Mario Nawfal

🇬🇧🇮🇷 Britain's MI5 says it's now spending more resources countering foreign threats than it did during the Cold War. Russia is allegedly recruiting criminals for sabotage, while Iran is accused of expanding its operations from targeting dissidents and Jewish communities to military installations. More than 50 Iran-linked arrests have reportedly been made in Britain over the past year. But one warning from MI5 chief Ken McCallum really stood out. He says AI could eventually help terrorists develop biological weapons, while more advanced AI systems might become intelligent enough to outthink humans. Quite a lot to worry about for an intelligence agency already dealing with Russia, Iran, China and terrorism. Source: NBC News / Writer: Oliver

🇸🇦🇾🇪 The war in Yemen could become a fight for Saudi Arabia's survival I asked former CIA analyst Larry Johnson how much longer Mohammed bin Salman can withstand the Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia. His answer was more alarming than I expected. Larry believes MBS could lose power before the end of the year. His argument isn't simply about missiles hitting oil facilities. It's about what happens when a leader has spent years concentrating nearly every important lever of power in his own hands. The Saudi royal family once distributed authority among different branches. MBS dismantled much of that arrangement, making himself indispensable but also creating a single point of failure. Now Saudi infrastructure is under sustained attack, air defenses are reportedly stretched thin, and Larry believes the damage to the kingdom's energy industry could take years to repair. He also expects the Houthis to eventually push into Saudi territory along the Yemeni border, although he doesn't foresee them marching on Riyadh. What interested me was his disagreement with reports that Iran might launch ground incursions into Gulf countries if America restarts the war. Larry considers that unlikely. He sees no evidence of the troop movements or logistical preparations such an operation would require. Instead, he believes Iran can inflict enormous damage with missiles alone. And that's the uncomfortable position Saudi Arabia finds itself in. A kingdom built around one increasingly isolated ruler is confronting an enemy that doesn't need to conquer the country to make governing it extraordinarily difficult. @NewSonof

🇸🇦 An OpenAI engineer has been ARRESTED for allegedly planting a secret RECORDING DEVICE inside the company's San Francisco headquarters. The suspect, identified as 35-year-old Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, reportedly hid the device inside an executive conference room. Federal authorities are investigating. Who was he trying to listen to, and what was he hoping to capture? Writer: Oliver t.co/mHKzW7iXUR

🇺🇸 Hackers STOLE META'S SOURCE CODE Attackers used an employee's STOLEN CREDENTIALS to access private GitHub repositories, making off with software code and personal information affecting roughly 1,500 PEOPLE, mostly Meta employees in the United States. That sensitive personal data was stored in the repositories AGAINST META'S OWN COMPANY POLICY. Meta says 99% of the stolen material was business data, primarily software code, while the remaining 1% contained personal information. The company has shut down the unauthorized access, involved law enforcement, and is offering affected individuals credit and dark web monitoring. Source: securityweek / Writer: Sol

BAYWATCH IS BACK, and the iconic red swimsuits are ready for another round. The first trailer for FOX's reboot has dropped, starring Stephen Amell, TikTok star Noah Beck, and fmr gymnast Livvy Dunne. The legendary lifeguard series that made David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson household names is getting a new generation of beach drama, rescues, and VERY slow-motion running. Premiering in January. Writer: Sol t.co/pHHicEJbE6

🇫🇷🇷🇺 French Navy boarded a tanker hundreds of miles out in the Indian Ocean, south of Réunion. Macron says the DF Peak was flying a false flag and moving illicit fuel, part of that big “shadow fleet” Russia has been using to keep its oil flowing around sanctions. They're now escorting the tanker in for checks. The shadow fleet keeps getting a little less invisible. Writer: Daniyal t.co/Yq5DURUH5P

🇺🇸 you thought that was it right? Haha, nope. There's more: Writer: Oliver t.co/6WwtRTfguS

🇺🇸 this is a post made by a president... weird. until you remember it's Trump 🤷 Writer: Oliver t.co/eBlNPW5DYk

🇺🇸 Cornell has BANNED fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year following a former student's allegations of SEXUAL ASSAULT and drugging at a frat house. She's suing the university, the fraternity and 7 former members. The accused men who have responded deny the allegations, and none have been criminally charged. Cornell is now bringing in outside investigators and reviewing how it handles sexual assault cases. The woman's lawyer says the changes are welcome, but came too late to protect her. That's the heartbreaking part. It took a lawsuit and public outrage to get the university to seriously reconsider how it protects students. Source: NBC News / Writer: Oliver

