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BREAKING: DOJ says 405 non-citizens cast over 1,500 ballots in WA, warns thousands more may be voting illegally | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“If the state of Washington knowingly or unknowingly allows a non-citizen to vote, they are canceling out or stealing the vote of the United States citizen.”
The Justice Department announced Monday that federal investigators have identified 405 non-citizens who voted illegally in Washington state, with many casting ballots in multiple elections, and warned that potentially thousands more could be voting illegally as the state fights federal demands for its complete voter registration database.
Acting US Attorney Neil Floyd said investigators identified more than 1,500 ballots cast by the individuals. Federal prosecutors have asked Washington election officials to set aside ballots submitted by those on the list until their eligibility can be confirmed.
“We have identified over 400 non-citizens who had voted in Washington, and many of them have voted multiple times. That means we have identified over 1500 ballots illegally cast,” Floyd said.
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Debit Swipe-Fee Cap, Ordering Fed To Rewrite Rule / Fresh Today / CUToday.info
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Judge rebukes DOJ over new charges against ex-FBI officials– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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A federal judge refused on Tuesday to approve a new criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigations, sharply criticizing prosecutors for filing it without first securing judicial approval.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui challenged prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s Washington office over their overnight effort to expand the case against Nikki Floris, the former head of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, and Bradley Benavides, the task force’s former section chief.
Flavio Bolsonaro’s passports cancelled: Brazil police source– www.channelnewsasia.com
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BRASILIA: Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate, right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, has had his passports cancelled, a police source told AFP on Tuesday (Oct 27) on condition of anonymity, amid speculation over his whereabouts.
“Flavio Bolsonaro’s passports have been cancelled,” the source said, adding that “there is no formal record of Flavio Bolsonaro leaving the country.”
Argentina’s security ministry and migration authorities on Tuesday denied local media reports that Bolsonaro had entered the neighbouring country.
Flavio Bolsonaro last spoke publicly on Monday afternoon in a video on social media saying he had been banned from leaving the country and ordered to surrender his passports.
The right-wing senator lost an election bid to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and has refused to concede defeat.
Judge: Trump DOJ illegally fired ex-FBI director’s daughter, Maurene Comey, as a federal prosecutor
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Houthi official says Egypt’s military support for Saudi declaration of war– www.channelnewsasia.com
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SANAA, Yemen: A Houthi official said Tuesday (Oct 27) that the Egyptian parliament’s decision to authorise military support for Saudi Arabia to defend against the Iran-backed group’s attacks was a declaration of war.
The comment was part of a long statement reacting to a Monday visit to Tehran by the Saudi defence minister, alongside Pakistan’s army chief and Türkiye’s intelligence chief, in a bid to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East war.
“It is truly remarkable that while these people go to discuss what they call ‘peace in the region’, Egypt and its parliament declare support for the so-called defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in doing so, declare war against the Republic of Yemen,” said Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, in a Telegram post.
Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir and Türkiye’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin attended the talks with Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
They also met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Iran, Pakistan and Türkiye recently signed a NATO-style defence pact in Mecca that says an attack on one country is to be considered an attack on all three.
Judge continues to block Trump admin. from cutting down trees at D.C. golf course, confirms she’s still “not the Lorax”– www.cbsnews.com
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A federal judge on Monday barred the Trump administration from removing trees from East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., in a colorful ruling that follows a weekslong controversy over President Trump’s plans to overhaul the publicly owned course.
“The Court earlier stated, ‘I am not the Lorax. I do not speak for the trees,'” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote. “The Court still does not speak for the trees. It speaks only for the rule of law.”
In a 70-page preliminary injunction ruling, Reyes prohibited the government from “removing or damaging” any trees on the golf course while a lawsuit challenging the renovation plan works its way through the court system. The judge also required 10 days’ notice before the government makes “any irreparable modification” to the course.
The judge had previously blocked tree removal through Monday.
In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called the ruling “unconstitutional” and said his administration would seek appeal. He added that the government would move forward with closing the course on Nov. 15.
“To have to give advanced notices to a judge who has no expertise in Golf, Architecture, Landscaping, Construction, or anything else having to do with building such a World Class Project, is not fair, appropriate, or Constitutional,” the president wrote, arguing the project is “totally ‘as of right.'”
