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Hezbollah fighters successfully ambush Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon

Press TV – June 14, 2026

Fighters from the Hezbollah resistance movement have confronted Israeli forces as they were attempting to infiltrate into areas in southern Lebanon, targeting troop and vehicle concentrations with barrages of rockets and kamikaze drones.

In a series of statements on Sunday, Hezbollah announced that its fighters detected an Israeli military convoy that had moved into the southern town of Majdal Zoun, located in the Tyre district. The resistance fighters then carried out an ambush, employing light and medium weapons alongside rocket-propelled grenades in an operation that lasted for about two hours.

Hezbollah asserted that several Israeli military vehicles accompanying the force were destroyed and went up in flames during the confrontation. At the same time, the Lebanese resistance fighters launched three consecutive rocket barrages aimed at Israeli troop concentrations on the southern and southeastern outskirts of Majdal Zoun. … Full article

Three people killed, others wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Palestinian Information Center – June 14, 2026

BEIRUT – Three people were martyred and others were injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Rayhan in Jezzine district, killing its mayor Ali Badi.

In Nabatieh district, an Israeli warplane launched a strike on the town of Kfar Reman, killing one person and injuring two others, according to NNA.

Another airstrike hit the town of Ansar in the same district, leaving one person dead and another wounded.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese army said that one of its soldiers sustained severe injuries after being targeted by an Israeli drone in the Nabatieh area.

The army explained in a statement that an Israeli drone initially targeted the soldier while he was traveling near Al-Najda Hospital in Nabatieh, but missed. The drone then struck him a second time on the Kfar Reman road, injuring him critically.

In the Tyre district, NNA reported that Israeli occupation forces detonated and destroyed several homes in the town of Majdal Zoun.

Iran warns ‘no point’ in deal with US if Israel remains unrestrained

The Cradle | June 14, 2026

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned in a statement on 14 June that there is “no point” in continuing efforts to reach a deal with Washington if Tel Aviv remains unrestrained, a few hours after a new Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital.

“The Zionists’ aggression against the southern suburb [of Beirut] once again demonstrated that the US either lacks the will to uphold its commitments or lacks the ability to do so,” Ghalibaf said.

“You cannot gain concessions by giving the [Israeli] regime a green light. The ‘good cop, bad cop’ game has grown old. If you lack the will and the ability to fulfill your commitments, then there is no point in speaking about continuing down this path,” the parliament speaker added.

Meanwhile, Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy commander and deputy inspector of the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Israel’s attack on Beirut’s southern suburb will not go unanswered.

“If you seek an agreement or understanding, you must discipline the Zionist regime. If this rabid dog is not controlled, it will bite your leg before the ink is dry on the agreement,” said Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Committee. … continue

Iranian missiles are more effective, precise: former Pentagon official

Al Mayadeen | June 14, 2026

Iranian missiles have become more effective, accurate, and destructive, Former US Chief of Naval Operations Adviser at the Pentagon, Professor Theodore Postol, stated.

In an interview with Going Underground, Postol stated, “Their [Iran’s] ballistic missiles are by exceptional margins beyond what we saw in the beginning, even in the June 2025 war, causing severe damage to targets of high strategic value to the Israelis.”

In the televised interview broadcast Saturday, he admitted he had been mistaken in his earlier assessment that Tehran would inflict only “limited” damage on Tel Aviv.

“I was estimating, based on data I had collected, that the Iranians could do significant but modest damage to Tel Aviv if the war escalated,” Postol stated, noting that “well, I was wrong, because there was a whole generation of newer, more capable missiles that are impossible, I want to underscore, impossible to intercept.”

Attempts to intercept Iranian missiles ‘foolish’

“They are not close to being subject to interception, and they have bigger warheads that are more destructive,” Postol added, noting that Iran possesses large numbers of these missiles, characterized by high precision, “which means that they can focus them on doing more heavy damage on targets that are more valuable to the Israelis.”

Postol described Israeli air defenses as “foolish” in their attempts to counter Iranian ballistic missiles, stating: “Then there are the drones. And the air defences have been foolishly used against ballistic missiles. The air defences have almost no capability against ballistic missiles.”

Additionally, Postol rejected the notion that Iran is the “nuclear instability” in the Middle East, instead saying that “Israel” is, attributing this to the willingness of Israeli leadership to “push their country to a situation where their own military leadership is telling them we are on the ropes.” … Full article

Ukraine as a laboratory of ‘techno-fascism’

By Dmitri Kovalevich | Al Mayadeen | June 14, 2026

Ukraine has become a testing ground for Western military technologies, AI-driven warfare, and defense industry interests, with the conflict increasingly serving geopolitical and corporate objectives beyond Ukraine itself. … Read article

Desperate Starmer choosing piracy as distraction over UK crime crisis – Putin envoy

RT | June 14, 2026

Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has accused UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of using the seizure of a supposed Russian-linked vessel to distract from domestic problems.

In a post on X on Sunday, Starmer announced that UK forces intercepted a tanker involved in ‘shadow fleet’ operations, which allegedly help Russia bypass Western sanctions on oil exports.

The Smyrtos was reportedly transiting the English Channel before it was boarded by UK marines. The UK Defense Ministry said it will be held and monitored off the south coast while its operations are investigated.

