By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | May 8, 2026
Two states this week moved to require that vaccine records be included in the autopsy reports of children who die from unexplained causes.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a bill requiring medical examiners to document recent immunizations on the death certificates of children who died from unknown causes.
On Thursday, a Louisiana bill, “A Voice for the Voiceless,” passed the House with a 76-12 vote. The Senate unanimously passed the bill in March. It’s now headed to the desk of Gov. Jeff Landry, who is expected to sign it.
Current law requires coroners who designate a death as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome or Sudden Death in the Young — all of which refer to a sudden death with no discernible cause — to report the death and designation to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Oklahoma and Louisiana bills amend the existing public health law by directing coroners to document any vaccines administered within 90 days of death on autopsy reports for children under age 15 who died unexpectedly and without explanation. … continue
By David Bell | The Brownstone Institute | May 6, 2026
Finalization of the much-heralded Pandemic Agreement, the flagship of the World Health Organization’s pandemic agenda, has just been postponed again after another failure to resolve disagreements. Despite heavy pressure from the WHO and European Union in yet another meeting, in Geneva, Switzerland, a large bloc of African states are refusing to sign on to what they consider a clear colonialist agenda. Which of course it is, aimed at putting Covid-era wealth transfers on a more permanent footing.
The WHO, for reasons explained below, is doing what it is paid to do. Major financial sponsors of the WHO have much to gain from getting this Agreement through. It has fallen on African leaders, attuned to the model of rich countries and their corporations imposing rules designed for wealth extraction, to protect the rest of us from the farce that the current public health approach to pandemics has become.
The fact that the agency tasked with building capacity and promoting sustainability of low-income health systems is instead doing the opposite now needs to become the center issue of this whole shabby episode. It is time for the international public health community to face itself and decide on which side, people or profit, it should stand. … continue
RT | May 12, 2026
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has confirmed that her team is investigating more than 40 US-funded pathogen laboratories in Ukraine. Here’s what you need to know about the story that was written off as “Kremlin propaganda” in 2022.
In a statement to the New York Post on Tuesday, Gabbard said that her department had identified more than 120 biological laboratories in 30 countries that had been funded by the US taxpayer for decades. More than a third of these labs are located in Ukraine.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is going “to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain and what ‘research’ is being conducted to end dangerous gain-of-function research that threatens the health and wellbeing of the American people and the world,” Gabbard said.
Gain of function research refers to the modification of animal viruses to increase their transmissibility in order to study their effect on humans. The ODNI is currently investigating the origins of the Covid-19 coronavirus, which Gabbard and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. maintain was created in a US-funded biolab in Wuhan, China.
Gabbard’s confirmation of US-funded biolabs in Ukraine vindicates claims made by the Russian military in the early days of the Ukraine conflict – claims that were dismissed by then-President Joe Biden’s administration as “outright lies.”
What did Russia say about biolabs in Ukraine?
As Russian troops entered Ukraine in February 2022, Vladimir Zelensky’s government in Kiev ordered the “emergency destruction” of dangerous pathogens at multiple US-funded laboratories in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on March 6 of that year.
The ministry claimed that Kiev ordered the destruction of the samples in order to hide its role in an American biological warfare program. Documents released by the ministry included an order from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health to destroy the pathogens, which included “plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases.”
Many of these laboratories were set up following the US-orchestrated ‘Maidan’ coup in 2014, and were run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) – the largest biomedical research facility administered by the US military, according to the ministry. … continue
RT | May 12, 2026
Vladimir Zelensky’s former spokesperson, Yulia Mendel, has been added to a Ukrainian state-linked ‘kill list’ for telling American journalist Tucker Carlson of rampant cocaine abuse in the corridors of power in Kiev and the desire of a corrupt elite to prolong the conflict with Russia.
Mendel worked with Zelensky for two years during which time she says she witnessed him change from peacemaker to propagator of war.
The list is run by the Mirotvorets website, which has been linked to Ukrainian security services and is notorious for publishing the addresses and personal details of anyone remotely deemed an enemy of the Ukrainian state, including Russian journalists, some of whom were subsequently assassinated.
The website has accused Mendel of “humanitarian aggression against Ukraine,” spreading “narratives of Russian propaganda,” calling for Ukraine’s “capitulation,” and “indirectly taking part in information‑psychological special operations” allegedly run by Russia.