Mr. Trump has sought to overhaul the golf course — which sits beside the Potomac River — for months, pitching a “World Class Championship Golf Course” fit to host high-profile professional tournaments instead of the current “dysfunctional” course. The D.C. Preservation League sued over the planned changes to the course, arguing the government violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to analyze the project’s impacts.
Ebola cases top 10,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo, as countries race to stop spread– www.cbc.ca
Ebola cases top 10,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo, as countries race to stop spread– www.cbc.ca
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The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed on Tuesday, as health authorities race to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries.
It is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history and nearly half of the 10,060 people confirmed to have the virus have died, according to data from D.R.C.’s Ministry of Health.
That also makes it the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the country’s history.
The outbreak declared in May is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.
Response teams are battling armed conflict, poor roads and violence from residents fuelled by mistrust and misinformation. Those obstacles compound the challenge of persuading people to report symptoms and accept care in communities that have endured years of violence and repeated epidemics.
Photos show Ukraine’s Starlink was throttled during Russian strike that killed 5 in park– www.cbsnews.com
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Kharkiv, Ukraine – Yulia Spichak, a 34 year-old makeup artist in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, dropped her son off at an English-language lesson on Oct. 19 and sat down in a nearby park to send a selfie to her sister, Alina. Seconds later, a Russian drone slammed into the park, killing Spichak and four others, including a 1-year-old girl.
The attack came six days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX throttled Ukraine’s access to Starlink, which Ukraine has been using to coordinate its defenses against Russian attacks and for some of its offensive operations. In a post on X, Musk accused Ukraine of violating Starlink’s terms of service by also using it for attacks on Russia.
Ukrainian officials told CBS News that the restrictions imposed without advance notice affected ground-based air defense radars and drone interceptors, hindering the military’s ability to stop incoming Russian strikes.
“It’s an essential part of the air defense infrastructure,” Vadym Ivchenko, a Ukrainian member of parliament on the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, told CBS News Monday. “I couldn’t say that all other air defenses stopped working, no. But this part is quite essential for the defense of civilians in Ukraine.”
Bolsonaro is granted a visa to enter the U.S. after fleeing Brazil following election loss – The Washington Post– www.washingtonpost.com
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- Bolsonaro is granted a visa to enter the U.S. after fleeing Brazil following election loss The Washington Post
- Trump approved allowing Flávio Bolsonaro to enter US after Brazil election loss, source says CNN
- Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after presidential election loss, reports say The Guardian
- Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa Al Jazeera
- Flávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat The New York Times
Paris braces for more unrest as riots reshape the city’s streets– www.latimes.com
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PARIS — Business is up tenfold at a weapons store near Place de l’Opéra in Paris: Shopkeepers from all over the city have been stocking up on pepper spray and tear gas.
In the nine days since riots erupted in cities across France, thousands of merchants have also boarded up their storefronts, radically altering the Paris streetscape. The screech of electric saws and pounding of nails into plywood are now background noise in the French capital.
“They’re afraid their stores will be attacked and looted,” Yves Gollety, owner of the weapons store, explained.
Adding to the dark mood are police helicopters hovering, with searchlights blazing, to enforce a late-night curfew in the Les Halles and République sections of Paris.
And the city has removed many of the huge street-corner bins where Parisians are accustomed to dropping their empty wine and beer bottles. Rioters had been knocking them over to get glass ammunition against police.
Yet daily life has barely changed in much of Paris, where it can seem like normal times amid the chaos. Friends chat in cafés with shattered windows. Customers ignore plywood covering the front doors of shops.
At least 30 dead, 80 injured in central Spain train crash – National– globalnews.ca
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A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said.
The regional president of Castilla La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, said at least 30 people died in the crash and warned that the death toll could rise. He added that at least 80 people were injured.
French Senate passes bill to make protesters pay for unrest damage– www.reddit.com
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Lula’s Win Signals Fight to Regulate Social Media Will Escalate in Brazil
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Australians should prepare for online services to go down unexpectedly as threats rise, cyber agency warns | AI (artificial intelligence)– www.theguardian.com
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Australians should prepare for more basic and important online services to go offline unexpectedly, the nation’s signals intelligence agency has warned, urging that “system security must be prioritised over system availability”.
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) also says businesses and critical infrastructure must use cutting-edge AI models to defend against digital threats, raising alarm that artificial intelligence is enabling more dangerous threats than ever.
