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The front-runners for MVP — Yordan Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong — also arguably rank first in another category.

A rainy Sunday morning couldn't stop over 200 athletes from running through the streets of New York for a race with an unusual twist.

Bloomberg Terminal Hikes Prices As Inflation Hits Wall Street's Data Bills

Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions will see a price hike starting Jan. 1, 2027, according to an email Bloomberg sent out early Monday.

Monthly subscription prices will increase by $140 per Terminal at locations with multiple licenses and $155 at locations with a single license. That's about a 3% price hike, or an additional $1,680 and $1,860 annually per subscription - ​​which range from $28,320 to $31,990 per year respectively.

Email: 

Existing subscriptions that renew on or before December 31, 2026 (and new Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions installed on or before the same date) will not see a price increase until their renewal date, as it occurs, in the following two years. 

Starting January 1, 2027, Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions will see a price increase of $140 per month per subscription for client locations with multiple licenses, and a price increase of $155 per month for client locations with a single license. When these increases take effect, they stay in place for two years. The average annual increase for the two-year term is 2.97%

"As always, we continue to invest in technology and talent to ensure we provide our customers with the highest quality products, services and support in the industry while adding enhanced capabilities," the email read.

Latest innovation on the Terminal .... a chatbot:

Bloomberg's price hike shows inflation continuing to pass through into market-data costs. It also strengthens the need for cheaper alternatives.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 06:55

Rep. Nancy Mace called for Lindsay Clancy to face a public execution by firearm or electric chair as a "warning to women" not to kill their kids.

A major outage hit parts of the Dutch railway system early Tuesday and the company that maintains the nation's rail infrastructure said it was treating the cause as possible sabotage.

Judge To Begin Consideration Of Bayer's $7.25 Billion Roundup Settlement

Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,

A circuit judge in Missouri is set to begin weighing on Sept. 14 agrochemical giant Monsanto's proposal of a $7.25 billion settlement for tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company's popular Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.

Bottles of Roundup weed killer on a shelf at a Lowe's Garden Center in Burbank, Calif., on June 25, 2026. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Judge Timothy Boyer of St. Louis is not expected to issue an immediate ruling at the hearing, but he will examine Monsanto's lawyers' justification of the settlement as they seek Boyer's final approval, while some plaintiffs' attorneys argue that their clients should not be strong-armed into accepting the company's proposal.

The settlement, which was announced in February, is meant as a way to contain litigation.

It aims to resolve nearly all of the roughly 65,000 claims still pending in federal and state courts, and it's meant to cover future Roundup claims as well. The settlement received preliminary approval from Boyer on March 4.

As part of the settlement, the company would offer payouts for individuals who were exposed to Roundup and developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The exact award amount for each person would depend on different factors, including the severity of their cancer, their age when they were diagnosed, and whether they were exposed to the chemical at work or at home.

For occupation claimants - meaning farmers, gardeners, maintenance workers, landscapers, and more - their payouts could range from $60,000 to $165,000.

The agreement would also award residential claimants, referring to homeowners who use Roundup for their gardens, yards, and driveways. Payouts for this group could range from $20,000 to $40,000.

"Monsanto remains confident that the class settlement, which is supported by plaintiffs' counsel representing tens of thousands of potential class members, is fair to all parties, the objections have no merit, and warrants final approval following the September 14th hearing," the company said in an Aug. 28 statement.

Supreme Court's Involvement

Litigation against Monsanto, acquired by Germany-based Bayer in 2018, has plagued it for years, leading to one case reaching the highest court in the United States.

Individuals across the country have claimed that exposure to Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, which contains a key and controversial ingredient called glyphosate, causes cancer.

Although the company has repeatedly denied any link between its products and cancer, there have been multiple instances of juries throughout the country awarding plaintiffs millions of dollars.

One of those cases involved Missouri man John Durnell, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after exposure to Roundup.

He had previously won $1.25 million in his lawsuit against Monsanto, with a Missouri jury agreeing that the agrocompany failed to follow a Missouri state law requiring a warning for risks such as cancer.

