Mario Nawfal

🇮🇷🇸🇦 The IEA’s boss doesn’t think energy markets will be back to normal next year. Oil shot up to $117 a barrel on Friday after more Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the highest in almost 6 months, and it’s still about 59% pricier than before the war. He says these prices might be manageable for some countries in Europe, but for a lot of others, oil near $120 is hitting their trade deficits hard. And winter’s coming, so diesel demand for heating goes up just as several refineries go through their usual maintenance. Europe’s gas supply is getting squeezed too, since it cut Russian imports and Qatar and the UAE can’t export as much as before. So it’s gonna be a cold, pricey winter for plenty of countries. Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniyal

🇬🇧🇦🇫 New UK data shows HUGE disparities in sexual-offence conviction rates by nationality, and Afghanistan stands out dramatically... The Economist's analysis shows Afghan nationals with a sexual-offence conviction rate roughly 7-8 times the British population rate. People from the Middle East and North Africa are shown at roughly 3-4x, while Sub-Saharan Africa is ~2–3x. EU nationals fall below the British rate, with East Asia and Oceania lower still. UK, WAKE UP!!!! Source: The Economist / Writer: Samuel

🇮🇱 Gadi Eisenkot calls Netanyahu DELUSIONAL over Iran nuclear claims He claims the PM knew all along that the regime didn't have nuclear weapons despite using the threat to justify military escalation. With Israel heading into its first nationwide election since October 7, polling show Eisenkot's party leading Likud 23 seats to 19 👀 Writer: Bri t.co/rJDq1ySORS

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu says there’s no deal to be made with Iran’s leaders. “What agreement can you reach with these neo-Nazis?” He pointed to World War 2, when Roosevelt and Churchill destroyed Hitler’s regime instead of reaching an agreement with it. Doesn’t sound like peace talks with Iran are on his list. Writer: Daniyal t.co/NWhliREcUw

🇦🇪🇮🇷 Oil from a damaged tanker is SMOTHERING the shores of the UAE Beach closures are now in effect across Umm Al Quwain. Dark slicks are spreading across waters home to coral reefs, marine plants, and over 500 species of fish. While militaries trade strikes in shipping lanes, its the marine life is left dying in the sludge 😢 Source: NY Post / Writer: Bri

🇷🇸 Riot police are leaving central Belgrade after Vučić's party lost the election People are hitting the officers as their vehicles drive away. Quite a farewell after 2 years of protests. Writer: Daniyal t.co/IFlYeKQfqh

🇷🇸 Serbia’s students toppled their longtime leader, and now they have to govern. It all began in 2024, when a train station roof collapsed and killed 16 people, sparking student protests that eventually led to Vučić conceding defeat in Sunday's election. Along the way, the students picked 250 doctors, professors, lawyers, actors and farmers to represent them. But with no single leader, it's still unclear who'll become prime minister. And they'll have plenty to deal with. Once parliament meets, they'll have 90 days to form a government, with a national budget to pass before the year ends. They've already beaten the odds once. Now comes a very different kind of challenge. Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniyal

🇸🇾 Another ammo depot BLEW UP in eastern Idlib near Saraqib At least 5 ammunition sites have exploded across Syria since September. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 37 deaths across the blasts, including explosions at Defence Ministry depots still holding leftover war stocks. Writer: Lucas t.co/W6wiuXlI4a

🇧🇷🇺🇸 Lula supporters seen celebrating by chanting “FORA TRUMP” and BURNING the U.S. flag... Gazeta do Povo reported that Open Society Foundations (Soros) sent $31.3 million to 95 organizations working on Brazilian projects in 2023, and put the 2016-23 total at roughly R$605 million. Recipients included groups working on causes such as drug-policy reform, abortion rights, and reducing incarceration. Sleeping Giants Brasil received about $700,000 in 2023 for a project described as increasing accountability for digital platforms. Writer: Samuel t.co/1WvouEjSI5

🇦🇱 Looks like this Albanian cop came to the protest with a target already in mind He kept swinging on one man even after he was down, and left him out cold on the ground. Protests can get dangerous for police too, but should it ever come to this? Writer: Daniyal t.co/1c8bg1NLKv