Starmer boasted that he personally directed the interception, calling it a “successful operation” that delivered “yet another blow to Russia.” He later posted footage purportedly showing armed marines boarding the vessel.

Dmitriev suggested that the operation was not about security or enforcing sanctions, but to manufacture a confrontation and distract the public from immigration problems and crime.

“Desperate Starmer, instead of intercepting HIS immigrants who rape, mutilate and behead British people, attempts to DISTRACT the UK with an escalation,” he wrote on X. … continue

Albanian villagers say Jared Kushner’s projects developed on disputed land

Press TV – June 14, 2026

Albanian villagers have revealed that the projects belonging to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, are being built on disputed land.

Kushner and his private equity firm Affinity Partners, along with his wife Ivanka Trump, plan to develop two resort properties in Albania, including on the uninhabited Sazan island and on the Albanian coast.

Media reports said on Saturday that some 200 Albanian families claim ownership of the land bought to develop the luxury resorts.

Some plan to seek a court order to halt the projects and take Kushner’s company, Affinity Partners, to court.

Villagers say Kushner’s projects are being developed on land approved by the Edi Rama government via sales through an accused gangster.

A dozen of the villages plan to seek a court order to halt the project, their lawyer, Kostandin Beko, told Reuters.

Beko said the villagers he represents were declared the rightful owners of the land by an Albanian court back in 2013.

However, the dispute has remained unresolved because that ruling was appealed by Artur Shehu, the man who has since sold the property.

Shehu, who fled Albania in 1999 and is now based in Miami, Florida, claimed his family owned the land for more than 100 years, from the time of the Ottoman Empire.

He has been investigated in Italy for allegedly doing business in his homeland on behalf of Italian gangsters, according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

The Italians are said to have also suspected him at one point of drug trafficking, though he has never been charged with a crime.

On Friday, Albanian media reported Shehu is now also under scrutiny by anti-corruption prosecutors there, probing large-scale money laundering.

A close associate of Shehu was charged and convicted in 2018 of forging documents to steal land. … Full article

Exposing The Great Acid Reflux Scam

Why Stomach Acid Is Critical For Health

A Midwestern Doctor | The Forgotten Side of Medicine | June 10, 2026

Story at a Glance:

• Many commonly prescribed medications are given to patients despite the risks often outweighing the benefits.

• Acid-suppressing drugs are among the worst offenders, with their overuse fueled by a lack of understanding about the crucial role of stomach acid throughout the body or that acid reflux is due to too little stomach acid (as the stomach acid of digestion gives the stomach’s opening a signal to seal and not let any more food in).

• Deficient stomach acid causes many chronic health problems (e.g., macular degeneration, a myriad of autoimmune disorders such as asthma, and less overt forms of reflux that cause many common diseases of the ears, nose, and throat such as allergies, coughs, and sinusitis).

• Acid blocking medications cause a variety of severe side effects, including a 19% increased risk of death and a comparable increase in cardiac events, kidney or liver disease, numerous infections, and bone damage.

• Thankfully, many safe natural treatments can effectively address acid reflux and many of the complications of a chronic stomach acid deficiency.

Full article

What Is SIDS?

An Essay on the Diagnostic Category Built to Receive What Cannot Be Officially Named

Lies are Unbekoming | June 9, 2026

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is officially defined as “the sudden death of an infant under one year of age, which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history.”¹

By its own definition, it is a non-explanation. A baby cannot be diagnosed with SIDS while alive. SIDS cannot kill a baby. The category exists to receive deaths whose cause cannot be officially acknowledged.

Before 1969, this category did not exist. Before organized vaccination programs expanded in the 1960s, what was then called crib death was so rare that it was not mentioned in infant mortality statistics.² The term Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was created in 1969 in response to a rise in unexplained infant deaths that coincided with expanded vaccination campaigns. By 1972, SIDS had become the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality in the United States, the leading cause of death between 28 days and one year of age.³ A category that had not existed three years earlier had become the dominant verdict on dead infants.

There are 130 official ways for an infant to die, as categorized in the International Classification of Diseases. There is no official way to die from a vaccine. That classification was removed in 1979.⁴ Medical examiners working since then have been given a manual that contains every imaginable cause of infant death except the one that the public record, the manufacturer’s own clinical trial data, and a half-century of clustering evidence all point to. … continue

The Dutch Covid Inquiry Is Not Looking for the Truth

By Elisabeth J.C. Bennink | Brownstone Institute | June 13, 2026

cross the world, the response to Covid looked strangely alike: the same lockdowns, the same shuttered schools and businesses, the same insistence that there was only one responsible course and that to question it was to put lives at risk. Country after country moved in near lockstep.

To me, that uniformity remains one of the most troubling features of those years. Measures so similar, so sweeping, and adopted so quickly are difficult to explain as dozens of governments independently reach the same conclusion. Whatever the truth behind that coordination, the Covid era cannot be understood one nation at a time. What was done to people’s freedoms — and how each country now chooses to examine it, or to look away — concerns us all. What follows is one country’s reckoning.

From a distance, the Netherlands can look like an open society settling its accounts with the pandemic.