In its annual cyber threat report, the ASD warns hostile foreign governments, criminals and hackers are using AI to gather intelligence, disrupt critical infrastructure and steal money, and that Australians should fight fire with fire.
“We need AI tools to help automate our defences to stay ahead of AI-enabled attackers,” the ASD director general, Abigail Bradshaw, said on Monday.
“Australia must accelerate the modernisation of its technology and cybersecurity foundations to protect the systems we rely on every day.”
The annual threat report, released on Tuesday, revealed that ASD had responded to 1,500 cybersecurity incidents in the 2025-26 year, an increase of 20% from the previous year. It also notified external entities – including businesses, governments and critical infrastructure – of more than 4,400 potential malicious cyber incidents, up 80% in a year. AI is expected to accelerate those dangers in future.
Flávio Bolsonaro heading to Ecuador, Argentina says, after losing Brazil’s presidential election– www.cbsnews.com
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Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and his family were en route to Ecuador after leaving Brazil and stopping off in Argentina, the Argentine National Directorate of Migration said on social media. Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s hotly contested presidential election over the weekend.
Bolsonaro, his wife and two daughters arrived in Argentina Tuesday night through the Tancredo Neves International Bridge border crossing, the directorate said, then boarded a private plane for a flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador.
There was no word on whether they would remain in Ecuador.
Earlier, a senior State Department official told CBS News Bolsonaro and his family would receive U.S. visas.
Bolsonaro, an ally of President Trump, and his family will be allowed entry into the U.S., the official said.
Bolsonaro departed Brazil for the U.S. after being defeated by incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s election, according to multiple Brazilian media reports.
A spokesperson for Bolsonaro did not respond to a request for comment. His campaign manager Rogério Marinho also refused to comment.
Silva said Tuesday it was “shameful” that Bolsonaro had fled Brazil.
US tells Gulf allies to brace for ‘intense’ war with Iran – WSJ — RT World News– rt-english.com
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Washington is reportedly preparing for a new military campaign after the November 3 midterm elections, although Trump has yet to make a final decision
The US has warned several Gulf Arab countries to prepare for a short but intense military campaign against Iran after the November 3 US midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to the WSJ, US President Donald Trump is leaning toward launching major strikes on Iran’s infrastructure and nuclear facilities, although no final decision has been made. The warnings to Gulf allies reportedly indicate that Israel is also preparing to participate in renewed combat operations.
The US is reportedly deploying an additional Patriot air defense missile battery to the region and moving troops away from vulnerable bases in anticipation of Iranian retaliation. Washington is also replenishing munitions and preparing additional aircraft and warships for possible operations.
Ohio Senate Passed Its Suppressor Bill 31-1. Now a House Lawmaker Wants Short-Barreled Rifles and Shotguns Added.– www.usacarry.com
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COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio Senate Bill 214 would remove firearm mufflers and suppressors from the state’s classification of dangerous ordnance. Sen. Koehler introduced it in the 136th General Assembly. It amends sections 1533.04, 2923.11 and 2923.17 of the Ohio Revised Code.
The bill passed the Senate 31-1 in March and is now pending before the House Public Safety Committee, as reported by the Ohio House of Representatives. The release comes from State Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel (R-New Waterford). It identifies the sponsor as Sen. Kyle Koehler (R-Springfield). It also backs proposed amendments that would extend the bill’s changes to short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns. NRA-ILA also reported the Senate’s passage of the bill in March.
Here is why this matters. Under current Ohio law, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns are all classified as dangerous ordnance. According to Blasdel’s office, possessing one without federal National Firearms Act registration or another qualifying exemption can result in state felony charges.
The timing is tied to changes at the federal level. Blasdel’s office points to “a landmark federal court ruling limiting federal enforcement,” which I covered previously. It also cites the federal government’s announcement that it will end enforcement of “dangerous ordnance registration under the NFA.” The concern is that Ohio’s own parallel enforcement statute stays on the books. That could leave law-abiding Ohio gun owners exposed to state penalties even as federal enforcement backs off.
Italy: Leftist and Migrant Rioters Storm Rome’s Colosseum as Violence Spreads Across Europe– slaynews.com
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Leftist and migrant rioters pushed past security barriers and turnstiles at Rome’s Colosseum, entering the historic site while tourists were present as demonstrations across Italy erupted into violence.
