The rapid advance of the Houthi guerrilla on the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, and the temporary closure of the East-West pipeline in the Arabian Peninsula, threaten to choke Saudi Arabia’s oil export capacity, the world’s leading producer, and further complicate the situation of a conflict that intensifies as the U.S. mid-term elections approach.

Mykhailo Fedorov has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should return the post of Minister of Defense to him because it was he who managed to get Elon Musk to block Russia’s access to Starlink satellites. But now Zelenskyy seems to be competing with his former minister for closeness with the tech magnate, whom he has decorated with the Order of Liberty.

After a tense and aggressive campaign, with Israel’s role at the center of the contest, progressive Abdul El Sayed has won tonight the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan against centrist Haley Stevens, current congresswoman in the House of Representatives. With 95% of the votes counted, Associated Press has projected his victory when they were only separated by 20,000 votes, by a margin of 0.90 points. The winner will face the Trumpist Republican Mike Rogers on November 3 in this contested state, where Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election by a narrow margin of 1.4%.