A civil case is moving through the court in Leeuwarden. Seven citizens — one of whom has died since the case began — are suing seventeen defendants for harm they attribute to the mRNA Covid shots. The defendants are not minor figures: the former prime minister, Mark Rutte; the former health minister, Hugo de Jonge; Marion Koopmans, the virologist who sat on the team of experts advising the cabinet; Jaap van Dissel, who as head of infectious-disease control at the national health institute chaired that team — the Outbreak Management Team (OMT), which steered the country’s Covid response from January 2020 until 2022 — and was the public face of the lockdown advice; the chief executive of Pfizer, Albert Bourla; and Bill Gates. Gates argued that a Dutch court had no business judging him. The court disagreed and kept the case.1 It continues, slowly.

To a foreign reader, that reads as a country with room to ask hard questions.

It is worth pausing on what became of the man who brought the case. Arno van Kessel, one of the two lawyers behind it, spent 260 days in pre-trial detention. He was arrested in June 2025 — the day after he filed papers in the case — in an investigation into a network of self-described “sovereigns,” people who reject the authority of the state. To my mind the label sits oddly on him: his whole method was the courtroom. He is a lawyer who took the government to court, not a man who denies that courts have power over anyone. No criminal court has convicted him of anything; he remains a suspect, and a suspect only. In late February 2026 the judges suspended his detention, in part because the prosecution’s case was moving so slowly.2 By then he had been struck from the bar and could no longer stand beside his own clients. And so the lawyer who had brought that suit against Rutte, De Jonge, Koopmans, and Gates had himself been shut out of the courtroom.

Then, on 29 May 2026, the inquiry into the Corona policy opened its public hearings. And a similar picture appears. … continue

‘Vigilante Science’: How Anonymous Critics Are Trying to Silence Peer-Reviewed Vaccine Research

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | June 11, 2026

A scientific journal’s decision to flag a peer-reviewed study comparing health outcomes in vaccinated and unvaccinated children has ignited a debate over two online platforms that critics say have become tools for suppressing research that challenges mainstream vaccine science.

In April, the Research Integrity Team at Sage Journals notified Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Chief Scientific Officer Brian Hooker that it is investigating a 2020 article he co-authored with vaccine researcher Neil Miller comparing health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children.

The article, peer-reviewed and published in Sage Open Medicine, has been stamped with an “expression of concern” as Sage conducts its review.

According to Hooker, the investigation stems from conflict-of-interest allegations posted to the platform PubPeer by a handful of pro-pharma actors.

Hooker told Sage and The Defender that the allegations posted on PubPeer — that he and Miller used data from Dr. Paul Thomas’ Pediatric Health Outcomes Initiative without disclosing — aren’t true.

Hooker also said that even if they had used that data, he didn’t see why it would pose a conflict.

The attack on Hooker and Miller is one of the latest to come through PubPeer, a platform critics have nicknamed “PubSmear,” and another website, Retraction Watch.

The two platforms are the driving force behind many recent retractions of peer-reviewed scientific papers whose findings challenge the mainstream narrative on vaccinesCOVID-19 treatments and aluminum, among others.

‘PubPeer posts take a fundamentalist attitude that is deeply unscientific’

PubPeer provides a platform for anonymous commenters — many of whom are single individuals with multiple usernames — to push for post-publication reviews of articles that have already passed peer review. The critiques are often combined with social media attacks to launch coordinated campaigns against individual researchers.

Retraction Watch reports on the retractions that result from those campaigns.

The two organizations share funders and board members.

Over the last two years, thousands of articles by renowned researchers have been attacked — many of them years, or even decades, after their initial publication.

PubPeer posters attacked Wafik El-Deiry, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University — a physician-scientist and cancer researcher who has more than 30 years of experience studying the p53 tumor suppressor protein.

El-Deiry has published work that suggests a possible link between the COVID-19 vaccine and cancer. … continue

DHS docs: Govt bracing for nationwide anti-AI riots, preparing to crack down on dissent

By Alan MACLEOD | MintPress News | June 11, 2026 

New documents from government agencies such as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security show that Washington is preparing for widespread anti-A.I. riots, as the technology destroys communities and industries across the country. Ironically, the Trump administration is already using invasive A.I. technology to identify and suppress what it calls anti-A.I. “extremists,” in the process, sweeping the entire nation into its massive surveillance dragnet.

More than 1,000 pages of leaked documents reviewed by WIRED Magazine show that government agencies are anticipating a huge wave of domestic unrest in the coming years, as artificial intelligence upends American society. Automation-related job losses could shatter entire industries, while the building of gigantic data centers will remove water and electricity from public use, ramping up the price of what little remains. … continue

UK judge sentences Palestine Action activists to over 20 years in prison

The Cradle | June 13, 2026

Four Palestine Action anti-genocide activists received combined prison sentences of over 20 years on 12 June for sabotaging an Israeli drone facility in the UK in 2024.

Judge Jeremy Johnson said an “aggravating factor” in his decision to imprison the activists was that they had a “terrorist connection.” […]

As the sentencing was underway, ​police arrested over 100 people who had gathered outside as part of a larger demonstration in support of Palestine Action and the four imprisoned activists. – Full article

Palestinian Football Association chief denied US visa to attend World Cup 2026

Al Mayadeen | June 13, 2026

The head of the Palestinian Football Association said he is unable to travel to the United States for events linked to the 2026 FIFA World Cup because the host country did not issue him a visa.

Jibril Rajoub attended the opening match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City on Thursday, but is among several accredited World Cup attendees who have been denied visas or are still awaiting approval from US authorities.

