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NATO troops in Ukraine would mean war with Russia – Putin

Plans floated by a number of European NATO members to deploy forces to Ukraine could cross that line

RT | September 11, 2026

The deployment of troops from European NATO countries to Ukraine would mean a direct war with Russia, President Vladimir Putin has warned, arguing that political shifts across the EU reflect growing public discontent with the policies of Western “globalist elites.”

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Friday, Putin said Western Europe’s current political and economic troubles were the result of “systemic mistakes” made by its leaders in foreign policy, security and economics after the end of the Cold War.

The globalist elites, Putin said, have convinced themselves that they are “at the top of Olympus” and effectively incapable of being wrong, but their mistakes have since accumulated “like a snowball.” … Full article

From al-Mokha to Bab al-Mandab: YAF’s strategic advance takes shape

By Hala Farhat | Al Mayadeen| September 11, 2026

… What the YAF took control of on the ground was not empty coastline. Al-Mokha’s port was rehabilitated by the UAE, and its airport runway, along with military camps including Khalid Camp Base and Jabal al-Nar Camp, the command headquarters for forces on the western coast, had served for years as the operational backbone of a Saudi-Emirati-backed military presence. […]

The coastline Sanaa now holds took the Saudi-UAE coalition nearly three years to secure the first time, and it never captured the whole of it. Coalition-backed forces took Bab al-Mandab and Mayyun Island in October 2015, seven months after the Saudi-led aggression began.

Al-Mokha did not fall until January 2017 […]

On Mayyun Island, construction on a military runway began in late 2016, was abandoned, then resumed years later. By 2021, satellite imagery showed a completed 1.85-kilometer runway with three hangars, and the UAE sought a 20-year lease over the island.

Saudi Arabia picked up much of the financing after the UAE’s drawdown, continuing to pay the “National Resistance Forces” and fund reconstruction projects in the area. […]

Retired Brigadier General Ali Abi Raad, a strategic military expert, told Al Mayadeen the coalition’s defeat was the product of a fundamentally divided force, describing the roughly 30,000 fighters aligned with Tareq Saleh, a member of the Saudi-backed presidential council, and the “Giants Brigades” as a patchwork of Salafist, jihadist, and mercenary elements with Arab and Western nationalities among them, and no single unified command.

The “National Resistance Forces” and the “Giants Brigades” had been marketed for years as an elite, specially trained counterweight to the Yemeni Armed Forces, equipped and funded by Saudi Arabia. Whatever the precise mix of factors behind their sudden withdrawal, the result was a collapse that undid in days what had taken the coalition the better part of three years to build the first time around. – Full article

Ukrainian ‘kill list’ Mirotvorets a racket – target

RT | September 11, 2026

A Ukrainian singer blacklisted by the notorious Mirotvorets site that doxes “enemies” of the country has claimed he was told to pay $750,000 to have his name removed.

The database, which claims it is a private research project but has tacit backing from the Ukrainian state, has published data on over 180,000 people, and marks the profiles of deceased individuals with a “liquidated” stamp.

Several high-profile individuals, mostly opponents of Kiev’s slump into ethno-nationalism, were murdered shortly after they were listed on the database. … Full article

Australia Wants to Remake the Internet in the Name of “Safety”

The pitch is more user control, but the fine print puts Canberra in charge.

By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 10, 2026

The Australian government has published its proposed Digital Duty of Care legislation, a plan that it says will give people more control over their social media feeds, but which opponents fear is a way to introduce more online censorship.

The exposure draft of the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 was published on September 8 for consultation, and it is not yet law. The deadline for submissions is noon on September 22, and Communications Minister Anika Wells said the plan is to formally introduce the bill to Parliament in October.

In the words of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, “This is not about giving government control, it is about giving people control.”

And while the proposal is often referred to as My Feed, My Way, it is not about banning algorithms, but giving new and existing users a choice between feeds based on recommendations… Full article

Anthropic bans Israeli account over Iran, Gulf social media citizen profiling

The Cradle | September 11, 2026

An operation run by or on behalf of the Israeli-Singaporean commercial intelligence vendor S2T Unlocking Cyberspace used Claude models to map, classify, and profile social media users across Iran and the Persian Gulf, according to a threat intelligence report published by Anthropic on 11 September.

The platform recorded the locations of users, sorted them as supporters or opponents of their governments, and grouped populations into six demographic categories covering urban, clerical, military, youth, diaspora, and rural.

Its output was written in formal Arabic and styled as official government communications, with sentiment scores broken down by Gulf nationality alongside recommended counternarratives.

The actor fed the model batches of roughly 25 social media posts at a time and directed it to return each poster’s demographic group, location, and political leaning, with confidence ratings attached to every finding.

Anthropic identified a second workstream of more than 255 fabricated social media accounts, which the company said indicated the actor was assembling a stock of fake profiles for later deployment. … continue

Anthropic reveals five biological weapon risk cases

RT | September 11, 2026

Anthropic says it has caught scientists using its AI models for research that could help develop biological weapons, including work aimed at making dangerous pathogens more transmissible and harmful.

Five cases of biological researchers using Claude raised serious security concerns, according to a company threat intelligence report published on Thursday.

One case, to be carried out at a military research institute, involved gain-of-function research aimed at making the chikungunya virus more transmissible and better able to evade the immune system.

Another scientist used Claude while researching highly dangerous bird flu and ways the virus could adapt to mammals. Other cases involved work on viruses related to smallpox and the redesign of dangerous toxins.