🇮🇱🇯🇴 ISRAELI CRIMINAL GANGS are reportedly using BALLOONS to fly DRUGS into Jordan... !? Apparently drones weren't enough. According to The Telegraph, smugglers are sending crystal meth, hashish and amphetamines across the border, where drug prices have soared. Jordanian officials are also accusing Israel of highlighting weapons smuggled into Israel while largely ignoring the drugs coming the other way. The same criminal networks are reportedly involved in both trades. Quite a different picture of what's happening along that border. Writer: Oliver

Me finding out Silicon Valley's smartest people have started smoking because they think AI will cure cancer. Writer: Oliver t.co/bzqa3iJChr

👽 Forget the nuclear arms race. The U.S., China, and Russia could now be competing over who reveals ALIEN SECRETS first. Rep. Eric Burlison is warning that Washington could suffer a massive propaganda defeat if Beijing or Moscow beats Trump to the punch on UFO disclosure. Trump ordered federal agencies to identify and release UFO-related records back in February, but the really WILD claims are coming from elsewhere. UFO researcher Simon Holland alleges that Russia and China may have already received communications from an EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATION and could be waiting for the perfect moment to reveal them. There's ZERO independently verified evidence supporting that claim, and neither government has confirmed any alien contact. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has been releasing historical UFO files, including a CIA report describing a mysterious disc-shaped object with rotating lights over an airport in Zimbabwe. What a time to be alive! Source: NYP, insiderpaper / Writer: Sol

🇸🇦🇾🇪 Footage of BALLISTIC MISSILE STRIKING Saudi Aramco's headquarters in DHAHRAN This is one of the world's most important energy companies directly in the line of fire. Source: MES, CIG on TG / Writer: Oliver t.co/sSmxIOjmYV

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Netanyahu has been pushing Trump to hit Iran again before the elections. They’ve reportedly talked about it several times in the past 2 weeks, with Netanyahu warning that Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program. Trump’s reply, per one U.S. official: “Go ahead and get ready.” The White House says that’s false, pointing to Trump’s promise not to attack Iran before the midterms. Even his own team is split, with Hegseth pushing for strikes and most advisers preferring to keep squeezing Iran’s economy. And for Netanyahu, the timing is everything. Israelis vote on October 27, he’s trailing in the polls, and U.S. officials think he sees himself at his strongest when Israel is at war. Source: Axios / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸🚀 SpaceX wants to launch Starship up to 456 times a year from Texas. That’s a massive jump from the 25 launches it’s allowed right now. The plan comes in 2 steps, first up to 100 launches a year around the clock, then the full 456. It’s also asking for 912 landings, since both the booster and the ship could come back to Texas, and Starship is designed to be reused. The FAA will study the environmental impact and hold public meetings before signing off. And Elon is thinking even bigger, with plans for a Starship site in Louisiana worth up to $100 billion and a long-term goal of launching more than once an hour. It sounds wild today, but so did catching a rocket booster with giant metal arms. Source: TradingView / Writer: Daniyal

🇸🇦🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia's air defenses INTERCEPTED a Houthi ballistic missile over Dhahran, home to the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco. Dhahran sits at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, where any successful strike on critical infrastructure could have consequences far beyond the kingdom. Writer: Sol t.co/E0ypsUNhoc

🇺🇸 The man reportedly killed after falling from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia has been identified as 42-year-old Hassan Kariem, a teacher from Atlanta. He went to an amusement park for what should have been a fun day and never made it home. Absolutely heartbreaking. Thoughts are with his family, friends and students. 🙏 Writer: Oliver t.co/iyZeJbd9vk

🇺🇸🇻🇦 Good news from the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV has successfully undergone surgery to remove a lung nodule that doctors discovered during a recent examination. The procedure reportedly went exactly as planned. Doctors will now monitor his recovery and determine whether the nodule was cancerous. Wishing the Pope a smooth recovery and hoping for more good news in the coming days. Writer: Oliver t.co/C1fJTvJ9oe

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Remember the story about 3D-PRINTED MEAT coming to American grocery stores? So apparently, it's ISRAELI FOOD COMPANY Steakholder Foods that's behind the technology... Look, I'm not saying they're poisoning us, but WHY are we letting people PRINT SALMON before we've even figured out what's in a hot dog?? I'm buying a cow. I'm done. Source: @Polymarket / Writer: Oliver t.co/5Mgl7B5Vge