The group broke away from an authorized procession along Via Cavour and entered the archaeological landmark, where participants chanted slogans, displayed placards, and waved Hamas flags alongside other Middle Eastern flags.
Security personnel escorted them out after several minutes.
Italy’s Ministry of Culture said initial assessments found no structural damage or injuries connected to the intrusion.
The breach came amid a wider wave of demonstrations over living costs, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s policies, military spending, and the Gaza conflict.
Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat against student-led opposition movement – National– globalnews.ca
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The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him, led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.
High turnout and gathering tensions marked the highly contested parliamentary election that was a showdown between Vucic and his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party and university students who, accusing the government of corruption and dismantling democracy, had built a popular following across the country.
Serbia’s 6.4 million voters were electing lawmakers to the 250-member Parliament. In conceding the election, Vucic said his party projects that his opponents, the youth-backed Students’ List, will take between 135 and 140 seats while his SNS party will have around 105.
“The Students’ List has won,” Vucic told supporters at his party’s election night event, though he blamed Serbia’s independent media as well as alleged interference by unnamed European countries and an ”American deep state” for the loss.
Mississippi Woman Shoots and Kills One of Two Masked Men Who Broke Into Her Jackson Apartment at 2:30 A.M.– www.usacarry.com
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- A woman shot and killed one of two masked men who broke into her apartment at Park at Inverness Apartments in Jackson at 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 8.
- The resident fired after fearing for her life when the two ski-masked intruders broke in; one suspect died inside and the other fled.
- The dead suspect was identified as 15-year-old Kaden Young; the resident was interviewed by police and released.
- Police arrested the second suspect, 18-year-old Quintavion Myles, the same day on murder and burglary charges.
- Myles faces the murder charge under a law that holds felony participants responsible for deaths that occur during the crime, regardless of who fired.
Illinois Counties Are Voting On Forming A New State Without Chicago, And Pritzker Is Calling It A ‘Stunt’
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26 Percent of Marijuana Consumers Say They Are More Likely to Buy a Gun After Supreme Court Struck Down Federal Ban– www.usacarry.com
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- A NuggMD poll found 26 percent of marijuana consumers are more likely to buy a gun after the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban.
- The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that criminalizing gun possession by cannabis users under federal law violates the Second Amendment.
- Among Republican cannabis consumers, 41 percent said the ruling makes them more likely to buy a gun, compared to 26 percent of Democrats.
- NuggMD surveyed 654 cannabis consumers in state-legal markets between October 8 and 15, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.83 percentage points.
- The Supreme Court has begun applying the ruling to other cases involving cannabis consumers prosecuted for possessing firearms.
Former Florida Prosecutor Wants Stand Your Ground Style Immunity for Gun Owners Arrested in Gun-Free Zones Without Intent– www.usacarry.com
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- Former Florida prosecutor Lisa Chittaro is calling for a ‘Second Amendment immunity defense’ modeled on Florida’s Stand Your Ground statute.
- Chittaro’s proposal would give gun owners arrested in gun-free zones a fast route to appellate courts without waiting years.
- Under her model, prosecutors would bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that immunity does not apply.
- Chittaro says cases involving no knowledge or intent, such as a parent forgetting a firearm near a school, should be covered.
- The proposal targets prosecutions in gun-free zones like schools, sporting events, and airports where criminal intent was absent.
How AI Is Changing the Pace of Discovery for Millions Living With Dementia– blogs.nvidia.com
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There are 57 million people worldwide living with dementia today. For the researchers working to help them, the obstacle isn’t a lack of effort — it’s too much data, too few experts to synthesize it and a pace of discovery that can’t keep up with the disease.
The Consortium for Biomedical Research and AI in Neurodegeneration (C-BRAIN), working with NVIDIA, is using AI to change that.
Alzheimer’s disease is one of today’s leading global health challenges, with over 10 million new dementia cases diagnosed each year. Despite a 7x increase in National Institutes of Health funding in the last 15 years — reaching $3.9 billion annually — no treatment has been found to stop, prevent or reverse the disease yet.
The bottlenecks are not enough high impact scientific findings, too much data living in institutional silos and too slow a pace of synthesis to keep up with the research that is published.
C-BRAIN, led by Dr. Randall Bateman and a consortium of 18 member institutions across academic, philanthropic, pharma and research organizations, launched in November 2025 to help scientists make better, faster discoveries by accelerating the research that makes new treatments possible.
