By Eric Worrall | Watts Up With That? | May 12, 2026
Just one problem – Ushuaia, the source of the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, has a comparable climate to Prince Rupert in British Columbia. … continue
By David Bell | Brownstone Institute | May 13, 2026
Yesterday, almost 2,000 people, mostly young children, died of malaria because they could not access effective and relatively cheap treatment quickly enough. About 4,000 people died of tuberculosis (TB), including many young adults leaving orphans. This happens every day. Progress in reducing these numbers is stalling, as partly due to the continuing economic damage from the Covid-19 response.
In the past two weeks three tourists unfortunately died among about 150 passengers and crew on a cruise ship MV Hondius off the west coast of the African continent where most of those malaria and TB deaths occurred. The Hondius had a hantavirus outbreak, known to have infected less than 10 people but including at least two of those that died.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10,000 to 100,000 hantavirus cases occur every year, spread across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The current media coverage and WHO news conferences therefore concern about one-thousandth of the cases expected this year. The United States averages about 30 – they simply have not been newsworthy. … continue
MEMO | May 13, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the US of trying to distract global attention from Palestine, Anadolu reports.
Commenting on the situation in the Middle East in an interview with RT India TV channel, Lavrov said ongoing US-provoked disputes involving Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Greenland and Canada were distracting international attention from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“All of the efforts that are being taken right now on Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Greenland, and now Canada … all of these issues are moving us away from settling the most protracted, the most negative crisis in the world – that is, the crisis around Palestine,” he said.
The minister criticized American proposals regarding the future of the Gaza Strip, saying they did not address the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“I have no doubt that when plans to stir up aggression against Iran were being hatched, one of the goals was to prevent the normalization of relations between Iran and the Arab states,” he said.
He added: “Now, everything is being done to ensure that reconciliation never happens … and to pull its other Gulf neighbors into structures that, first, will not focus on resolving the Palestinian issue, and second, will force them to betray the Palestinian cause as the price for normalizing relations with Israel.”
Lavrov argued that failure to create such a state would prolong instability and extremism in the region for decades.
“We are returning to a period when everything is decided by force and international law is ignored,” Lavrov said.
IMEMC | May 13, 2026
Israeli occupation forces killed, on Wednesday, a Palestinian child in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, after groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the town, attacked residents, and stole sheep.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the child, Yousef Ali Ka’abna, 16, was struck with live ammunition in the chest, sustaining life‑threatening wounds before succumbing to his injuries.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics provided emergency treatment at the scene before transferring him to the Martyr Yasser Arafat Hospital in Salfit, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The PRCS added that at least four Palestinians were injured by rubber‑coated steel bullets fired by Israeli occupation forces who accompanied the colonizers during the attack.
The shooting is part of an ongoing colonizer assault documented in Sinjil and Jaljulia, where armed colonizers invaded Palestinian agricultural areas, assaulted residents, and stole dozens of sheep.
The colonizers from nearby illegal colonies repeatedly stormed the outskirts of both towns, harassed shepherds, and seized livestock under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
In related news, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinian shepherds after the colonizers attacked them while they were tending their flocks. … Full article
IMEMC | May 13, 2026Israeli forces killed a Palestinian worker and shot another on Tuesday night, while they attempted to cross the Apartheid Wall in the town of Ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that occupation forces killed 44-year-old Zakaria Ali Mohammad Qadis, in Ar-Ram town; he is a resident of Deir Qadis village in the Ramallah governorate.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its ambulance crews received the body of a citizen who was shot in the head with live ammunition to the hospital in Ramallah.
The PRCS added that earlier ambulance crews transported a Palestinian worker to the hospital after he sustained a live gunshot wound to the leg in Ar-Ram town. … Full article
Press TV – May 13, 2026
At least twelve people, including two children, have been killed in a string of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its breaches of an ongoing ceasefire.
According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, three separate air raids targeted vehicles on a major highway linking Beirut to the south on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said those strikes killed eight people, including two children.
A photograph of the bombed cars shared by Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) following the attacks in the Jiyeh area showed the vehicles severely damaged, their exterior charred and torn apart.
A fourth attack killed one person near the southern city of Sidon, 40 kilometers from Beirut.
Three more people were killed as Israeli forces struck cars in three locations further south in Tyre district, the ministry said. … Full article
MEMO | May 13, 2026
Israeli authorities detained the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, Gilles Michaud, over his previous visit to the Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli media reports, the UN official was stopped during security checks at Ben Gurion Airport, where security personnel confiscated his passport and took him to a special waiting area before questioning him about an official visit he made to Gaza in August last year. The visit had reportedly been coordinated in advance with Israeli authorities.
Michaud described the incident as unprecedented treatment for a senior UN official, saying he had never faced similar conduct in any other country he had visited.
Following the incident, the UN official cancelled all his scheduled meetings in Israel, in a move reflecting growing frustration over the Israeli measures, which come amid mounting international criticism of Israel’s treatment of international institutions operating in Palestine, particularly in light of increasing pressure linked to the war in Gaza.
Palestinian Information Center – May 12, 2026Israeli forces continue violating the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip through ongoing airstrikes, gunfire, and the continued blockade.
A Palestinian was killed and another injured Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The PIC correspondent reported that medical crews transferred one killed victim and one injured person after an Israeli drone struck the entrance of a home belonging to the Nofal family east of the Nuseirat camp.
