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UN Security Council debates urgent, critical global crisis. | One permanent member hits the veto button. Again.

#UNSC #VetoPower #DiplomacyFail #WorldPolitics #InternationalRelations
October 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Could the Middle East face its own 1914 moment? Shajeel Zaidi explores mutual-defence commitments, Houthi attacks and the risks of a wider regional conflict. ⚠️
www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Oct-2026/...

#MiddleEast #Security #WorldPolitics #Riyadh #Houthi
The Blank Cheque Returns: Why The Riyadh Airport Attack Risks A 1914-Style Cascade
The Riyadh airport attack risks triggering a 1914-style cascade, as rigid defence commitments, proxy warfare and competing regional alliances threaten to turn
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October 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
1/9 🪖THE WAR THAT RESHAPED THE WORLD 🪖

Three years after Oct 7, the war in Gaza has spiralled into a regional maelstrom, shattering western political authority.

Source: Steve Bloomfield,
The Guardian
#WorldPolitics #MENASky #IntlRel #Gaza #Iran
October 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
1/10 🇨🇦 DEMOCRACIES MUST UNITE AGAINST TRADE BULLIES 🇨🇦

Liberal democracies must embrace "friendshoring"—a mutual defence pact against trade aggression—to survive an era of unvarnished unilateralism.

Source: Chrystia Freeland,
The Globe and Mail
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #USPol #TradeWar #Tariffs
October 11, 2026 at 6:41 AM
1/7 🇨🇦 ALBERTA FACES A PERILOUS SECESSION VOTE 🇨🇦

As the Oct 19 referendum looms, the boiling pot awaits.

Flirting with independence risks plunging the province into a dark economic abyss.

Source: The Editorial Board,
The Globe and Mail
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Wexit #Secession
October 11, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Sometimes, the biggest cost of a conflict isn't measured on a battlefield. It's felt at the gas pump, in grocery stores, and in the uncertainty families face every day
#USNews #WorldPolitics #Peace
Trump and Iran agree on one thing: The US election calendar isn't driving their decisions on the war
President Donald Trump and Iranian officials seem to agree on one thing about their seven-month-old war.
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October 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
1/7 🇨🇦 THE UNITY CRISIS RETURNS 🇨🇦

Prime Minister Mark Carney faces an unprecedented dual crisis: a separatist Quebec government and an imminent Alberta independence referendum.

Source: Aaron Wherry,
CBC News
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Unity #Separatism
October 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
1/6 🇨🇦 THE PROXY WAR OVER ALBERTA'S NINE QUESTIONS 🇨🇦

While secession dominates headlines, a proxy war is brewing over nine obscure ballot proposals covering immigration and constitutional power.

Source: Matthew Scace, The Globe and Mail
#WorldPolitics #CanPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Vote #Smith
October 10, 2026 at 7:09 AM
1/5 🇨🇦 CANADA SHEDS 68,000 JOBS IN SURPRISE DECLINE 🇨🇦

Statistics Canada reports a second straight month of losses, bucking predictions of a gain.

Unemployment now ticks up to 6.5 per cent.

Source: CBC News
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #BcPoli #Economy #Jobs
October 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
1/5 🇨🇦 SMITH RULES OUT SECOND ALBERTA REFERENDUM IF REMAIN WINS 🇨🇦

With the referendum just one week away, Premier Danielle Smith tells CBC she won't hold another separation vote if Albertans choose to remain.

Source: CBC News
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Wexit #DanielleSmith
October 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
1/7 🇺🇸 US SANCTIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 🇺🇸

Hours after former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Trump administration launched sweeping sanctions to dismantle the tribunal.

Source: The Associated Press
#WorldPolitics #USPol #EUPol #ICC #RuleOfLaw
October 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1/10 🇨🇦 SEPARATISTS HAVE HIJACKED DANIELLE SMITH'S ALBERTA UCP 🇨🇦

A radical fringe systematically took over Alberta's ruling party.

Now, they forced an Oct. 19 separation referendum that threatens to fracture Canada.

Source: CBC News
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Separation #Referendum
October 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
1/8 🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S REFERENDUM IS A FUTILE STUNT 🇨🇦

Danielle Smith's 10-question ballot is an exercise in knife-at-the-throat democracy.

It is pure confrontation.

Source: Andrew Coyne,
The Globe and Mail
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Alberta #UCP #DanielleSmith
October 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
1/15 🔯 ZIONISM: THE EVOLUTION OF A MISUNDERSTOOD IDEOLOGY 🔯

The term has shifted from a 19th-century political movement to a toxic flashpoint.

To understand it, we must go back to the beginning.

Source: Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic
#WorldPolitics #IntlRel #MENASky #Zionism #HistorySky
October 8, 2026 at 5:54 AM
1/7 🤬 ELON MUSK CALLS FOR THE BREAKUP OF CANADA 🤬

The trillionaire tech mogul is openly backing provincial secession, intervening just days before Alberta's crucial referendum.

Source: The Globe and Mail
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #Musk #Secession
October 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM
1/4 🇨🇦 CUTTING RED TAPE THE LIBERALS TARGET 31 LAWS IN MASSIVE NEW BILL 🇨🇦

The Liberal government is introducing sweeping legislation to amend 31 laws at once.

The move aims to slash bureaucracy and modernize federal regulations.

Source: CBC News
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #CanPoli #RedTape #BillS7
October 7, 2026 at 10:40 PM
1/6 🇨🇦 CANADIAN INDUSTRY MINISTER JOLY: TARIFFS ARE NO ACT OF GOD 🇨🇦

Industry Min. Mélanie Joly warns Cleveland-Cliffs they cannot use the US trade war to justify 500 Hamilton steelworker layoffs.

The clock is ticking.

Source: The Canadian Press
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #OnPoli #Steel #Stelco
October 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Sudan’s war is not only a fight over territory. It is also a struggle over institutions, currency, revenue and legitimacy. Factolio asks whether military gains can restore one state—or harden de facto partition. factolio.com/sudans-war-w... #Sudan #WorldPolitics
October 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
1/8 🇨🇦 QUEBEC'S ELECTION CARRIES CONSEQUENCES FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 🇨🇦

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s victory with just 28% of the vote sets a stunning precedent.

No premier has ever taken power with such a slim mandate.

Source: Chantal Hébert,
L'actualité
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #PolQc #Qc2026 #PQ
October 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM