By Trita Parsi | May 10, 2026
The Iranian counter-proposal is publicly rejected by Trump, but if WSJ reporting is correct, Tehran is trying to move closer to US demands, but not fully.
The US demands that the entire Iranian stockpile be shipped out of the country. In the past, Tehran rejected shipping any of it out; it only agreed to downblending it. In its latest proposal, however, it offers to have some of it diluted and the rest shipped to a third country. The exact proportions are unclear.
As I understand it, though thi sis not reported by the WSJ, Iran is also offering to accept an arrangement in which it will not need to enrich uranium at all for 12 years. This is not the 15-20 years Trump originally wanted, but longer than the 3-5 years Terhan originally offered.
That Iran is willing to pause enrichment at all is a significant concession that I am not sure is fully appreciated by the American side. Last time Iran did this, it backfired significantly. … continue
By Chris Morrison | The Daily Sceptic | May 5, 2026
Activist climate scientists, journalists and Net Zero-obsessed politicians are in shock following an official admission from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that a set of key assumptions promoting a climate ‘crisis’ since 2011 are “implausible”. The notorious set of always-improbable RCP8.5 ‘pathway’ assumptions which fed into computer models trying to measure an unmeasurable climate are no more. Since around 2011, these ‘business as usual’ assumptions have produced outlandish claims of future climate catastrophe which have been lapped up by lap dog journalists and politicians. The influential writer Roger Pielke Jr. called RCP8.5’s demise, “the most significant development in climate research in decades”.
Others might observe that we have not heard the last of RCP8.5. Its gross misuse is likely to be given a starring, central role when the history of the Great Climate and Net Zero Scam comes to be written.
Pielke lays it out clearly what has happened:
What matters today is that the group with official responsibility for developing climate scenarios for the IPCC and broader research community has now admitted that the scenarios that have dominated climate research, assessment and policy during the past two cycles of the IPCC assessment process are implausible. They describe impossible futures.
He goes on to note that tens of thousands of research papers have been and continue to be published using these scenarios. In addition, a similar number of media headlines have “amplified their findings”, while governments and international organisations have built these implausible scenarios into policy and regulation. […]
RCP8.5 assumed high emissions of carbon dioxide leading to a radiative forcing (extra energy trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere) of 8.5 watts per square metre. The new pathways act as agreed guidelines for computer models that will then provide information for the IPCC’s forthcoming seventh assessment reports. Pielke has run the figures and estimates that the new high scenario will produce 3°C of warming by 2100, a reduction from 3.9°C but still an improbable 1.8°C rise in less than 80 years. Of course these new scenarios are just assumptions anyway, and on past observational evidence of atmospheric gas ‘saturation’ stretching back 600 million years they still grossly overestimate the warming effect of a few trace gases. Much higher levels of CO2 were the norm in the past in a complex, chaotic, non-linear and ultimately unmeasurable atmosphere. Climate scare bingo based on sightings in mainstream media of ‘scientists say’ will likely continue as long as an audience, albeit a diminishing one, still believes in the politicised agitprop of a ‘climate emergency’. … Full article
By Anthony Watts | ClimateRealism | April 28, 2026
The Associated Press (AP) claims in “Wildfires Used To ‘Go To Sleep’ At Night. Climate Change Has Them Burning Overtime” that human-caused climate change is causing fires to burn later into the night and earlier in the morning. Dozens of media outlets picked up the story. This is false. Wind-driven wildfires have burned intensely at night throughout recorded history, and the article relies on selective data, model correlation, and climate framing rather than historical context and fire science.
The AP asserts that “burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime” and that the number of hours favorable for wildfire is 36 percent higher than 50 years ago. It ties this to warmer nighttime temperatures and implies that fires “used to die down or even die out at night” but now persist because of climate change.
That framing is historically inaccurate.
Wildfires do not “go to sleep” because the clock strikes sunset. They slow when humidity rises, temperatures fall, and winds calm. When those meteorological conditions do not improve at night, fires continue to burn. That has always been true.
Both of the major fires cited by the AP were driven by extreme wind events, not by some novel nighttime warming effect.
The 2025 Eaton Fire in California was sparked by electrical power system failures during a severe windstorm event. The Palisades Fire was determined to be intentionally set by an arsonist. Ignition sources matter. Neither fire began because of climate change. Both were driven by powerful, sustained winds common to the areas during that time of year, which remained intense overnight.
When winds remain strong, fires burn. When humidity remains low, fires burn. When fuels are dry and abundant, fires burn. Day or night.
The AP acknowledges that its analysis “looked at times when conditions were ripe for fire, but that didn’t mean fires occurred during all that time.” In other words, the study measured modeled fire-weather conditions, not actual fire behavior. It created a computer model correlating atmospheric variables and fire status. That is not the same as demonstrating a causal trend in wildfire intensity. […]
The AP’s story does not represent accurate reporting. It is climate narrative reinforcement layered on top of selective data and incomplete history. The Associated Press should be ashamed to foist this sort of “junk journalism” on readers. – Full article
By P Gosselin | No Tricks Zone | May 10, 2026
The Energiewende (transition to green energy) is often hailed as the future of urban logistics, but a recent development in Bielefeld, Germany, serves as a sobering cautionary tale. The city has been forced to mothball its entire fleet of seven hydrogen-powered garbage trucks.