The victim, identified as Abdul Rahman al-Shaafi, was killed in the Israeli strike near Salah al-Din Street east of the camp. … Full article
Netanyahu has been blocking a state commission of inquiry into Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, during which Israeli forces killed many of their own citizens
The Cradle | May 12, 2026
Israel’s Knesset passed a law late on 11 May to establish a special military tribunal for trying Palestinians accused of participating in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October 2023.
The legislation was jointly submitted by representatives of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party and the Yisrael Beytenu opposition party.
It calls for setting up a tribunal to try around 300 Palestinians abducted from Gaza and detained by Israeli troops throughout the genocide.
The law would allow the tribunal to charge the Palestinians with all relevant crimes, including genocide, under the 1950 Israeli Law for the Prevention of Genocide.
Other crimes would include harming Israeli “sovereignty,” causing war, helping the enemy, and terrorism.
Those convicted would be eligible for execution, which was recently passed into Israeli law. … Full article
The Dissident | May 12, 2026
The mainstream media has hit a record new low, reviving the “mass rape hoax”, the false claim that Palestinians committed mass rape against Israelis on October 7th, sourced entirely to a crude hoax report written by a proven liar and scam artist.
The mainstream media finally acknowledged the actual mass rape committed by Israelis against Palestinian detainees, with the New York Times publishing an article (only under the opinion section), detailing the mass rape unleashed by Israeli authorities against Palestinian detainees.
This shot the Israeli propaganda machine into overdrive, with the Israeli foreign ministry calling the piece “one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press”.
On cue, the mainstream media revived the mass rape hoax, writing coordinated articles about a report that supposedly proves that Hamas committed mass rape on October 7th.
The British tabloid the Daily Mail, published an article with a headline claiming to expose “October 7 barbarism beyond all imagination” entirely based on a “report, fittingly titled ‘Silenced No More’, which is released today” written by “Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy, founder of The Civil Commission and lead author of the report”.
The entirety of the Western mainstream media- at the behest of their handlers in the Mossad, CIA and MI6- began writing articles echoing the Daily Mail.
The following mainstream media outlet laundered the report:
Through laundering this fraudulent report, the aforementioned mainstream media outlets have exposed themselves as blatant fake news outlets laundering propaganda.
As I will show in this investigation, the report’s author, Cochav Elkayam-Levy, has been proven to be a con artist and liar- even by Israeli media, and the report repeatedly cites proven hoaxes to back up its claim that mass rape occurred on October 7th. … continue
RT | May 13, 2026
Two German soldiers have been attacked outside the NATO operational headquarters in Brunssum, Netherlands, according to dpa news agency and Der Spiegel. The assailants, who are yet to be identified, reportedly shouted anti-NATO slogans.
A personal protection officer and a staff officer who were both in plain clothes were attacked in a wooded area just outside the base on Monday evening, Der Spiegel said. Both sustained light injuries but are in good condition, a spokesperson for the German Defense Ministry told journalists, adding that the ministry is treating the incident as “security-related.”
The attackers, who were wearing masks, allegedly attacked the soldiers verbally and physically while shouting slogans such as “we hate NATO” in English. The identities and motives of the assailants are still being investigated, the reports said, adding that the Dutch military police are involved. … Full article
Sputnik – 13.05.2026
MOSCOW – Russia does not rule out that the West is preparing another “bloody hoax” in Ukraine similar to the one arranged in the city of Bucha in 2022, Yulia Zhdanova, the head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said on Wednesday.
NATO representatives have held three meetings with directors, screenwriters and producers working in the cinema industry in Brussels, Los Angeles and Paris, and planned a next meeting with members of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, Zhdanova said.
“The letter received by those invited to these events mentions ‘three projects’ that are already in development. Perhaps NATO countries are once again preparing for another bloody hoax? For instance, like the one staged in Bucha in April 2022,” Zhdanova said at the 1136th meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in April 2022 that the footage of Bucha published by Kiev was a provocation. The ministry said that not a single local resident was subject to violence during the time that the town was under Russian control.
All Russian troops withdrew from Bucha by March 30, 2022, leaving the northward roads to and from the town open to traffic, while Ukrainian troops shelled the southern outskirts with large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia rejected any accusations of involvement in the alleged deaths in Bucha and warned world leaders against jumping to conclusions without first considering Moscow’s arguments.
New polling shows a significant drop with this crucial part of the president’s base
By Jack Hunter | The American Conservative | May 13, 2026
… Trump’s sharing of a controversial AI-generated image of himself portraying Jesus in April on his own Truth Social platform (that he eventually deleted) and some of the religious language that has been used by the administration to promote war has also not been received well by Christians. Polling done by the Canadian Angus Reid Institute found that 67 percent of Americans thought that Trump’s Jesus depiction post went too far, with 64 percent of Christians overall saying the same. This poll also found strong majorities of Americans overall either not believing or not being sure of Trump’s later claim that he thought he was just playing a doctor in that image.
When Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said during a religious service at the Pentagon in March that there would be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy” an ABC News–Washington Post–Ipsos poll found that 69 percent disliked his remarks. That same poll showed a whopping 87 percent of disliking Trump’s faux messiah post.
One could couple these faith-related missteps by the administration with an increasingly unpopular war, all occurring in the same three month time period that Trump dropped by double digits in approval. … Full article
Sputnik – 13.05.2026
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is waging a covert war against drug cartels in Mexico and is now directly involved in the assassinations of their members, media reported, citing sources.
