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Saudis Threaten Retaliation After Alleged Houthi Drone Attack On Mecca Crosses "Red Line" Escalation in the Gulf area conflict certainly appeared overnight after Saudi Arabia accused Iran-backed Houthi rebels of targeting Mecca with a one-way attack drone, raising the risk of a deeper conflict as the kingdom's East-West pipeline was knocked offline last week. Bloomberg quoted the Saudi-led coalition, which said an attack drone was intercepted heading toward Islam's holiest city and warned that protecting religious sites was a "red line." "The security of the Two Holy Mosques and the pilgrims is...

Trump Dangles $100 Million Kentucky Pharma Investment, But Only If Republicans Win Midterms Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump announced plans for the Department of War to invest $100 million to support a pharmaceutical company, with the offer conditional on Republicans winning the midterm elections next month. President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Truist Arena on the campus of North Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Ky., on Oct. 17, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch TimesAntheia would receive the funds to boost production of ingredients used in...

TD And BMO Among 9 Banks Accused Of Discriminating Against Conservative Customers, US Regulator Says Authored by Jennifer Cowan via The Epoch Times, A U.S. banking regulator's report has flagged the Bank of Montreal and TD Bank alongside seven other financial institutions accused of restricting financial services to certain American customers because of their conservative political or religious beliefs. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published a report based on its findings during a supervisory review of debanking practices across nine major banks under its jurisdiction, based...