“I don’t believe that it’s fair to use or to abuse and deny the right of all footballers all over the world to attend,” the veteran Palestinian political figure said.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino previously attempted to facilitate a handshake between Rajoub and an Israeli delegate at a congress in May, but Rajoub refused the gesture. … Full article

Colonizers Invade Homes, Target Service Crews Across West Bank

IMEMC | June 13, 2026

Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of attacks on Saturday across the occupied West Bank, invading homes, targeting a utility crew, and stealing essential infrastructure in incidents that rights groups say reflect an ongoing pattern of violence against Palestinian communities.

The attacks, concentrated in the Ramallah and Bethlehem districts, raised concerns about civilian safety and the stability of vital public services.

In the central West Bank, colonizers broke into the home of Nayef Ka’abna in the Arab al‑Ka’abna Bedouin community east of the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah.

The Al‑Baidar rights organization said the assault is part of repeated violations targeting Bedouin communities, noting that such attacks have intensified pressure on residents and heightened fears for their safety and property.

In the southern West Bank, a field crew from the Jerusalem District Electricity Company, based in occupied Jerusalem, was attacked while conducting maintenance work in the rural area between Abu Njeim and Wadi Rahhal, southeast of Bethlehem.

The company said masked colonizers assaulted the official service vehicle with clubs and sharp tools, causing material damage. The crew was not physically injured, and the company said the driver’s decision to continue moving prevented more serious harm. … Full article

Sick Palestinian American university student detained without charge

Al Mayadeen | June 12, 2026

A 20-year-old Palestinian American woman has been held in Israeli military detention for nearly two weeks following a pre-dawn raid on her family home in the occupied West Bank, with no charges filed against her and her family raising urgent concerns about her medical care.

Sama Safi, a second-year psychology student at Birzeit University, was taken from her home by approximately 10 IOF soldiers at around 3 am on June 2. She was among four Birzeit students detained in the same wave of raids, alongside Jolan Abu Awad, Natalia Abu Dia, and graduate Laila Nael Khalil.

One of the students is a member of the Palestinian women’s national soccer team; another player from the team was also detained before being released earlier this week.

The occupation army claimed the women were arrested for allegedly promoting “hostile terrorist activity,” but has filed no formal charges against any of them. … Full article

Israeli army kills Palestinian municipality worker in central Gaza

MEMO | June 13, 2026

A Palestinian sanitation worker was killed on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.

The victim was working for the Bureij municipality and was killed in the strike that targeted a waste dump near the Bureij refugee camp.

Local sources also stated that the deceased was targeted by the Israeli drone while performing his duties.

On Friday, the Israeli army acknowledged killing 20 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the past week, claiming that the victims were members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Tel Aviv’s continued attacks on the Palestinian enclave come despite a ceasefire that began in October 2025.

The truce was intended to bring a halt to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that has killed about 73,000 Palestinians and wounded over 173,000 others since October 2023, while causing widespread destruction affecting 90% of the enclave’s civilian infrastructure.

India signals rethink over West Asia

By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | June 13, 2026 

Make no mistake, Modi Government is squarely blaming the US for the attack on ships in Strait of Hormuz killing seven Indian sailors. Protests have been lodged with the US charge d’affaires twice in 3 days, the second demarche being in notably harsher tone despite the news trickling from the Persian Gulf region, Pakistan and US that an MOU has been all but negotiated for signature lifting the American naval blockade of Iranian ports. … continue

Trump agreed to release $24B in frozen Iranian assets without formal announcement: Report

MEMO | June 13, 2026

US President Donald Trump has agreed to unfreeze $24 billion in Iranian assets while avoiding explicitly confirming this, a senior Iranian official said Friday, according to the Fars News Agency.

Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, made the remarks during a memorial ceremony in the southwestern city of Dezful.

According to the report, Rezaei said Iran’s recent conflict “boosted” the country’s standing globally, claiming the country’s deterrence capacity had grown to a point where “Trump the gambler” now fears negotiating with Tehran.

He also argued that US policy is increasingly shaped by Israeli influence, asserting that America has effectively become a “colony” of the “Zionist regime” due to lobbying within its decision-making circles.

Rezaei’s remarks followed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying Friday that a proposed memorandum of understanding with the US would formally end the conflict across all fronts, including Lebanon, and pave the way for negotiations on sanctions relief.

Separately, a senior Trump administration official said Friday that the US expects to sign an agreement ending the war with Iran “within the next few days,” with the deal expected to lead to the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program.

Israeli Ex-Navy Chief admits massive damage from Iran missiles

Al Mayadeen | June 12, 2026

Former Israeli occupation Navy Commander Eliezer Marom has acknowledged the growing threat posed by Iran’s missile arsenal, admitting that Iranian strikes have inflicted substantial damage on “Israel”.

Speaking to the Israeli newspaper Maariv, Marom said, “We have seen what even limited barrages of Iranian missiles can do. The damage here in Israel is enormous, enormous. A significant portion of this damage remains unseen and unknown to the public due to military censorship.”

He further warned that Iran is maintaining “an immense pace of ballistic missile production.” … continue

The strategic arsenal US lost in war against Iran – and why replenishment will take years

By Mohammad Molaei | Press TV | June 13, 2026

The sheer scale of munitions consumed during the Third Imposed War is without modern precedent in American warfare. As reported by The New York Times, within just the first two days of the military aggression that began on February 28, an estimated $5.6 billion worth of precision-guided munitions were expended, a sum that exceeds the annual military budgets of most countries in the world.