The previously unreported CIA campaign in Mexico, overseen by the elite and top-secret Ground Branch, is aimed at the complete dismantling of drug cartels, the report said on Tuesday. Since last year, CIA officers have been personally involved in assassination attempts against cartel members, primarily mid-level ones, the report added.
One of the US intelligence operations in the country was the car bombing of Francisco Beltran, a suspected member of the Sinaloa Cartel, on a highway near Mexico City in March, the report read. According to the report, CIA officers planted a bomb directly in Beltran’s car.
Such operations may be illegal in Mexico, the broadcaster reported, adding that not all missions were coordinated with the Mexican government, creating the risk of retaliatory action by cartels in the United States.
In March, US President Donald Trump announced that the US and Latin American countries were creating a military coalition to combat drug cartels in the region.
RT | May 13, 2026
The EU’s imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) has reached a record high this year, amid the growing energy crisis triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to a report by a US-based energy think tank.
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) reports that the bloc’s imports jumped 16% year on year in January-March, with France, Spain, and Belgium accounting for most deliveries. Russia remains the EU’s second-largest LNG supplier, despite the bloc aiming to phase out Russian fossil fuels by 2027, it noted. … Full article
The Cradle | May 13, 2026
Iraq and Pakistan have reached separate arrangements with Iran to move crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the Strait of Hormuz under Tehran’s new system for controlled passage through the strategic waterway, Reuters reported on 12 May.
The deals come as the US-Israeli war on Iran has sharply reduced energy exports from the Gulf, a region that normally supplies 20 percent of the world’s crude oil and LNG.
Claudio Steuer of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies told Reuters that “Iran has shifted from blocking Hormuz to controlling access to it … Hormuz is no longer a neutral transit route, it is a controlled corridor.”
Under this new framework, Iraq secured safe passage for two very large crude carriers, each carrying about 2 million barrels of crude, through the strait on Sunday.
An Iraqi oil ministry official said Baghdad is now seeking Iranian approval for additional shipments, as oil revenue makes up 95 percent of the Iraqi budget.
“Iraq is a close ally of Iran, and any deterioration in Iraq’s economy would also damage Iran’s economic interests in the country,” the official said.
In a separate arrangement, two tankers carrying Qatari LNG are heading to Pakistan after Islamabad reached an agreement with Tehran, according to two industry sources cited by Reuters. … continue
Al Mayadeen | May 13, 2026
A Chinese-flagged oil supertanker was tracked moving through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump traveled to Beijing for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping centered on the ongoing war on Iran and the deepening global energy crisis, CNN reported.
Shipping data from MarineTraffic showed the supertanker Yuan Hua Hu moving eastward through the strategic waterway early Wednesday before its tracking signal disappeared hours later, raising speculation that its automatic identification system may have been switched off amid mounting security risks in the Gulf. … Full article
Press TV – May 13, 2026
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed as “utterly baseless and rejected” accusations by Kuwait that the Islamic Republic had been planning hostile acts against its neighbor.
In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry strongly condemned the “improper action” of the Kuwaiti government in “politically and propagandistically exploiting” the case of four Iranian personnel who had been on a routine naval patrol mission and entered Kuwaiti territorial waters due to a navigational system malfunction.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, while reiterating its principled policy of respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries in the region, including Kuwait, declares that it expects the Kuwaiti authorities, while avoiding hasty statements and baseless allegations, to pursue the existing issues through official channels,” it said.
The ministry also stressed the need for Iran’s embassy in Kuwait to be granted “the fastest possible access” to the detained Iranian nationals in accordance with international legal norms, and called for their immediate release. … continue
The North Star with Shaun King | May 9, 2026
In the Fall of 2023, local, national, and even international news reported that a New York man made a series of threats against Jewish students and staff at Cornell University. A year later he was actually convicted and sentenced to nearly two years in prison for it.
It happened. Students there were actually afraid. I don’t want to pretend that they weren’t.
But there is one detail in this story that pretty much changes EVERYTHING.
According to NPR’s own reporting, the lawyer for Patrick Dai — the former Cornell student sentenced to 21 months in prison for making violent threats against Jewish students — said Dai made those threats as a “misguided attempt” to generate support for Israel and that he was a devout supporter of Israel. It was a false flag attack. … continue
By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | May 8, 2026
Two states this week moved to require that vaccine records be included in the autopsy reports of children who die from unexplained causes.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a bill requiring medical examiners to document recent immunizations on the death certificates of children who died from unknown causes.
On Thursday, a Louisiana bill, “A Voice for the Voiceless,” passed the House with a 76-12 vote. The Senate unanimously passed the bill in March. It’s now headed to the desk of Gov. Jeff Landry, who is expected to sign it.
Current law requires coroners who designate a death as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome or Sudden Death in the Young — all of which refer to a sudden death with no discernible cause — to report the death and designation to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Oklahoma and Louisiana bills amend the existing public health law by directing coroners to document any vaccines administered within 90 days of death on autopsy reports for children under age 15 who died unexpectedly and without explanation. … continue
By David Bell | The Brownstone Institute | May 6, 2026
Finalization of the much-heralded Pandemic Agreement, the flagship of the World Health Organization’s pandemic agenda, has just been postponed again after another failure to resolve disagreements. Despite heavy pressure from the WHO and European Union in yet another meeting, in Geneva, Switzerland, a large bloc of African states are refusing to sign on to what they consider a clear colonialist agenda. Which of course it is, aimed at putting Covid-era wealth transfers on a more permanent footing.
