Mario Nawfal

🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰 TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA AND PAKISTAN ARE BUILDING THEIR OWN NATO-STYLE MILITARY ALLIANCE The FULL TEXT of the Mecca Defense Pact has now emerged as Turkey moves to ratify it. The central rule is simple: Attack one, and you've attacked all three. The agreement covers military assistance, intelligence sharing, weapons production and joint deployments. And this isn't just paperwork anymore. The three countries have already agreed to activate collective defense measures following Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Egypt is reportedly considering joining. Think about the implications. A NATO member, an oil superpower and a nuclear-armed state are building a collective defense system of their own. And it's happening while the Middle East is already at war. Source: Türkiye Today / Writer: Oliver

🇮🇳 India just took its war on cockroaches to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL During a Hindu festival in New Delhi, organizers built a massive 30-FOOT COCKROACH effigy to set on fire. The politician behind the event, a member of India's ruling party, insisted the giant insect was simply a symbol of FILTH and that burning it was meant to promote cleanliness. India has a youth protest movement called the Cockroach Janta Party, created after the country's top judge compared some unemployed young people to cockroaches. The politician denied any political message behind the stunt 😂 Writer: Sol t.co/KruzFHXfCq

🇮🇩 Protesters in INDONESIA have reportedly set a police crowd-control truck ON FIRE Students and civil society groups took to the streets over rising prices, unemployment, corruption and land disputes. Similar grievances throughout the world, especially for young people struggling to see a future for themselves. Is violence just gonna spill over everywhere? Writer: Oliver t.co/10sMp4tfgj

🇺🇸🇮🇷 America's next strike on Iran could put its aircraft carriers in the firing line. I spoke with former Navy SEAL Matt Bracken about reports that a third U.S. aircraft carrier and thousands of Marines are heading toward the Middle East. He sees a dangerous gamble developing. American carriers need to stay far enough from Iran to avoid its missiles. But that distance makes launching sustained airstrikes much harder, with aircraft spending more time refueling and less time attacking. Move the carriers closer, and they become more vulnerable. Bracken's biggest concern is whether Iran has developed missiles capable of tracking and striking moving warships. He doesn't know if it has, and neither side is revealing its full capabilities. But he reminded me of something worth remembering: military history is full of supposedly invulnerable weapons that suddenly weren't. Then our conversation took an unexpected turn toward Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Red Sea. Bracken believes another dangerous conflict is developing there, driven by Ethiopia's need for access to the sea, its growing control over Nile waters and rival regional alliances. What struck me is how many military flashpoints are now converging around the same shipping routes. Washington is concentrating enormous firepower near Iran while conflicts around the Red Sea threaten to become even more complicated. And Bracken fears one serious miscalculation could turn another round of strikes into something far harder to contain. @matt_bracken48

🇮🇱 Netanyahu is apparently entertaining comparisons between himself and WINSTON CHURCHILL. “Some compare the partnership between Trump and me to the one between Roosevelt and Churchill. I do not presume to be Churchill.” How incredibly modest of him. He then compared Iran's government to Nazi Germany and suggested that he and Trump could destroy it just as the Allies destroyed Hitler's regime. Someone's been watching WAY too many WWII documentaries and has decided he's the main character... Writer: Sol t.co/eCe2PAsUsR

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Russian drones are now HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT along Ukrainian frontline roads, waiting for vehicles to pass. Ukrainian soldiers found an FPV drone painted yellow and covered in autumn leaves, with even its fiber-optic spool camouflaged. The tactic: the drone lands, shuts off its motors, and waits for a target. Because it uses a fiber-optic connection, traditional radio-jamming systems can't disrupt its control signal. Writer: Sol t.co/gfYgJYmXQg

🇶🇦🇮🇷 Iran is saying no Qatari delegation showed up in Tehran today, despite reports claiming otherwise. Tasnim News Agency says someone familiar with the matter has denied the visit. But here's the interesting part. A Qatari plane reportedly did land in Tehran, and it didn't stay long. So what was it doing there if nobody came for a meeting? And given Iran's track record of misleading the public, its denial isn't exactly going to convince everyone. Source: @TabzLIVE / Writer: Daniyal

🇮🇱🇺🇸 NETANYAHU: “President Trump is a once-in-a-century phenomenon.” He said their partnership is UNLIKE ANYTHING Israel has experienced in nearly 80 years of existence. That's quite a statement considering the decades of close U.S.-Israeli relations. Writer: Oliver t.co/yWv4O5Qg1I

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Hegseth is blaming the Biden administration for draining America's weapons stockpiles to support Ukraine. He acknowledges Ukraine's “heroic effort” but argues that Washington gave away so much military equipment that its own reserves suffered. With American forces facing demands elsewhere, the Pentagon is now having to think about what it can afford to send abroad while keeping enough at home. Writer: Oliver t.co/dTgdomfwKw