But Monsanto appealed the decision, and eventually it came before the Supreme Court. The company called that prior verdict flawed because of a legal doctrine known as preemption, which holds that federal law overrides state law when the two are in conflict.

Monsanto said the federal government, through the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, had already regulated its Roundup product and glyphosate. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under that law, approved glyphosate's use and has never required additional labeling related to cancer risks.

The justices, in one of the most consequential decisions from its last term, ruled 7-2 on June 25 in favor of Monsanto, holding that federal law does indeed preempt Missouri's state law, thus throwing out the basis of the lower court's verdict for Durnell.

Following the ruling, Bayer CEO Bill Anderson said the company would continue to pursue the $7.25 billion settlement.

Bayer already paid a $10 billion settlement in 2020 that resolved many Roundup cases but had left the company open to future claims.

Glyphosate Controversy

For years, health advocates have accused the key ingredient of Roundup - glyphosate - of being a cancer-causing chemical.

The EPA registered glyphosate as a pesticide in 1974, and it has since become one of the most widely used chemicals in the world for agriculture production.

As its use over time increased, so too did claims that exposure to glyphosate caused cancer.

The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer published a March 2015 review that found the chemical as "probably carcinogenic to humans."

The Trump administration backed Monsanto in the Supreme Court case, filing a brief that urged the justices to rule favorably for the company.

In a Feb. 18 executive order, President Donald Trump said glyphosate was critical to national defense and instructed his administration to ensure that there was an adequate supply.

"Lack of access to glyphosate-based herbicides would critically jeopardize agricultural productivity," the order read. "Glyphosate-based herbicides are a cornerstone of this Nation's agricultural productivity and rural economy."

This caused a rift among the Republican base, as proponents of the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement became increasingly frustrated with the federal government's support of glyphosate.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the movement's champions, had previously helped secure a $289 million award from Monsanto in 2018 for a client who alleged that Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

But following Trump's executive order, Kennedy released a statement that appeared to balance support for glyphosate in securing the country's food supply in the short term and the need to shift away from the chemical over time.

"Pesticides and herbicides are toxic by design," Kennedy wrote in a Feb. 22 post on X. "Unfortunately, our agricultural system depends heavily on these chemicals. ... I support President Trump's Executive Order to bring agricultural chemical production back to the United States and end our near-total reliance on adversarial nations."

He stressed that Trump did not build the current system - he inherited it - and that there are ongoing efforts to shift away from harmful agricultural methods.

Two months before the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Monsanto, Kennedy testified in Congress.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) asked the health secretary whether glyphosate caused cancer, and without hesitation, Kennedy responded, "Yes."

"I would say it's important to minimize consumption of glyphosate as much as possible," Kennedy said.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 06:30

The GOP gov nominee is with the broad middle of Americans on these issues — welcoming to migrants who look to play by the rules, but un-welcoming to the bad guys.

Vladimir Putin knows that Ukraine is staring down the barrel of its hardest winter yet — unless Donald Trump can persuade Elon Musk to let Kyiv use some critical tech.

Gabe Perreault and his potential ceiling have all been up for debate this offseason.

Hayden Panettiere and her alleged drug dealer exchanged a “slew of messages” right up until the week of her suspected overdose death, it was reported Tuesday, amid claims peddlers dropped bags off at her Hollywood home for five years. The actress, 36, and her “long term dealer,” whom she appeared to meet in Los Angeles...

Here are The Post’s NFL power rankings for Week 2:

New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has copped to his 2012 DWI bust, but police records reveal new details about the charges against him.

Zelensky Slaps His Former Press Secretary With Sanctions After Tucker Carlson Interview

Another week, and another wave of scandals hitting an increasingly disunified Zelensky government. The Ukrainian President on Sunday took the unprecedented step of slapping sanctions on his own former press secretary.

Iuliia Mendel has lately emerged as a very visible outspoken critic of Zelensky's continued rule, which has run long past his scheduled term - having been extended repeatedly during martial law due to the war with Russia. Zelensky has accused Mendel of echoing Russian propaganda and 'promoting disinformation'.