The WHO, for reasons explained below, is doing what it is paid to do. Major financial sponsors of the WHO have much to gain from getting this Agreement through. It has fallen on African leaders, attuned to the model of rich countries and their corporations imposing rules designed for wealth extraction, to protect the rest of us from the farce that the current public health approach to pandemics has become.
The fact that the agency tasked with building capacity and promoting sustainability of low-income health systems is instead doing the opposite now needs to become the center issue of this whole shabby episode. It is time for the international public health community to face itself and decide on which side, people or profit, it should stand. … continue
RT | May 12, 2026
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has confirmed that her team is investigating more than 40 US-funded pathogen laboratories in Ukraine. Here’s what you need to know about the story that was written off as “Kremlin propaganda” in 2022.
In a statement to the New York Post on Tuesday, Gabbard said that her department had identified more than 120 biological laboratories in 30 countries that had been funded by the US taxpayer for decades. More than a third of these labs are located in Ukraine.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is going “to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain and what ‘research’ is being conducted to end dangerous gain-of-function research that threatens the health and wellbeing of the American people and the world,” Gabbard said.
Gain of function research refers to the modification of animal viruses to increase their transmissibility in order to study their effect on humans. The ODNI is currently investigating the origins of the Covid-19 coronavirus, which Gabbard and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. maintain was created in a US-funded biolab in Wuhan, China.
Gabbard’s confirmation of US-funded biolabs in Ukraine vindicates claims made by the Russian military in the early days of the Ukraine conflict – claims that were dismissed by then-President Joe Biden’s administration as “outright lies.”
What did Russia say about biolabs in Ukraine?
As Russian troops entered Ukraine in February 2022, Vladimir Zelensky’s government in Kiev ordered the “emergency destruction” of dangerous pathogens at multiple US-funded laboratories in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on March 6 of that year.
The ministry claimed that Kiev ordered the destruction of the samples in order to hide its role in an American biological warfare program. Documents released by the ministry included an order from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health to destroy the pathogens, which included “plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases.”
Many of these laboratories were set up following the US-orchestrated ‘Maidan’ coup in 2014, and were run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) – the largest biomedical research facility administered by the US military, according to the ministry. … continue
RT | May 12, 2026
Vladimir Zelensky’s former spokesperson, Yulia Mendel, has been added to a Ukrainian state-linked ‘kill list’ for telling American journalist Tucker Carlson of rampant cocaine abuse in the corridors of power in Kiev and the desire of a corrupt elite to prolong the conflict with Russia.
Mendel worked with Zelensky for two years during which time she says she witnessed him change from peacemaker to propagator of war.
The list is run by the Mirotvorets website, which has been linked to Ukrainian security services and is notorious for publishing the addresses and personal details of anyone remotely deemed an enemy of the Ukrainian state, including Russian journalists, some of whom were subsequently assassinated.
The website has accused Mendel of “humanitarian aggression against Ukraine,” spreading “narratives of Russian propaganda,” calling for Ukraine’s “capitulation,” and “indirectly taking part in information‑psychological special operations” allegedly run by Russia.
Mirotvorets cited Mendel telling Carlson that the Ukrainian delegation at talks in Istanbul in 2022 was ready to agree to “all of Russia’s demands” in order to stop the fighting, but that Kiev was pressured by the US and UK to continue the conflict and that Zelensky is now “one of the main obstacles to peace.” It also cited Mendel’s comments that Ukraine is “on the verge of disappearing,” and showing signs of “unhealthy nationalism.”
Mendel, who served as Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019 to 2021, has in recent months become an outspoken critic of her former boss. In the interview she leveled a series of allegations of corruption and drug use, calling Zelensky a “dictator” who has grown “detached from reality.” She also described Zelensky and his former chief of staff Andrey Yermak as “malicious and extremely paranoid narcissists,” saying their relationship had turned into a “symbiosis.” … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 12, 2026
SAO PAULO – Brazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody.
Avila and Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek were part of the “Global Freedom Flotilla,” which departed from Spain on April 12 carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and seeking to challenge the Israeli blockade.
The two men were kidnaped and taken to Israel after Israeli forces intercepted the flotilla, while more than 100 other pro-Palestinian activists were taken to Crete.
“My return was simply a correction of a serious violation. I was kidnapped by Israel, I wasn’t imprisoned,” Avila told reporters upon his arrival at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport.
Avila affirmed that he and Abu Keshek endured different abuses during their detention, adding that Palestinian prisoners in nearby cells experienced worse treatment.
“We need to defeat Netanyahu and Donald Trump, we need to defeat the war criminals,” Avila said as supporters held signs calling for Brazil to cut ties with Israel.
IMEMC | May 12, 2026
Israeli occupation forces demolished dozens of industrial and commercial structures in the al‑Mashtal area of al‑‘Ezariya, southeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, on Monday evening, despite an active court injunction prohibiting demolition until mid‑May.
Media and local sources estimate that at least 20 workshops and commercial facilities have already been destroyed, with bulldozers continuing the demolition campaign into the night as part of a broader plan linked to Israel’s settlement‑expansion project in the “E1” area.
In a brief statement, the Jerusalem Governorate confirmed that the demolitions are being carried out in violation of a valid injunction obtained by residents… Full article
Press TV – May 12, 2026
At least six people have been killed and seven others wounded after an overnight Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement being announced last month.
