Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Iran:

Iran can hold at risk ships going through the Strait as long as they want.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo:

Energy markets will find a way.

We should never give the Iranians a damn thing.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

To those who are advocating from the river to the sea, who want Israel to go away, guess what? It's not.

But to those who are advocating for a greater Israel, who want to continue to build settlements, who want the Palestinians to go away, guess what? They're not.

There are 7 million Jews. There are 7 million Arabs and Palestinians. No one is going anywhere.

And unless you are willing to recognize that fact, and unless you're willing to act on that fact, this will never be resolved, and Israel will never fundamentally be secure.

I believe to the bottom of my heart, as I have throughout, that the only way forward is through a secure Israel and a sovereign Palestine.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

To make Israel secure, the Palestinian state can be demilitarized. You make sure that Palestinian society itself is “deradicalized.”

None of this is easy, but it's doable if people want to do it.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo:

We struck a hospital in Gaza. You don't know how hard Secretary Blinken and I worked to make sure we didn't strike hospitals anywhere.

The bad guys don't spend a second worrying about how many civilians they kill.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

We have to be able to acknowledge the rightness of Israel's imperative to respond after October 7th.

We also have to be able to acknowledge the horror of the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza in the many days thereafter.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

The Israelis didn't intend to harm Palestinians.

The target was Hamas.

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NEW: Paraguayan police raided former President Santiago Peña’s mansion on, discovering a vault hidden behind a false wall, reportedly equipped with an Israeli security system and iris scanner.

The raid is part of an investigation into alleged financial misconduct linked to Ueno Bank, which reportedly financed the $1 million-plus residence.

U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr. faces a major test as the country risks losing its measles elimination status following more than 7,000 infections since January 2025.

Eight public health officials will review whether the U.S. has experienced continuous measles transmission for at least a year.

The decision could be a major setback for Kennedy, who has overseen the outbreak while pushing to reduce childhood vaccination requirements and oppose school vaccine mandates.

Measles containment requires vaccination coverage of at least 95%, putting Kennedy's vaccine policies under growing scrutiny.

Source: POLITICO

Ukrainian drones struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast, overnight, triggering massive explosions and fires.

The facility has a processing capacity of more than 20 million tons of oil per year.

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Norwegian PM Støre warned that Putin may not genuinely want peace and expressed doubts about a breakthrough at the November 10–11 Abu Dhabi talks.

After speaking with Putin for 90 minutes, Støre described him as “professional” and “rational” but said: “If he had wanted peace during these five years ... the war would have ended.”

He called for direct European engagement with Moscow, warning that “the only voice reaching Moscow comes from Washington.”

Source: POLITICO

The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday has died in hospital after being shot by police.

Authorities suspect he may have been inspired by far-right ideology, citing symbols found on his clothing.

Investigators are still examining the possible motive.

Source: Reuters

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A covert Russian network exploited October’s riots in France to spread disinformation blaming migrants and portraying the government as weak, according to an internal EU report.

A separate French assessment found that Israeli-linked and U.S. MAGA accounts also promoted anti-immigration and anti-Islam narratives.

From October 16 to 18, the top 10 MAGA-linked posts drew 49 million views, compared with 35 million for Israeli-linked posts and 2.8 million for pro-Russian posts.

The EU found no evidence that foreign actors instigated the unrest, only that they exploited it to influence public opinion.

Source: Reuters

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi told he had seen leaked U.S. war plans presented to Trump, including a U.S. invasion into southern Iran through Iraq.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a Palestinian state can be demilitarized and its society “deradicalized” to make Israel secure.

“The target was Hamas,” he said.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman mocks the CENTCOM commander, saying he “changes his job very soon after the proud achievements he brought to his country in Minab, Lamerd, and Sirik” and is now moving into podcasting.

He said the commander “is going to produce a new episode of the Ninja Turtles”.

Trump will meet Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in a closed-press Oval Office session Monday.

Al Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, has been the principal channel between Washington and Tehran in recent weeks.

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Covert Russian Network Exploited French Riots on Social Media: EU Report

A covert Russian network used social media to blame France’s riots on what it described as uncontrolled immigration, according to an internal EU assessment.

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