🇻🇪 The Armada mobilized their Capana class LSTs to deploy a detachment of Marine Corps personnel & military equipment to La Orchila Island off the coast of Venezuela.

They deployed VN18 Light Tanks, VN1 APCs, trucks, & Tiuna units.

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🇹🇷🇨🇾 Video of the Turkish military’s recent Chinghiz Topel exercise in Cyprus, demonstrating amphibious landing operations and full operational readiness.

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🇺🇸💸 It's official:

For the first time in 2025, the Fed just cut interest rates by 25 basis points and "blamed" a weaker labor market.

Immediately after, the US Dollar fell to its weakest level since February 2022.

What's coming next? Let us explain.

🧵 https://fxtwitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1968402173290524834

🇱🇹 BREAKING: DRONE WITH EXPLOSIVES THAT ENTERED LITHUANIA IN LATE JULY WAS LAUNCHED FROM BELARUS

The UAV contained an explosive device, a modern onboard computer, and a SIM card, Delfi reports. Lithuania’s Defense Ministry has not yet commented on the publication.

On July 28, the drone was spotted at an altitude of 200 meters near Vilnius and later found at a training ground near Kaunas.

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🇺🇸🚛 Heavy truck sales are collapsing in the USA

Since 1979, when the data became available, a collapse in sales of heavy trucks has coincided with recessions. The recent downturn in heavy truck sales, which started in 2023, should be a concern for policymakers.

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🇳🇱 Dutch parliament adopts motion to classify Antifa as a terrorist organization

The Dutch parliament has adopted a motion from opposition leader Geert Wilders calling on the government to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, following President Donald Trump’s decision to do the same in the United States.

In the motion adopted on Thursday, Wilders stated that Antifa cells are active in the Netherlands, accusing them of threatening politicians, disrupting public events, and intimidating students and journalists.

The motion called on the government to take action similar to the U.S., where Trump announced on Wednesday that Antifa would be designated a “major terrorist organization” after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

With the motion now adopted, the Dutch government must formally respond and decide whether to implement the request.

If carried out, the designation could broaden law enforcement powers related to surveillance, monitoring, and prosecution of suspected Antifa activity in the country.

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/09/dutch-parliament-adopts-motion-to-classify-antifa-as-a-terrorist-organization/

🇦🇪 The UAE now maintains the largest and most diverse military presence along the Gulf of Aden, Bab al-Mandab, and the southern Red Sea, giving it significant control over this vital maritime corridor and the ability to project influence and military powr across Yemen & East Africa.

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🇱🇹/🇷🇺 Lithuania has cut the last wires that connected it to Russia

The national electricity transmission operator Litgrid announced the complete dismantling of cross-border power lines that linked the country with Russia’s Kaliningrad region.

The dismantling began in early February this year — right after the Baltic states synchronized with Europe’s power grid, ending 65 years of operating in the same system with Russia and Belarus. Minsk, by the way, will be cut off soon as well — the removal of lines is scheduled for 2027.

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🇷🇺❌🇪🇪❗️ — NATO member Estonia says its airspace was violated by 3 Russian fighter jets

➡️The Russian MiG-31 aircraft crossed about five nautical miles inside Estonian territory and headed toward the capital, Tallinn. The jets circled for about 12 minutes before NATO scrambled Italian F-35s to repel them

“Earlier today, Russian jets violated Estonian airspace. NATO responded immediately and intercepted the Russian aircraft,” said NATO spokesperson Allison Hart. “This is yet another example of reckless Russian behaviour and NATO’s ability to respond.”

🇷🇺❌🇵🇱❗️ — 2 Russian fighter jets performed a low pass over a Polish oil platform in the Baltic Sea, violating the safety zone, Poland's border guard says