Over the full 40-day war leading up to the fragile ceasefire in early April, US forces struck more than 13,000 targets, many of which required multiple munitions each. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the cost of the air campaign alone reached between $11.3 billion in its first six days and $16.5 billion by day twelve.

The total cost over 40 days of full-scale military aggression, followed by subsequent hostilities in the Persian Gulf region, amounts to a far greater sum. While the Pentagon has estimated the figure at around $25 billion, independent assessments place the cost closer to $100 billion.

These figures do not reflect a campaign defined by restraint or resource discipline. Rather, they reveal a military establishment that bet its most advanced precision arsenal on a war it expected to win quickly – only to find itself mired in a quagmire of its own making. … continue

No return to pre-war status for Strait of Hormuz – Iran’s top diplomat

RT | June 13, 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status.

The minister made the remarks as the US and Iran are finalizing a deal to end the conflict, which began on February 28 with joint US-Israeli bombardments of Iranian territory and the assassination of senior officials, including the country’s longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

The waterway, which normally handles around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and LNG trade, has largely remained closed throughout the war, although President Donald Trump said the US military had helped guide more than 200 ships through the strait.

“The Strait of Hormuz lies under the sovereignty of Iran and Oman. The administration of the waterway will not return to its pre-war arrangement. Iran and Oman will soon issue a joint statement outlining a new framework for the administration of the Strait of Hormuz,” Araghchi said on Friday, according to Iranian media.

The diplomat said Iran would charge passing ships service fees. Tehran had previously insisted that it maintained full sovereignty over the strait and would collect tolls.

Araghchi said that, under the memorandum of understanding awaiting final approval, the US would, “for the first time in 47 years,” commit to respecting Iran’s sovereignty and non-interference in its domestic affairs. The agreement would also declare an end to the conflict on all fronts, including in Lebanon, he said.

Iran most recently declared the strait closed to all ships in response to US strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Trump later said he had called off the attack in an effort to advance peace talks, expressing confidence that an agreement could be signed as early as this weekend.

Ex-South Korean President sentenced for trying to provoke conflict with Pyongyang

RT | June 12, 2026

A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison, Yonhap news agency has reported. Judges reportedly found that he ordered drones to be sent into North Korea in order to inflame tensions and create a pretext for his declaration of martial law.

Yoon declared martial law in December of 2024, citing legislative gridlock and what he described as a plot by pro-Pyongyang forces within the South Korean political establishment. The nation’s parliament formally overturned the decree within hours despite attempts by police and soldiers to stop lawmakers from accessing the National Assembly building.

Yoon was impeached just over a week later, suspended from office, and formally removed from power by the Constitutional Court months later. … continue

Documents Suggest Fauci Knew COVID Was Created in Wuhan Lab, and mRNA Vaccines Wouldn’t Work

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | June 12, 2026

In August 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci received a U.S. intelligence report suggesting the COVID-19 virus was developed in Chinese and U.S. labs as a bat vaccine, that it subsequently leaked from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, and that it contained characteristics that would make it resistant to mRNA vaccines.

The report, authored by Joseph Murphy, a major with the U.S. Marine Corps, and printed on Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) letterhead, was part of a tranche of documents Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released Thursday as part of his ongoing congressional investigation into the origins of COVID-19.

The documents show that not only did Fauci receive the DARPA report, but that in an Aug. 25, 2021, email to National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials, he called it “important.” “Let us discuss my going down to the White House to review the report,” Fauci wrote.

The document tranche also contained evidence that Fauci cultivated ties with intelligence agencies at least as early as 2003, the same year he received a CIA report warning of the dangers of genetically manipulating coronaviruses.

Fauci later used these intelligence connections to sway the intelligence community to support the zoonotic theory of COVID-19’s origin, the documents show.

The newly released information corroborates the testimony of CIA whistleblower James Erdman before the U.S. Senate last month. Erdman testified that Fauci led a multi-agency cover-up of COVID-19’s lab origins and that his role in the cover-up “was intentional.” … continue

US publishes docs on ‘dangerous’ Ukrainian biolabs

RT | June 12, 2026

US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has released new evidence that US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine were researching dangerous pathogens. Washington previously denied any role in running these labs.

Published on Friday, the declassified documents reveal that the US “built and supported” 40 biolabs in Ukraine, which worked with “especially dangerous pathogens” including anthrax, avian flu, Ebola, plague, and tuberculosis. At least 12 of these laboratories were carrying out human research.

Some of the laboratories were engaged in so-called ‘gain of function’ research, a controversial practice whereby animal viruses are modified to increase their virulence and transmissibility to study their effects on humans. … continue

Trump’s ERAM cruise missiles for Ukraine blow up his peace overtures to Russia

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | June 12, 2026

At the Anchorage summit last summer between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, there was some optimism that the conflict in Ukraine might be resolved through diplomacy.

There appeared to be an atmosphere of bonhomie between the two leaders, and in particular, an openness on the American side to listen to Russia’s historic grievances about NATO’s enlargement, presenting a national security threat.

