. We welcome them here.

The claim follows a government offensive launched this week to retake Houthi-held territory after the group advanced to Mayyun Island in September.

Al Jaber provided no details, and the Houthis have not commented.

The decision follows the failure of expected U.S. commitments under Trump’s peace initiative, including Israeli troop withdrawals from Gaza, Hamas disarmament, efforts to prevent further West Bank annexation, and the release of nearly $7 billion in Palestinian funds withheld by Israel.

Palestinian officials say current conditions would undermine free and inclusive elections.

Source: Reuters

The Houthis don’t recognize national borders & define themselves as a revolutionary movement, not a state, with ambitions to spread their model beyond Yemen.
 
Information from Houthi-controlled areas is scarce. No free media. Information is controlled. People are afraid to speak.
 
The Houthis extract heavy taxes but provide no salaries, no services, no sense of responsibility toward their own society.

The Houthis are overconfident & believe no one can defeat them because they survived military confrontations.
 
But Yemen is also deeply divided, & the Houthis have made enemies of virtually every Yemeni faction.
 
They have shown no willingness to compromise - only to dominate. And that is not how Yemen works.

The Houthis can't control all of Yemen. They are a sectarian group in a heavily armed society - and their ideology is rejected by a large portion of Yemenis.
 
They have failed to build socio-political alliances & have lost past alliances. Tribal alliances in the north have eroded.
 
Even if the Houthis expanded militarily it can't sustain. They never speak about sharing power with other Yemenis.

Several Democrats, including Rep. Melanie Stansbury, have called for Hegseth’s removal, accusing him of violating congressional war powers and overseeing unlawful killings.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has also introduced an impeachment resolution that the House will be forced to consider after the November midterms.

Source: Semafor