Anthropic said some of the researchers went to considerable lengths to get around its restrictions, including hiding their identities, routing traffic through other countries and using services designed to bypass safety controls. … continue

CIA torture site in Romania exposed after years of denial by Washington, Bucharest: Report

Press TV – September 11, 2026

European and US investigations have documented Romania’s role in the CIA’s secret detention program, while a court ruling found Bucharest had helped facilitate the illegal imprisonment and torture of detainees, a report says.

The CIA opened the Bucharest detention site in 2003 as part of a network of secret prisons established by Washington after the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to recently released court records and a 2019 Rendition Project report.

Romania reportedly received $8 million from the CIA, followed by millions more, while then-President Ion Iliescu acknowledged in 2015 that he approved a US request for a black site as “a gesture of courtesy ahead of our accession to NATO.”

“I did not interfere with the activities of the USA on this site,” Iliescu said.

Detainees at the site were subjected to prolonged isolation, sleep deprivation, shackling, exposure to continuous lighting, forced standing and other brutal interrogation methods, with court records documenting the facility’s harsh conditions. … Full article

Why Benjamin Netanyahu Said 9/11 Was ‘Very Good’ For Israel

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | September 11, 2026

25 years ago, when Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed by The New York Times on 9/11, he told the paper it was “very good” for Israel.

He claimed the terrorist attack would “generate immediate sympathy” and “strengthen the bond between our two peoples, because we’ve experienced terror over so many decades, but the United States has now experienced a massive hemorrhaging of terror.”

What he meant was that the U.S. fighting a “war on terror” would be the perfect excuse to get America to fight Israel’s enemies for it in the Middle East and make way for Israeli dominance.

This was particularly well timed for Israel, given how close many top officials in the Bush administration were with Israel.

Top officials, including Douglas Feith, David Wurmser, and Richard Perle, were advisors to Benjamin Netanyahu prior to entering the Bush administration. … continue

Israeli occupiers attack Palestinian homes, injure family, steal sheep in Nablus

MEMO | September 11, 2026

Israeli occupiers on Friday injured a Palestinian man and his children in an attack on their home in Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local sources and a rights group said, Anadolu reports.

Others also stole sheep from the town under the protection of Israeli forces, the sources said.

The occupiers assaulted the Palestinian man and his children, injuring them, Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Human Rights said.

It did not specify the nature of their injuries or whether they were taken to hospital.

Earlier Friday, local sources told Anadolu that occupiers attacked Palestinian homes in the Al-Dhahra and Sahl al-Hara al-Tahta areas in Beita, before stealing several sheep.

Palestinians documented the theft in videos seen by Anadolu. … Full article

Friday in Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinians; Wound 10+

IMEMC | September 11, 2026

Two Palestinians were killed and at least ten injured as the result of multiple airstrikes and artillery shelling by Israeli forces in central and southern Gaza, in the latest violations of the ‘ceasefire’ that was declared October 10th 2025, which has never been honored by Israel.

A Palestinian citizen was killed and 9 others were injured, today, Friday, in the occupation’s bombing of Khan Yunis parallels in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that an Israeli occupation drone targeted a group of citizens in the outskirts of Khan Yunis, killing one citizen and wounding 9 others, including children, who were transferred to Nasser Medical Complex.

Palestinian citizen Mohammad Shamali died today, Friday, as a result of the wounds he sustained yesterday, after the Israeli occupation army targeted a group of citizens in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.

A Wafa news correspondent reported that a citizen was injured by bullets after Israeli occupation vehicles opened fire east of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A number of citizens were injured Friday as a result of bombing launched by occupation aircraft west of the city of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. Smoke bombs were also fired in the Al-Tawam area in the northern Gaza Strip, while artillery targeted the northern areas of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Israel lays waste to south Lebanon as 1,100-ton blast triggers 4.1-magnitude tremor

Press TV – September 11, 2026

Israeli occupation forces have significantly escalated their campaign of systematic demolitions across southern Lebanon, blowing up scores of houses, a public school, water wells and civilian infrastructure — including a massive 1,100-ton detonation on the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge that triggered a 4.1-magnitude seismic tremor felt across the region.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli forces “blew up the majority” of a public school in the town of Mansouri, in the Tyre district, leaving only a small section intact on Friday.

The demolition was accompanied by an Israeli airstrike on the town, where more than 75 explosions have been recorded over the past week alone. NNA also reported that occupation forces blew up two artesian wells used for supplying water in Mansouri.

Large-scale controlled demolitions were carried out in Mays al-Jabal, Bani Hayyan and other areas, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent. … Full article

Israeli Enemy Forces Seize Three Syrians in Quneitra Home Raids, Shell Farmland Near Damascus

Al-Manar | September 11, 2026

Israeli enemy forces detained three people in separate incursions into the Quneitra countryside and shelled agricultural land in the Damascus countryside, the latest in a series of military operations across southern Syria.

An Israeli military force consisting of six vehicles made an incursion into the town of Al-Hamidiyah in the Quneitra countryside, raiding and searching a home before taking a young man into custody. It remains unknown whether he was transferred to the newly established military base near the town or taken into occupied territory.

