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A senior American official confirmed to Channel 14 News on Wednesday that the United States is prepared to provide investigative and intelligence support to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia upon request. The offer follows the dramatic thwarted hijacking aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073, as intelligence agencies across the Middle East coordinate to uncover the motives and potential state-backed terror networks behind the Omani first officer's assault.

The Western model of multiculturalism has changed Western high-trust societies into low-trust societies with high levels of crime, violence and internal conflict. The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom are examples of societies that have gone through this transformation. The United Arab Emirates is an example of a country that has implemented multiculturalism in a very different way. They have implemented a clear and legal distinction between the own population and foreigners from other cultures. What would it look like if this Arab model were to be implemented in Western societies? This video contains a thought experiment. CONTENT 0:00 Introduction...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) wrote a 26-page letter to the American people on Tuesday, urging them to vote for Democrats in the midterms. “Although American politicians often win your votes through deception and false promises, as Trump did, you can change the makeup of the government if you apply the criteria for good leadership in choosing the people you vote into office,” the IRGC said. “Remove from power the evil, deceitful, and violent politicians who are responsible for America’s current state.” The IRGC then asked Americans to “take back control.” The letter referred to Trump as a tyrant...

The White House says it has reduced legalized migration from Muslim-majority nations by more than 90 percent. The cutbacks are a huge setback to the progressive policy of importing diverse migrants to help fragment the civic rules that ordinary Americans have created to manage their neighborhoods, schools, and society. The policy shift also reduces the growth of antisemitic communities in U.S. society, said Noah Pollak, a Trump deputy in the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education. “This is the single most consequential policy to combat antisemitism in the US in the last decade and it’s not even...

Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear ​weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea. In a document sent to NATO ‌and seen by Reuters, Moscow accused the alliance of a "dangerous and reckless course" that entailed "high risks of the outbreak of a direct armed conflict". The document said this included the possibility of "Russian strikes against decision-making centers in the alliance's member states right from the outset". "Russia will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal,...

¡Se acabó! Tu 5-9, yo doble dos ¡Ya se acabó! Sesenta años trancado el dominó ¡Se acabó! Y no tenemos miedo, se acabó el engaño ¡Ya se acabó!, son sesenta y dos haciendo daño It's over! Your 5-9, my double-two It's over! Sixty years with the domino game locked It's over! And we are not afraid, the deception is over It's already over, that's sixty-two years of doing damage CUBAN ARTIST AND ACTIVIST Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was recently released from prison and sent into exile in the United States after spending five years in Guanajay, a maximum-security prison...

Five men were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist act next to RAF Fairford U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications” that Iran played a part in a foiled attack on RAF Fairford last weekend, when five masked men were arrested next to the air base which has been used by the U.S. to bomb targets in Iran. “We will say more in due course, but we can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part,” Burnham told the BBC. The comments by Britain’s leader back up earlier assertions by U.S. Secretary...

Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson complained that Jewish residents of his state have been reluctant to label Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip a genocide, saying that hesitation was “only because they’re Jewish.”Jackson, who has faced pressure from his left flank to more forcefully condemn the Jewish state, made the comment Tuesday to Portland’s NBC affiliate. “It’s unfortunate that there are people here in Maine that don’t like to use that term only because they’re Jewish and what that means to them, with the Holocaust,” said Jackson, according to Jewish Insider. “[Israel’s war in Gaza] fits that...

A FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia Wednesday after a violent attempt by one of the pilots to seize control of the aircraft and crash it, passengers and Israeli officials said. "As they were approaching Israel, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot and apparently attempted to crash the plane with everyone on board," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement, lauding passengers and other crew members who intervened. The prime minister said he instructed Israel's "security establishment to prepare for potential additional threats." An Israeli...