Mirotvorets cited Mendel telling Carlson that the Ukrainian delegation at talks in Istanbul in 2022 was ready to agree to “all of Russia’s demands” in order to stop the fighting, but that Kiev was pressured by the US and UK to continue the conflict and that Zelensky is now “one of the main obstacles to peace.” It also cited Mendel’s comments that Ukraine is “on the verge of disappearing,” and showing signs of “unhealthy nationalism.”
Mendel, who served as Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019 to 2021, has in recent months become an outspoken critic of her former boss. In the interview she leveled a series of allegations of corruption and drug use, calling Zelensky a “dictator” who has grown “detached from reality.” She also described Zelensky and his former chief of staff Andrey Yermak as “malicious and extremely paranoid narcissists,” saying their relationship had turned into a “symbiosis.” … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 12, 2026
SAO PAULO – Brazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody.
Avila and Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek were part of the “Global Freedom Flotilla,” which departed from Spain on April 12 carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and seeking to challenge the Israeli blockade.
The two men were kidnaped and taken to Israel after Israeli forces intercepted the flotilla, while more than 100 other pro-Palestinian activists were taken to Crete.
“My return was simply a correction of a serious violation. I was kidnapped by Israel, I wasn’t imprisoned,” Avila told reporters upon his arrival at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport.
Avila affirmed that he and Abu Keshek endured different abuses during their detention, adding that Palestinian prisoners in nearby cells experienced worse treatment.
“We need to defeat Netanyahu and Donald Trump, we need to defeat the war criminals,” Avila said as supporters held signs calling for Brazil to cut ties with Israel.
IMEMC | May 12, 2026
Israeli occupation forces demolished dozens of industrial and commercial structures in the al‑Mashtal area of al‑‘Ezariya, southeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, on Monday evening, despite an active court injunction prohibiting demolition until mid‑May.
Media and local sources estimate that at least 20 workshops and commercial facilities have already been destroyed, with bulldozers continuing the demolition campaign into the night as part of a broader plan linked to Israel’s settlement‑expansion project in the “E1” area.
In a brief statement, the Jerusalem Governorate confirmed that the demolitions are being carried out in violation of a valid injunction obtained by residents… Full article
Press TV – May 12, 2026
At least six people have been killed and seven others wounded after an overnight Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement being announced last month.
According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency, the air raid struck the inhabited house in the town of Kfar Dounine, and those wounded were taken to hospitals in the nearby city of Tyre to receive medical treatment.
Israeli artillery units also shelled the perimeters of the towns of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun in the early hours of Tuesday. There were, however, no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders for residents of the southern Lebanese towns and villages of Arzoun, Tayr Debba, al-Bazouriyah, and al-Hawsh, warning civilians to leave before planned offensives.
Israeli forces also destroyed a solar-powered water pumping station in the town of Deir Mimas overlooking the Litani River after explosives planted earlier detonated, causing extensive damage to a facility supplying drinking water. … Full article
The Cradle – May 12, 2026
Two Lebanese paramedics were killed in an intentional “double tap” strike by Israel on 12 May, as they were engaged in a mission to rescue the victim of an earlier attack, Lebanon’s Civil Defense said.
The General Directorate of Civil Defense announced “the martyrdom of two Civil Defense personnel from the Nabatieh Regional Center’s roster, killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted them while they were carrying out an ambulance mission for a victim injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted him in Nabatieh.”
“Additionally, a third personnel member was injured during the execution of the mission,” the Civil Defense statement added.
The two rescuers killed by Israel on Tuesday have been identified as Hussein Jaber and Ahmad Noura.
The attack brings the number of first responders killed by Israel since the start of the war on Lebanon up to at least 107.
Just a day earlier, an Israeli “double tap” strike targeted rescue workers while they were inspecting a building in Toul that had been targeted earlier on Monday. … Full article
From Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan to Brett McGurk and Jon Finer, the advisers behind the Gaza genocide want to return to power.
By Harrison Mann – Zeteo – May 8, 2026
Avril Haines, the former Director of National Intelligence who ordered me and thousands of other intelligence officials to overlook concerns about war crimes so we would continue feeding intelligence to the Israeli military, has had the grace to largely avoid the public eye since leaving office, which is what you or I might do if we felt responsible for one of the worst crimes in modern history.
Not so for the small inner circle of Biden advisers who gave Haines her orders. The men behind Joe Biden’s genocidal “bear hug” policy of unconditional US support for the Israeli government are now popping up everywhere from Stephen Colbert to the op-ed pages of the New York Times to their own podcasts, presenting themselves as responsible experts critiquing Trump’s chaotic foreign policy.
The Biden guys, far from seeking anonymity or amnesty, expect to be rewarded for their performance in Gaza with continued influence in the Democratic Party and powerful roles in the next administration. That’s why, even knee-deep in multiple Trump crises, we can’t afford to ignore the ambitions of Biden’s top advisers. Here’s how they’re continuing to influence Democrats’ foreign policy as if Gaza never happened:
- Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who skirted the law, lied to Congress, and cooked the books on human rights reporting to keep arming the military carrying out the Gaza genocide, is now on the board of directors of the influential Democratic think tank Center for American Progress.
- Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser and kingpin of his Middle East policy, who also fought to keep arming Israel and lied repeatedly that we were “close” to a ceasefire his administration had no intention of achieving, is back on the board of National Security Action, a group he cofounded that seeks to guide Democrats’ foreign policy positions.
- Sullivan’s former deputy, Jon Finer, who also lied to the public that Biden was pressuring Israel for a deal, has also joined the Center for American Progress as a senior fellow. Along with Sullivan, he’s also on the advisory board of Foreign Policy for America, a Democrat-aligned advocacy group with a previously solid record on Gaza.
- Middle East lead Brett McGurk, who greenlit Israel’s bloody 2024 invasion of Lebanon and appeared to condone the Israeli government using hunger as a weapon – he and aides later reportedly dismissed reports of starvation in Gaza by quipping “where are all the skinny kids?” – is now a ubiquitous talking head for CNN. He’s not doing TV for the money – he could cash in on his Gulf diplomatic connections in private if he wanted.
It cannot be overstated that none of the top Biden – or Harris – advisers have publicly acknowledged, much less apologized for, their individual contributions to the Gaza genocide, leaving us to take it on faith that they would not abet a genocide again if given the chance in 2029 or beyond. … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
US President Donald Trump has again admitted to Washington’s support for armed riots and terrorist activities inside Iran amid continued aggressive American measures targeting the nation.
Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said elements were willing to take such seditious actions inside Iran.
He, however, referred to such actors as “the Iranian people” and pointed to the measures they could take as simply “going out on the streets.” … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
Iran has filed a complaint against the United States at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), demanding compensation for damage inflicted on the country during the June 2025 war of aggression.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said in a Tuesday report that the Iranian complaint at the Hague-based PCA was filed in February.
The report said the complaint accuses the US of violating the 1981 Algiers Accords, in which Washington committed to refraining from interfering in Iran’s internal affairs, whether directly or indirectly, politically or militarily.
It said Iran has demanded reparation from the United States over its imposition of sanctions, its attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and its use of threats. … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
Yemen has written to the United Nations, calling for an end to over 10 years of blockade of the country and urging cessation of aggressive measures targeting the nation by the US and its allies.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulwahid Abu Ras denounced continuation of the “unjust blockade” in a letter addressed to the UN secretary general and the world body’s Security Council, Yemen’s official Saba news agency reported on Monday.
Continuation of the blockade, he added, “does not serve international peace and security.” … continue
By Salman Rafi Sheikh – New Eastern Outlook – May 12, 2026
New U.S. sanctions against Chinese companies just before Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing highlight the growing tendency to use economic pressure as a primary instrument of American diplomacy.
Donald Trump plans to visit China from May 13 to 15. His baggage includes a load of sanctions instead of concessions. Days before his visit to China, Washington imposed fresh sanctions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong-linked firms accused of helping Iran procure drone and missile-related components. The message is unmistakable: the United States wants to negotiate from a position of pressure. But coercion before diplomacy often produces the opposite effect. Rather than strengthening Washington’s leverage over Beijing, the move risks hardening Chinese resistance, deepening China-Iran ties, and accelerating the erosion of America’s sanctions power in an increasingly multipolar world. … continue
Press TV – May 12, 2026
China has rejected Israel’s claims that Beijing provided support to Iran in manufacturing missiles.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters on Tuesday that the accusations “are not grounded in facts.”
Beijing, he said, is “committed to promoting de-escalation and peace talks to bring about an end to the conflict” between Iran and the United States.
“We have made China’s position clear on multiple occasions. As a responsible major country, China always fulfills its due international obligations,” he added.
In an interview with CBS, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that during the joint US-Israeli aggression against Iran, China “gave a certain amount of support and particular components for missile manufacturing.”
Asked whether such support was continuing, he said, “Could be. Could be,” without providing further information.