Earlier, Israeli enemy forces had entered the town of Al-Rafid in the southern Quneitra countryside, where they raided and searched a house, detained a man and his son, and took them into occupied territory. No further information has emerged regarding their fate or the reasons for their detention. […]

In a related development, Israeli enemy forces opened heavy machine-gun fire after midnight (Thursday-Friday) toward residential neighborhoods in the village of Ma’ariya in the Daraa countryside, coinciding with intensive drone activity over the area. – Full article

Leaked chemical dossier reveals Israel’s role in Sudan’s civil war: Report

Press TV – September 11, 2026

A dossier of evidence alleging chemical weapons use by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) was compiled by Israeli intelligence and shared with Western media outlets in a coordinated operation to discredit the army and bolster its paramilitary rival, a report says.

The dossier, described by the New York Times and Washington Post over the weekend as “shared by a Middle Eastern intelligence agency,” contained nearly 150 documents, bomb blueprints, images, videos, voice notes and several thousand intercepted text messages allegedly detailing how a secretive SAF unit developed and produced chlorine bombs over six months in 2024.

Multiple Sudanese and US sources told Middle East Eye that the “Middle Eastern intelligence agency” is Israeli, and that the dossier was nearly identical to one Israel handed to the US government before Washington sanctioned Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the SAF, in January 2025. … continue

Persian Gulf states to meet in Oman to discuss regional security, Hormuz navigation: Iran

Press TV – September 11, 2026

Iran and other Persian Gulf littoral states will meet in Oman on Monday to discuss regional issues, including arrangements for safe commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, says Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.

Speaking on Friday, Baghaei said the meeting would bring together Iran, Iraq and other countries bordering the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, describing the initiative as an important step toward strengthening regional understanding and cooperation.

He said Iran had consistently sought to build trust and cooperation among regional countries to promote peace and stability without “destructive and divisive interventions” by actors from outside the region.

The meeting in Muscat is also expected to address the outcome of recent Iran-Oman talks on establishing safe routes for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Baghaei said. … continue

Is the Noose Tightening on Iran?

By Bryan Anthony Reo – New Eastern Outlook – September 11, 2026

The Western takeover of Syria, the weakening of Hezbollah, and now the capitulation of Hamas signal that Western/American/Israeli penetration of Iranian outer defenses is essentially complete. The only remaining coherent and unassailed bastion outside of Iran is found among the Houthi. There remains Iran itself, which has weathered six months of American and Israeli aggression. … continue

Araghchi: US acknowledgment of Bahrain damage exposes cost of Israel’s wars

Press TV – September 11, 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has referred to Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s remarks on extensive damage to US facilities in Bahrain, saying Americans should not pay for Israel’s wars.

“We appreciate the candor of Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao. Our powerful Armed Forces did indeed ‘blow the hell out of the 5th Fleet HQ in Bahrain,’ as well as other bases supporting US aggression,” Araghchi wrote on X on Friday.

“The American people deserve better than footing the bill for Israel’s wars,” he said. … continue

YAF secure Bab al-Mandab, advance toward Dhubab

Al Mayadeen| September 11, 2026

The Yemeni Armed Forces have advanced into Dhubab on the western coast, reaching the area overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported on Friday. The advance follows their taking control of al-Mokha and other positions along the Red Sea coast, as normal life returns to the area and government institutions resume their work.

The Saudi-backed government confirmed that the Yemeni Armed Forces had completed their control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait and taken control of the strategic Mayyun Island, AFP reported, citing a local Yemeni official.

Two officials in the Saudi-backed government also told Reuters that the Saudi-backed forces had withdrawn from Perim Island, located in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. … continue

Ansar Allah’s Victory Is A U.S. Defeat

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | September 10, 2026

Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, which has controlled the country’s capital, Sanaa, and the majority of the country where Yemeni’s live since 2014, has recently made some major advances into the rest of the country controlled by Saudi Arabia-backed proxies. … continue

Most Kids Can Fight Measles Naturally — and Having the Virus May Even Make Them Stronger

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 10, 2026

Children can overcome measles — and in some cases, even become stronger for having fought it off, according to Dr. Ben Edwards, an integrative medicine family practitioner in Lubbock, Texas, who runs a private practice serving roughly 2,000 patients.

In 2025, Edwards successfully treated roughly 300 children in Gaines County, Texas, who had the measles.

In an exclusive interview this week with The Defender, Edwards shared why he believes recent media reports spreading fear about measles are misguided — and how parents can help their children if they become infected with the virus. … continue

Insider trading proves 9/11 foreknowledge

By Kit Klarenberg | Al Mayadeen | September 11, 2026

On September 12th 2001, chaos reigned supreme. Yet, as governments the world over struggled to make sense of the previous day’s catastrophe, and before a motive was established, any perpetrators identified, or other basic facts ascertained, the US Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into potential insider trading by unknown figures with apparently precise foreknowledge of 9/11. The evidence seemed overwhelming. Mainstream journalists openly mocked the implausibility of numerous deeply abnormal stock market trades immediately prior to the attacks being pure coincidence. … continue

The Saudi cutout and the CIA shadow over 9/11

As Riyadh fights 9/11 families in US courts, buried intelligence testimony points beyond the kingdom to a far more protected hand.

By Kit Klarenberg | The Cradle | September 10, 2026

On the eve of 9/11’s silver anniversary, it was widely reported that a forthcoming New York District Court civil case brought against notorious Saudi government operative Omar Bayoumi would deliver “smoking gun” proof tying Riyadh directly to the attacks. Yet evidence alleging that Saudi intelligence managed two future hijackers as potential assets and did so through a “liaison relationship” with the CIA has lain largely unexamined in plain sight. As scrutiny of Riyadh grows, the agency’s shadow remains almost entirely outside the frame. … continue

Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA sponsored by Israeli govt-aligned outfit, leaked contract shows

By Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone | September 10, 2026

One year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, The Charlie Kirk Show is distributed by a federally registered agent of Israel and his widow, Erika, has reversed his critical positions on the US-Israeli special relationship.