Poor logistics
Blackout News reports that for years, Bielefeld’s hydrogen trucks relied on a refueling station in Rheda-Wiedenbrück. Even then, the logistics were strained; drivers had to make an 80-kilometer round trip just to fuel up. Given that these trucks have a daily range of about 300 kilometers, nearly a third of their energy was being spent just getting to the pump.
When the station in Rheda-Wiedenbrück closed, the situation turned from difficult to impossible. The next available station was in Münster—roughly 180 kilometers away for a round trip. At that distance, the trucks would consume most of their fuel just traveling to and from the station, leaving virtually no range left to actually collect trash.
Massive financial investment
The scale of idling the buses is significant. Each of the hydrogen-powered trucks cost approximately €1 million—four times the price of a conventional diesel garbage truck (roughly €250,000).
To bridge the cost gap, the German federal government provided massive subsidies, covering 90% of the additional costs. In total, nearly €5 million in taxpayer money was pumped into this fleet. Today, those high-tech vehicles are now idle, doing nothing, representing a massive waste of subsidized resources.
Bureaucratic absurdity
The most frustrating part of the story is that Bielefeld actually has a hydrogen refueling station within the city. One might think the solution is simple: just refuel the trucks at the local station! However, due to the strict terms of the government subsidies used to build that station, its use is contractually restricted to hydrogen buses only. Despite both the buses and the garbage trucks belonging to the municipal fleet, formal funding rules prevent the trucks from using the local pump. … Full article
RT | May 10, 2026
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has dismissed Defense Minister Andris Spruds after Ukrainian drones hit oil storage facilities on the Baltic state’s territory.
“The drone incident this week clearly showed that the leadership of the defense sector failed to deliver on its promise of a safe sky over our country,” Silina wrote on X.
She added that Spruds had lost both her trust and the trust of the public. […]
Several NATO countries bordering Russia have recently reported cases of Ukrainian unmanned aircraft entering their airspace and crashing instead of striking targets inside Russia. Earlier this week, Latvian officials said two drones – which the Russian military identified as Ukrainian Lyuty-type fixed-wing aircraft – crossed into the country overnight. One remains unaccounted for, while another sparked a fire near the town of Rezekne, roughly 40 km from the Russian border. … Full article
IMEMC | May 10, 2026
Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, injuring two Palestinian women and expanding their presence on privately owned Palestinian and religious endowment lands, while Israeli forces invaded several communities to provide protection for the attackers.
In the northern West Bank, two Palestinian women were injured when colonizers attacked homes in the village of Jurish and the nearby town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
Local sources said groups of colonizers hurled stones at Palestinian homes in the Wadi al‑Hajj Issa area between the two communities.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its medics treated a 35‑year‑old pregnant woman and a 65‑year‑old woman who were injured during the attack on Jurish.
In the central West Bank, colonizers attacked the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, prompting confrontations with residents.
Media sources said Israeli forces then invaded the village to secure the colonizers’ presence and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Saadallah Nawwaf al‑Zidani and Mohammad Ahmad Muqbil.
Also, Israeli colonizers established a new illegal colonialist outpost on lands belonging to the Islamic Waqf west of the town of Deir Istiya in the Salfit district, in central West Bank.
The colonizers installed two mobile homes in the al‑Maghsala area and simultaneously bulldozed nearby land. … Full article
IMEMC | May 10, 2026
Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed three Palestinians, including the director of police investigations in Khan Younis, and injured several others in separate incidents targeting vehicles, security points, and fishermen off the coast.
Israeli aircraft assassinated Lt. Col. Wisam Fayez Abdul‑Hadi, director of the Khan Younis Police Investigations Department, and Sgt. Fadi Abdul‑Mu‘ti Haikal when their jeep was struck by an Israeli drone missile in the Al‑Amal neighborhood west of Khan Younis.
Medical teams at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, confirmed that both men were killed instantly and that eight additional Palestinians were wounded in the same attack. The vehicle was completely destroyed.
Earlier at dawn, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a gathering of Palestinians in Al‑Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and injuring several others.
In a separate incident off the coast of Gaza City, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen operating within the restricted fishing zone.
Fisherman Salman Hammad Abu ‘Amra was shot in the waist and sustained shrapnel injuries to the face. He was transferred to hospital for treatment, where his condition was described as moderate.
Throughout the morning, Israeli artillery shelled areas east of Khan Younis and Deir al‑Balah, in central Gaza, while drones and warplanes continued to hover over multiple districts.
Local reporters documented damage to agricultural lands, civilian homes, and previously evacuated areas. Civil defense teams reported difficulty reaching some sites due to ongoing drone fire and the destruction of access roads.
Local media noted that Israeli forces have increasingly targeted police officers, civil defense crews, and municipal workers, both at their posts and while traveling in civilian vehicles. Sunday’s assassination in Khan Younis follows a series of similar strikes in recent weeks. … Full article
By Robert Inlakesh | Al Mayadeen | May 10, 2026
The Zionist Entity cannot fight real wars, instead it uses assassinations and terror bombing campaigns to avoid having to actually engage its opponents. Since October of 2023, it has been proven that this strategy is a liability, especially when it is attempting to expand its occupation.