🇮🇱 Gadi Eisenkot TELLS Trump that only Israelis decide who leads Israel The former army chief thanked Trump for security assistance but pushed back against his full endorsement of Netanyahu ahead of the October 27 vote. Eisenkot’s Yashar party is locked in a tight race with Likud, while he continues to blame Netanyahu for the failures surrounding October 7. Writer: Lucas t.co/3XUrVVeZKW

🇮🇱 Netanyahu claims HE is the one who truly cares for Ethiopian Jews, bringing them to Israel in waves He points to the flights he approved and promises more. But inside Israel, Ethiopian Israelis still face over-policing, lower incomes, and slower advancement, years after arriving. Thousands of relatives remain stuck on delayed waiting lists in Ethiopia. Bringing people in is one thing. Treating them as equals is the part still being postponed. Writer: Lucas t.co/dN9QCfRvVf

🇮🇱🇵🇸Israel LOCKS DOWN the Palestinian city of Hebron after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a checkpoint. Troops are executing a multi day offensive involving searches, mass detentions, and field interrogations. Netanyahu said troops would go house to house. The cycle of terror never ends. Writer: Bri t.co/tpKyb2pKBO

🇺🇸 Obama mocked Republican warnings about the “WOKE POLICE” forcing Americans to eat tofu... He made the joke while campaigning for Democrats in Michigan, arguing the GOP uses fear to portray his party as a bunch of radicals. Campos-Duffy fired back on Fox & Friends, pointing to conservative grievances over COVID-era censorship, the criminal cases against Trump, and gender policies involving children. Her argument was that Republicans aren't literally afraid of “tofu”, they're concerned about government and institutional power. “The woke police were censoring conservatives during COVID.” Writer: Samuel t.co/OtkGOx5XVV

🇷🇺Putin surrounds his retreat like a fortress with 50 air defense towers. Satellite images show his secret compound that is now covered with about half the air defense of all Moscow just to keep one man safe. Worried much, bro? Source: The Telegraph / Writer: Bri t.co/jBP354sO2X

🇺🇸🇸🇴 Trump is now demanding that Ilhan Omar RESIGN from Congress... And he's escalating his disputed claims about her identity and citizenship. Trump has publicly claimed the Minnesota Democrat's legal name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi and called for her to give up her House seat. His administration is also investigating whether false information was provided in immigration or naturalization records. Trump wants Omar out of Congress. Whether the allegations can actually be proven is now the crucial question. Writer: Samuel t.co/NRxEdJDDsP

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran is rebuilding its nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure DEEP underground... Satellite imagery shows continued construction across multiple Iranian facilities, including Pickaxe Mountain, a complex near the Natanz nuclear site reportedly buried more than 300 ft down. Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane argued the activity shows Tehran has NOT abandoned its nuclear ambitions, despite negotiations with Washington. That's his assessment; the construction itself does not establish Iran's ultimate nuclear intentions. He also warned that Iran is working to restore and accelerate its ballistic missile capabilities: “They certainly haven't given up on it... They recommitted themselves to the same goal they always have: to recover their nuclear program.” Source: NY Post / Writer: Samuel

🇧🇷 Eduardo Bolsonaro says the fight is NOT OVER after Flávio’s narrow loss Flávio REFUSES to concede and seeks annulment after Supreme Court Judge Cristiano Zanin, Lula’s former lawyer, extended voting by 2 hours at the last minute. Lula won 51.8% to Flávio’s 48.2%, a historic comeback after trailing in the first round. The Bolsonaros cite the extension and dramatic swing as reasons to reject the result. When the same court that jailed the father shapes the son’s race, trust in the final count takes a hit. Writer: Lucas t.co/jWJUxzF2qx

🇺🇸🇬🇧 EasyJet teams up with Starlink for stellar speeds on budget flights. SpaceX WiFi hits the fleet by 2027, making high altitude streaming so easy 🔥 Source: NY Post / Writer: Bri t.co/bEBhS1ncic