Now, The Grayzone can reveal that the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) organization he founded is holding faith events sponsored by an Israel-based non-profit with close ties to the Israeli government.

A leaked contract obtained by The Grayzone reveals that TPUSA entered into an agreement with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) to sponsor a series of ostensibly Christian faith-based summits between 2025 and 2027. Signed on May 16, 2025, the contract committed IFCJ to pay $700,000 to TPUSA over two years. In exchange, the group was to receive a series of promotional benefits including main stage speaking slots for its President, Yael Eckstein, and the distribution of pro-Israel “activism kits” to over 200 college campuses. … continue

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 33 Palestinians in Wide-scale West Bank Raids

Al-Manar | September 10, 2026

The Israeli army arrested 33 Palestinians, including two journalists, two minors and former prisoners, during wide-scale raids across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Media Office.

In a statement, the non-governmental group said Israeli occupation forces raided dozens of homes and searched them, damaging the contents of some properties during the campaign, which was concentrated in the provinces of Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarem. … Full article

Palestinian family massacred, several wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 10, 2026

GAZA – A couple and their two children were martyred on Thursday after the Israeli occupation army bombed their home in the Beit Lahia housing project in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to media sources, the bodies of four victims were brought to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after an Israeli strike targeted the Ahmad family home.

Other residents were wounded, and search efforts continue for those missing under the rubble.

The four martyrs were identified as Moamen Ahmad, his wife Haneen Saleh, and their two daughters, Lana, 12, and Bana, 8.

In a separate incident, a critically wounded person was admitted to Nasser Hospital after an Israeli drone strike targeted al-Tina street in northern Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

Several people were also injured today when Israeli armored vehicles and drones opened heavy fire on tents and shelter centers in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.

Meanwhile, widespread military activity, including shooting incidents, artillery shelling, drone overflights, and demolitions, took place in other areas of Gaza, mainly in the north.

Israeli attacks damage 22.5% of agricultural land in southern Lebanon

MEMO | September 10, 2026

Israel’s attacks have damaged more than 22.5% of agricultural land in southern Lebanon, Agriculture Minister Nizar Hani said Thursday, Anadolu reports.

Hani made the remarks after meeting President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace east of Beirut, according to a statement from the presidency.

The minister said he briefed Aoun on the “significant agricultural damage in the south, which exceeded 22.5% of agricultural land, or more than 56,000 hectares.”

Israeli attacks have intensified in southern Lebanon in recent days… Full article

US tanker strikes fail to deter Iran, drain interceptors: Bloomberg

Al Mayadeen| September 10, 2026

US attacks on Iranian oil tankers have failed to prevent further Iranian missile operations against American naval forces, while repeated strikes are forcing Washington to expend costly and increasingly scarce air-defense interceptors, Bloomberg reported.

The report examined the limits of Washington’s policy of attacking Iranian tankers in response to operations targeting US warships, noting that the strategy has so far failed to establish the deterrence sought by the Trump administration.

US Central Command claimed it destroyed eight Iranian tankers over recent days following two Iranian missile attacks against US Navy vessels.

Washington has presented the attacks on the tankers as a punitive measure aimed at raising the cost of targeting US forces. Analysts cited by Bloomberg, however, said the calculation may favor Tehran, particularly as Iran can continue threatening vastly more expensive US naval assets while forcing American vessels to consume large quantities of defensive missiles. … continue

Iranian Strikes Damage Eight F-15s and Down an A-10 at US Base in Jordan, CBS Reports

Al-Manar | September 10, 2026

Eight F-15 fighter jets were damaged and an A-10 Thunderbolt was hit and lost a wing in Iranian strikes on a US air base in Jordan, according to a report by the American CBS network.

The disclosure came after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced on Wednesday that it had launched intensive and decisive missile strikes against the US “Al-Azraq” base in Jordan, in retaliation for what it described as US aggression targeting Iranian oil tankers. The Guard said the operation was carried out using solid- and liquid-fueled ballistic missiles.

In a statement, the Revolutionary Guard explained that the missile strikes directly targeted hangars used for the maintenance, servicing, and deployment of US military F-35, F-16, and F-15 fighter jets stationed at the base.

Yemeni forces recapture strategic port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed troops

The Cradle | September 10, 2026

The Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) captured the southwestern port city of Mokha on 10 September, in a lightning advance that comes after heavy losses were inflicted by the YAF on Saudi Arabia and its proxies inside Yemen.

Reuters cited sources as saying that Mokha fell to YAF troops on Thursday.

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Sanaa also reported that Ansarallah-led YAF forces have “achieved a stunning victory against the internationally recognized Yemeni government forces.”

“The city has been taken. [Internationally recognized, Saudi-backed] government forces have fully withdrawn all of their military divisions,” local sources told the correspondent.

The YAF now has “full advantage to prevent ships from crossing Bab al-Mandab and also … the ability to cut off three main supply lines to the government in the south of the country,” according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent.