Only days later, however, Trump’s administration quietly approved the supply of new cruise missiles to Ukraine. After months of delay, those new types of weapons are now on their way to Ukraine. This firepower will give a deeper reach into Russia, which is already being assailed by long-range NATO drones. … continue

Four civilians killed by Ukrainian attacks on Russia

RT – June 12, 2026

Four civilians were killed and more than 20 others wounded by Ukrainian drone and artillery attacks on the Russian border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod on Thursday, according to the local authorities.

Two people lost their lives and two sustained injuries after Ukraine shelled the settlement of Suzemka in Bryansk Region, acting governor Egor Kovalchuk wrote in a post on Telegram. […]

In the Klimovsky District of Bryansk Region, a five-year-old boy was rushed to hospital with injuries after being attacked by an FPV-drone, he added. … Full article

EU state lifts arms embargo on Israel after spy scandal

RT | June 12, 2026

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has lifted an embargo on arms sales to Israel after allegedly enlisting the help of an Israeli private intelligence firm to oust his left-wing, pro-Palestine predecessor.

Jansa’s government announced the decision on Thursday, adding that it would also overturn an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

“This will restore the conditions for a normal political dialog with Israel,” the Slovenian Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that the move would help “strengthen the role of the Republic of Slovenia in the efforts to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East.”

Former Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob barred the export of military goods to Israel and banned the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank in August. One year earlier, he had recognized the State of Palestine and declared Israel’s war on Gaza to be “genocide.” … continue

French watchdog reveals Israeli propaganda firm meddled in New York, Scottish, African elections

The Cradle | June 12, 2026

On 11 June, French disinformation and digital interference watchdog Viginum linked Israeli firm BlackCore to digital influence and propaganda campaigns across Europe, Africa, and the US.

Viginum Chief Marc-Antoine Brillant and French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu identified global operations in France, Scotland, Angola, Togo, and New York City.

“Our investigations did not make it possible to identify the sponsor or sponsors, if indeed they exist, behind this foreign digital interference,” Brillant told Reuters.

The report identified BlackCore-linked accounts targeting Scottish First Minister John Swinney, who has described Gaza as a “man-made humanitarian catastrophe.”

Earlier investigations by Viginum revealed that BlackCore had targeted hard-left France Unbowed party candidates in Marseille, Toulouse, and Roubaix using automated accounts and data leaks, as well as fabricated sexual violence allegations against some candidates. … continue

Trump State Department Moves to Deport Trita Parsi

By Kurt Nimmo | Another Day in the Empire | June 12, 2026

President Trump’s State Department has reportedly opened an investigation into Trita Parsi, an Iranian-Swedish international relations writer, political analyst, vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and critic of the administration’s war against Iran.

Trump official informed the Free Press that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been “extremely clear” about his intention to focus on individuals who “support adversaries of the United States” and whose actions allegedly compromise the country’s security. “Anyone who seeks to undermine the US, we’re taking a hard look at,” the official said, while not explaining how Parsi’s analysis of foreign policy constitutes a threat. News reports suggest that US officials are initiating deportation proceedings against several US green-card holders who they believe have expressed sympathy for Iran.

Parsi serves as the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, a foreign-policy think tank that promotes realism and restraint in foreign policy. “As a research institution we expose the dangerous consequences of an overly militarized American foreign policy,” states an overview of the organization. Personnel include the journalist Jim Lobe, political scientist and international relations scholar John Mearsheimer, and Stephen Walt, a political scientist and professor of international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, among others.

“The report said that Parsi and his colleagues appear to view the investigation as a ‘serious threat,’” according to the Anadolu Agency, a state-run news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

In April, Quincy Institute CEO Lora Lumpe informed staff and donors that the organization’s chairman had agreed to fund legal preparations to defend Trita Parsi in the event of a deportation effort, according to a memo. The memo also noted that the institute was in the process of hiring an immigration attorney who had “advised that we immediately prepare a writ of habeas corpus to have at the ready” if Parsi were unexpectedly taken into custody by immigration authorities. … continue

UK judge brands Palestine Action activists ‘terrorists’ for storming Israeli weapons company

Press TV – June 12, 2026

In yet another blatant example of Western complicity with the Zionist regime, a UK judge has ruled that four Palestine Action activists have a “terrorist connection” for storming a British site of the Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.

The ruling by Justice Jeremy Johnson was delivered as hundreds of Palestine Action supporters held a demonstration outside Woolwich Crown Court in south-east London on Friday.

Metropolitan Police arrested 107 peaceful protesters who had gathered to support the activists. … continue

Israel killed more Palestinians in occupied West Bank since 2023 than prior 17 years combined: Report

The Cradle | June 12, 2026

An Oxfam analysis of UN data published on 11 June reveals that more Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers over the last three years than in the preceding 17 years combined.

Between 2023 and 2025, the number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank reached 1,244, including 268 children, compared to 1,036 Palestinians killed between 2006 and 2022.

Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam International Humanitarian Policy Lead, stated, “The mounting killing of civilians in the West Bank is tragic and horrifying. While the eyes of the world have been on Gaza, attacks in the West Bank have been accelerating.” … Full article

Report: US military building new base near Gaza border to support post-war plan

MEMO | June 12, 2026

The US military has begun constructing a large base near the Gaza border that is expected to serve as a headquarters for military and civilian personnel involved in implementing President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom.

The newspaper reported on Wednesday that construction is underway near the Israeli community of Re’im, close to the Gaza Strip.