On March 3, 2026, Lebanese Hezbollah debunked the Israeli illusion that it was nearing “total victory” in a 7-front war. Now the reality is setting in for everyone. The Israelis have carried out their most successful assassination strikes, Mossad operations, and implemented the most destructive air attacks that the world has ever witnessed against a defenseless civilian population in Gaza.
All of this, and they haven’t defeated a single opponent. … continue
Press TV – May 10, 2026
The Israeli occupation forces unleashed a wave of savage airstrikes and artillery barrages across southern Lebanon on Saturday, martyring at least 39 people and wounding dozens more, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
The Lebanese Health Ministry’s Emergency Operations Center confirmed the grim toll from multiple Israeli terror attacks targeting residential areas, villages, and civilian infrastructure in the south, Mount Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley in yet another blatant violation of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump on April 16.
Among the deadliest assaults was an airstrike on the southern town of Al-Saksakiyah (Saksakiyeh), which slaughtered at least seven martyrs and injured 15 others, three of them children.
Rescue teams described scenes of utter devastation in the residential neighborhood, where emergency responders continue to pull victims from the rubble. … Full article
By Robert Inlakesh | Palestine Chronicle | May 10, 2026
Far from a stroke of genius, the US Trump administration’s decision to impose its own blockade on the Strait of Hormuz was a reactionary act of desperation, not a real strategy. The reason behind this quickly became clear and led to immediate doubt, even from the US domestic corporate media. … continue
Press TV – May 10, 2026
Iran has submitted its official reply to the latest US proposal for reaching a deal that allows a permanent end to the US-Israeli war of aggression against the country.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency said in a Sunday report that the country had submitted its reply to the US proposal to Pakistan, which has mediated efforts aimed at ending the war of aggression.
IRNA said the reply insists that current negotiations between Iran and the US should solely focus on efforts to end the war, and other issues, including disputes surrounding Iran’s nuclear program, should be discussed at later stages of the talks. … continue
The Dissident | May 9, 2026
Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently came out against the idea of a non-partisan Anti-War and Anti-Zionist coalition between the populist left and right, through an attack on the former Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“I personally do not trust someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene, a proven bigot and antisemite, on the issues of what is good for Gazans and Israelis,” AOC said, adding, “I don’t think that it benefits our movement, in that instance, to align the left with white nationalists, I don’t think it serves us”.
AOC faced major backlash for these comments, including from her own base of support, such as political commentator Cenk Uygur, who previously launched the Justice Democrats organization that helped AOC get elected, who said, “This is just terrible. She sounds just like the establishment. She’s attacking an opponent of Israel as an antisemite. This is exactly what Israeli supporters want – split the anti-war movement and the critics of Israel’s genocide. Deeply counterproductive. And selfish”, in response to AOC’s attack.
Through this attack on Marjorie Taylor Greene, AOC showcased her hypocrisy and what an unserious fraud she really is. … continue
At least if you’re an NYU bioethicist…
By Aaron Siri | Injecting Freedom | May 6, 2026
Through an ICAN FOIA request, my firm recently acquired a 2019 presentation given to HHS’s National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) from an NYU “bioethicist” named Dr. Arthur Caplan.
Caplan indicates that parents who decline vaccines for their kids have “bogus values” and suggests methods such as guilting “hesitators and resistors” and calling them “selfish, bad neighbors, indifferent to the vulnerable.” He also recommends that all states follow the sterling example of California and remove all non-medical vaccine exemptions.
His presentation is an excellent example of how vaccine zealotry has infiltrated every level of academia. You can feel the outrage in his presentation as you read it. Caplan seemingly can’t imagine why any reasonable person would decline this manna from pharmaceutical heaven—so much so that he feels it is ethical to enforce vaccine mandates and shame people into taking a medical product they don’t want! All in the name of “bioethics.” … continue
By Jill Erzen | The Defender | May 7, 2026
As federal health agencies revisit childhood vaccine schedules and emphasize shared clinical decision-making, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is encouraging hospitals to use pediatric admissions as a “unique opportunity” to vaccinate more children.
A series of AAP publications released in March and April promotes offering routine, catch-up and seasonal vaccines during children’s hospital stays and around surgeries and medical procedures.
But some physicians and vaccine safety advocates say the approach raises medical and ethical concerns, particularly for children already sick enough to require hospitalization.
A March 9 article in AAP News described “perioperative or periprocedural vaccination” as “a novel way to vaccinate children who are in a hospital environment for other reasons.”
Another March report in Hospital Pediatrics stated that “pediatric inpatient hospital admissions are opportunities for catch-up vaccination.” … Full article
Press TV – May 10, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former personal security chief and Washington police lieutenant Matthew Mahl has been detained during an undercover child solicitation operation in Maryland.
Mahl faced arrest in mid-April after investigators caught him soliciting a minor and attempting to obtain child sexual abuse material.
Authorities said Mahl, 47, used Reddit to communicate for nearly a month with an undercover detective from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office who posed online as a 15-year-old boy named “Nate.”
The undercover officer repeatedly mentioned the supposed teenager’s age and inexperience during the conversations, according to charging documents.
Mahl acknowledged several times that the person was underage but continued sending sexually explicit messages and photographs anyway, prosecutors said.
