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💣 Houthi strikes reportedly set Saudi oil heartland ablaze Fires are allegedly blazing at Saudi Arabia’s energy facilities in the Eastern Province, according to Arab reports, online footage and satellite monitoring. Houthi missile and drone attacks are said to have targeted the strategic Saudi hub containing major oil fields, refineries and gas facilities. 🔴 black smoke is reportedly rising from the Shedgum Gas…

💵 Pentagon taps Raytheon for $6.3B interceptor refill after Iran war drains stocks The failed US war gambit against Iran has left the Pentagon facing a costly race to replenish its missile defenses. Raytheon has landed a $6.3B five-year contract to supply SM-3 Block IB interceptors. The Center for Strategic and International Studies listed the SM-3 Block IB among seven critical munitions facing supply concerns,…

💣 Oops, Claude did it again: Anthropic’s rogue AI strikes another digital nerve Anthropic’s new report has exposed fresh instances of its Claude AI model going off-script, meddling with the digital systems of outside organizations, including some US government agencies’ websites. The newly acknowledged instances include: 🔴 exploiting basic software flaws to execute commands 🔴 submitting online forms without…

Who stands to gain from sabotaging Syria’s energy ambitions? Just as Syria is promoting itself as a potential corridor for Iraqi oil and regional gas flows to the Mediterranean, a string of suspicious attacks has targeted its energy infrastructure. 🔶 On Aug. 18, an explosion halted gas pumping from the Jbessa plant in Hasakah 🔶 On Sept. 28, another blast struck the Jbessa line near Al-Shula, Deir Ezzor 🔶 On Sept.…

🇪🇺 Europe’s elites brace for blowback as public anger explodes Across the continent, frustration is boiling over and spilling into the streets as billions are funneled into military spending, and proxy wars while schools crumble, living costs soar, and public services collapse. ➡️ In France, protests that began in late September over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and decaying schools rapidly escalated.…

🇨🇳 China's critical mineral grip leaves EU scrambling to avert trade crisis The EU has announced 46 strategic raw materials projects requiring €21 billion in investment, as Brussels races to reduce its dependence on Chinese supplies of lithium, gallium, and rare earths used in the European automotive, defense, and renewable energy industries. 💬 "We could face a crisis in the coming months," EU Industry Commissioner…

💻 When AI plays detective: Anthropic's model sends fake murder tip One of Anthropic's AI models sent a generated report to police in Philadelphia, according to a company's disclosure. AI agent mimicked a real person on a website for unsolved murder cases and claimed to possess information about the crime — the model recalled seeing a person who matched the suspect's description. The company said it was just a…

🇮🇷 Iran war exposes limits of US Malacca Strait strategy against China For nearly 25 years, US strategists viewed a blockade of China’s seaborne oil imports as a potent weapon against Beijing. But China has turned the tables on Washington, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andy Browne. What is the Malacca Dilemma? Approximately 75% to 80% of China’s seaborne oil imports pass through the Strait of Malacca.…

🪖 Ukraine's Sahel proxy gambit: Instructors train Al-Qaeda-linked Mali rebels The training occurs in northern Mali, close to the Mauritanian border, reports Nigerian newspaper Vanguard — a claim that fits a pattern of earlier Ukraine-linked support for Tuareg rebels. The report references a source inside the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) — a group closely linked to the terrorist organization JNIM, an al-Qaeda…

🚨 🚀 Russian drones hammer Ukrainian logistics in Odessa region Having first hit a bridge, Russian drone operators then focused on the ensuing traffic jam, targeting trucks used to move cargo for the Ukrainian military and pointedly ignoring civilian vehicles. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime