BREAKING: Iran appears to have struck a vessel in the middle of the Gulf of Oman east of Fujairah, with NASA FIRMS showing the vessel on fire. It would be the first hit in the area in more than 6 months.
US aircraft have been circulating over the exact area of the fire for roughly two hours, including two KC-46 tankers, a KC-135, a P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and helicopters.
It is the second strike in an unusual location tonight, after Iran struck a tanker with multiple projectiles off Qatar's northern coast earlier, with casualties reported. Both sit well outside the Strait itself.
The USS George Washington, the only US carrier left in the region, is now in the Arabian Sea, roughly 500 km from Fujairah, which likely explains Iran's targeting of more vessels outside the strait.
BREAKING: The FBI arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud on charges of planning a mass-casualty attack at the Mall of America in support of ISIS, according to U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Dan Rosen.
According to an IRGC statement published by Iranian state media outlet Fars News, the IRGC will soon block the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz.
The route has reportedly been used by commercial vessels to transport oil out of the Middle East under U.S. military escort.
NOW: At least x6 ballistic missiles just targeted Kyiv, with initial reports of direct hits at the Trypillya substation.
Additionally, a total of 13 Russian tactical bombers are airborne between Tu-95MS and Tu-160, likely carrying Kh-101 cruise missiles.
Contributed by: @BeamTracker_
⚡️ 🇱🇻 BREAKING: Armed men from Belarus crossed into Latvia
A group of masked men attempted to force around 20 illegal migrants across the border. The men were armed and threatened Latvian troops.
Latvia’s armed forces said the incident was particularly demonstrative and aggressive compared with many previous provocations.
Several hours later, the men managed to enter EU territory, damaged an electrical distribution box and stole surveillance cameras before returning to Belarus, Interior Minister Jānis Dombrava said.
Russian state television has aired footage of the Spetsradio enterprise producing barrage balloons intended to protect oil refineries and energy facilities from Ukrainian drone attacks. The system revives a 1941 era tactic, using suspended cables to entangle low flying threats.
BREAKING: Ukraine has just struck an oil tanker, which is now burning off the coast of Sochi in Russia's Krasnodar region, with a massive fire and a black smoke column rising several kilometres.
Over 200 U.S. intelligence and military analysts are embedded in Saudi command centers, selecting and analyzing targets for Saudi-backed Yemeni forces fighting the Houthis. Aerial refueling for Saudi defensive patrols is also being provided. Trump rejected Saudi requests for direct U.S. strikes.
NYT
🤖 Ukraine has shot down a jet-powered Geran-5 drone using a robotic turret for the first time
The claim was made by Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat.
The turrets use machine vision and AI-assisted targeting to calculate a drone’s trajectory and aim the weapon. Ihnat said he had initially been skeptical that a machine-gun system could effectively engage such fast targets. For now, the main limitation is its relatively short range.
The day before, Zelensky said more than 12 such turrets have already been deployed in Kyiv, including to protect bridges, with another eight planned for the Kyiv region. The systems are automated mounts equipped with heavy machine guns.
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan activate Mecca Joint Defense Pact due to Houthi attacks, with forces and capabilities set to be deployed to Saudi Arabia.
Mercenaries linked to the CJNG have been spotted in Ukrainian forests.
In the video, one of the fighters says “Puro Chapiza y puro Cartel Jalisco,” a chant praising the CJNG and Los Chapitos, their allies.
Reports have circulated for some time that cartels are sending men to Ukraine to gain combat experience, with survivors then returning to fight their rivals at home.
los chinos andan depredando todo el mar pacífico y destruyendo nuestras industrias con dumping.
Los rusos andan reclutando jóvenes pobres a servir como carne de cañon en Ucrania y armar grupos criminales.
Pero como no es imperialismo yanki israeli, a los zurdos no les molesta
Update: A Portland, Ore. teen suspected of being a member of the "764" terror cult has been charged with domestic terrorism after a bioterrorism attack occurred at Benson High School—the school I went to.
On Sept. 8, an unnamed teen mixed dangerous chemicals in the cafeteria, causing severe injuries to himself and prompting a mass evacuation.
The 15-year-old has been charged at the state level with domestic terrorism, 12 counts of attempted m—rder and more.
The FBI has been assisting in the investigation. It found references to the "764" cult on devices belonging to the teen. The international p—dophile cult grooms and recruits youths into killing animals, making s—xual content and killing others. I recently reported on the decades-long sentencing of one of the cult's leaders, who is trans. There are members of this cult all over the world, and they've groomed multiple youths into carrying out m—rder-s—icides. https://t.co/FQYLzeAIUN
Footage shows Houthi fighters fleeing on foot into the desert after being overrun near Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait, as government-aligned forces exploit their breakthrough along the coast.
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