He eventually arranged to travel to Harford County to meet the person he believed was a teenage boy for sexual activity, where deputies arrested him after he arrived at the agreed meeting location, court records stated. … Full article
RT | May 10, 2026
Ukrainian enlistment officers have reportedly opened fire at members of the Roma community who were attempting to storm a recruitment center in Transcarpathia, western Ukraine.
The incident occurred in the village of Mezhgorye on Saturday after a press gang seized a local man, according to Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Glagola. Around 30 people reportedly gathered outside the enlistment office and tried to force their way inside by hurling objects and breaking down doors.
The journalist claimed that several shots were fired using a pistol and a Kalashnikov rifle. He added that officials initially denied the shooting, saying that only two blank rounds had been fired, which contradicted footage in which “at least four shots” could be heard. … Full article
Press TV – May 9, 2026
The leader of the France Unbowed movement (La France Insoumise) has declared his intention to withdraw France from NATO if he is elected president.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon made the announcement during an interview with LCI news channel on Friday, stressing that the alliance primarily serves to position Europe under the influence of the United States.
“If I am president, France will leave NATO,” he said, noting that the military alliance’s primary function is “placing us under the supervision of the United States.”
Mélenchon, a long-time critic of NATO, further stated that distancing France from the alliance aligns with the nation’s “historic line.”
He referenced former President Charles de Gaulle’s decision in the late 1960s to withdraw France from NATO’s integrated military command. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
The US military said on Saturday that it had carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 2 individuals, in an operation it claimed targeted “narco-terrorists”. The incident marks the latest in a series of such actions that human rights groups have criticized as “extrajudicial killings”.
In a statement posted on social media, the US Southern Command said that the operation was carried out on May 8 under the direction of its commander, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, as part of an initiative referred to as “Operation Southern Spear.”
The strike was conducted by the Joint Task Force Southern Spear, which claimed intelligence had identified the targeted vessel as travelling along established “narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and engaging in drug trafficking activities.” … Full article
Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected and sold sensitive driver data from hundreds of thousands of Californians without their knowledge or consent.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the settlement on Friday, accusing the US automaker of betraying public trust while publicly claiming it would protect user privacy.
“General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent,” Bonta said.
“This trove of information included precise and personal location data that could identify the everyday habits and movements of Californians.” … Full article
Cracks in the facade of global climate science get wider as a significant group of experts chooses to break rank
By P Gosselin | No Tricks Zone | May 5, 2026
According to a recent report by the German online TKP, a movement is gaining momentum within the scientific community that threatens to dismantle the official IPCC narrative from the inside out. This rebellion is led by 46 scientists, many of whom have direct experience working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who are now publicly challenging the foundational claims that have dictated global policy for decades. … continue
An Essay on the Practitioner Vacuum That Waits for Everyone Who Tries to Leave Psychiatry
Lies are Unbekoming | April 19, 2026
A reader wrote to me this week. Her question, in essence:
She knows someone trying to come off Seroquel safely. Does anyone know the deficiencies it might have caused? Are there books or functional doctors who work on that?
She is looking for a functional doctor. Someone to walk her person through the Seroquel taper the way a functional cardiologist walks a patient off statins, or a functional endocrinologist walks a patient off long-term steroids. She wants someone who understands what the drug has done to the body, can identify the depletions, can order the right tests, and can hold the patient’s hand through the worst of it.
That person does not exist. Not as a profession. Not as a network. Not in any country I have looked at. … continue
Even pediatricians need to be bribed to inject these products
By Aaron Siri | Injecting Freedom | May 8, 2026
Health insurers and organizations literally bribe pediatricians to give your baby 25 vaccine doses before 3 years of age.
For example, pediatricians in the 3-million-person Health Net network receive a $2,500 bonus for each baby receiving 25 vaccine doses by 2.5 years of age.
A paralegal at my firm quickly found 27 additional examples of insurers and providers from across the country offering such bribes. See list below.
It is amazing that even pediatricians need to be bribed to inject these products.
How do you think this affects how pediatricians treat parents during “well-check” visits? … Full article
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | April 29, 2026
Virologist Ralph Baric, Ph.D., who collaborated with Dr. Anthony Fauci and researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology during the COVID-19 pandemic, has lost his NIH grants and been placed on leave by the University of North Carolina, RealClearInvestigations reported Tuesday. Baric is considered a pioneer of gain-of-function research, which evidence suggests may have created SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read article
The 30 defendants are “accused of scoring significant profits from expected market moves and making out like bandits,” the FBI said.
By Mike Wagenheim | JNS | May 7, 2026
More than a dozen Jews, including one believed to have fled to Israel, are among 30 people charged in an alleged decade-long insider trading scheme run out of major law firms, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Two unsealed complaints accuse the group of reaping tens of millions of dollars by using confidential information on mergers and acquisition deals obtained through law firms, where scheme leaders were employed. Conspirators allegedly passed information on to business associates, friends, and relatives for trading purposes.
The network used burner phones, coded language, and falsified research documents, prosecutors allege. The group also allegedly used “going to Israel tomorrow” and phrases about flight departures as code to share timelines related to illegal activities. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 9, 2026
WEST BANK – A Palestinian citizen was seriously injured on Saturday following a Jewish settler attack near the town of al-Auja, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.
A local source reported that a horde of settlers raided al-Balqa Bedouin community homes and attacked residents, gravely wounding Mohamed Ghawanmeh in the head.