Ansarallah-led forces lost Mokha in 2017 in battles against Saudi and Emirati-backed forces. … continue

Yemeni Official Underlines Safety of Navigation after Expelling of Pro-Saudi Mercenaries from Coastal Areas

Al-Manar | September 10, 2026

The head of the national negotiating delegation, Mohammad Abdulsalam, confirmed that freedom of navigation and the flow of international trade in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait are safe and smooth, urging everyone not to be concerned.

In a statement, Abdulsalam explained that the ongoing operations have specific targets as previously announced and fall within a defensive framework. He noted that once the aggression against Yemen stops and the blockade is lifted, current operations will cease. He pointed out that the actions taken by the Yemeni Armed Forces in some coastal areas were a national operation aimed at enforcing Yemeni sovereignty and addressing challenges and ambitions that threaten internal peace.

He highlighted that a true, just, and honorable peace was and will remain their strategic choice, emphasizing that everyone must realize that choosing peace with Yemen is the least costly and shortest path toward reorganizing relations based on the principles of good-neighborliness, mutual respect, and shared interests.

He also stressed that the Republic of Yemen harbors no ambitions against any neighboring, Arab, Islamic, or other country worldwide, and has not aggressed against any state; rather, it is the party that was attacked in a manner contrary to Islamic and Arab brotherhood.

For his part, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Abdulwahed Abu Ras, confirmed that maritime navigation is safe. In a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (SABA), Abu Ras said: “Maritime navigation is safe, and navigational security has no connection to the skirmishes that were quelled in the West Coast districts.”

Additionally, the Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC) in Yemen announced to all international shipping companies that navigation in the Red Sea is safe for all companies, with the exception of the previous ban on Saudi vessels.

Algeria cuts ties with UAE over interference, destabilization

The Cradle | September 10, 2026

Algeria announced on 10 September that it will sever its diplomatic relations with the UAE in response to “provocative or hostile actions” and after “exhausting all means to preserve bilateral relations.”

The Algerian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the government had decided to “sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates” after exercising “great restraint and a high sense of responsibility.”

The statement said Algiers had repeatedly warned Abu Dhabi of the “grave consequences” if such actions persisted.

The ministry reported that the UAE ambassador to Algeria was officially informed of the decision and given a 48-hour deadline to comply. … continue

Russia, China clash with West at UNSC over legality of Iran ‘snapback’ sanctions

Press TV – September 10, 2026

Russia and China have opposed the activation of the so-called snapback mechanism against Iran at a UN Security Council meeting, warning that Western attempts to reactivate the relevant UN sanctions regime would only further heighten divisions and undermine multilateral diplomacy.

The five permanent members of the Security Council engaged in a fierce procedural battle on Thursday over the legal validity of international sanctions against Tehran.

At the heart of the dispute is the “snapback” provision embedded in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was originally designed to automatically restore UN Chapter VII sanctions in the event of significant Iranian non-compliance, deliberately bypassing the veto power of permanent council members.

Despite fierce objections from Moscow and Beijing, the council voted 11-2 in favor of adopting the provisional agenda, with two abstentions.

Under UN rules, procedural votes require a minimum of nine affirmative votes and cannot be blocked by a permanent member’s veto. … continue

Washington demands NATO allies help ‘systematically dismantle’ ICC: Report

The Cradle | September 10, 2026

Washington is pressing its NATO allies to help “systematically dismantle” the International Criminal Court (ICC) and abandon its mandate, in an effort to shield US officials from war crimes prosecutions and Israeli leaders from accountability over the genocide in Gaza, POLITICO reported on 9 September.

US envoy Matthew Whitaker reportedly delivered the demand behind closed doors in Brussels in mid-July, in front of the alliance’s 32 ambassadors, urging member states to help take the court apart and to walk away from the Rome Statute, three anonymous NATO diplomats told POLITICO.

“We will be watching closely who stands with America,” Whitaker said as he closed his remarks, according to the three diplomats.

Alongside his intervention, the US mission circulated a document to NATO delegations stating “The United States will systematically dismantle the capabilities of the ICC … we firmly request that you immediately take steps to withdraw.” … continue

Alternative ‘Führer’ Deutschland? Alarmism over AfD win is absurd

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 9, 2026

The shockwave reaction to the Alternative für Deutschland landslide election victory in Germany is absurdly out of proportion. It also defies any easy categorization of conventional right, left, or centrist politics.

What it does signify is a massive popular protest against the warmongering political establishment in Europe and the United States. The Western establishment has right, left, and liberal adherents, so it is confounding to interpret the AfD election win as reflecting a precise position on the political spectrum.

Western establishment politics and media have labelled AfD as a “far-right party,” a label which the party rejects. It claims to be conservative, nationalist, Eurosceptic, anti-immigration, and seeking more reasoned foreign relations.

The far-right epithet seems to be a more politicized term that the establishment uses to demonize opponents, as it does in France and elsewhere. “Far left” is also used as a term of abuse to marginalize opponents. But what does it mean when those in the “liberal center” are more often the ones who are more warmongering and supportive of censorship, repression and anti-democratic powers? … continue

Lithuania Plans to Remove Nuclear Weapons Ban From Constitution – Parliament Speaker

Sputnik – 10.09.2026

MOSCOW – The Lithuanian government plans to remove the provision banning weapons of mass destruction on its territory from the constitution in early 2027, the speaker of the republic’s parliament, Juozas Olekas, said on Thursday.

“The Lithuanian parliament plans to adopt a constitutional amendment this winter and remove the provision banning weapons of mass destruction on its territory from the country’s basic law. This will require extending the autumn parliamentary session, which begins on Thursday,” Olekas was quoted by the broadcaster LRT as saying.

