Russian FSB says it intercepted booby-trapped drone goggles...

• The US attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, with an official describing it as small-scale and defensive.
• Journalist Mallick reported that an agreement for Iran and the US to return to negotiations is reportedly in the works, although a deal is not as close as some suggest.
• Multiple re

"Everyone's lying. We want to fight police officers... We just want to rob stores..."

This morning's diplomatic signaling suggests so, but any progress could unravel at any time. 

Panic over boys being radicalized by the right is warping the UK's counter-terror response...

"An evolution of the revolution may have emerged overnight, as far-left activists reportedly broke into a defense..."

...the dead-cat bounce died early as NDX took out Friday's lows to enter correction (-10%) and credit spreads spiked...

Former Mossad chief David Barnea has made some big admissions of late...

"Where's the umbrella?"

Just like Nazi Germany seized Czechoslovakia's gold and its robust military-industrial complex in the run-up to World War II, so too is today's Germany plotting to seize Poland's gold and subordinate European NATO's largest army to Berlin...

• US equity futures were varied ahead of the US midterm elections and with Apple (-2.7%) ultimately declining post-earnings.
• AUD/USD ultimately weakened after the RBA hiked the Cash Rate by 25bps to 4.85% via a 6-3 vote but stopped short of signalling another hike in December.
• Crude future

The political damage to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is far harder to repair...

Seven rounds of cuts under two CEOs since 2023, and the stock is still 44% below its 2021 peak while the S&P 500 has nearly doubled.

"We looked at how a unit could deploy these types of autonomous capabilities in a theater like EUCOM..."

From Atlanta G20: US intel-sharing with Ukraine has actually grown...

"My life is hard enough as it is." Walt Z checked the time for strangers. They filmed a prank... America wrote him a check...

Modest needs?