Settlers also intensified their aggression against residents of the Abu Fazaa community in the town of al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah, according to al-Baidar Human Rights Organization.
The rights group said that settlers attacked the community in the morning, besieging its people, cutting off its water supply, and damaging property and crops.
Other settler crimes and attacks were also reported last night and this morning in different areas of the West Bank.
A group of settlers set fire to a vehicle at the Karamilo rotary close to the village of al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah, last night.
Settler groups also attacked Bedouin communities in the al-Awsaj area north of Jericho.
In al-Khalil, settlers assaulted farmer Mohamed al-Hamamda while he was working his land in the Tel Ma’in area of Masafer Yatta. … Full article
IMEMC | May 9, 2026
An unarmed Palestinian man from Rahat, in the Negev, was shot and killed by Israeli Border Police officers before dawn Saturday during what authorities described as a pursuit through one of the city’s neighborhoods.
The victim was identified as Ahmad Said an-Na’ami, 50, a resident of Neighborhood 2 in Rahat, the largest Bedouin city in the Negev
Israeli media outlets, including Ynet, reported that medics from Magen David Adom pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to the police account, Border Police reserve units were operating in Rahat when they allegedly spotted a “suspicious vehicle and signaled the driver to stop.”
The officers claim the man fled in his car and later continued on foot, prompting two officers to pursue him. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 9, 2026
GAZA – The Israeli occupation army continued on Saturday to commit ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip for the 212th consecutive day, killing one civilian and carrying out attacks in different areas.
According to media sources, a civilian was martyred and another one was injured after an Israeli strike targeted a motorcycle in the al-Faluja area west of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
The strike took place as various parts of the Strip witnessed intensive gunfire and artillery shelling.
Local sources reported that Israeli tanks opened intense fire east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, amid artillery bombardment targeting other areas of the city, while Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire towards the western coast of the city.
In the early hours of Saturday, the eastern areas of al-Bureij refugee camp and Gaza City also came under Israeli artillery shelling.
Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
Three people were martyred in an Israeli attack on the southern Lebanese town of Burj Rahhal in the Tyre District on Saturday, as the occupation pressed ahead with its violations of the ceasefire that came into effect on April 17. The occupation later struck Burj Rahhal a second time in the same day.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon also reported that a civilian and his daughter were martyred in a separate Israeli attack on Nabatieh, bringing the day’s death toll in the south to at least five.
Saturday’s aggression extended across a wide stretch of southern towns, with strikes recorded in Zrariyeh, Tayr Debba, Barish, Maaroub, Kfar Rumman, Mayfadoun, Arnoun, Shehabiyeh, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kafra, Haris, Hadatha, Majdal Selm, and Mansouri.
Overnight massacres leave ten martyred
The day’s aggression came on the heels of a deadly overnight escalation, in which 10 people were martyred across southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
In Zrariyeh, three people were martyred, including two children. Two others were martyred in Anqoun in the Saida district, while in Mayfadoun, one person was martyred and four others, including a woman, were injured.
Israeli warplanes repeatedly bombarded the town of Mayfadoun alongside sustained artillery shelling targeting the town of Jebchit and the surrounding areas of Nabatieh city.
Israeli attacks were also reported in Deir al-Zahrani, Arab al-Jal, Kfar Tebnit, Haboush, Deir Antar, Sultaniyeh, and the outskirts of Bint Jbeil. Demolition and detonation operations continued in the border towns of Khiam and Bint Jbeil, deepening the destruction already inflicted on civilian areas along the frontier. … Full article
Press TV – May 9, 2026
Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says the United States and the Israeli regime failed in their strategy to weaken Iran’s core industries through bombing key petrochemical and steel plants during a 39-day military aggression against the country that began in late February.
Speaking to senior executives of Iranian heavy industries on Saturday, Aref said that US-Israeli attacks on steel and petrochemical plants in the final days of the aggression were clearly meant to create unemployment in Iran and sow discord in the country.
He said, however, that Iran is racing against time to rebuild the manufacturing infrastructure damaged during the aggression.
“The process of reconstruction and modernization is proceeding at a pace faster than anticipated, and the government will also use all its capabilities to support this process,” said the vice president.
Steel and petrochemical manufacturing account for a major part of Iran’s non-oil economic activity. The country also relies on these sectors for considerable employment among its youth.
The US and Israel carried out attacks on Mobarakeh Steel, the largest steel mill in Iran and West Asia, and Khuzestan Steel, damaging manufacturing and utility components of the plants.
Attacks were also carried out on utility units of Iranian petrochemical plants in Assaluyeh, on the Persian Gulf coast, with a clear aim to disrupt Iran’s exports and hard currency revenue flow.
During his Saturday meeting with steel and petrochemical CEOs, Aref said the US-Israeli strike on Mobarakeh Steel was a pointed and targeted attack that sought to undermine an industrial unit that plays a huge role in the country’s economy.
The second-in-command in the Iranian administration also ordered quick planning and execution of projects to rebuild the units of the steel company damaged in the US-Israeli aggression.