Iuliia Mendel with President Zelensky, national media file image

She apparently made herself a target after going on Tucker Carlson's show back in May, where she called out Zelensky, saying "there is no democracy in Ukraine now."

According to an introductory segment of the conversation with Carlson:

During the conversation, Mendel stated that “the only way to support Ukraine today is to push it toward a peace agreement.” At the same time, she called Vladimir Putin “evil” but also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being “evil.” According to her, Zelenskyy allegedly “plays a teddy bear for the camera,” but “turns into a grizzly bear when the lights go out” and “destroys people.”

She also had called Zelensky "a dictator" and "the greatest obstacle to peace" in Ukraine - and sought to detail instances where he listened to Western hawks over some of his own officials and derailed a path to peace.

Mendel was the president's press secretary from 2019 to 2021. She was there from the start when Zelensky took office in May 2019.

Russian state media has seized on the headline, detailing that the new sanctions decree "slapped Mendel with personal restrictions including an asset freeze, a ban on transferring capital abroad, and other financial and commercial measures set to last ten years."

"Mendel will also be stripped of state honors indefinitely and have her social media accounts restricted inside Ukraine," the report adds. 

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky Press Secretary Iuliia Mendel tells Tucker Carlson that Zelensky sends his political opponents to the front lines:

“The situation in the country is inhuman because I never would think that my country would be the one where people are grabbed on the streets and… pic.twitter.com/K0icFYSivE

— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) May 12, 2026

She has since stated: "Sanctions against Ukrainian citizens are unconstitutional, just like many of Zelensky's other decisions. Volodymyr Zelensky uses them against anyone who advocates for peace in Ukraine. I knew that 'high treason' charges were being prepared over my interview with Tucker Carlson."

The development comes amid another unfolding situation impacting top Ukrainian national offices:

Ruslan Kravchenko left Ukraine days after resigning amid a corruption investigation involving officials in his office, as a major confrontation unfolds between the country’s prosecutors and independent anti-corruption agencies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on Monday, hours after it emerged that he had left the country after resigning amid a major corruption probe that had reached his own office.

Kravchenko crossed the border overnight, according to Ukrainian media citing law-enforcement sources.

The same report underscores that "NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) described Kravchenko’s actions as part of what they called a 'systematic attack' on Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption institutions."

Today they call me pro-Russian. Tomorrow they can call you that too.
Almost everyone who has talked about peace and compromise has been branded, without nuance, “pro-Russian” — by the government, its media, and its experts.Any realistic terms for peace: “pro-Russian”. Criticism… pic.twitter.com/c4GUrGwgnx

— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) September 11, 2026

This is latest fallout amid several high level corruption probes which have resulted in the dismissals of no less than two top Zelensky aides. There's severe tension also between the defense ministry and national intelligence offices, after a Zelensky-led military leadership shake-up.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 05:45

The revelation was included in a trove of documents provided to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley as part of his ongoing inquiry into the first Trump assassination attempt. 

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that strikes close to the alliance’s territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase its support for Kyiv.

Fox, who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's at 29, says researchers are 'close' to finding a cure.

Fox, who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's at 29, says researchers are 'close' to finding a cure.

It's Time To Talk About The Shitting...

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

The "enrichment" we were sold was cuisine, music and vibrant street life. What arrived, in town after town, is a sanitation standard the UN still spends billions trying to wipe out of third world nations.

Open defecation is not a Western urban myth. WHO and UNICEF still count hundreds of millions of people doing it in fields, ditches and open ground. Nigeria sits near the top of the league table. India, despite a national toilet-building drive, still records tens of millions.

When you import the people at scale and refuse to enforce the most basic public standards, you import the habit. The footage is now so routine it has become a genre.

The picturesque village of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, has been blessed with the kind of diversity that was only previously seen in London:

Africans defecating in residential streets in the middle of the day ?? pic.twitter.com/GrR5FPCIx3

— Rare | ???? (@RareRestore) August 31, 2026

A children's park is next. Nothing says community cohesion like a man treating a playground as an outdoor latrine and finishing the job by hand.

A man defecates in a children's park. He uses his hand to clean himself. pic.twitter.com/BEcggkUlAq

— David Atherton (@daveatherton) September 6, 2026

Truly, the contribution to British civic life is immeasurable.

