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Houthi Strike on Riyadh Airport Sends Brent to $103
Houthi forces hit Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport on Saturday, the first attack on the Saudi capital since March, sending Brent crude to $103.
CDU Falls to 5% in Mecklenburg as AfD Surges to 37%
Germany’s CDU fell to 5% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, its worst result since WWII, as AfD hit 37% — a result Chancellor Merz called a ‘disaster’.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Form Islamic Defense Pact
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a collective-defence pact in Mecca on August 7, bringing 1.4 million troops under a NATO-style mutual defence clause.
US and Denmark Strike Greenland Security Deal
The US and Denmark reached a security agreement on September 18 giving Washington military control over Greenland without a formal sovereignty transfer.
US Energy Department Offers $215 Million for the World’s First Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer
The Department of Energy’s Quantum Genesis Q Competition will award up to $215 million to private-sector teams that can demonstrate at least 100 logical qubits capable of hundreds of millions of fault-tolerant operations.
Altera Confidentially Files for IPO That Could Raise More Than $2 Billion
The Silver Lake- and Intel-backed chipmaker filed confidentially for a US listing on September 15, targeting a late-2026 debut that would rank among the largest semiconductor IPOs since Arm’s $5 billion listing in 2023.
Fed Rate Hike Leaves Emerging-Market Central Banks to Choose Between Inflation and Growth
The Federal Reserve’s September hike to 3.75–4 per cent is pressing emerging-market central banks to tighten even as growth slows, with research showing they follow the Fed about 60 per cent of the time.
Trump Signs Graham Act, Giving Washington 100% Tariff Power Over Russia’s Oil Buyers
President Trump has signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, authorising tariffs up to 100 per cent on goods from countries buying Russian crude and extending the Iran Sanctions Act for five more years.
Tusk Warns Russia Is Planning Deliberate ‘Accidental’ Strikes on NATO States
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament on September 17 that allied intelligence shows Russia intends to stage drone and missile strikes on eastern NATO countries and present them as accidents to undermine Article 5.