Socialist Spain has offered Americans a glimpse of what socialist economics can bring, and perhaps a preview of New York City’s future, or that of the broader United States, should progressives and the Democratic Socialists of America gain more ground. On Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that, in keeping with his government’s belief that housing is a “human right,” it had introduced legislation to bar evictions, freeze rents, and force landlords to continue leasing properties to tenants. The bill would also expand the country’s affordable-housing stock.

Flydubai Flight 1073 was carrying about 180 passengers to Tel Aviv from Dubai when it made the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. JERUSALEM — A flight carrying about 180 passengers to Tel Aviv from Dubai made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after one of the pilots stabbed another and sought to hijack the plane before being subdued, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

US forces leave country where 4,500 of them died in worst US war of 21st century BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies ​who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war. Iraqi security experts say the withdrawal — agreed in 2024 under President Joe Biden and carried ‌out by Donald Trump's administration even as it wages war against Iran — could give Tehran and its...

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister and the second-woman ever in the Arab world to serve in the position. The royal palace said in a statement on Tuesday that El Mansouri, a 50-year-old urban planning minister and the mayor of Marrakesh, was tasked with forming a new government. El Mansouri said in a televised address her appointment was “truly historic”. “For the first time in our country’s history, a woman is taking on the responsibility of leading the government,” she said. “This is a source of pride not only...

Sal covers the reports of 8 marines wounded in an attack on a "non-US Navy" ship. W*T*H: Did the U.S. Military Turn a Civilian Freighter into an Armed Escort?

This is not an easy undertaking. ... The SR-71 program was scrapped decades ago. There are few people alive who remember how the engines were designed and built. And yet, it seems NASA is getting the gang back together: ... Mike Relja, a retiree in his late 70s, received an unexpected job offer from NASA about a month ago. The assignment: Help put a former NASA-operated Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird back in the air after a nearly 27-year hiatus. Relja, an ex-U.S. Air Force and NASA test engineer for the SR-71A, could not believe his ears. David Ash, a former U.S....

Five men suspected of plotting a bomb attack on an RAF base were released on bail on Monday after experts found no trace of explosives. Fears of a terror attack were downgraded just 36 hours after the group of British nationals were arrested by armed police close to RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire. Counterterrorism police said they were still investigating whether the men, aged in their mid-twenties and living in London, were proxies for a foreign state. It followed speculation that Iran could be responsible, after the regime issued threats against Fairford because it is a staging post for US strikes...

No one would claim that the Iran War has been a political godsend for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. But some Israel-First conservatives are willing to say—and lately have been incessantly saying—that the Iran War hasn’t been a political scourge. Those Israel-First conservatives are wrong, even if the devil is, at least partly, hidden in the details. The Iran War has damaged Trump’s approval ratings, consumed his presidency, and darkened the GOP’s prospects in the upcoming midterm elections. A chief proponent of the argument that Trump hasn’t suffered all that much from the Iran War is Ben Shapiro...

Russian agents are posting ads online, preying on the vulnerable to fight for them, and sadly, people are falling for it. The money doesn't outweigh the risks. Russia is running out of troops and as a result has resorted to recruiting Americans to fight on the front lines by offering them an incentive of a $27,000 signing bonus. The Kremlin has reportedly duped 18 Americans into fighting on their behalf against Ukraine and according to insiders, it’s a suicide mission.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has assigned personnel to use "advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities to identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference" in the upcoming elections, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The threat of foreign election interference has been a biennial U.S. concern for the past decade. This effort will use the most advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to date, officials said. Hegseth's order does not direct military personnel to the polls, but President Trump has refused to rule out that possibility, heightening concern from Democrats and administration critics.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said unequivocally that a foreign actor was involved in the suspected UK bomb plot at RAF Fairford, hours after the five suspects arrested close to the airbase were released on bail. “What could have happened in the UK over the weekend is a ‌very serious situation,” Rubio said in an interview with Fox News on Monday evening, adding that it “clearly involves the hands ‌of a foreign actor.” Rubio provided no evidence for his claims. The five men, all British nationals from London in their early 20s, were ⁠detained early on Sunday after...