🇹🇷🇱🇾🇪🇺 Erdogan thinks the EU’s anger over Turkey’s sea deal with Libya is baseless. “We are not trying to score goals against anyone in the Eastern Mediterranean.” He said Turkey is just guarding its own waters and wants disputes settled through talks. Libya approved the 2019 deal last week, and the EU called it null and void, backing Greece and Cyprus. Turkey wants talks, and Europe isn’t in the mood. Writer: Daniyal t.co/obyTgwVLqK

🇧🇷 Brazil voted for Lula. The markets had bet on Bolsonaro. And the reaction is BRUTAL. Brazilian stocks plunged after Lula's narrow 51.8% runoff victory over Flávio Bolsonaro, reversing a result that final polls and prediction markets had anticipated. The damage, according to intraday figures: B3 stock exchange: −42.5% BTG Pactual: −36% Brazil's benchmark Ibovespa: −14.4% Trading was halted for the first time since 2020, the real sank, and Brazilian bond yields surged. The election was decided by just 3.6 percentage points. The market reaction was anything but close. Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸 Lana Del Rey was listening to Tate McRae’s “rubberband,” a track about breaking away from a relationship, when a woman escaping abuse approached her car window. She handed her cash on the spot. One singer provided the anthem about breaking free, while the other provided the means to do it. That is the exact kind of female solidarity we need. Writer: Bri t.co/qNHuMevTh8

🇺🇸 Obama judge lets James Comey’s daughter SUE the DOJ after firing her as a federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was fired in July 2025 after years of handling major Manhattan cases. She sued, arguing her father’s name, not her work, cost her the job. Judge Jesse Furman ruled she can challenge the firing in federal court. She seeks limited back pay and has moved to private practice. A career prosecutor fired over family politics deserves a real hearing. Writer: Lucas t.co/uEPfZJxSE1

🇱🇧🇮🇷 Hezbollah is rebuilding its arsenal, and Iran is paying for it. Tehran has sent TENS OF MILLIONS of dollars to help Hezbollah prepare for another war with Israel. The group has spent three months stockpiling explosives, producing attack drones and rebuilding military command networks. But there's a problem. Israel's previous offensives wiped out much of its leadership and arsenal, and Hezbollah STILL hasn't recovered. Now, with another U.S.-Iran confrontation looming, Hezbollah is preparing for the possibility that Lebanon becomes a major battlefield again. And this time, it's preparing while Israeli troops still occupy parts of southern Lebanon Source: Reuters / Writer: Oliver

🇧🇷 Lula, when his fmr. lawyer, now a justice on Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, extended voting by 2 hours Writer: Samuel t.co/yBm0nAtEr8

🇷🇺 So this is how your mates prepare you for the trenches in Russia? Skip the enlistment forms, go straight to impact testing… 😮 Writer: Bri t.co/tZdyJjmNBC

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine CAPTURES Russian soldiers crawling out of a freaking gas pipe... Filthy, exhausted, and completely war-torn, the troops were cornered near Kupiansk after fleeing into an underground pipeline. This is the reality of Putin’s "grand victory" on the ground. Writer: Bri t.co/0PYDTnv0qJ

🇫🇷 Macron admits total FAILURE after violent riots... Police were left completely OUTMATCHED, particularly in cities like Marseille, and Macron struggles to explain: “We had not anticipated so many far-left extremist forces mobilizing.” Perpetually unprepared, Macron delivers yet another non-excuse while French streets burn... 🔥 Writer: Bri t.co/xarduSPo4T

🇧🇷 A Brazilian poll worker shares his account of how the elections really went down yesterday... Dude, the election system in that country is whack! I’m still trying to wrap my head around why this guy brought all of the election papers home with him… Don’t they have a Clerk of Court or someplace to securely handle this stuff? Source: @mariaap24114476 / Writer: Jamie / Translator: Sophia

🇫🇷 Macron: "Social networks are damaging our democracy." You are the one who is destroying the country. And democracy was broken by people like you, who let in MILLIONS of migrants... All their children and grandchildren vote for the people who allowed them to enter, thereby hacking democracy. Writer: Samuel t.co/WxNdN4Anus