Notting Hill Carnival has been doing this for years. A resident's doorbell captured carnival-goers treating her property as a trench for shitting and pissing all day. Some even apologised to the camera. Sadiq Khan's London treats the event as a celebration.

This London Resident used her Ring Doorbell Cam to capture dozens of Notting Hill Carnival Goers pissing & shitting on her property all day.

Some even apologised to the camera ??

Sadiq Kahn likes to celebrate this for Londoners. pic.twitter.com/qnXi0HGGtd

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) September 1, 2026

Susan Watts, 69, recorded dozens of people using the space by her front door after earlier carnivals and told the Daily Mail the stench left it "like being in a filthy toilet." The council quoted her £75 to jet-wash a private area. Dignity, it turns out, has a surcharge.

THIS IS ENGLAND TODAY. IMPORT THE THIRD WORLD, BECOME THE THIRD WORLD. GOD HELP US ALL ???? pic.twitter.com/zAS3RAMXlI

— aileen B ????????? (@AileenBart60380) August 27, 2026

Oxford Street is London's main retail drag. When you have to put up signs telling adults not to defecate on it, the experiment has already failed.

This is displayed on Oxford St. London's main retail thoroughfare. When you have to put up signs saying "don't shit here" something has gone badly wrong. pic.twitter.com/ZviMfaX0on

— m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) February 21, 2026

I think this was seen on Oxford Street? I was shocked- l lived in London for 15 years until mid 1990s and never saw anyone shitting in the street far less posters forbidding it.

— Cait Mercer (@MercerCait) February 21, 2026

Birmingham now has the same notices.

UK: ??

SHAMEFUL Defecating in the streets is prolific in Birmingham.

It has been said that Britain of old was paved with gold.

Ever since we've been invaded, our streets are paved with SHIT.

Don't be fooled, if our cities were still safe and proud, there would be no need... pic.twitter.com/3jrAq0ua4T

— Rogue (@RogueUnfiltered) June 1, 2026

The NHS gets it too. An intoxicated man who has already fouled himself refuses to leave A&E. Staff time, corridor space, and public patience all redirected to a problem that starts with the same refusal to use a toilet.

?INTOXICATED MIGRANT REFUSES TO LEAVE A&E HOSPITAL AFTER PISSING & SHITTING HIMSELF ?

?THIS IS WHY THE NHS IS ON ITS ARSE - ABSOLUTE STATE OF IT! pic.twitter.com/8xZIPGHEMs

— Gauci Reports (@GauciReports) November 15, 2025

Spain and Italy get the same treatment.

Muslim migrant shitting in the streets in Ceuta Spain ?? ?

Welcome to the Islamic enrichment of Europe ? pic.twitter.com/PzK8LF9SdR

— CanadianExMuslim (@ExMuslimAz) July 31, 2026

A drinking fountain in Spain with the tap used as an anal bidet, on a fixture children drink from.

Migrant washes his ass at a drinking fountain in Spain which kids use to drink. Sources confirm the tap was wedged in between his buttcheeks. Diversity is our strength! ? https://t.co/Uwoc8hwgAl

— Mark Johnson (@Mark_Johnson80) September 11, 2026

Rome, once the capital of a vast empire, now the toilet of the world.

Migrant openly shitting on the street.

Rome, Italy.

pic.twitter.com/fel6WSqCTg

— Canadian Patriot (@PPC4Liberty) May 23, 2024

Canada is not spared.

Cultural enrichment in Canada means you get to deal with public defecation. pic.twitter.com/nstSF6Jjdw

— Ian Miles (@ianmiles) September 14, 2024

Vancouver's own figures are not a vibe. City data and CTV reporting put faeces removals in the first two months of 2025 at 1,870. 2023 saw 19,900 collections. 2024 still logged 17,670.

#REPORT: Vancouver residents are calling for action as "public defecation in the city reaches new heights," with 1,870 human feces removals taking place in the first two months of 2025 alone. pic.twitter.com/NsuPTFppVk

— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) May 7, 2025

Business groups run "Poop Fairy" patrols because the municipal programme is too slow.