🇷🇺 A flight attendant doing Tai Chi on top of a plane is still not as BADASS as Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two Volvo semi-trucks in reverse! This what happened to all the old Spirit Airlines planes? I had hoped that awful PTSD-inducing yellow color would have been retired... Writer: Jamie t.co/IHyiMVdz29

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Hegseth says America's support for Ukraine hasn't changed, but there's a catch. The Pentagon wants to make sure American forces have enough missile interceptors before sending more to Kyiv. “We want to make sure our guys have the most possible as well.” He says Zelensky understands. Ukraine can count on continued support, but it no longer gets first claim on every missile. Writer: Oliver t.co/z9rbDtmWQM

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Pete Hegseth has a rather brief message for Ukraine. “We wish the Ukrainians, obviously, success.” That's it. After years of American involvement and billions spent supporting Kyiv, the War Secretary is keeping Washington's message remarkably short. Writer: Oliver t.co/VFOZLzBSfD

🇾🇪🇸🇦 THREE BALLISTIC MISSILES slammed into a government security forces training camp in Yemen, leaving at least 58 DEAD, more than 200 INJURED, and 14 still missing. The Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack in Shabwa province, saying the camp was operated by Saudi forces. Reuters verified footage showing bloodied bodies scattered across the ground. The strike came as fighting intensifies near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping chokepoints, with Houthi attacks also targeting Saudi Arabia. Yemen's war is getting bloodier Source: NYP, Reuters / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth was asked whether he was disappointed that an execution wouldn't be livestreamed. “I fully support the president's approach.” That's a remarkable question to have to ask the American War Secretary. And an equally remarkable way to avoid answering it. Writer: Oliver t.co/eujlXpqQKp

🇺🇸 Another heartbreaking loss for the Kennedy family. Kyle Kennedy has died at just 42. The granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy suffered a spinal cord injury in 2020 that left her paralyzed. She spent her final years raising her children, advocating for people with disabilities, and trying to hold on to the humor and determination her family remembers so fondly. Her father died in a skiing accident when she was just 13. Now her own two young sons have lost their mother. A terribly sad story. May she rest in peace. Source: NBC News / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Nearly 8 months after a school bombing in Iran reportedly killed 120 children, a reporter confronted Pete Hegseth about the attack His response? “There's still an investigation ongoing, and when it's time to release it, we will. Thank you.” Whatever the investigation finds, the public needs to know. Writer: Oliver t.co/7IU4Dv4OOF

🇺🇸 The U.S. Coast Guard caught a makeshift boat packed with 66 migrants between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic The boat was way overloaded, 63 of them got sent back, and 3 now face charges for trying to sneak into the U.S. again after being removed before. Just a few weeks ago, another migrant boat on the same route flipped after a machete fight broke out, and about a dozen people are still missing. That route is incredibly dangerous. Writer: Daniyal t.co/xYoQNIGpif

🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇳 Rubio laid out exactly why Pakistan stays on the U.S. call list. “It’s a country that possesses nuclear weapons.” Pakistan’s location is the other reason, and Rubio compared it to India still talking to Iran’s leaders. He said it’s a tough balance, but one that has to be part of U.S. foreign policy. Nukes and a prime spot on the map, still the best diplomatic insurance around. Writer: Daniyal t.co/cw5fZv61gM

🇺🇸 Ron Paul says Congress teaches you the rules almost immediately: Join the team, raise the money, play ball. Or get pushed aside. He remembers being offered committee influence and fundraising help during his first week, and says the message was obvious: the system would reward cooperation. Most politicians, in his view, don’t arrive corrupted. They get absorbed. Money, committee power, party pressure and the fear of becoming the next Thomas Massie gradually do the work. Paul’s broader point is harsher than just “Congress is broken.” He thinks political corruption and monetary corruption come from the same place: too much power concentrated in systems ordinary people stop questioning. And once that happens, the bill eventually shows up in debt, inflation and war. @RonPaul

🚨🇬🇧 Unprovoked attack in East London: Man punches Jewish woman in the head as she walks with a pram. 3 women were targeted and he's already been arrested. If you import the Third World, you get the consequences of the Third World. Writer: Samuel t.co/917BSbSw1F

🇺🇸 I asked Ron Paul a pretty cynical question: How many people in Congress actually care about the public, and how many are just there for themselves? His answer surprised me. He thinks most of them actually arrive with decent intentions. The problem, in his view, is the system they enter. Money, lobbying, political pressure and control over institutions gradually shape what politicians are willing to do. Paul’s point is almost painfully simple: We expect ordinary people not to lie, cheat, steal or kill. Then we create a government structure where power somehow makes those same rules negotiable. Maybe the problem isn’t that every politician is corrupt. Maybe the machine is just very good at teaching them how to become useful to it. @RonPaul