By Samuel Geddes | Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
US Secretary of State Rubio on Wednesday declared “Operation Epic Fury” concluded, the clearest indication so far that the US is writhing in the economic trap it sprung on itself. Being in a state of institutional paralysis, unable to accept the costs of ending the war while unable to tolerate its continuation, the Trump administration is attempting to find an equilibrium that allows hostilities to cease, while keeping as much as possible of its “maximum pressure” on Iran’s economy.
In precisely this vein, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in recent days has been unable to conceal his glee at the economic privation imposed on the Iranian people by his policies, attributing both the Riyal’s late 2025 collapse and the impending effects of the naval blockade on its oil production to “[Operation] Economic Fury.”
Since the inception of the Islamic Republic 47 years ago, the United States has weaponized its dominance in the global economy to impose one of the most comprehensive sanctions regimes ever implemented.
With each successive layer of economic siege deployed against the Iranians, US administrations and their surrogate regimes across the collective west, along with their propagandists in the media, painted this undeclared war as solely targeting “the regime.” The Iranian people themselves, they would have us believe, were never the intended targets. … continue
Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
Senior Iranian lawmakers issued sharp warnings to Gulf states on Friday, cautioning against supporting the US-backed resolution against Tehran and threatening consequences for countries aligning themselves with Washington and “Israel” amid escalating regional tensions.
Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, warned that governments supporting the resolution will face perpetual closure of the Strait.
In a post on X, Azizi stated, “We warn governments, including microstates like Bahrain, that siding with the US-backed resolution will bring severe consequences.” … continue
By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | May 9, 2026
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been accused of launching direct strikes targeting Iranian civilian infrastructure, while escalating its anti-Tehran rhetoric and having lobbied the US to return to all-out regional war. Although on the surface of things, it would appear nonsensical for such a small and fragile country to commit itself to reckless actions of these kinds, the UAE is no ordinary Gulf State.
While presenting itself as an innovative nation, one that is dissimilar to its neighbors in that its focus is the creation of wealth, “unity” and “peace”, the UAE fosters an image of a wise and inviting leadership that caters to outsiders. Utilizing their immense oil wealth, Abu Dhabi’s rulers have managed to construct an image of themselves that is almost as artificial as Dubai’s Skyline. … continue
Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
Bahrain authorities have launched a sweeping campaign of raids and arrests targeting a large number of religious scholars, marking another violent escalation in the kingdom’s long-running repression of dissent and religious figures.
Bahrain is witnessing a broad security crackdown, with authorities carrying out intensive raids and arrests against numerous Shiite clerics across the country. […]
The latest crackdown comes within a broader context of systematic repression that has marked Bahrain’s political landscape since the 2011 uprising, when mass protests demanded political reform, democratic representation, and an end to discrimination by the ruling monarchy. Authorities responded with force, mass arrests, and the suppression of opposition movements, while Saudi forces entered the country to help crush the protests.
Since then, Bahraini authorities have repeatedly targeted clerics, activists, journalists, and opposition figures through arrests, citizenship revocations, prison sentences, and restrictions on religious and political activity. Human rights groups have accused Manama of employing authoritarian measures to silence dissent and criminalize opposition under the guise of national security. … Full article
The Cradle | May 9, 2026
Israel has told the US that any return to fighting with Iran must include the destruction of the Islamic Republic’s energy infrastructure, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on 9 May.
Israeli leaders are reportedly trying to convince their counterparts in Washington that this is “the only practical way” to make progress in confronting Tehran and that this would force the country to enter negotiations from “a submissive position.”
The channel quoted Israeli estimates that destroying Iran’s energy infrastructure could be accomplished in just “24 hours of strategic bombing.”
“If you are not going to topple the regime, at least leave it paralyzed,” one Israeli official was quoted as saying. … Full article
Iran dismissed on Saturday allegations it deliberately discharged crude into the Gulf and instead blamed a foreign tanker for the pollution near the Kharg Island.
Jafar Pourkabgani, a member of Iran’s parliament representing Bushehr, said claims that Iran dumped excess oil due to full storage tanks are “completely unfounded” and part of “psychological warfare.”
In a post on X, he attributed the slicks detected by satellite imagery to oil and ballast water released by a European tanker, describing the incident as a source of significant environmental damage.
Satellite analysis cited by The New York Times indicates the spill has spread over more than 20 square miles (52 square kilometers), making it one of the largest observed in the Gulf in recent months. UK-based monitoring firm Orbital EOS said the scale of the slick is notable amid heightened regional tensions following the Israeli-American aggression on Iran on February 28.
For its part, the Conflict and Environment Observatory noted that the origin of the spill is still unclear, warning that it is drifting southward and may not be effectively contained.
The incident has drawn attention due to its proximity to Kharg Island, the backbone of Iran’s oil industry, through which roughly 90 percent of the country’s crude exports pass. Located north of the Strait of Hormuz, the island is a critical artery for global energy supplies, amplifying concerns over both environmental risks and potential disruptions to oil markets.
Al Mayadeen | May 9, 2026
… Labour’s defeat in Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city, became one of the clearest symbols of the party’s declining authority.
After 14 years of Labour control, the city council fractured as Reform UK, the Greens, and pro-Gaza independents all made major advances.
The collapse follows years of austerity measures, service cuts, municipal bankruptcy, and deteriorating living conditions across the city.
Independent councillor Nosheen Khalid said voters had “had enough” of Labour.
“The Labour party has caused a lot of damage in Birmingham,” she said, citing bankruptcy measures and cuts to youth services.
