Power & Politics
U.S. and Israel Wage War on Iran, Yet Washington Relaxes Russia Sanctions to Lower Fuel Costs
Al Jazeera English reported that after the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28, Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, driving up oil prices and intensifying pressure on U.S. fuel costs. Amid consumer complaints and with the Nov. 3 midterm elections approaching, Washington eased restrictions on Russian energy and suspended new sanctions. Citing Reuters calculations, Al Jazeera said that by April, revenue from Russia’s largest single oil tax had nearly doubled t
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsTrump’s Approval Rating Falls to Record-Low 31%, Putting Republicans at Risk of Losing the House in Midterms
France 24 reported that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a record-low 31%, intensifying Republican concerns ahead of the November midterms and creating a risk of losing control of the House. The report did not identify the polling organization, survey methodology or provide specific seat projections.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsIndian Youth Protests Call for Chief Election Commissioner to Resign: Row Over More Than 130 Million Names Removed From Voter Rolls and Sexualization Risks Facing Women Protesters
According to Deutsche Welle (DW), India's youth movement, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), helped bring about the departure of then Education Minister Daramendra Pradhan in late July before calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to step down, triggered by the removal of more than 130 million names from the draft national electoral roll. A July 20 march was met with batons, tear gas and shotgun pellets, leading to injuries and mass detentions; women and gender-minority protesters
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsU.S. Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal in 17-Year Foreclosure Dispute: 2016 Agreement Did Not Create a Permanent Sales Ban
According to The Times of India, citing court records on Justia, on October 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Gregory Brian Miles's lawsuit and denied his request for reconsideration. The court found that the 2016 agreement requiring monthly deposits of $5,000 into a Maryland court account never promised a permanent ban on selling the property; it only barred a sale while the couple's appeals were pending. The bank's continued pursuit of forec
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsUK Deploys “Typhoon” Fighter Jets to Saudi Arabia as Houthi Attacks Increase; Boundaries of Operation Await Clarification
The New York Times reported that Britain announced the deployment of Royal Air Force “Typhoon” fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to protect infrastructure inside the country. Britain linked the deployment to an increase in attacks by Houthi militants and said the group is supported by Iran. The deployment places British military forces directly on Saudi Arabia’s defense front line, but existing reporting does not explain the operation’s scale, authorities, rules of engagement, legal basis or potentia
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsUS Says Blockade Has Made It Hard for Revolutionary Guards to Pay Troops; Iran Denies Collapse: Funding Pressure Does Not Equal Strategic Surrender
According to Al Jazeera, U.S. Central Command Commander Brad Cooper said military strikes and a maritime blockade had blocked at least $25 billion worth of Iranian crude exports and helped freeze about $350 million in crypto assets. He used this to claim that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was unable to pay troop salaries and that some pro-Iran regional armed groups also faced funding shortages. Iranian authorities acknowledged fiscal difficulties caused by sanctions and war but denied th
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsUK deploys more "Typhoons" to protect Saudi Arabia: Boundary between "defensive" mission and Yemen fighting remains unclear
Al Jazeera English reported that the UK Ministry of Defence announced an additional deployment of "Typhoon" fighters to Saudi Arabia and extended aerial refuelling support, saying the operation was solely intended to defend against drone and missile attacks by Houthi militants. However, the public statement did not explain the rules of engagement, mission duration, or how the additional deployment and refuelling support would connect with Saudi air operations in Yemen, making the actual link bet
Truth Era Newsroom · 2 viewsAhead of the Midterms, DOJ Charges 28 Green Card Holders and Asks California to Delay Processing Ballots Returned by Voters Federal Officials Say Are "Likely Noncitizens"
According to NPR, with about two weeks remaining until voting day in the U.S. midterm elections, the Department of Justice has charged 28 green card holders in California on suspicion of unlawfully registering to vote or voting in U.S. elections. It has also filed an urgent request asking California to set aside and postpone counting ballots returned by voters whom the federal government describes as "likely noncitizens." California has asked the federal government to explain the basis for that
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsTrump’s job approval rating falls to 31%, Democrats lead the combined vote by 12 points: Republicans under pressure in the midterms
