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Sep 19, 2026 - World

A new “disaster” in the Middle East may further jeopardize Republicans’ electoral prospects in November, with the GOP already facing an uphill battle amid soaring prices, two analysts warned on Saturday.According to BBC, the Yemeni militant group known as the Houthis claimed to have carried out missile attacks on Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, as well as on “energy sites” on Saudi Arabia’s west coast, which borders the Red Sea. The attacks, one analyst warned, could raise global oil prices — which have climbed significantly in recent days — even further.“Creates quite the predicament,” warned CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas. “Attacking Saudi oil raises prices. Saudi is also a major US ally. Failing to respond to that is problematic for the alliance, but also could cause a second choke point in the [Bab al-Mandeb Strait], also causing prices to rise. Six weeks before elections.”This month, the Iran-backed Houthis have gained significant control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a critical global shipping chokepoint in the Red Sea. The developments risk sending global oil prices even higher as the Houthis vow to block Saudi shipments of oil through the shipping waterway.National-security writer and geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert called the development a “disaster,” and warned that it was an example of an ongoing “once-in-a-lifetime” shift on the world stage.“This is a disaster. And oddly everyone just seems to be acting like it'll all work out,” Weichert wrote in a social media post on X Saturday. “It'll work out all right. In the form of a once-in-a-lifetime changeover in power and influence. You are witnessing the end of the US-led global empire in real time. And it's stupider than ever.”Creates quite the predicament. Attacking Saudi oil raises prices. Saudi is also a major US ally. Failing to respond to that is problematic for the alliance, but also could cause a second choke point in the Bab el Mandeb, also causing prices to rise. Six weeks before elections. https://t.co/02ZFpm6TOu— Alex Plitsas ???????? (@alexplitsas) September 19, 2026

Sep 19, 2026 - World

The White House received a renewed offer from Iran for ending the war, a senior Iranian official told Al Jazeera on Saturday, putting the next move on President Donald Trump in a conflict that has sent global oil prices soaring.Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview that Tehran had communicated to the Trump administration via Qatari mediators its conditions for ending the war “on all fronts.”“A response from President Trump is awaited,” Al Jazeera’s report reads.As paraphrased by Al Jazeera, Tehran presented Trump with three conditions to end the conflict: a halt to hostilities “across the region,” an unfreezing of Iranian assets, and an end to the U.S. naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.Should Trump and his administration refuse Iran’s conditions, Rezaei warned, Tehran was well prepared for an extended conflict.“It is in Washington’s interest to accept Iran’s conditions for exiting the war, [Rezaei] said. Trump’s threats will yield no results, and Iran is prepared for a decisive war. He said the US president’s assessments and calculations regarding Iran were flawed, and that the war was instigated by [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu,” Al Jazeera’s report reads.“Iran knows the US military’s vulnerabilities and is more prepared than ever to counter its air strikes, he said, adding that it recently tested an anti-ship missile near a US aircraft carrier. Iran is serious about defense, Rezaei said, and if attacked, will strike US bases and Washington’s interests in the region with greater force.”Gas prices in the United States have reached unprecedented heights in recent weeks due to Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, with “the worst still to come,” per The Washington Post.

Sep 19, 2026 - World

Trump claimed that what the two countries will sign during next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, is an "infinite life" agreement and that the US will immediately start developing a large military presence in Greenland.

Sep 19, 2026 - World

Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 reported major issues at the Saudi capital's Riyadh King Khalid International Airport, including cancellations and delays.

Sep 19, 2026 - World

Yemen's Houthis have staged a lightning offensive this month, seizing swathes of territory in one of the world's poorest countries, leaving the internationally recognised government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, scrambling to respond.