According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency, the air raid struck the inhabited house in the town of Kfar Dounine, and those wounded were taken to hospitals in the nearby city of Tyre to receive medical treatment.
Israeli artillery units also shelled the perimeters of the towns of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun in the early hours of Tuesday. There were, however, no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders for residents of the southern Lebanese towns and villages of Arzoun, Tayr Debba, al-Bazouriyah, and al-Hawsh, warning civilians to leave before planned offensives.
Israeli forces also destroyed a solar-powered water pumping station in the town of Deir Mimas overlooking the Litani River after explosives planted earlier detonated, causing extensive damage to a facility supplying drinking water. … Full article
The Cradle – May 12, 2026
Two Lebanese paramedics were killed in an intentional “double tap” strike by Israel on 12 May, as they were engaged in a mission to rescue the victim of an earlier attack, Lebanon’s Civil Defense said.
The General Directorate of Civil Defense announced “the martyrdom of two Civil Defense personnel from the Nabatieh Regional Center’s roster, killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted them while they were carrying out an ambulance mission for a victim injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted him in Nabatieh.”
“Additionally, a third personnel member was injured during the execution of the mission,” the Civil Defense statement added.
The two rescuers killed by Israel on Tuesday have been identified as Hussein Jaber and Ahmad Noura.
The attack brings the number of first responders killed by Israel since the start of the war on Lebanon up to at least 107.
Just a day earlier, an Israeli “double tap” strike targeted rescue workers while they were inspecting a building in Toul that had been targeted earlier on Monday. … Full article
From Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan to Brett McGurk and Jon Finer, the advisers behind the Gaza genocide want to return to power.
By Harrison Mann – Zeteo – May 8, 2026
Avril Haines, the former Director of National Intelligence who ordered me and thousands of other intelligence officials to overlook concerns about war crimes so we would continue feeding intelligence to the Israeli military, has had the grace to largely avoid the public eye since leaving office, which is what you or I might do if we felt responsible for one of the worst crimes in modern history.
Not so for the small inner circle of Biden advisers who gave Haines her orders. The men behind Joe Biden’s genocidal “bear hug” policy of unconditional US support for the Israeli government are now popping up everywhere from Stephen Colbert to the op-ed pages of the New York Times to their own podcasts, presenting themselves as responsible experts critiquing Trump’s chaotic foreign policy.
The Biden guys, far from seeking anonymity or amnesty, expect to be rewarded for their performance in Gaza with continued influence in the Democratic Party and powerful roles in the next administration. That’s why, even knee-deep in multiple Trump crises, we can’t afford to ignore the ambitions of Biden’s top advisers. Here’s how they’re continuing to influence Democrats’ foreign policy as if Gaza never happened:
It cannot be overstated that none of the top Biden – or Harris – advisers have publicly acknowledged, much less apologized for, their individual contributions to the Gaza genocide, leaving us to take it on faith that they would not abet a genocide again if given the chance in 2029 or beyond. … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
US President Donald Trump has again admitted to Washington’s support for armed riots and terrorist activities inside Iran amid continued aggressive American measures targeting the nation.
Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said elements were willing to take such seditious actions inside Iran.
He, however, referred to such actors as “the Iranian people” and pointed to the measures they could take as simply “going out on the streets.” … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
Iran has filed a complaint against the United States at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), demanding compensation for damage inflicted on the country during the June 2025 war of aggression.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said in a Tuesday report that the Iranian complaint at the Hague-based PCA was filed in February.
The report said the complaint accuses the US of violating the 1981 Algiers Accords, in which Washington committed to refraining from interfering in Iran’s internal affairs, whether directly or indirectly, politically or militarily.
It said Iran has demanded reparation from the United States over its imposition of sanctions, its attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and its use of threats. … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
Yemen has written to the United Nations, calling for an end to over 10 years of blockade of the country and urging cessation of aggressive measures targeting the nation by the US and its allies.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulwahid Abu Ras denounced continuation of the “unjust blockade” in a letter addressed to the UN secretary general and the world body’s Security Council, Yemen’s official Saba news agency reported on Monday.
Continuation of the blockade, he added, “does not serve international peace and security.” … continue
By Salman Rafi Sheikh – New Eastern Outlook – May 12, 2026
New U.S. sanctions against Chinese companies just before Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing highlight the growing tendency to use economic pressure as a primary instrument of American diplomacy.
Donald Trump plans to visit China from May 13 to 15. His baggage includes a load of sanctions instead of concessions. Days before his visit to China, Washington imposed fresh sanctions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong-linked firms accused of helping Iran procure drone and missile-related components. The message is unmistakable: the United States wants to negotiate from a position of pressure. But coercion before diplomacy often produces the opposite effect. Rather than strengthening Washington’s leverage over Beijing, the move risks hardening Chinese resistance, deepening China-Iran ties, and accelerating the erosion of America’s sanctions power in an increasingly multipolar world. … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
China has rejected Israel’s claims that Beijing provided support to Iran in manufacturing missiles.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters on Tuesday that the accusations “are not grounded in facts.”
Beijing, he said, is “committed to promoting de-escalation and peace talks to bring about an end to the conflict” between Iran and the United States.
“We have made China’s position clear on multiple occasions. As a responsible major country, China always fulfills its due international obligations,” he added.
In an interview with CBS, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that during the joint US-Israeli aggression against Iran, China “gave a certain amount of support and particular components for missile manufacturing.”