?NEW

Video surfaces of a bus in Brampton being put out of commission

after someone took a ? on the bus

Why is public defecation 'exploding' in 2025?pic.twitter.com/ElQoE447YZ

— Tablesalt ???? (@Tablesalt13) October 22, 2025

The Nigerian government has spent years running campaigns begging its own citizens to stop doing this in public. Billboards, World Toilet Day speeches, a "Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet" drive. Vice President Kashim Shettima said access to toilets is "about dignity, health, and safety."

Nigerian government in their desperate attempt to stop public defecation has launched a campaign urging #Nigerian man to stop defeacating in public. pic.twitter.com/QOo5QPup0L

— PSAFLIVE (@PSAFLIVE) November 13, 2022

UNICEF has repeatedly placed Nigeria among the world's worst for open defecation, with tens of millions still practising it.

India remains in the same conversation even after Swachh Bharat. The habit did not vanish because a plane ticket was purchased.

Public Defecation - Is a major problem in countries like INDIA and NIGERIA. pic.twitter.com/0PUJETequ5

— Cornbread Mafioso ?? (@Soulful1865) June 13, 2024

The historic town of Cambridge in the UK has already taken the next logical step: if the arrivals prefer squatting and shitting all over the floor, the host city will install facilities to enable just that. Labour-run Cambridge City Council spent nearly £1 million on a Silver Street toilet block that includes squat-style cubicles "preferred by some international visitors," then charges £1 to use them.

Resident Heather Boyd told the BBC: "I certainly think if I'm going to spend £1, I'm not going to squat as well. That is absolutely crazy." Britain spent centuries perfecting the flush toilet. Now taxpayers are paying in order for the third world to squat into a hole.

How culturally enriching. How much these individuals are contributing. The GDP of public health risk, the tourism brochure of a high street that needs pictograms of a squatting figure with a red line through it.

If Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth is meant to reflect London and the UK as it really is, Here's the next statue:

The Gentleman In Blue (Shitting In The Street) - Commissioned by the late Professor Jason Arday. pic.twitter.com/CQptIew9HY

— Mcgregor Mackenzie ??????? (@mcgregormackenz) September 11, 2026

Still, it could be worse. And it is.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 05:00

Oak Street is going back in time.

Supertanker Explodes After Hitting Mine, IRGC Says, & Asserts 'Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed' Summary

• IRGC says supertanker exploded after hitting mine in Hormuz, says strait remains closed.
• 'Deal' headlines return: US seeks "Step-by-Step" agreement with Iran, reports state media.
• Houthis seized more Red Sea territory, including Perim Island near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
• Iran-Gulf diplomacy was postponed, delaying efforts to address the Strait of Hormuz crisis in what was to be a rare GCC-Iran meeting.
• Saudi oil exports face ongoing disruption after a pipeline shutdown, pushing oil prices above $100/barrel.

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Supertanker Explodes After Hitting Mine: IRGC

Iran's IRGC Navy has late Monday (local) announced that a foreign supertanker exploded when it struck naval mines after attempting to enter an unapproved zone of the southern Strait of Hormuz, Fars reports.

Bloomberg also picked up the reported tanker explosion, providing the following further details:

• Efforts to contain the blaze have been unsuccessful, leaving the vessel engulfed in flames, Fars says
• The statement identified the vessel as the supertanker EL GAIA, with IMO number 9325336
• “Warnings had previously been issued regarding the dangers of this illegal passage”
• “IRGC Navy decisively declares that the Strait of Hormuz is closed”

If the emerging reports are accurate, it contradicts President Trump's recent claims that the strait has been fully de-mined. Reuters in late August noted of a Truth Social post that the president proclaimed "all mines ‌had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has been told that any ship ​or boat placing new mines will be ​destroyed."