He added that the autumn session will have to be extended until January 13, 2027 so that the parliament can adopt this particular article of the constitution.

Olekas said earlier that the provision of Article 137 of Lithuania’s basic law, which rules out the deployment of nuclear weapons in the republic, no longer corresponds to geopolitical reality. In early July, the parliament approved an amendment to this article after the draft was presented.

To amend Lithuania’s constitution, at least 94 of the 141 parliamentarians must vote in favor twice, with a three-month interval between votes.

Nonsense Drones and Novichok

By Craig Murray | September 3, 2026

Europe urgently needs to re-establish access to Russian oil and gas. Gas prices are high – as all UK energy consumers know – and German gas storage is at a record low for September. Gulf production is degraded, supplies are cut off and its long-term strategic stability undermined.

German manufacturing already suffered a 9.5% production loss from 2022 to 2026 following the Russian gas shutdown, with the loss in energy-intensive manufacturing (inc petrochemicals, chemicals, metals, glass/ceramics/stone, paper, mineral oil etc.) at 15.2%.

Western Europe can regain access to Russian hydrocarbons either by accepting a negotiated peace in Ukraine, or by attempting regime change in Russia. The political class in Europe have evidently decided to go all out for regime change.

It would of course be much easier, and much safer, to settle the Ukrainian conflict. We can identify the following reasons the European political “elite” is not taking that path… continue

Moldova debunks drone threat to Zelensky’s plane

RT | September 10, 2026

Moldova has dismissed a claim by Norway’s prime minister that Vladimir Zelensky’s plane was nearly struck by a UAV while leaving Chisinau, saying the aircraft was never in any direct danger.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told broadcaster NRK on Wednesday that Zelensky’s plane “was almost hit by a drone” as the Ukrainian leader traveled from Moldova to Oslo for the funeral of King Harald V.

Before any evidence was produced, Store’s claims were widely picked up by Western media outlets, who tried to frame the incident as evidence of a supposed Russian drone threat to Europe. … continue

The Long Road In, and the Short Way Out: How the West Built Ukraine into a Weapon Against Russia

By Larry C. Johnson | Sonar21 | September 10, 2026 

Across three pieces I’ve written for Sonar21, I have been making one continuous argument: The war in Ukraine was not a crisis that erupted in 2022. It was the payoff of a deliberate, decades-long Western project to turn Ukraine into an instrument for weakening Russia — carried out under the cover of “partnership” and “peacekeeping.” And having spent thirty years building that instrument, Washington and NATO will do with Ukraine exactly what they have done with every client before it: discard it the moment it stops paying. … continue

Kiev plotted terror attack on UK ambassador in Moscow – FSB

RT | September 10, 2026

Russian security operatives have foiled a Ukrainian plot to carry out a false-flag attack on the British ambassador and other diplomats in Moscow, which was intended to draw the UK into a direct conflict with Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has said.

In a statement on Thursday, the agency said it had detained a Russian national who worked for an organization contracted to protect the British Embassy in Moscow. The man collected sensitive information about embassy security on instructions from a Ukrainian contact, as well as personal data on diplomatic personnel, including photographs, home addresses, details of vehicles, and itineraries, the FSB said.

“The Kiev regime planned to carry out sabotage and terrorist attacks against British diplomatic representatives in Moscow to subsequently blame Russia for them in order to draw the United Kingdom into direct armed conflict with the country, secure additional weapons deliveries [to Kiev], and ramp up sanctions on Russia,” the agency said. … continue

9/11 was an Inside/Outside Job

“Inside” or “Israeli” Job?

By Luke Marshall | Sigh Ops | September 9, 2026

You know the drill by now: 19 Muslim hijackers directed by a man on dialysis in an undisclosed cave in Afghanistan outsmarted NORAD, the CIA, and the FBI armed with nothing more than box-cutters and blind optimism.

You also know that even if these coke-snorting, liquor-guzzling, religious fundamentalists weren’t too busy hitting strip clubs or gambling in Vegas to finally get around to their plans of jihad, a number of logistical hurdles should have stopped them: airport security, military interceptor planes, or their inability to fly single-engine Cessnas, let alone commercial airliners.

So that leaves two important questions unanswered: who did 9/11, and how did they pull it off?

Skeptics of the official story have supplied their own answers to these questions.

You have probably heard the 9/11 Truth Movement’s Greatest Hits play on an endless loop for the past twenty years.

WTC 7, “Dancing Israelis”, the Project for a New American Century, a New Pearl Harbor, etc.

Even Roger Waters took some time out of his busy schedule to go on Tucker Carlson so he could do his best rendition of the 9/11 Truth Movement’s Greatest Hits as opposed to his own catalogue of Greatest Hits from the Pink Floyd days.

But you’ve heard all of that.

You’re not here for the greatest hits.

You’re here for the blueprint. The who and the why.

No more entry-level 9/11 Truth for Dummies tier drivel. If you want that, you’re in luck because the internet is saturated with trite, stale information regarding what took place on 9/11.

In my last video, I discussed some of the nonsense holding back 9/11 Truth from becoming 9/11 Justice.