Asked whether such support was continuing, he said, “Could be. Could be,” without providing further information.
Netanyahu’s controversial remarks came ahead of a planned visit to Beijing by US President Donald Trump. …. continue
By Ron Paul | May 11, 2026
Last week “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth insulted Americans by claiming that a 50 percent increase in the US military budget – from an incomprehensible one trillion dollars to an impossible one and a half trillion – was a “fiscally responsible investment.”
“Thanks to President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget, this War Department has moved from bureaucracy to business,” he said last Thursday.
In a way he was right, though. The huge increase is much more about “business” than what is needed to protect the United States from potential invasion.
But it isn’t the kind of “business” that most supporters of free markets would applaud. On the contrary, this is the business of transferring massive amounts of wealth from the struggling middle and working classes to the well-connected Beltway elite based on lies and scare tactics. … continue
By Glenn Greenwald | May 11, 2026
… So much of AOC-led liberal politics is geared toward one’s efforts to proclaim one’s own moral superiority, and preserving one’s own self-righteous branding as uniquely virtuous, compassionate, and caring. Posturing as a vehement, morally outraged opponent of Israeli-led genocide and war with Iran is vital to sustaining that public image and self-perception.
But actually stopping said genocide and war is largely irrelevant to that image. That is why AOC and her followers devote themselves with such fervor to the performative and theatrical parts of their politics but will not deign to do the things necessary to actually achieve something.
Behold the noble principles that define AOC and her supporters: they would rather let Americans be forced to pay for Israel’s military and wars, and let Palestinians be bombed, and have Iran destroyed, if the alternative is to talk to or build majorities with gauche and morally inferior “bigots.” What matters — truly matters — is getting to prance around at events filled solely with like-minded, already converted people and be cheered for your elevated tastes and feel good about how untarnished you are, all while calling everyone a racist and a misogynist and a bigot and an anti-Semite so you signal to the world that you are not any of those things. That, for them, is the real goal of politics. … Read full article
By Madhava Setty, M.D. | The Defender | May 11, 2026
A closer look at a recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals that the center’s article summarizing the survey results was misleading, as was an article Scientific American published about the survey.
Contrary to what both articles suggested, for every staunch proponent of vaccines and vaccine researchers, there is another who is deeply skeptical of them. … continue
Brownstone Institute | April 30, 2026
The Department of Justice does not need to wait for Dr. David Morens to turn on his colleagues; the evidence to charge the next key advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci is already in the public record.
Greg Folkers was critical to the censorship operation at the heart of the Covid response. As Chief of Staff at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Folkers oversaw operations for the agency’s $6 billion budget and later sought to evade FOIA requests by conspiring with Dr. Morens and intentionally misspelling key phrases such as “g#in-of-function.”
In January 2020, he sent the first email to Anthony Fauci warning that the NIAID had funded gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through grants it made to EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak’s organization. That research, Folkers cautioned, could be the source of Covid-19.
But instead of warning the public of the “lab leak” as it would come to be known, Folkers, Fauci, and Morens initiated the coverup. … continue
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | May 11, 2026
A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist who played a key role in research that denied any link between vaccination and autism was extradited to the U.S. last week to face charges of wire fraud and money laundering stemming from a 2011 indictment.
Poul Thorsen, 65, a Danish native, began working for the CDC in the late 1990s. In 2011, a federal grand jury indicted him for the alleged misuse of over $1 million in CDC grant money that was earmarked for autism and public health research. Thorsen is accused of redirecting the funds for his personal use.
Despite the indictment — and the existence of an extradition treaty between the U.S. and Denmark — Thorsen continued to live and work in Denmark. … continue
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | May 11, 2026
Europol built and operated secret data analysis platforms stuffed with passport photos, phone records, financial transactions, and geolocation data belonging to people never suspected of any crime.
The systems ran for years without the security or data protection safeguards EU law requires, and the agency concealed parts of them from its own privacy regulator.
A joint investigation by CORRECTIV, Solomon, and Computer Weekly, based on leaked emails, internal documents, and whistleblower testimony, reveals that these parallel platforms became the backbone of Europol’s analytical work. “They protect the law while breaking it,” one former senior official said. … Full article
RT | May 11, 2026
Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have said they would not air the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, which begins on Tuesday in Austria and will culminate in Saturday’s grand finale, citing opposition to Israel’s participation.
The three countries, along with the Netherlands and Iceland, withdrew on Monday from this year’s event in Vienna, leaving the contest facing the biggest boycott in its 70-year history.
Vienna police have said they expect disruptive protests and possible attempts to block the event, particularly on the last day. Authorities said a pro-Palestinian demonstration involving around 3,000 people has been registered for May 16.
Earlier this year, the broadcasters urged contest organizers at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to bar Israel over alleged vote-rigging and the war in Gaza. The EBU said Israel met the contest’s eligibility requirements and would remain in this year’s competition. … Full article
Al-Mayadeen | May 11, 2026
At least six people were martyred and several others wounded on Monday as the Israeli occupation carried out a series of attacks targeting multiple areas across southern Lebanon, with strikes concentrated mainly in the Nabatieh district.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon, two people were martyred in an Israeli attack targeting a municipal vehicle in the town of Zebdine.
In a separate attack on the town of Ebba, also in the Nabatieh district, two more people were killed and five others wounded.
