The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran Oil Minister Resigns as Lawmakers Move to Impeach Foreign Minister Araghchi
  Yemeni forces reclaim Dhubab, key positions near Bab al-Mandeb from Houthis
  Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis
• Security Blocs & Alliances: US Secretary Rubio Heads To NATO Allies As Russian Threat, Middle East War Shape Agenda
  France and Turkey block NATO’s drive to deepen ties with Caucasus countries
  US Marines to Support NATO Security Initiative in Baltic Sea
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US withdraws all bombers from UK base at centre of suspected terror attack
  FBI arrests alleged Chinese agent at LAX after she allegedly surveilled son of Taiwanese president
  Secretary Bessent Says Iran to Have ‘No Oil on the Water’ as US Pressure Intensifies
• Russia: Ukraine claims its attacks have taken out more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity
  Zaporozhye nuclear plant says background radiation remains normal after enemy attacks
  5 hospitals have been closed for quarantines in Siberia due to a possible plague outbreak
• United Kingdom: US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base
  
  
• France: Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as France braces for more student protests - France 24
  
  
• Germany: Germany's Chancellor Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities
  G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel
  
• Japan: Japan Creates Its First True National Intelligence Agency
  U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
  BOJ to declare underlying inflation has reached 2%, sources say
• Spain: Spain's PM Sanchez calls snap election after housing crisis protests
  
  
• South Korea: South Korean probe concludes North Korea planted DMZ mines
  
  
• Australia: Australia's oldest man Ken Weeks celebrates 113th birthday with ride in vintage car
  Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country
  
• South and Central America: Brazil-China ties in focus as Bolsonaro gets election edge over Lula
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco chief says replenishing global oil stockpiles could take two years
  The Yemenis who stayed behind in Houthi-held Mocha
  
• Israel: Israeli strike kills 1 Palestinian in Gaza
  
  
• Continental Africa: Ethiopia Retakes Tigray Airport as Northern Rebels Retreat
  
  

• White House:
  U.S. Leads International Coalition to Endorse Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science
  President Trump taps Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as AI czar
  Presidential Message on National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
• State Department:
  US To Allow Online Applications For 1st-Time Passport
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Marine Corps Achieves FY26 Recruiting Mission, Secures Strong Start for FY27
  
  
• Justice (DOJ):
  California Man Accused Of Routing More Than $300 Million In Restricted Servers To China
  
  
• Treasury:
  Trump Admin Proposes Rules For 1st National School Choice Program
  
  
• Energy:
  US Largest Power Grid Operator Cancels Auction One Day After Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order partially rejecting and halting major elements of the proposal
  
  
• Senate:
  President Trump Calls On Senate To Pass Bill Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent | ZeroHedge
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court to Hear Major Environmental Lawsuit
  Montana, 24 States, SAF and NRA File Briefs Urging Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Maine’s 72-Hour Gun Waiting Period
  

• Westinghouse Air Brake (WAB) Signs $700 Million-Plus Rail Services Deal.
  
  

• Nobel Prize in medicine for ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’ to switch brain circuits on or off with light as a tool for studying how neurons shape memory, emotion, and behavior
  Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to ​Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann ​and Georg Nagel
  Google Wants to Send Data Centers to Space—and Just Launched an Experimental Satellite to Test Whether Its Ambitious Plan Will Work
• US, China And Russia Race To Build Nuclear Reactors On The Moon
  
  

• Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places
  Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
  Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs

• Ancient Pottery Reveals the Earliest Known Traces of Chocolate East of the Mississippi, Painting a Picture of Connection in the Americas
  
  

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