So let’s shift our focus to what really matters: who did 9/11 and how they did it. … continue

Trump Did Not Oppose UK Sanctions on Israeli Settlements

By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | September 9, 2026

President Donald Trump did not object to the UK imposing sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank during a call with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

On Tuesday, the UK, France, and Canada imposed the measures in response to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank. “So I can announce today that we will introduce an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories,” UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday. “So to those who finance or facilitate illegal settlements, let me say this, you will face the full force of UK sanctions. Settlements are illegal. They should not be promoted in our country.”

President Trump was informed by UK Prime Minister Burnham that London would be placing the export restrictions on Israeli settlements during a phone call ahead of the announcement. According to two sources speaking with Axios, Trump did not object or push back on the planned sanctions. […]

The White House’s refusal to condemn London over the sanctions breaks with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who criticized the export ban as “discrimination against the Jewish people.” … Full article

Italian opposition slams government for not joining sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements

MEMO | September 9, 2026

Italy’s opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government for not joining a group of countries imposing restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to the La Repubblica.

Five Star Movement leader Giuseppe Conte called on the government to “show a shred of dignity” and back an opposition bill in parliament to impose sanctions on Israeli settlements.

“Show a shred of dignity and approve our bill in parliament to proceed with sanctions,” Conte said, criticizing Rome’s decision not to join the initiative. … Full article

Report: 84 Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Journalists

IMEMC | September 9, 2026

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate documented 84 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists in August 2026, including the death of a journalist in an Israeli prison, another journalist being shot and injured, arrests, field assaults, and restrictions on media work.

In a report issued Tuesday, the syndicate’s Freedoms Committee said the violations included 30 cases of detaining journalists or preventing media crews from carrying out their work, 10 incidents involving exposure to tear gas, seven arrests, six physical assaults, and six cases of death threats and the brandishing of weapons.

The committee also recorded seven cases involving the confiscation or deletion of journalistic materials, three incidents of confiscating or destroying media equipment, four raids on media institutions and journalists’ homes, three cases in which journalists were brought before Israeli courts, and three attacks carried out by Israeli colonizers.

According to the report, the figures reflect the continued targeting of journalists, particularly while covering Israeli military invasions and developments in the field. It noted that detentions and the obstruction of media work represented the largest category of violations, undermining journalists’ ability to document events and report developments.

The committee said the death of one journalist, Ehab Mohammad Abdul‑Qader Diab, 36, and the shooting and injury of another during the month highlighted the direct risks faced by media workers amid the ongoing escalation against the press. … Full article

Israeli military court sentences Palestinian journalist to 4 years for ‘incitement’

MEMO | September 9, 2026

An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Fatafta to four years in prison on charges of so-called “incitement”, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate said.

The syndicate condemned the sentence in a statement, calling it “a new chapter in the targeting of Palestinian journalists and a systematic attempt to silence voices and suppress freedom of opinion and expression”.

The Israeli army arrested Fatafta on 30 May 2024 while he was passing through the Container checkpoint northeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank.

The syndicate said prosecuting journalists in Israeli military courts over their journalistic work or expression of their views was “a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law”. It said the military justice system was being used to punish and intimidate journalists and prevent them from carrying out their professional duties.

It added that the sentence against Fatafta came as part of an ongoing Israeli policy of pursuing, arresting and prosecuting Palestinian journalists in an attempt to “hide the Palestinian narrative and silence voices reporting the truth about what is happening on the ground”.

The syndicate said “incitement” charges had become a broad pretext used by Israeli authorities to pursue journalists, activists and people expressing their views, in violation of the right to freedom of expression and journalistic work.

Palestinian martyred, others injured in Israeli strikes in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 9, 2026

GAZA – A Palestinian ex-detainee deported from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip was martyred and another citizen was injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting them in Gaza City on Wednesday.

The martyr was identified as Farah Hamed, who was exiled from Ramallah to Gaza as part of the 2011 prisoner swap deal. He was a commander of al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.

According to media sources, Hamed was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle in Gaza City’s Sheikh Ajlin neighborhood.

Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft destroyed a home belonging to the Abu Dalal family in an-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, while medical sources at Al-Awda Hospital reported that six people were injured in the strike.

Two other homes were bombed and destroyed in Israeli airstrikes today, one in ash-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City and another near the Jordanian Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south.

Other incidents of gunfire and artillery shelling were reported across multiple areas of Gaza.

Brazilian President’s Adviser Warns of Risk of Total War Triggered by Middle East Conflict

Sputnik – 09.09.2026

MOSCOW – The Middle East could become the trigger for a full-scale global conflict if escalation in the region spirals out of control, Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva’s special international affairs adviser Celso Amorim said on Wednesday.

A direct confrontation in the Middle East carries the greatest threat of local crises escalating into an uncontrollable catastrophe, Amorim stated.

“I think that if there is ever a total war, it will come from the Middle East,” he added.

The diplomat identified the nuclear issue and the lack of mutual deterrence as the main factors of escalation. Security in the region cannot be built on unilateral superiority, he emphasized.

Iran, Russia, China Demand Guarantees Against Further Attacks on Iranian Nuclear Sites

Sputnik – 09.09.2026

MOSCOW – Iran, Russia and China have demanded guarantees against further attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, Iran’s mission in Vienna said on Wednesday.

“China, Iran, and Russia, in a joint statement to the [IAEA] BoG [Board of Governors] today, condemned repeated attacks against Iran’s nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, together with continuing threats of further aggression. In this regard, effective assurances, in particular guarantees of the non-recurrence of such actions, are indispensable for further development of Iran’s cooperation with the Agency,” the mission wrote on X.