Another person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Yater, while one person was killed and another injured in an attack on the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district. … Full article
Press TV – May 11, 2026
The family of Shireen Abu Akleh has said that no one has been brought to justice four years after the Palestinian-American journalist was shot dead by Israeli troops. They sharply criticized the United States for failing to pursue accountability for her murder.
In a statement on Monday, Abu Akleh’s family warned against the persistent culture of impunity in the Israeli military.
“The ongoing impunity sends a dangerous message that journalists can be targeted without consequence,” Abu Akleh’s niece, Lina Abu Akleh, told Arab News.
“We have seen that pattern repeated in Gaza and Lebanon for more than two years now. We are deeply disappointed by the lack of meaningful action by the US administration,” she added.
Noting that Abu Akleh was a US citizen, Lina emphasized that Washington has an obligation to pursue accountability with the same urgency it shows for any other American killed abroad.
“The lack of progress in the FBI investigation into Shireen’s killing further demonstrates the government’s failure to deliver justice,” she said. … Full article
International Solidarity Movement | May 11, 2026
On 7 May at 17:50, three settlers stormed Khirbet Samra. Two of the settlers were masked, one was armed with a gun, and one carried a large wooden stick. The settlers inititated a confrontation with the family, including teenagers and children, beating them with sticks. … continue
IMEMC | May 11, 2026
Israeli soldiers seriously injured a Palestinian child, at dawn Monday, after opening live fire toward residential homes in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, local media sources and medical teams said.
Media sources said the soldiers, positioned in the Israeli military tower overlooking the northern entrance of the refugee camp, fired multiple live rounds at homes.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said one of the bullets struck Mohammad Nidal Zboun, 15, in the chest, causing a serious injury. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | May 11, 2026Israeli forces carried out a raid on Monday in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, triggering confrontations that resulted in the killing of a Palestinian Resistance fighter, Ayman al-Hashlamoun.
Local media reported that the forces stormed a vocational training institute located opposite the camp, using tear gas, sound bombs, and live ammunition during the raid.
Israeli forces fired live ammunition directly at journalists covering the events in the vicinity of the institute, and several young men were also detained inside the facility.
Sources reported that a young man was critically injured after being struck in the head and was later pronounced a martyr. According to the same sources, Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from reaching the injured individual inside the camp. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 11, 2026
GAZA – Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed two civilians and left several others wounded, while the bodies of two martyrs were recovered on Monday, marking yet another violation of the ceasefire now in its 214th consecutive day.
According to media sources, seven citizens, including a mother and her child, were wounded in Israeli artillery shelling on the Tel al‑Dhahab area of Beit Lahia town, northern Gaza.
Earlier, a child was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia.
In Gaza City, a young man was also injured by Israeli fire near the al‑Samer junction.
Meanwhile, emergency and rescue teams managed to recover the bodies of two martyrs who were killed last night near Gaza City’s ash-Shuhada junction.
The martyrs, Munir al‑Jatli (30) and Alaa Ayyad (31), were transferred in the morning to the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al‑Balah after their bodies had remained lying on the ground for more than 12 hours.
Later, two people were shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza City’s az-Zeitoun neighborhood and near the Bani Suheila rotary in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.
This morning, Israeli tanks opened heavy machinegun fire towards different areas east of the Gaza Strip.
At the same time, Israeli military vehicles opened fire east of Gaza City, amid intense tank fire towards eastern areas of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. … Full article
The Cradle | May 11, 2026
The Israeli army ordered its troops to kill any males they encountered in Gaza, including the unarmed and the elderly, during the genocide of Palestinians that began in 2023, according to a 7 May investigative report aired on Israel’s Channel 13.
“A man, no matter what age, don’t play games with it; kill immediately,” one soldier said he was told by his commanders.
“They even told us that if it’s a woman or a child, use your judgment, because things happen,” he added, speaking anonymously.
His testimony was given to Iris Haim, the mother of an Israeli soldier taken captive by Hamas on 7 October 2023.
Yotam Haim was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza after approaching their positions during an attempt to escape alongside two other captives in December 2023.
The three Israeli captives were shirtless and waving white flags to indicate they were not a threat to the soldiers.
However, the soldiers opened fire and killed them anyway, apparently thinking they were Palestinian civilians.
The incident suggested that Israeli troops were implementing a “shoot to kill” policy against Palestinian males, including unarmed civilians.
The soldier speaking anonymously to Channel 13 revealed that he was one of the soldiers who shot and killed Yotam Haim and the other two Israeli captives during the incident.
“I fire 500 bullets a minute. I blow things up. I don’t care. I’m here to kill terrorists,” he stated, describing his state of mind during his tour in Gaza. … Full article
Press TV – May 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump has grown “increasingly frustrated” with Cuba and its ability to withstand months of US pressure, and is considering waging an act of aggression against the Caribbean country, according to a report.
NBC News reported on Monday that American officials have told Trump that the government of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel “could still fall by the end of the year” without military action, but the US president is not willing to wait that long.
Trump’s impatience, the report added, has prompted the Pentagon to ramp up planning for a possible attack against the island country. … continue
RT | May 11, 2026
A right-wing Austrian politician has demanded that the country’s Finance Ministry explain how nearly $22 billion in cash and gold was shipped to Ukraine from Austria since 2022 without triggering concerns about money laundering or regulatory oversight.
In a statement published on Sunday, Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) Secretary General Christian Hafenecker called out what he described as Vienna’s “two-class justice system” for overlooking massive payments to Kiev, while keeping a tight hold on taxpayers’ purse strings.
