1. Wall Street Bloodbath: $3.2 Trillion Evaporates as AI Bubble Bursts
The US midterm elections have triggered a historic financial shockwave, wiping out a staggering $3.2 trillion in US equities in a single trading session. Fears of incoming Democratic regulation on data-centre expansion and AI infrastructure caused the S&P 500 to plummet 4.4% and the Nasdaq to bleed $2.49 trillion. The “Magnificent Seven” tech behemoths lost roughly $1 trillion, with Nvidia plunging 9.3% and erasing $400 billion. The contagion rapidly crossed the Pacific, pushing Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi into bear markets, exposing the extreme fragility of a global financial system artificially propped up by AI hype.
2. The Zionist Deadlock: Eisenkot’s “Hollow Majority” and the Haredi Walkout
The Zionist entity remains politically paralysed as President Isaac Herzog delays handing over the mandate to form a government. While former IOF chief Gadi Eisenkot secured 67 recommendations against Netanyahu’s 46, the majority is fundamentally hollow: it relies heavily on the 19 seats of Palestinian parties (Joint List and Ra’am) whom Eisenkot explicitly refuses to govern with. Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s own Haredi allies (United Torah Judaism) walked away over military conscription disputes, leaving both blocs mathematically stranded and exposing the terminal fractures of the colonial project.
3. Saudi Slaughter in Ta’izz: 25 Martyred in Busy Market
The Saudi war machine continues its campaign of collective punishment and starvation. A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA fighter jet carried out three consecutive airstrikes on the bustling al-Hadhara market in Ta’izz, slaughtering 25 civilians and injuring 40 at the peak of commercial activity. Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed the targeted strike and vowed that these brutal crimes will not go unpunished. Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights denounced the attack as a deliberate war crime aimed at severing the economic lifelines of the Yemeni people.
4. The Imperial Facade: Khatami on the Two-Party Illusion and Ansari’s Defiance
Addressing the US political shift, Tehran Friday Prayers Imam Ayatollah Sayyed Ahmad Khatami dismantled the illusion of the American two-party system, stating there is “no difference” between Democrats and Republicans regarding their hostile policy toward Iran, noting Obama removed 11 tons of uranium while Trump failed to remove 400kg. Meanwhile, Iranian-American congresswoman Yassamin Ansari publicly defied the establishment, condemning Trump’s threats against 90 million Iranians as a “crime against humanity” and vowing that Democrats must “urgently end Trump’s reckless war of choice.”
5. Paraguay’s Banking Collapse and the Global Uprising
The economic decay of US-aligned regimes continues to trigger systemic collapse. Mass protests have paralysed Asunción after the Central Bank seized control of Ueno Bank, freezing the life savings of 3 million citizens. Bowing to public fury, President Santiago Peña announced his resignation, though impeachment proceedings leave his departure in legal limbo.
Also on the wire
Bahrain: Protesters took to the streets across the country to denounce a fresh wave of arbitrary arrests targeting Shia clerics and youth by the Al Khalifa regime.
UK: Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court demanding the lifting of the draconian ban on Palestine Action during its appeal hearing.
Gaza: Israeli attacks killed at least 3 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy and a medical student, while nearly 2 million remain in urgent need of humanitarian aid due to the deepening blockade.
India: A massive fire tore through a car showroom in South Delhi’s Saidul Ajaib area, injuring seven people.
US: Several people, including police officers, were injured in a shooting in Lakewood, Colorado.
Iraq: Heavy rainwater has flooded several areas in western Anbar.