🇦🇿 Schoolboys in Azerbaijan BROKE DOWN their school's gates so girls wearing HIJABS could get inside. The boys took matters into their own hands after the girls were prevented from entering. Writer: Sol t.co/huFcdvmmar

🇦🇷🇬🇧 Are we SERIOUSLY talking about another FALKLANDS conflict? British forces have reportedly been conducting DEFENSIVE EXERCISES on the islands due to concerns that Argentina could take HOSTILE ACTION... The Falklands dispute never really went away. Britain and Argentina simply learned to live with it without fighting another war. I'd be very interested to know what intelligence, if any, has prompted these latest preparations. Writer: The Independant, @WarMonitor3 / Writer: Oliver

🇫🇷 Paint on the shields, eggs on the street. Some French students are treating police as the main problem instead of the school funding they claim to care about. Writer: Daniyal t.co/ebXXoLwVml

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Netanyahu just made it clear who he believes should control military force in the West Bank. “There will be no Arab army west of the Jordan River. Here, there will be the Israel Defense Forces.” That's not just a warning to the Palestinian Authority. It's a direct challenge to the idea of a future Palestinian state with its own military. Writer: Oliver t.co/sqgnG302IK

AI researchers are apparently taking up SMOKING because they believe AI will cure cancer before cigarettes kill them. Yes, seriously. Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar made the claim on CBS, saying researchers are using cigarettes to show just how much faith they have in AI. He called it “mass psychosis” in Silicon Valley. Even the CBS host couldn't believe what she was hearing. People are now apparently betting their lungs on technological progress... WHAT Source: @Polymarket / Writer: Oliver t.co/oekPzU8Oxa

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇾🇪 Trump may be preparing to enter Saudi Arabia's war after the midterms Trump’s latest warning to the Houthis has raised the possibility of a broader U.S. role in the conflict after the midterm elections. He reminded them that he will still be president after the vote and made clear he has not forgotten their attacks. Asked whether Turkey could be brought into a military response in Yemen, Trump reportedly said he was considering it. Meanwhile, the regional situation is getting more dangerous. Saudi Arabia is already struggling to protect critical infrastructure from Houthi missiles and drones. After a reported Saudi strike on a major fuel facility in Sana'a, the Houthis threatened retaliation against airports and oil installations inside the kingdom. Egypt is also reportedly considering deeper military cooperation with Riyadh. That creates the risk of a conflict extending far beyond another Saudi-Houthi confrontation. If Washington intervenes after the elections, it could find itself fighting an enemy Saudi Arabia has struggled to defeat despite years of military investment. Iran adds another layer of danger. Tehran has reportedly warned that another major U.S. offensive could trigger attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure and even ground incursions into neighboring countries. None of this makes a new American war inevitable. But the pieces are moving into place for a confrontation that could pull in Turkey, Egypt, Iran and the United States, with Saudi Arabia at the center of it. Trump may be threatening a limited intervention. The region may not give him the luxury of keeping it limited. @WeTheBrandon

🚨🇾🇪🇸🇦 BREAKING: Reported air defence activity and explosions in RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Source: wfwitness, GeoPolitics Watch on TG / Writer: Oliver

🚨 BREAKING: 30 YEARS after TUPAC'S MURDER, his killer's accomplice is FINALLY facing justice Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former gang leader convicted of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder, is reportedly facing a minimum of 40 years behind bars. And here's the unbelievable part. The man spent years publicly discussing his involvement in one of hip-hop's most infamous killings, even detailing it in his own memoir. Those admissions ultimately helped prosecutors convict him. Tupac died at 25. Davis is now 63. Source: Reuters / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Remember the story about 3D-PRINTED MEAT coming to American grocery stores? So apparently, it's ISRAELI FOOD COMPANY Steakholder Foods that's behind the technology... Look, I'm not saying they're poisoning us, but WHY are we letting people PRINT SALMON before we've even figured out what's in a hot dog?? I'm buying a cow. I'm done. Source: @Polymarket / Writer: Oliver

@WeaponOutfitter 😂😂😂😂

🇫🇷 Are these school protests getting COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND?! What started over missing teachers and terrible classrooms has spiraled into weeks of barricades, street clashes, tear gas, vandalism and arrests. At one point, more than 1,800 schools were closed or disrupted. Some have even been SET ON FIRE. The government has started sending in more teachers, but the protests continue. Thousands of children have reportedly been arrested. At what point does a protest for better education start destroying the very thing it's supposed to protect? Writer: Oli t.co/AR206DuJOE