“We’re not talking about play money here: 1,030 registered cash and gold shipments, around €12 billion ($14 billion) plus $7.75 billion, physically transported over 1,300 kilometers into the war zone,” Hafenecker said.
“And the responsible finance minister simply tells me… ‘We know nothing, we’re not investigating anything, we haven’t collected any information.’ That’s not an answer, that’s dereliction of duty,” he added. … continue
By Freddie Ponton | 21st Century Wire | May 11, 2026
France did not really leave Mali. It changed tactics and found new hands to carry the gun. After being pushed out by a military government that turned toward Russia, China, and the wider Global South, Paris appears to have re-entered the war through Ukrainian military intelligence channels, long-standing Tuareg networks, and a battlefield configuration in which separatist rebels and Al-Qaedaʼs Sahel branch were hitting the same state enemy at the same time.
The late-April attacks in Mali said something larger about the Sahel. A former colonial power that had been shown the door was suddenly back in the frame, leaning on intermediaries and the momentum of jihadist advances to weaken a government that had chosen Russian support, Chinese weapons, and the language of anti-colonial independence over its old dependence on Paris. … continue
RT | May 11, 2026
French presidential hopeful Florian Philippot has called for lifting sanctions against Russia and restoring Russian energy imports. In an interview with RT, the politician claimed that Brussels-driven EU policies run counter to France’s national interests.
A former vice president of the National Front (now National Rally) and ex-member of the European Parliament, Philippot announced on Saturday that he will run in the 2027 election. He leads the sovereigntist movement ‘Les Patriotes’ and is a longtime critic of the EU, the euro, and NATO. He advocates restoring French sovereignty, reducing dependence on supranational institutions, and ending French military and financial aid to Ukraine.
“I want, and it is in my program, for France to regain its independence by leaving all the supranational globalist structures: the EU, the euro, NATO,” Florian Philippot told RT France on Sunday. “And I want a policy of dialogue and friendship with Russia, and not, as today, one of mistrust, war, and insults. All of this is absurd for our national interests.”
The politician said Paris should “take back control” by withdrawing from free trade agreements such as Mercosur, which he said “condemn French farmers to death.” He added that sanctions on Russia imposed by Brussels should be ended in order to restore the flow of Russian gas and oil. … continue
By Yousef Ramazani | Press TV | May 11, 2026
In the wake of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran and the subsequent maritime banditry and piracy, the Islamic Republic is reportedly moving to assert its long-dormant sovereign rights over the submarine internet cables that traverse the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
This strategic reorientation – as confirmed by some reports – promises to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue while fundamentally reshaping the legal and economic architecture of global data transmission.
The unprovoked military aggression against Iran, which halted with a ceasefire on April 8, 2026, has fundamentally altered the strategic calculus of the Persian Gulf.
During the 40 days of aggression against Iran, a previously overlooked dimension of the country’s sovereign territory emerged as a critical vulnerability for the global digital economy. … continue
Press TV – May 11, 2026
In a noteworthy mea culpa from one of America’s most influential neoconservative commentators, Robert Kagan believes the United States has suffered a “total defeat” in its ongoing war against Iran, which has permanently shattered its global standing.
Kagan, a co-founder of the Project for the New American Century and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was a vocal advocate of the war against Iraq and a lifelong champion of American military interventions in West Asia.
But in a recent article for The Atlantic, he offered a grim verdict on the current war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched on February 28. … continue
The Cradle | May 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the new ceasefire proposal from Washington late on 10 May, calling it “unacceptable” right after a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it – TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also told Axios that he does not “like their letter.” He went on to call the Iranian response “inappropriate.”
“They have been tapping along many nations for 47 years,” Trump added.
The president also said he “discussed the Iranian response” with Netanyahu. “It was a very nice call. We have a good relationship,” Trump said, adding that the Iran talks are “my situation not everybody else’s.” … Full article
Press TV | May 11, 2026
In a theatrical move that fooled no one, US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s comprehensive plan to end the war he illegally imposed on the country 70 days ago.
The US president postured as a victor, dismissing Tehran’s proposal with the bluster of a leader who expects capitulation. But the reality on the ground tells a starkly different story.
By every measurable metric, America is the defeated party in the asymmetric war that was imposed on Iran amid the nuclear talks in Geneva on February 28. And his rejection of Iran’s terms in a social media post has not opened new options for Washington, but it has only trapped the US in a deadly three-way crossroads from which there is no easy escape.
Trump’s rejection of Iran’s plan, which was submitted early on Sunday through Pakistani mediators, is a grave strategic error as Americans hold no winning cards. … continue
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By Mark Curtis | MintPress News | November 16, 2022
There is a myth the UK did not support Washington’s war against Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, Labour and Conservative governments backed every phase of US military escalation and played secret roles in the conflict, declassified files show.
During its war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s the US dropped more bombs than in the whole of World War Two, in a conflict that killed over two million people. The wholesale destruction of villages and killing of innocent people was a permanent feature of the US war from the beginning, along with widespread indiscriminate bombing.
Britain’s role in the war has been largely buried and must be almost completely unknown to the public. When the UK media mentions the war now, reports often simply reference the refusal by Harold Wilson’s government to agree to US requests to openly deploy British troops.
Although this was certainly a public rebuff to Washington, Britain did virtually everything else to back the US war over more than a decade, the declassified documents show. … continue
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