Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts 🇺🇸

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Sources tell Reuters that ARAMCO's headquarters in Dhahran, eastern Saudi Arabia, was severely damaged, with multiple floors catching fire.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump's 'energy ceasefire' was not specified, so Russia is hitting Ukrainian energy sector," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman, on why Russia has repeatedly violated Trump's energy ceasefire.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- President Trump is considering cutting intelligence sharing with Ukraine, with one administration official telling Semafor that "Trump is pretty pissed off. He could order it." The idea is being discussed in the White House, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe opposing it.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- "The Kremlin has read reports in the media about restrictions on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' access to Starlink. It would be better if such advanced technologies were not used for military purposes," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱⚡- "Hey, Elon Musk, big man, are you playing politics with your products again? As your European customers, we are watching you," - Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- Overnight Starlink imposed restrictions on its terminals in Ukraine with connections dropping for speeds exceeding 60 km/h.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Two loud explosions were heard between Riyadh and al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Iran is determined to keep oil prices high ahead of the midterm elections, as they intensify attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Alerts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

🇾🇪⚡️- Yemen’s Houthis/Ansarullah are developing medium-range ballistic missiles with a range of up to 1,200 miles and are receiving materials from Chinese firms to build them, according to the WSJ.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Wait until you see what we do to Iran. We’re going to do a number. We’ve had it with them." - President Trump.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Saudi Aramco’s Shedgum Gas Plant in Al-Ahsa, eastern Saudi Arabia, was struck by Ansarullah projectiles. Visual confirmation from minimap.technology shows plumes of smoke rising from the facility.

🇺🇸⚡️- Cornell has suspended most Greek Life activity for the rest of the 2026-2027 academic year including charity events and parties in response to the Cornell 7 incident. Pro free speech organizations such as FIRE have condemned the move calling it collective punishment.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Pro-STC celebrations in Aden, southern Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Pro Southern Transitional Council protests have erupted across southern Yemen following the statement by Aidaros al-Zubaidi's, President of Yemen's UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council. Footage from al-Mukalla, Hadhramaut region.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇷🇺⚡- Russia has condemned the Ansarullah strike on Terminal 3 of King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, on October 10, and has urged both sides to resolve the differences through dialogue.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Alerts in As Sulayyil and Wady Aldwasr, Saudi Arabia.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- BREAKING: Aidaros al-Zubaidi, President of Yemen's UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), has issued his first public statement in nine months following the collapse of the Aden-based STC administration. Al-Zubaidi condemned the recent Ansarullah attacks on Saudi Arabia and called on southern Yemenis to mobilize and maintain a high state of readiness. Note, no major non-PLC-aligned STC formation is currently participating in the fighting against Ansarullah, explaining the relative calm along the Ad Dali front. Earlier this year, the Southern Giants Brigades, Shabwah Emergency Forces, Rapid Intervention Forces, Abyan Emergency Forces, and Division 22 all underwent forced leadership changes and subsequently pledged allegiance to the Presidential Leadership Council, PLC, hence their participation in the hostilities against the Ansarullah.

🇻🇦⚡️- Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, the Vatican confirmed, following successful surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. Our prayers are with the Holy Father, may Our Lord Jesus Christ grant him strength, healing, and a swift recovery.

🇫🇷 - While it could be a political stunt, convening those three specific roles for a meeting is the first step before triggering Article 12 (Assembly dissolution) or Article 16 (exceptional full powers) of the French Constitution.