According to the report, the facility is intended to function as a central command and coordination hub for international organizations, civilian personnel and military forces expected to participate in the implementation of the next phases of Trump’s plan for Gaza.

“We have learned that the US Army has begun constructing a massive base on the Gaza border, not far from Re’im,” the newspaper reported.

Israel Hayom said the new installation is expected to replace the multinational headquarters currently operating from Kiryat Gat in southern Israel.

According to the report, the Kiryat Gat facility previously hosted representatives from more than 24 countries, including several Arab states, who participated in international coordination efforts related to Gaza.

The newspaper said many of those representatives left following the outbreak of the conflict involving Iran earlier this year.

Hamas: Israeli shift of Gaza’s “Yellow Line” constitutes blatant ceasefire violation

Palestinian Information Center – June 12, 2026

GAZA – Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said on Friday that the Israeli military’s movement of the so-called “yellow line” westward in Gaza City, accompanied by shelling and the displacement of Palestinians, represents a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement.

In a statement, Qassem said the move reflects threats made by the Israeli prime minister to expand Israeli control over parts of the Gaza Strip. He also criticized the silence of the “Peace Council” and its head, Nickolay Miladinov, as well as the inability of mediating and guarantor countries to prevent what he called a new breach of the agreement.

Qassem noted that the developments come amid ongoing negotiations in Cairo and a positive approach by Palestinian factions toward the talks.

He said that the latest actions demonstrate Israel’s unwillingness to implement the ceasefire agreement, accusing it of attempting to derail negotiations, undermine diplomatic efforts, and continue escalation for political and electoral purposes.

Text of Iran-US deal ‘reached’, Pakistan working to ‘finalize next steps’: PM Sharif

Press TV – June 12, 2026

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says a final text for a peace agreement between Iran and the United States has been reached and that Islamabad is working with both sides to “finalize the next steps.” Sharif made the remarks in a post on X on Friday, warning against a “misinformation campaign” which is aimed at sabotaging a potential agreement.

“Amid ongoing intense mediation efforts by Pakistan, we are fully aware of incessant misinformation campaign being waged by those who want to sabotage the peace deal,” Sharif wrote.

“Setting aside the noise, we can confirm that a final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached and Pakistan is now working closely with both sides to finalize the next steps,” he added.

Sharif also reaffirmed that “peace has never been this close as it is now.”

The Pakistani prime minister’s statement came shortly after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that a deal “had never been closer.”

US President Donald Trump reposted Araghchi’s message.

Araghchi announced that significant progress had been made in efforts to finalize the memorandum of understanding reached between Tehran and Washington in Islamabad. … Full article

Former Israeli minister warns US–Iran deal is ‘bad for Israel’

Al Mayadeen | June 12, 2026

The emerging US-Iran nuclear agreement is a “bad deal for Israel,” a former Israeli cabinet minister stated, warning that its repercussions will extend far beyond the political future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, potentially harming “Israel” itself.

In an interview for Galei Israel radio, former minister Haim Ramon said the real problem lies in the damage the agreement inflicts on “Israel”, assessing that the deal would have direct consequences for Netanyahu’s political fate.

Ramon claimed that Netanyahu is seeking to delay upcoming elections, hoping for developments that could change the political landscape, primarily the collapse of Iran’s system. However, Ramon asserted that this scenario is unlikely to materialize.

As elections draw nearer, Ramon added, the implications of the agreement and regional developments will carry significant political weight for Netanyahu. … Full article

The Kharg gamble could backfire on America

Tehran’s Asymmetric Fortress

By Dr Jannus TH Siahaan | MEMO | June 12, 2026

… Kharg Island is protected by multiple layers of security overseen by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On the maritime front, the IRGC Navy maintains the 112th Zolfaghar Surface Combat Brigade, equipped with missile-armed fast attack craft capable of conducting swarm tactics against larger naval formations. This asymmetric capability is reinforced by an integrated air-defense network that includes Russian-made S-300PMU-2 missile batteries designed to engage high-value targets at medium and high altitudes. These systems operate alongside Tor-M1 and Pantsyr-S1 point-defense systems, both of which are well suited for countering drones and precision-guided munitions in heavily contested electronic-warfare environments.

Iran’s most potent deterrent, however, may lie elsewhere: its ability to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz through extensive mine warfare. Tehran is believed to possess between 2,000 and 6,000 conventional and advanced naval mines.

Clearing those mines would be an arduous task under combat conditions, particularly if American minesweeping vessels came under continuous attack from coastal cruise missiles such as the Noor system, a derivative of China’s C-802 missile, concealed within hardened positions along the Bushehr and Qeshm coastlines.

Iranian officials have also broadened their warnings beyond Kharg itself. Senior politician and parliamentarian Manouchehr Mottaki has cautioned that if US forces occupy any part of the island, Iranian special forces could launch helicopter-borne raids against American bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan. The objective, he suggested, would be the capture of US military personnel as political hostages. In other words, Tehran appears prepared to transform a localized conflict over Kharg into a regional, multi-domain confrontation involving the wider Axis of Resistance network. … Full article

Israel launches fresh aggression on southern Lebanon, violating April ceasefire

Press TV – June 12, 2026

The Israeli regime has continued its relentless violations of the April ceasefire, launching multiple airstrikes, drone attacks, and artillery shelling on several towns and villages across southern Lebanon.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday that an Israeli air raid on the small village of al-Bayyad in the Tyre district injured one civilian.