The IRGC Navy stated that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and under its control.
The supertanker “Algaya” (IMO 9325336) was attempting to navigate through a restricted area south of the Strait of Hormuz when it reportedly struck sea mines and exploded. pic.twitter.com/naPVOfazqo

— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) September 14, 2026 Oil Drops on Return of 'US Seeks Deal' Headlines

Just as President Trump is appearing to show some desperation concerning soaring energy prices ahead of the midterm elections, and amid growing Republican angst, we witness a return to the 'a deal could return' style headlines which marked earlier phases of the war:

US seeks "Step-by-Step" agreement with Iran, reports ILNA citing Pakistani sources

• As the war and US pressure against Iran continue, Washington's efforts to reach a "step-by-step" agreement with Tehran; a scenario that could be a prelude to the US entering the path of negotiations, without abandoning military and economic pressure.

And the all too familiar pattern that marked early summer...

OIL DROPS TO INTRADAY LOW, BRENT TRADES NEAR $106 A BARREL

Iranian state media is meanwhile suggesting that Washington interfered in what was a planned meeting between Iran and the Gulf Cooperation Council states (GCC) toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz. That meeting, which was supposed to happen Monday, was postponed indefinitely - after reports said the Saudis sought to add something untenable to a draft agreement. Tehran is still rejecting that it is 'seeking' new talks with Washington.

Hey @grok, since February 28, 2026, how many times has Our Favorite President said Iran is asking, begging, pleading, or desperate to "make a deal" -- whether on Truth Social, interviews, speeches, press scrums, sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, or any other format pic.twitter.com/E01vUBJG3I

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) September 14, 2026

Trump has issued several provocative Truth Social posts throughout the morning...

The next weeks could possibly see a return to Axios' 'negotiations imminent' WH leak tactics, to artificially keep energy prices under control...

Stocks just spiked on this:

US seeks "step-by-step" agreement with Iran, a scenario that could be a prelude to the US entering the path of negotiations, without abandoning military and economic pressure: ILNA reports citing Pakistani sources.

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 14, 2026

Meanwhile and important indicator of where things actually stand...

#Iran has no plans for talks under current circumstances. As emphasized in the conditions announced to the US, there will be no talks & the Strait of #Hormuz will not be reopened until the war on all fronts ends, the blockade is lifted & Iran's financial resources are released.

— Mohammad Ghaderi | محمد قادری (@ghaderi62) September 14, 2026 Yemen's Houthis Attack Saudi Base, And Take Fire After Major Conquest

Yemen's Ansar Allah -- also known as the Houthis -- claimed it fired drones and missiles at King Khalid Air Base in southern Saudi Arabia. Dozens of ballistic missiles and drones targeted military infrastructure in the rare and major cross-border attack.

The Houthis say the base suffered direct hits and extensive damage in a "large-scale military operation", though this could not be immediately verified, after the operation which their military spokesman described as retaliation more than 300 Saudi airstrikes across Yemen over most of the past week. Early reports from open source analysts suggest serious damage sustained at the base.

The sprawling base in Khamis Mushait has historically been used at times by US and UK advanced fighter jets, and has hangars that are well-fortified, though it's unknown the degree to which Western assets continue to be stationed there. For example, it was heavily utilized by the Pentagon during the first Gulf War, from where stealth fighters were launched to attack high priority targets in Iraq.

A Houthi spokesman has declared that the ongoing mission's targeting includes "weapons depots and command and control centers that are managing the aggression against our nation and people."

On Sunday, the internationally recognized Yemeni government -- which controls neither the capital nor territory encompassing a majority of the population -- said its air force launched three strikes on Houthi positions in the Taiz region. There were also reports of artillery fire on a Houthi stronghold in Saada province, on the northern border with Saudi Arabia.

Via Institute for the Study of War

In a blitz that caught the world by surprise, the Houthis late last week achieved an enormous strategic victory by conquering the remainder of Yemen's western coastline it didn't already control -- positioning it to easily enforce its declared blockade against Saudi-related shipping entering or leaving the Red Sea via the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Houthi soldiers also took over Perim Island, which sits in the strait. 

As Associated Press noted, the seizure of the new territory puts the Houthis in much closer proximity to US forces: 

The Houthis’ advance puts them just 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the U.S. military base in Djibouti, on the other side of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It’s the main U.S. base in Africa and one of several foreign military bases in Djibouti, including those of China, France and Japan.