Khalid, who campaigned on pro-Gaza positions and received backing from Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party movement, rejected cooperation with Reform UK, describing Farage’s party as “divisive.”
She argued that ordinary residents had lost faith in establishment politicians entirely.
“Birmingham has not been effectively governed for a very long time,” Khalid stated. “It can only get better when you have representatives who are grassroots.”
The rise of pro-Gaza independents in several councils reflected continuing anger among Muslim and left-wing voters over Labour’s stance toward the Israeli war on Gaza. … Full article
By Freddie Ponton | 21st Century Wire | May 8, 2026
Before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international chemical weapons watchdog, claimed chlorine was likely used in the alleged April 2018 Douma attack in Syria, its own leaked original draft said the victims’ symptoms were inconsistent with chlorine exposure and that a non-chemical incident could not be ruled out. What followed was not a minor editing quarrel, but a decisive shift in how a murky event would be framed, institutionalized, and then absorbed into the Western case against Damascus. … continue
Al Mayadeen | May 8, 2026
As ceasefire violations persist, Israeli forces continued their aggression on southern Lebanon on Friday, launching a series of airstrikes and drone attacks on multiple towns and villages.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, four people were killed and three others wounded, while a woman remains missing after Israeli warplanes carried out two air raids targeting the town of Toura in the Tyre district.
In a separate attack, an Israeli drone struck a vehicle on the road between Kfar Shouba and Kfar Hamam, killing a member of Lebanon’s Civil Defense. … Full article
IMEMC | May 9, 2026
Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers injured a man and his child and carried out a series of additional attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, burning property, invading Palestinian communities, and targeting agricultural lands from the southern to the northern districts.
In Hebron in the southern West Bank, a man and his child were injured after Israeli colonizers attacked them with sharp tools in the village of Shweika south of the city.
Local sources reported that Murad al‑Battat and his child were assaulted while working on their land, sustaining head injuries that required hospital treatment. The attackers also smashed the windows of al‑Battat’s vehicle and caused extensive damage.
In a related incident, Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron and deployed across several neighborhoods.
In the Bethlehem district in the southern West Bank, colonizers assaulted a resident in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem city.
Media sources said the colonizers attacked Mohammad Abdul‑Fattah Deeriya while he was on his land in the Wadi Seef area and stole his mobile phone. … Full article
IMEMC | May 9, 2026
Nine Palestinians, including a child, were injured late Friday when an Israeli airstrike targeted a home in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, as Israeli bombardment and military violations continued across the Gaza Strip.
Medical and media sources in Gaza said the strike hit a house near Hamid Street in the Shati refugee camp, sparking a fire and causing multiple injuries.
The Palestinian Civil Defense reported that at 11:10 p.m., Israeli forces fired a missile at a single‑story home belonging to the Al‑Adham family in the “Block 9” area of the refugee camp, resulting in nine direct injuries.
The attack completely destroyed the targeted home and caused extensive damage to dozens of surrounding houses and buildings. Fires spread to nearby structures, leaving many families at risk of displacement due to the scale of destruction and the ongoing danger, according to the Civil Defense. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 8, 2026
Khalil al-Hayya, head of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, said Israel’s attempts to impose its will through assassinations and attacks on political leaders and their families “will fail,” following the assassination of his son Azzam al-Hayya in an Israeli strike on Gaza City.
Speaking during a memorial gathering on Thursday, al-Hayya described the martyrdom of his son, alongside several other Palestinians, including neighbor Hamza al-Sharbasi, as part of a continuing campaign targeting Palestinian families and resistance leaders.
He said the martyrdom of Palestinians would only strengthen the struggle for the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem, adding that Israel’s efforts to pressure negotiators through violence would not succeed.
Al-Hayya also linked the attack to previous Israeli strikes targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last year, saying the Movement continued negotiations “on behalf of its people and national interests,” despite ongoing attacks.
Meanwhile, Khaled Mishaal, head of the Hamas Movement abroad, praised al-Hayya’s resilience during the funeral gathering, describing the loss of multiple sons and relatives as “a great sacrifice.” … continue
Press TV – May 8, 2026
Former Palestinian detainees have come forward with disturbing firsthand accounts of the systematic torture inflicted on Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, during his detention in an Israeli prison.
Rami Abu Amira, a former prisoner, described how interrogators stripped Dr. Abu Safia naked and set police dogs on his frail body, leaving deep wounds and scratches.
Ahmad Qaddas recounted that the prison cells echoed with the doctor’s screams as he endured severe beatings.
He said he could no longer recognize Abu Safia due to extreme weight loss and his dazed, barely conscious state.
“He was physically shattered,” Qaddas added. Another former detainee, Hamza Abu Amira, spoke of the “relentless humiliation” and combined physical and psychological torture carried out by specialized Israeli prison units. … continue
The Cradle | May 8, 2026
The UAE has sent $100 million to US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to fund the training of a new Palestinian police force for Gaza, the Times of Israel reported on 8 May, citing a US official and a diplomat from West Asia.
Setting up a security force to control Gaza on Israel’s behalf will reportedly allow Tel Aviv to sideline Hamas while reducing the presence of the Israeli army, which is suffering from manpower shortages.
