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Rubio visited India on October 21 and did not go to New Delhi. He went to Jamnagar's Reliance refinery — 1.4 million bpd, the world's largest — to discuss Venezuelan crude. Jaishankar was expected in Mumbai to meet him. The capital can wait. The refinery cannot.
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Israel votes October 27. The polls give neither bloc a majority. Benny Gantz withdrew. But the more important question is not whether Netanyahu survives — it is what his replacement will do with the war. None of them that oppose Netanyahu is opposing the war.
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Israel votes October 27. The polls give neither bloc a majority. Benny Gantz withdrew. But the more important question is not whether Netanyahu survives — it is what his replacement will do with the war. None of them that oppose Netanyahu is opposing the war.
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Every channel has returned from Tehran with the same three conditions: end the war on all fronts, lift the American naval blockade, release the frozen assets. Pakistan's Munir went this week. Russia's Lavrov went days before. Qatar has been carrying messages for months.
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On October 5, the Mecca Alliance activated its collective defence for the first time. Six days later, Houthi missiles killed 19 people at King Khalid International Airport and left hundreds wounded. Turkey and Pakistan are deployed. What the alliance's first test has revealed is the gap.
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Three military formations have emerged from the Iran war. The first is the American-Israeli operational axis. The second is the Russia-North Korea-Iran supply network. The third is the Mecca Alliance for Defence, treaty-bound to protect the world's largest oil exporter.
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