Netanyahu’s controversial remarks came ahead of a planned visit to Beijing by US President Donald Trump. …. continue
By Ron Paul | May 11, 2026
Last week “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth insulted Americans by claiming that a 50 percent increase in the US military budget – from an incomprehensible one trillion dollars to an impossible one and a half trillion – was a “fiscally responsible investment.”
“Thanks to President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget, this War Department has moved from bureaucracy to business,” he said last Thursday.
In a way he was right, though. The huge increase is much more about “business” than what is needed to protect the United States from potential invasion.
But it isn’t the kind of “business” that most supporters of free markets would applaud. On the contrary, this is the business of transferring massive amounts of wealth from the struggling middle and working classes to the well-connected Beltway elite based on lies and scare tactics. … continue
By Glenn Greenwald | May 11, 2026
… So much of AOC-led liberal politics is geared toward one’s efforts to proclaim one’s own moral superiority, and preserving one’s own self-righteous branding as uniquely virtuous, compassionate, and caring. Posturing as a vehement, morally outraged opponent of Israeli-led genocide and war with Iran is vital to sustaining that public image and self-perception.
But actually stopping said genocide and war is largely irrelevant to that image. That is why AOC and her followers devote themselves with such fervor to the performative and theatrical parts of their politics but will not deign to do the things necessary to actually achieve something.
Behold the noble principles that define AOC and her supporters: they would rather let Americans be forced to pay for Israel’s military and wars, and let Palestinians be bombed, and have Iran destroyed, if the alternative is to talk to or build majorities with gauche and morally inferior “bigots.” What matters — truly matters — is getting to prance around at events filled solely with like-minded, already converted people and be cheered for your elevated tastes and feel good about how untarnished you are, all while calling everyone a racist and a misogynist and a bigot and an anti-Semite so you signal to the world that you are not any of those things. That, for them, is the real goal of politics. … Read full article
By Madhava Setty, M.D. | The Defender | May 11, 2026
A closer look at a recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals that the center’s article summarizing the survey results was misleading, as was an article Scientific American published about the survey.
Contrary to what both articles suggested, for every staunch proponent of vaccines and vaccine researchers, there is another who is deeply skeptical of them. … continue
Brownstone Institute | April 30, 2026
The Department of Justice does not need to wait for Dr. David Morens to turn on his colleagues; the evidence to charge the next key advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci is already in the public record.
Greg Folkers was critical to the censorship operation at the heart of the Covid response. As Chief of Staff at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Folkers oversaw operations for the agency’s $6 billion budget and later sought to evade FOIA requests by conspiring with Dr. Morens and intentionally misspelling key phrases such as “g#in-of-function.”
In January 2020, he sent the first email to Anthony Fauci warning that the NIAID had funded gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through grants it made to EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak’s organization. That research, Folkers cautioned, could be the source of Covid-19.
But instead of warning the public of the “lab leak” as it would come to be known, Folkers, Fauci, and Morens initiated the coverup. … continue
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | May 11, 2026
A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist who played a key role in research that denied any link between vaccination and autism was extradited to the U.S. last week to face charges of wire fraud and money laundering stemming from a 2011 indictment.
Poul Thorsen, 65, a Danish native, began working for the CDC in the late 1990s. In 2011, a federal grand jury indicted him for the alleged misuse of over $1 million in CDC grant money that was earmarked for autism and public health research. Thorsen is accused of redirecting the funds for his personal use.
Despite the indictment — and the existence of an extradition treaty between the U.S. and Denmark — Thorsen continued to live and work in Denmark. … continue
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | May 11, 2026
Europol built and operated secret data analysis platforms stuffed with passport photos, phone records, financial transactions, and geolocation data belonging to people never suspected of any crime.
The systems ran for years without the security or data protection safeguards EU law requires, and the agency concealed parts of them from its own privacy regulator.
A joint investigation by CORRECTIV, Solomon, and Computer Weekly, based on leaked emails, internal documents, and whistleblower testimony, reveals that these parallel platforms became the backbone of Europol’s analytical work. “They protect the law while breaking it,” one former senior official said. … Full article
RT | May 11, 2026
Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have said they would not air the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, which begins on Tuesday in Austria and will culminate in Saturday’s grand finale, citing opposition to Israel’s participation.
The three countries, along with the Netherlands and Iceland, withdrew on Monday from this year’s event in Vienna, leaving the contest facing the biggest boycott in its 70-year history.