The Houthi blockade is positioned as retaliation for the Saudi coalition's siege and blockade of Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Though the Houthi blockade only targets Saudi shipping, global cargo lines are highly wary of transiting the waterway that's narrower than the Strait of Hormuz. Many are rerouting traffic all the way around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which requires at least 20 extra days and a lot more money. “Freedom of navigation and international trade in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb are safe and orderly,” a Houthi official told Al Jazeera. 

While it's too little, too late for Riyah's hopes of some kind of big Washington intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday met US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper in Jeddah, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has confirmed. Likely they reviewed the coalition's narrowing options going forward, but President Trump has thus far expressed reluctance to get directly involved militarily, at a moment he's still trying to figure out what's next with Iran.

Iran Diplomacy Postponed

Cold water has been thrown on flickering hopes for finding an exit from the latest and most dangerous chapter in America's "endless wars," as a highly-anticipated Monday summit of Iran and other Persian Gulf states was postponed.

That bad news follows an eventful several days that saw Yemen's Iran-allied Ansar Allah take control of a large swath of strategic coastside territory. Saudi Arabia's critical east-west pipeline, shut down after a drone attack that originated in Iraq, may be the center of a major hit to global oil supply. 

The Monday meeting was set to take place in the Omani coastal city of Salalah, with attendees including foreign ministers of Iran, Oman, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Qatar. Taking a US-friendly line, Bahrain had declined to attend, saying stability "cannot be preserved through a policy of appeasement” and demanding the strait be re-opened without "discrimination, fees or permits." The tiny state that is was home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet also cited its ongoing suspension of diplomatic relations with Iran.   

The meeting was going to focus on a proposed arrangement by which Iran and Oman would jointly manage the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic through the vital waterway is at a near standstill, more than six months after the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran. Axios' Barak Ravid, seen by many as a conduit for US-Israeli narratives, reported that Saudi Arabia had submitted amendments to the proposal. 

Saudi Arabia: I have an amendment to the strait of Hormuz agreement

Iran & Oman: pic.twitter.com/MVyRmhjxnN https://t.co/mRYxyyWrWD

— Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) September 13, 2026

“At the request of some regional countries and by a joint decision of Oman and Iran, the meeting of foreign ministers of Persian Gulf coastal states, which was planned for Monday, has been postponed to another date,” Iranian foreign ministry official Mohammad Ali Bak told Iran's IRNA. If the meeting comes to fruition, it would be the first one to convene top diplomats from Iran and the Gulf Cooperation Council since the war started on Feb 28. 

Previously, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said attendees would be presented with route maps and other details about how ships would enter and depart the strait. Importantly, he emphasized that the proposal was not sufficient to actually reopen the strait. 

Closure of Saudi Pipeline Set To Remove 4% of Global Supply

A different lifeline was completely closed over the weekend, with no end in sight: Saudi Arabia's east-west oil pipeline was shut down after a devastating attack on a pumping station that seemingly originated with Shiite militias in Iraq. The pipeline was playing a vital role in offsetting the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, by sending oil to Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port on the Red Sea.  

Yemen’s Houthis said they struck King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait with dozens of ballistic missiles and drones, targeting hangars, radars, runways and ammunition depots.

They said the attack was retaliation for more than 300 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen over the past five… pic.twitter.com/zt8y1wli4u

— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 14, 2026

Saudi oil traders told Reuters that, unless the pipeline is opened up within days, the kingdom will run out of export stock, removing as much as 4% of worldwide supply from the market. Even before the pipeline-pumping station attack, Saudi inventory had plummeted to its lowest level in 30 years.  

Though Saudi Arabia initially called the closure a mere "precautionary measure," some observers have very little optimism about a quick resumption of pipeline flow. One source told Reuters it could take five to six weeks to repair. If you'd imagined the pumping station some small facility, this image should give you a proper orientation to what must be restored "in a few days" to avert a major disruption of global supply:

Overnight, West Texas Intermediate futures leapt by 2.89% to $102.94 a barrel. Brent was up almost as much, trading at $107.56. 

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Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 04:55