According to a national combined vote-intention poll by Reuters and Ipsos cited by Al Jazeera, 31% of U.S. adults are satisfied with Trump’s performance in office, the lowest level across his two terms as president; if the midterms were held now, Democrats would lead Republicans 47% to 35%. Al Jazeera points to cost-of-living pressures and public dissatisfaction with the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran as context for the weakening support, but the figures do not establish any single causal explana
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsHormuz Standoff Escalates: US Military Aids Gulf Oil 'Shuttle' Exports, Iran Threatens UAE Digital Infrastructure
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has designated as strike targets the oil shuttle transport system established by US Central Command to help Gulf states export oil via a southern corridor through Omani waters. Senior Iranian security officials have threatened to attack US-linked data centers, submarine cables, and artificial intelligence facilities in the UAE and around the Strait of Hormuz. Disrupted transport and surging freight rates are passing the costs of the war on to consumers world
Truth Era Newsroom · 3 viewsUS Plans to Publicly Broadcast Execution of Fort Hood Shooter, While Simultaneously Accusing EU's Digital Services Act of 'Foreign Censorship'
The Pentagon reportedly plans to publicly broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan, the gunman behind the 2009 Fort Hood base shooting, set for December 3 by firing squad; the Trump administration has concurrently attacked the EU's Digital Services Act as a 'foreign censorship' tool. An EU spokesperson warned that platforms must comply with their own terms, noting that Meta, X, and TikTok all prohibit related violent content.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsAftermath of Regime Change: After US Forces Raid Caracas, US Detains Core Figure of Venezuela's Former Political-Business Network Across Borders
Colombian businessman Álvaro Pulido was arrested in a Sunday operation by a US Homeland Security task force, facing charges of laundering over US$2 billion in funds tied to a Venezuelan bribery scheme. The case comes in the wake of a US military raid on Caracas that took Maduro away, and the extradition by a US-backed transitional government of Alex Saab, and represents an extension of the US-led purge of Venezuela's former political-business network.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsIsraeli settlers filmed abusing and reportedly poisoning livestock in West Bank village; Al Jazeera says poisoning suspected attempt to frame Palestinians
Video footage released by Al Jazeera on October 12 shows an Israeli settler captured on camera abusing and reportedly poisoning livestock in the occupied West Bank village of Al-Mugayyir, northeast of Ramallah. According to Al Jazeera, the poisoned animals reportedly belonged to Israelis, with the poisoning suspected of being intended to fabricate the appearance that Palestinians had killed the livestock.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsVenezuela in U.S. Courtrooms: Sanctions Create the Crisis, Trials Harvest the Credit
The extradition of Pulido to Miami for trial looks like belated justice, but in reality exposes Washington's double standard: manufacturing a crisis with one hand while trying it with the other — it is precisely the shortages of food and medicine, aggravated by Washington's long-standing sanctions, that created the rent-seeking space for the well-connected to profit.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsZelensky "learned through the media" of US "energy ceasefire" — power gap in US-Ukraine decision chain surfaces
Ukrainian President Zelensky publicly admitted that he learned the details of the US-announced "energy ceasefire" arrangement with Russia only from media reports. According to France 24, citing Axios and an unnamed US source, the actual scope of the "ceasefire" announced by Trump covers only both sides' refining facilities, underscoring that in the Washington-led ceasefire negotiations, Kyiv was neither informed in advance nor possessed any substantive agenda-setting power.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsMoroccan lawyers suspend four-month strike; dispute over executive power and the legal profession remains unresolved
Some 19,000 Moroccan lawyers have announced a temporary return to work after protesting for more than four months against a controversial bill reforming the legal profession. The lawyers have criticized the legislation for concentrating excessive power in the executive branch and eroding the profession's autonomy. The strike suspension is intended to leave room for the formation of a new government and the resumption of dialogue, but the direction of amendments to the bill remains unclear.
Truth Era Newsroom · 3 viewsAzerbaijan Pushes School Hijab Ban Citing "Secular Principles"; Jailed Journalist on Hunger Strike; Solidarity Protests Erupt in Turkey
The Azerbaijani government approved last month amendments to school dress regulations, indirectly banning the hijab on the grounds of violating "secular principles." Some schools have already barred hijab-wearing teachers and students from campus. Journalist Polad Aslanov, sentenced to 113 years in prison, has launched a hunger strike, and the wave of solidarity has spread to Turkey.