“We have a window of opportunity with artificial intelligence to do research fundamentally different than we’ve ever done before, in a way that accelerates discoveries to help patients,” said Bateman, founder and director of C-BRAIN and the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He described their work as “AI tools built by scientists, for scientists.”
Serbian student movement eyes power after election triumph– www.france24.com
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Emotions ran high in Belgrade on Monday after a student-led movement upset the right-wing populist Aleksandar Vucic’s party in Serbia’s snap election. A celebratory mood gripped the capital, with drivers honking their horns and passers-by holding up three fingers — the winning list’s ballot number and a Serbian greeting. Many wore badges and other symbols of the student movement, while a large group of residents spent the day cleaning up a park between parliament and the presidency after Vucic loyalists, who had camped there for more than a year, fled. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks with researchers and political activist Aleksandar Matković.
Lula secures victory in Brazil, but faces challenge as Bolsonaro contests victory– abcnews.com
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BRASILIA — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ‘s comeback to win Brazil’s presidential runoff Sunday is already facing its first hurdle as his competitor, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, challenges the results, setting the stage for a possible showdown between the country’s two polarizing political forces.
Lula, who convinced an extra 10.4 million voters to support him in the runoff, is expected to take office on Jan. 5, 2027, for his fourth non-consecutive term. He will serve as a counterweight in a region where leaders are shifting to the right and aligning with U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, promised to cozy up to the Trump administration.
At a news conference Sunday, Bolsonaro said he planned to request an annulment of the election following a chaotic extension of voting at the request of both candidates. However, it’s unclear what legal avenue he would have to do that. His father also contested his loss to Lula four years ago and now serves a 27-year prison sentence for a coup attempt.
Early signs from Brazil’s institutions and from leaders across the region, including conservative presidents who oppose Lula, suggest the results will be respected nationally and internationally. Trump has yet to weigh in.
Even with the vote extension, Lula’s win was decisive. The soon-to-be 81-year-old incumbent won more than 64 million votes compared to just under 60 million for Bolsonaro, a margin of nearly 4%.
Iran War Updates: Tehran shrugs off Trump’s attack threats, says diplomacy ongoing as oil prices stay high– www.cbsnews.com
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High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey were in Tehran on Monday for meetings with Iranian authorities to try to avert renewed fighting in the Iran war, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said. Iran and the three countries party to the Mecca defense pact — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan — agreed to continue talks after a “first” meeting in Tehran, Iranian state television reported.
Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Ibrahim Kalin, the head of Turkey’s intelligence service, met with Iran’s top security officials and negotiators to push for a deal between Tehran and Washington.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran that the agenda for the Monday meeting wasn’t set, but the talks would “undoubtedly address the most pressing threats to regional security,” while Saudi Arabia said in a statement that the delegations hoped to find “ways to de-escalate tensions, enhance regional security and promote its stability.”
Two regional officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to reporters, told the Associated Press that the war in Yemen and strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia were also among the topics discussed during the talks.
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado RETURNS To Venezuela, President Trump Responds– wltreport.com
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has finally made her way back home.
Machado, who was one of the biggest opposition voices to Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, returned back to Venezuela over the weekend.
Machado fled the country in 2025 after being wanted by the Maduro regime for her political activism and eventually made her way to Norway.
Here’s the response to Machado’s return to Venezuela:
¡Este día lo vamos a recordar siempre!
Juntos alcanzaremos la Libertad. 🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/WTpT1LChYl
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) October 26, 2026
NPR provided further details on Machado’s return:
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after ten months abroad, announcing her arrival in a social media post.
In a post on X, Machado declared: “I’m here, with you all.”
Machado made her first public appearance among worshippers at the Church of Santa Rosa in Lara state, western Venezuela, where she was quickly surrounded by an ecstatic congregation. She then travelled on to Caracas, where hundreds of cheering supporters swarmed her car. “Here” she tweeted, when she arrived in the capital.
Her return poses a challenge to interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who took over after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro in January.
The Trump administration has repeatedly sidelined Machado, despite her prominence in the opposition. She has called for elections to be held soon, but Washington says Venezuela must first stabilize.
In January 2025, Machado went into hiding in Venezuela after being briefly detained following a protest. Later that year, she left the country in a clandestine escape, and reappeared in December in Norway, where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful challenge to Maduro’s authoritarian government.