🇺🇸 Trump was asked about JD Vance saying he believes Trump will endorse him for the 2028 election. And Trump's answer was a little AWKWARD. “He's a very talented person, and he's a very good person, but we've literally... I don't think we've ever talked about it.” Trump then shifted straight to the midterms, saying they need to get through those first before seeing what happens. Writer: Sol t.co/QNp6TtfOdm

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel is warning of an October 7-style attack from the West Bank. But could the warning itself make things worse? I brought Shabbos Kestenbaum and Omar Baddar together after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned of a possible major attack from the West Bank ahead of Israel's elections. Their disagreement was intense. Omar argued that escalating settler violence and Israeli military operations are creating conditions for another explosion, and fears any Palestinian retaliation could become the justification for a much larger crackdown. Shabbos pushed back, pointing to armed Palestinian groups operating in the West Bank and arguing that Israel has every reason to take the threat seriously. But I challenged him on something specific. He cited an incident involving rocks thrown at a vehicle, injuring a pregnant woman, as evidence of the danger. That's a serious attack. But it's not October 7. And that's precisely what worries me. When officials start invoking October 7, the threshold for an extraordinary military response can become dangerously low. Both guests had plenty to say about who bears responsibility for decades of failed peace efforts. I kept coming back to what happens next. Because the West Bank is already tense enough without another incident becoming the spark for something far bigger. @ShabbosK @OmarBaddar

🇺🇸🇸🇴 Trump just suggested Dem Rep. Ilhan Omar could GO TO JAIL: “I think she's a sick, very dishonest person who hates our country.” He then went after her native Somalia, calling it “essentially not even a country, a real shithouse.” This comes as his administration investigates whether Omar obtained her U.S. citizenship through fraudulent immigration paperwork, including questions about her age. Writer: Sol t.co/uk4GK2PkeX

🇫🇷 CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, REJOICE! Key French Freemason Organization, the Grand Orient de France, has seen hundreds of internal documents leaked, including meeting minutes, budgets, and member contact details from a lodge. More than 9,000 pages spanning 2017-2026 are circulating, claimed by LunarisSec. The organization says its core systems were not compromised and has filed a complaint, but the source remains unknown, fueling theories. I just want to know when they will put them on a searchable, Google-like site similar to what they used for the JE-files. Source: Entrevue / Writer: Jamie

🇺🇸 Trump LOSES IT for THE THIRD TIME in one press conference “Wait, wait! Quiet! Quiet! You SICK person. I actually think there's something wrong with you.” The back-and-forth between Trump and the press has turned into a shouting match. I don't think this reporter was getting another question in. Writer: Oliver t.co/P12WqS6pc3

🇺🇸🇮🇷 In 2011, Ron Paul warned me that the biggest danger was a president overreacting and bombing Iran. 15 years later, I asked him about watching exactly that happen. His answer went much bigger than Iran. Paul sees war, monetary policy and the growth of government as part of the same long pattern: states promise security and prosperity, expand their power, weaken sound money, and eventually leave people with less liberty. What struck me is that he doesn’t really describe this as a prediction. More like history repeating itself because we keep ignoring the same incentives. His solution has barely changed either. Less faith in government power. More faith in individual liberty. @RonPaul

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Rubio just compared Iran’s attacks on shipping to Nazi Germany. “They are doing Nazi U-boat tactics.” He says Iran is openly admitting it targets commercial ships, something the world hasn’t seen since World War 2, and that everyone should be uniting to condemn it. Nazi references, the final boss of diplomatic insults. Writer: Daniyal t.co/Z4hH2CTntH

🇺🇸 Trump just went on a BRUTAL rant about Gov. Newsom, repeatedly claiming the man CAN'T READ: “There's something wrong with him.” Then, somehow, the conversation shifted to voter ID laws and people potentially going to jail for asking voters to prove their citizenship. Just another perfectly normal Trump press conference 🤣 Writer: Sol t.co/V95xhhcnNF

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's national security chief Mohsen Rezaei has drawn an exceptionally hard line. Not one gram of enriched uranium leaves Iran. No negotiations until America starts fulfilling Tehran's conditions. Here's the problem. Washington wants Iran's nuclear stockpile reduced. Tehran insists on keeping it, including material enriched to 60%, dangerously close to weapons-grade levels. Meanwhile, Iran is demanding sanctions relief, an end to the U.S. blockade and broader regional de-escalation before talks can resume. 8 months of war, billions in damage, and the two sides still can't agree on what needs to happen before they can even sit down. Writer: Oliver