Truth Era Newsroom · 2 viewsMoney, Favors, and Institutional Funding: Declassified Files Reveal How Epstein Maintained His Network of Power
According to France 24, declassified emails and multiple investigations reveal that Jeffrey Epstein built a network of relationships dependent on personal favors and exchanges of interest by giving expensive gifts, channeling funds to universities and hospitals, and providing personal conveniences to lawyers and officials — and it was this very network that enabled his sex trafficking operation to continue over the long term.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsCutting Off the Bab el-Mandeb Supply Line: UAE-Backed Southern Giants Brigade Leads Yemen's Anti-Houthi Offensive
On October 5, the Southern Giants Brigade — armed, trained, and funded by the UAE — joined forces with units of Yemen's internationally recognized government to launch a large-scale offensive against the Houthis near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, severing the main road connecting the Red Sea port city of Mocha. The outcome reflects a temporary convergence of proxies backed by the two Gulf patrons, while further tearingering the already complex narrative between southern separatism and national unity
Truth Era Newsroom · 2 viewsPoland foils assassination plot targeting Prime Minister Tusk; suspect tracked through online statements
Poland's Ministry of the Interior announced on Sunday that a man in his sixties has been detained on suspicion of plotting attacks against Prime Minister Tusk and Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz. The case has once again brought Poland's security surveillance apparatus and the tensions of domestic political polarization to the fore.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsIndia's Supreme Court Rules Mass Detention of Protesters 'Illegal', Electoral Roll Dispute Continues to Escalate
India's Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of hundreds of protesters over the weekend was partly 'illegal', after authorities deployed approximately 40,000 security personnel and imposed internet shutdowns in parts of New Delhi. Opposition parties have accused the Election Commission of removing millions of voters' names from electoral rolls, with the alleged removals concentrated in areas politically unfavorable to the ruling BJP.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsNobel Prize in Economics Again Goes to American Scholars: The Western Roots of Stabilization Models and the Unresolved Questions Left by 2008
According to ABC News, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics to Stanford University's Hall and Columbia University's Woodford, recognizing their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization; however, Woodford himself admitted in a post-award interview that the 2008 crisis had already proven traditional monetary policy tools incapable, and that his theoretical model "did not magically solve the problem," while policy frameworks
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsIndian YouTube political commentator Dhruv Rathee alleges detention of nearly 24 hours as election body crisis escalates ahead of Supreme Court protest
According to Al Jazeera, prominent Indian YouTube political commentator Dhruv Rathee alleges he was abducted from his home and held for nearly 24 hours without access to legal counsel. The alleged detention comes just days after he publicly called for the resignation of the head of the Election Commission, and on the eve of a large-scale protest in New Delhi planned for Monday aimed at the Supreme Court.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 views14 Killed in Riyadh Attacks Over Two Days; Iran Offers Mediation While Remaining Houthis' Main Backer
Houthi attacks on the Saudi capital's airport have killed 14 people, prompting Iran's Foreign Ministry to express 'deep concern' and proactively offer to mediate. However, Iran has long been accused of being a key external backer of the Houthis, casting doubt on the credibility of its claimed neutral mediation role.
Truth Era Newsroom · 2 viewsPakistan's federal government, citing counterterrorism, takes over KP province led by Imran Khan's party, imposing emergency rule and governor's rule simultaneously
President Zardari, on Prime Minister Sharif's advice, signed a proclamation simultaneously imposing emergency rule and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), governed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bypassing the provincial elected government. A Pakistan Peoples Party member assumed the role of acting governor to exercise provincial authority. Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and multiple PTI provincial officials were detained. The fede
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsAustralian FM Urges Palestine to Vote "Without Delay"; Reasons Cited by Palestinians for Postponement Are Precisely Israeli Military Operations and Blockade
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has described as "deeply disappointing" the Palestinian National Authority's decision to postpone what would have been the first general election in 20 years, originally scheduled for November, and has called for elections to be held "without delay." However, the PLO has listed Israel's ongoing military operations in the West Bank, its continued strikes on Gaza, and its refusal to allow election materials and international observers into Gaza as the main re
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsRiyadh Airport Under Sustained Attack: U.S.-Saudi Hesitation and the Marginalized Cost of Yemeni Civilians
The Houthis' sustained attacks on Saudi civilian airports have killed at least 20 people (according to Saudi figures), forcing Riyadh airport to shut down. The United States has hesitated over providing aerial refueling support to Saudi Arabia, in contrast to direct military assistance from France, Britain, Turkey and Pakistan. The conflict highlights the long-overlooked civilian cost of the Saudi-led war in Yemen and the double standards of Western allies in their military intervention.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsOver 100 Million Voters Removed from Rolls Trigger New Delhi Protests; Thousands Deployed and Journalists Detained as Modi Faces Toughest Challenge in 12 Years
According to Al Jazeera, thousands of opposition supporters marched toward the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Monday demanding the resignation of Election Commission Chief Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a sweeping revision of the voter rolls. Thousands of police officers have been deployed in central New Delhi for a third consecutive day, six metro stations have been shut, and at least 16 journalists were detained by police while reporting.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsFrankfurt Book Fair Peace Prize Laureate Sands: Germany's "Inappropriate Silence" on Gaza Is Not Antisemitism, It Is Fact
In his acceptance speech at the 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair Peace Prize ceremony, French-British international law scholar Philippe Sands publicly criticized the German government's "inappropriate silence" on Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, stating bluntly: "This is not antisemitism, not anti-Israel, this is fact." German President Steinmeier, in his laudatory address, called Sands a humanitarian who "despite growing resistance, has tirelessly fought for hu
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsIndia's Electoral Roll Controversy Ignites Cycle of Repression: Opposition Brings Petition to Supreme Court, Police Detain Thousands of Protesters and At Least 16 Journalists
As opposition leader Rahul Gandhi submitted a petition to India's Supreme Court demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner, law enforcement detained thousands of protesters and at least 16 journalists over the weekend, and systematically tightened assembly space in the capital Delhi, removing the traditional protest site Jantar Mantar from the permitted list.
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