The police force is being organized under the umbrella of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a panel of Palestinian technocrats tasked by the Board of Peace and Israel to administer the Strip. … continue
MEMO | May 8, 2026
The UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has granted two new licences for the export of military equipment to Israel, including an £8.7 ($11.85) million licence covering “components and technology for targeting equipment”, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has revealed.
The licences were issued despite the British government’s September 2024 suspension of such exports over fears they would be used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. CAAT’s analysis of UK export licensing statistics for the fourth quarter of 2025, published on 30 April, found that the UK issued export licences worth £20.5 ($27.9) million in total for transfers to Israel during the quarter. … continue
The UK’s deep national unraveling
By Mikhail Afanasyev | RT | May 8, 2026
In 2026, the British monarch issued a public message marking Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, while Easter, unlike in all previous years, was no longer accompanied by a special royal address. Only a brief greeting on behalf of the royal family was published for the Christian holiday.
This pattern in the king’s addresses to his subjects reflects not only the increased demographic and political weight of the Muslim community, but also a clear setting of priorities. … continue
By Prof. Glenn Diesen | May 8, 2026
NATO was always destined to be a temporary military alliance, united by a common enemy and threat during the Cold War. Once that threat disappeared with the end of the Cold War and thereafter the collapse of the Soviet Union, the main question asked in the 1990s was: What would be NATO’s new reason to exist? The answer to this question was to pursue unipolarity / collective hegemony in the post-Cold War era through NATO expansionism and military interventionism (“out of area or out of business”). … continue
By Francis Goumain | Occidental Observor | May 7, 2026
Editor’s note: I have long resisted the climate manipulatioin idea but this seems convincing.
Below is an automated translation of an article from the French weekly RIVAROL, one of the last far-right publications in France, which is beset by lawsuits and has lost its press accreditation (and the tax advantages that came with it). It is a paper publication, but it can no longer appear on newsstands, so Rivarol has opted for the PDF format.
The article deals with a subject that we don’t see surfacing much in the American far-right press: drought and climate control as an already existing weapon, discreetly – but intensively – used by the Americans against Iran.
RIVAROL is not a scientific journal, but that being said, the facts are troubling and we must force our opponents to respond:
Why is it that the end of the Iranian drought coincides with the destruction of the ring of American radar installations in the Arabian Peninsula? Doesn’t this confirm what President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had already said long ago about manipulating climate to pursue political interests?
While Iran rains missiles down on its enemies, the rain returns to Iran. Coincidence?
Read article
Press TV – May 8, 2026
A Saudi official has denied reports that Riyadh opened its airspace for US military aggression against Iran, saying such claims are being circulated in the media for “suspicious reasons,” a report says.
A Saudi official told Al Arabiya on Thursday that Riyadh is pursuing de-escalation and supports Pakistan’s mediation efforts aimed at reaching an agreement to end the US-Israeli imposed war on Iran.
“The Kingdom did not allow the use of its airspace to support offensive military operations,” the source was quoted as saying on condition of anonymity.
“There are parties trying to give a misleading image of Saudi Arabia’s position for suspicious reasons,” claimed the official.
The report comes after the Wall Street Journal claimed that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had lifted restrictions on US military use of their bases. … Full article
Press TV – May 8, 2026
Unknown traders placed nearly $920 million in short positions on crude oil on May 6, just minutes before Axios published a report saying Washington and Tehran were nearing a deal to end their two-month war, according to data from Unusual Whales, a trading surveillance platform that monitors unusual market activity.
The Axios report, written by Barak Ravid—a journalist with close ties to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump—said the one-page memorandum would end the war.
Ravid is a former member of Israel’s elite Unit 8200 intelligence corps. His reporting consistently relies on “unnamed US officials” and has been described as “basically representing the American voice”.
The concern extends beyond journalistic accuracy to potential market manipulation. Each Axios report has been preceded by massive, suspiciously timed trades betting on falling oil prices.
Axios has reported on five separate occasions within a 19-day span that a deal with Iran was “close” or “imminent” — yet no agreement has materialized. … continue
A “calibrated escalation” is likely to follow the overnight US-Iran clash in the Strait of Hormuz, veteran war correspondent Elijah J. Magnier tells Sputnik.
“Return to full-scale war remains possible, but neither side appears eager for an immediate all-out confrontation,” Magnier says.
“What is more likely in the near term is a continuation of calibrated escalation, which means maritime incidents, allies being attacked, cyber operations, targeted strikes, and limited exchanges designed to impose pressure without triggering a wider or regional war.”
Both sides assess different forms of leverage, according to the pundit:
- The US can escalate vertically by deploying additional military forces and intensifying confrontation
- Iran can escalate horizontally by widening pressure geographically and economically without engaging in direct confrontation
- Both sides show restraint, but prolonged escalation increases the risk of miscalculation
“Therefore, one strike causing mass casualties, damage to strategic energy infrastructure, or a direct attack on senior leadership — such as targeted assassinations — could rapidly push both sides beyond the current threshold,” Magnier warns.
Press TV – May 8, 2026
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned US acts of aggression against Iranian oil tankers and coastal infrastructure, describing the attacks as a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement.
The US military attacked two Iranian oil tankers near the port of Jask and the Strait of Hormuz late Thursday and early Friday, while also carrying out attacks on several coastal sites overlooking the strategic waterway. … continue
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