The prevailing security conditions have effectively made the normal implementation of IAEA safeguards in Iran impossible, the mission added.

The US and Israel struck a number of Iranian nuclear facilities during the conflict of June 2025. Iranian nuclear sites were also hit during the latest escalation that began in late February 2026. Tehran blamed the US for the strikes.

The IAEA Board of Governors began its regular session on Monday in Vienna. The session, which runs until September 11, will address issues related to the implementation of safeguards in Iran and developments surrounding Iran’s nuclear program.

How the Latest Iran Sanctions Could Impact Central Asia

The US Iran strategy is working against its Central Asia strategy; Secondary sanctions may push the region closer to China and Russia.

By James D. Durso | The National Interest | September 8, 2026

On August 19, US President Donald Trump announced an “ECONOMIC D-DAY” against the Islamic Republic of Iran, warning of “tremendous economic consequences” for any country allowing its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide Iran a “lifeline.” On August 24, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced “Operation Economic Outcast,” which sanctions Iran and its facilitators in third countries (but no major Chinese banks), and declared, “you are either with us or against us.”

Potential secondary sanctions threaten Central Asia’s developing trade, energy, and transport links with Iran, raising costs, disruption risks, and pressure to diversify routes. The Central Asian republics are not major supporters of Iran, but Iran is becoming an increasingly important southern outlet for their trade and connectivity. The biggest risk is therefore collateral damage to legitimate commerce and transportation, rather than a confrontation over Iran policy.continue

Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Reports New Saudi Attacks: They Won’t Go Unanswered

Al-Manar | September 9, 2026

Over the past 12 hours, Saudi enemy warplanes—specifically F-15SA fighters taking off from King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait—launched 54 airstrikes targeting the governorates of Al-Jawf, Marib, Taiz, Al-Hudaydah, Saada, and Al-Bayda, the spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces General Yahya Saree posted.

Additionally, a Typhoon fighter jet took off from King Fahd Air Base in Taif and launched a raid on Al-Jawf Governorate, General Saree added.

These raids and the ongoing aggression against our country will not go unanswered or unpunished, by the will and power of God, he said.

Pakistan threatens Yemeni strikes on KSA ‘could trigger’ Mecca defense pact

The Cradle | September 9, 2026

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif threatened in comments published on 9 September that the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) attacks “could trigger” the Mecca Defense Pact between Riyadh, Islamabad, and Ankara.

The Pakistani war chief’s comments coincide with a massive YAF campaign of retaliatory strikes on Saudi Arabia and its assets in Yemen, as well as brutal Saudi bombing against the Arab world’s poorest nation.

“Under the trilateral agreement, any aggression against any of the three [countries] is regarded as an aggression against all. There is no ambiguity about that,” the Pakistani minister said in an interview with Geo News.

He added that the YAF retaliations “could trigger the pact” between the three states, which was finalized and signed last month. … continue

Prize catch beneath the waves: What Iran actually gained from the capture of US submarine drone

Press TV – September 9, 2026

… For a country actively developing its own indigenous unmanned underwater vehicle programs, each subsystem represents years of independent research and development that a single successful reverse-engineering effort could meaningfully compress, not by producing an identical copy overnight, but by revealing design solutions, materials choices, and engineering approaches to problems (deep-depth pressure tolerance, acoustic-signature reduction, long-endurance power management, non-GPS navigation accuracy) that Iranian naval engineers would otherwise have had to solve independently through years of trial and error.

Beyond the platform itself, the loss carries a broader significance for how the episode is read militarily. The US Navy has invested heavily in unmanned undersea and surface systems specifically because they allow persistent monitoring of waters, including chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz, without exposing crewed vessels or personnel to risk.

A platform built around that premise being tracked, intercepted, and recovered by the other side undermines the central operational assumption behind its deployment: that an autonomous, uncrewed system operating in regional waters carries no meaningful risk of falling.

Independent military think tanks covering the incident have noted that, if Washington eventually confirms the loss in full, the episode could expose real vulnerabilities in American launch-and-recovery procedures, mission-monitoring protocols, communications resilience, and, perhaps most significantly, the absence or failure of emergency self-destruct or data-scuttling mechanisms meant to prevent exactly this kind of capture. … Full article

Iran attacks US-linked bases in Jordan, hits fighter jets hangars

Al Mayadeen | September 9, 2026

Iran reportedly launched an attack on the Muwaffaq Salti and Prince Hassan air bases in Jordan, according to Iran’s Fars News Agency, as the confrontation between Tehran and Washington expands across the region.

The report did not immediately provide details on the weapons used or the extent of damage caused by the alleged attack.

Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 14 reported direct hits on a US base in Jordan, while an Israeli media outlet claimed that more than 50 Patriot interceptor missiles were launched from the Zarqa base in Jordan.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched “decisive and painful” missile strikes against the US Al-Azraq base in Jordan, describing the attack as retaliation for US strikes on Iranian oil tankers.

In a statement, the IRGC said it carried out intensive missile strikes against the US base in response to Washington’s attacks on Iranian oil tankers, adding that the operation targeted facilities used to maintain, prepare, and deploy US fighter jets.

The IRGC specifically said it targeted hangars housing F-35, F-16, and F-15 fighter aircraft at the base.

The IRGC said the confrontation would continue until attacks were halted. “This confrontation will continue until the enemy’s attacks are halted, and the battle will continue until then,” the IRGC said. … Full article