Saudis Shut Down Crucial Pipeline After Drone Attack From Iraq – The New York Times

  1. Saudis Shut Down Crucial Pipeline After Drone Attack From Iraq  The New York Times
  2. Proxy fight in Yemen heats up, risking new front in US-Iran war  The Hill
  3. Saudi oil pipeline shut down after attack triggers fires  CNN
  4. Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks by drones from Iraq  CNBC
  5. Iraqi PM announces dismissal of military commander after drone attacks on Saudi Arabia  The Times of Israel
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CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on Bin Laden and al-Qaida from before 9/11

The presidential briefing documents were declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks

Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, detail intelligence that government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended American national security.

The documents illustrate security analysts’ tracking of Bin Laden’s movements and support system, as well as concerns about possible threats to US targets. They also detail officials’ understanding of his network in the United States and other countries, including how his operations were financed.

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Rebels used Anthropic’s AI bot to develop guided weapons, report says – washingtonpost.com

  1. Rebels used Anthropic’s AI bot to develop guided weapons, report says  washingtonpost.com
  2. Anthropic Says Iran Used Its American AI Model to Target U.S. Navy Warships  WSJ
  3. Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026  Anthropic
  4. Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons  The New York Times
  5. How Anthropic says Claude was used for weapons, spying and cyber operations  Reuters
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Colombia Plans to Start Aerial Spraying of Coca Crops Despite Health Worries – The New York Times

  1. Colombia Plans to Start Aerial Spraying of Coca Crops Despite Health Worries  The New York Times
  2. They’re Bringing Back Aerial Fumigation in Colombia  adamisacson.com
  3. Colombian Judge Halts Government Aerial Spraying Plan In Putumayo  teleSUR English
  4. Colombia launches pilot project for aerial spraying of coca crops  UA.NEWS
  5. Colombia announces trial coca eradication program using aerial spraying  Latin America Reports
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U.K. Parliament rejects bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill – The Washington Post

  1. U.K. Parliament rejects bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill  The Washington Post
  2. MPs vote against legalising assisted dying in England and Wales  The Guardian
  3. The defeat of assisted suicide is a victory for the vulnerable – and Parliament  The Telegraph
  4. 'Harmful status quo meant my Mum died alone'  BBC
  5. Assisted dying will not become law after MPs vote down bill in dramatic U-turn  The Independent
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Gulf oil threatened anew as Houthis reach key island and pipeline is shut down – Reuters

  1. Gulf oil threatened anew as Houthis reach key island and pipeline is shut down  Reuters
  2. Saudi Arabia shuts down a pipeline as Houthis seize an island, opening a new front in the Iran war  AP News
  3. The Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a lifeline for the global economy, is in jeopardy  CNN
  4. Trump Loses the Other Strait  The Atlantic
  5. Houthis reportedly advance to key Red Sea island, further threatening crucial oil choke point  CNBC
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On Okinawa, U.S. Bases Are Becoming Yesterday’s Battle – WSJ

  1. On Okinawa, U.S. Bases Are Becoming Yesterday’s Battle  WSJ
  2. China threat erodes Japanese anger over U.S. bases ahead of vote  The Japan Times
  3. Junko Fukutome & Jason Douglas  RealClearDefense
  4. In Okinawa’s gubernatorial elections this Sunday, history matters  Tokyo Paladin with Jake Adelstein
  5. AI-generated posts smear candidates ahead of Okinawa vote  朝日新聞
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