Khor Mor drone attack raises fears over Iraq's energy security Share Khor Mor drone attack raises fears over Iraq's energy security on social media A drone attack on the Khor Mor gasfield in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq has drawn attention to the security challenges facing the country's energy sector, amid escalating regional tensions and domestic political disagreements over restricting weapons to state control. The attack in Sulaimaniyah governorate late on Sunday sparked a fire and forced the suspension of gas supplies to several power stations, initially reducing electricity generation in areas administered by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) by between 2,500 and 2,800 megawatts, according to regional officials. No group has claimed responsibility, but the attack comes as regional tensions are heightened due to the US-Israel war on Iran, with Baghdad facing pressure to bring weapons held by predominantly pro-Iranian Shia armed factions under state control . KRG authorities have blamed Iran-backed groups in Iraq for previous attacks on the field in recent years. The attack also comes days after the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced its withdrawal from the KRG, deepening a political crisis with its rival, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

Will Gulf states join war? A drone attack on the Khor Mor gasfield in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq has caused a fire at the facility and cut power to the region, according to Iraqi and Kurdish officials. The Sunday night attack left more than 70 percent of the Kurdish region without power. Al Jazeera's fact-checking agency Sanad has verified footage of smoke and flames rising from the vicinity of the gasfield in the Sulaimaniyah governorate. Omid Ahmed, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Electricity, said the attack suspended gas supply to power plants in the cities of Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.

The Aramco Tower, a skyscraper in the Saudi Arabian capital's central financial district, had been hit by an air attack. A statement issued via the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency confirmed the group had targeted Riyadh's business zone on Saturday, without mentioning the Aramco Tower by name. The Saudi energy ministry said the tower had suffered only minor damage and no one had been killed or injured. Footage authenticated by BBC Verify shows more extensive damage to the building, with at least one floor appearing to have been badly hit by a missile or drone strike. Windows on more than one level appear to have been shattered by the strike.

A senior UAE official says he is cautiously optimistic about U.S.-Iran nuclear talks through Qatari mediation, even as missile and drone attack threats persist in the Middle East.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined UAE officials at ADIPEC 2026 to announce a major AI partnership between ADNOC, OpenAI and G42 aimed at transforming energy operations in Abu Dhabi.

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Image caption, Mourners attend the funeral of five Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli strike. Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least eight people, including a child, according to hospitals, despite a year-old ceasefire. In Gaza City to the north, hospital officials said a missile attack hit a group of civilians next to Cairo School in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, killing three people, including a child. In the southern city of Khan Younis, the Hamas-run ministry of interior said a drone attack targeted a group of police officers in the Al-Mawasi area, killing five, as they were carrying out their routine duties. The Israeli military said it had carried out two attacks on what it described as military operatives but has not yet provided evidence or further information.

Israel's election deadlock is a sign of the country's deep divisions Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried. So said Winston Churchill in the House of Commons in 1947. His aphorism came to mind as Israel's election results filtered through on Tuesday night - exit polls blending with ballots that were cast to dash or fulfil people's hopes and fears. This election has, in some ways, been a celebration of democracy. Many spent thousands to fly in from abroad to cast their ballot.

On the latest "Stress Test": Is this really Trump's closing message? With the midterms less than a week away, the closing stretch of the campaign is full of bad omens for MAGA abroad and peak weirdness at home. In Serbia and Brazil, Trump allies suffered stinging and surprising defeats driven in part by energized voter turnout. An anti-corruption youth movement spearheaded the surge in Serbia, while Brazil saw a dramatic comeback for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who defeated staunch Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro. "Both of the losing candidates, Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vučić in Serbia, wrapped themselves around Donald Trump," co-host David Corn says on this episode of . "So we see in Serbia and Hungary authoritarian figures who try to emulate and ride the Trump wave being tossed out of office. And in [South America], where we've seen a right-wing tide they beat it back" in Brazil. There's a growing sense that voters worldwide are fed up with government grift. As David puts it: "Corruption seems to be the point of the spear." Meanwhile, the Israeli election--where the final results are still uncertain--also was something of a referendum on Trump, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempting to retain power by promoting his close ties to Trump. Back home, former President Barack Obama and Trump were each on the campaign trail in closing sprints. Obama is getting spicy, hitting Trump on his tacky taste and alleged corruption. Trump, meanwhile, has been obsessively commenting on physical anatomy--specifically "asses"--in one of the stranger closing arguments in modern American political history. "This has to be, like, the definition of being off message," co-host Garrison Hayes observes. Trump's fixation on rear-ends extended to rapper Nicki Minaj, who appeared at a rally, where Trump asked her to stand and extolled her derriere, fueling the silly rumor she might be named press secretary after the brief tenure of Katie "Half a Scaramucci" Zacharia."It For Garrison, the gambit is all-too familiar: "Here we are in the closing moments of this midterm election, and the way that the Trump administration has decided to utilize a Black person in order to, I imagine, appeal to Black voters is offensive.

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