The strike hit the main street near the Ali Kamal Suleiman Volunteer Centre, affiliated with the al-Risala Health Ambulance Association. The wounded individual was transferred to hospital for treatment.

An Israeli drone also targeted the town of Jibchit in the Nabatieh district, while warplanes struck the Arid Dbeibin area in the Marjayoun district.

An explosion rocked the Khiam plain in Marjayoun, and artillery shelling hit the outskirts of Buyut al-Sayyad in the Tyre district.

Separately, Israeli warplanes attacked the town of Qalaouiyah, as enemy drones flew at low altitude over Baysariyeh in the Sidon district and surrounding areas, continuing to terrorize civilians.

In response, Hezbollah fighters carried out a series of effective operations against the occupation forces. … Full article

Syria’s al-Sharaa pours cold water on US claims of willingness to ‘enter’ Lebanon

The Cradle | June 12, 2026

Syria’s self-appointed President and former Al-Qaeda chief Ahmad al-Sharaa said on 11 June that talk of Damascus’s forces entering Lebanon was “rumors,” days after US President Donald Trump threatened Beirut with a Syrian military incursion.

“The rumors circulating about Syria entering Lebanon are nothing but speculation,” Sharaa said during a meeting with community leaders from rural Damascus.

“Syria’s approach aims to end the war in Lebanon, not to expand it or get involved,” he added.

The Syrian president went on to say that border demarcation with Lebanon is “not a priority at the moment, given more urgent problems, particularly the situation of some 1.4 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the need to find an adequate mechanism to ensure their return.” … Full article

Iran is not the one using Lebanon as its bargaining chip

By Robert Inlakesh | Al Mayadeen | June 12, 2026

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has claimed that Iran is “using Lebanon as its bargaining chip.” Not only is this blatantly false, but it also implies that Tehran has something material to gain from including Lebanon in its ceasefire agreement.

Several inflammatory statements have recently been issued by the Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, blaming Iran for “Israel’s” mass murder of Lebanese civilians and its illegal invasion of southern Lebanese lands.

These allegations against Iran are not new. For decades, they have been fabricated by Israeli politicians and Zionist think-tanks such as the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). There is, however, a significant difference when such claims are echoed by a Lebanese president and whose government has been instructed to engage in direct talks with an enemy that, within a matter of months, has killed around 3,600 of his country’s citizens and continues to occupy Lebanese territory.

The mere concept of Lebanon’s “bargaining chip” is factually incorrect in Iran’s case. A “bargaining chip” means that Tehran would use Lebanon to its own benefit, which is patently false. If anything, Iran’s demands that “Israel” withdraw from Lebanese territory and cease its bombing campaign are making the prospect of reaching any deal more difficult. … continue

Egypt and Turkey launch joint air force exercises

MEMO | June 12, 2026

Egypt and Turkey have begun joint air force exercises at several Egyptian air bases, marking a further expansion of military cooperation between the two countries amid improving bilateral relations.

The Egyptian Armed Forces announced the start of the training programme on Thursday, describing it as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen defence cooperation and enhance operational coordination between the two militaries.

According to the military spokesperson, the exercises involve multi-role combat aircraft from both countries and will continue for several days. … Full article

West Asian state ‘blocked’ Israel from using airspace to attack Iran despite past cooperation: Report

The Cradle | June 12, 2026

An unnamed regional country barred Israel from using its airspace for strikes on Iran during Tel Aviv’s latest round of attacks against the Islamic Republic – despite previously having done so, Hebrew media reported on 12 June.

According to Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), the decision caught Tel Aviv off guard.

Israel had been expecting cooperation from that unnamed state, as had previously been the case in other rounds of fighting, KAN added.

The report said Tel Aviv has taken the decision as a “diplomatic message.”

Israel carried out its latest strikes against the Islamic Republic on Monday morning, after Tehran retaliated to an Israeli attack on Beirut with multiple waves of ballistic missiles.

Tehran responded with more missile waves following the Israeli strikes.

Since then, it has carried out multiple waves of ballistic missile strikes on US bases and assets in the region, including Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, following continuous violations by Washington. … Full article

Iranian media reveal details of potential Iran-US draft MoU

Al Mayadeen | June 12, 2026

Iran has firmly refused to capitulate to recent American military and diplomatic pressure aimed at forcing changes to its 14-article proposal, Tasnim News Agency reported, citing informed sources.

Despite direct US military actions and leverage applied through Qatari mediation by President Donald Trump, Tehran rejected newly proposed amendments from Washington, according to Tasnim’s sources.

The United States has, in fact, communicated through the Qatari mediator that it is withdrawing its latest amendments as they were no longer necessary.

However, the sources emphasized that the draft text must still undergo formal review and receive final approval from Iran’s relevant governing institutions. Until that process is complete, the sources added, all media speculations regarding a finalized deal remain entirely inaccurate. … continue

Iranian Media Publishes 14-Point Iran-US Deal Draft, Revealing Tehran’s Key Conditions

Sputnik – 12.06.2026

A source close to Iran’s negotiating team has released new details of a reported 14-point draft memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, Mehr News Agency reports.

According to the draft, the main points include… continue