Vienna police have said they expect disruptive protests and possible attempts to block the event, particularly on the last day. Authorities said a pro-Palestinian demonstration involving around 3,000 people has been registered for May 16.
Earlier this year, the broadcasters urged contest organizers at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to bar Israel over alleged vote-rigging and the war in Gaza. The EBU said Israel met the contest’s eligibility requirements and would remain in this year’s competition. … Full article
Al-Mayadeen | May 11, 2026
At least six people were martyred and several others wounded on Monday as the Israeli occupation carried out a series of attacks targeting multiple areas across southern Lebanon, with strikes concentrated mainly in the Nabatieh district.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon, two people were martyred in an Israeli attack targeting a municipal vehicle in the town of Zebdine.
In a separate attack on the town of Ebba, also in the Nabatieh district, two more people were killed and five others wounded.
Another person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Yater, while one person was killed and another injured in an attack on the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district. … Full article
Press TV – May 11, 2026
The family of Shireen Abu Akleh has said that no one has been brought to justice four years after the Palestinian-American journalist was shot dead by Israeli troops. They sharply criticized the United States for failing to pursue accountability for her murder.
In a statement on Monday, Abu Akleh’s family warned against the persistent culture of impunity in the Israeli military.
“The ongoing impunity sends a dangerous message that journalists can be targeted without consequence,” Abu Akleh’s niece, Lina Abu Akleh, told Arab News.
“We have seen that pattern repeated in Gaza and Lebanon for more than two years now. We are deeply disappointed by the lack of meaningful action by the US administration,” she added.
Noting that Abu Akleh was a US citizen, Lina emphasized that Washington has an obligation to pursue accountability with the same urgency it shows for any other American killed abroad.
“The lack of progress in the FBI investigation into Shireen’s killing further demonstrates the government’s failure to deliver justice,” she said. … Full article
International Solidarity Movement | May 11, 2026
On 7 May at 17:50, three settlers stormed Khirbet Samra. Two of the settlers were masked, one was armed with a gun, and one carried a large wooden stick. The settlers inititated a confrontation with the family, including teenagers and children, beating them with sticks. … continue
IMEMC | May 11, 2026
Israeli soldiers seriously injured a Palestinian child, at dawn Monday, after opening live fire toward residential homes in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, local media sources and medical teams said.
Media sources said the soldiers, positioned in the Israeli military tower overlooking the northern entrance of the refugee camp, fired multiple live rounds at homes.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said one of the bullets struck Mohammad Nidal Zboun, 15, in the chest, causing a serious injury. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | May 11, 2026
Israeli forces carried out a raid on Monday in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, triggering confrontations that resulted in the killing of a Palestinian Resistance fighter, Ayman al-Hashlamoun.
Local media reported that the forces stormed a vocational training institute located opposite the camp, using tear gas, sound bombs, and live ammunition during the raid.
Israeli forces fired live ammunition directly at journalists covering the events in the vicinity of the institute, and several young men were also detained inside the facility.
Sources reported that a young man was critically injured after being struck in the head and was later pronounced a martyr. According to the same sources, Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from reaching the injured individual inside the camp. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – May 11, 2026
GAZA – Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed two civilians and left several others wounded, while the bodies of two martyrs were recovered on Monday, marking yet another violation of the ceasefire now in its 214th consecutive day.
According to media sources, seven citizens, including a mother and her child, were wounded in Israeli artillery shelling on the Tel al‑Dhahab area of Beit Lahia town, northern Gaza.
Earlier, a child was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia.
In Gaza City, a young man was also injured by Israeli fire near the al‑Samer junction.
Meanwhile, emergency and rescue teams managed to recover the bodies of two martyrs who were killed last night near Gaza City’s ash-Shuhada junction.
The martyrs, Munir al‑Jatli (30) and Alaa Ayyad (31), were transferred in the morning to the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al‑Balah after their bodies had remained lying on the ground for more than 12 hours.
Later, two people were shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza City’s az-Zeitoun neighborhood and near the Bani Suheila rotary in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.
This morning, Israeli tanks opened heavy machinegun fire towards different areas east of the Gaza Strip.
At the same time, Israeli military vehicles opened fire east of Gaza City, amid intense tank fire towards eastern areas of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. … Full article
The Cradle | May 11, 2026
The Israeli army ordered its troops to kill any males they encountered in Gaza, including the unarmed and the elderly, during the genocide of Palestinians that began in 2023, according to a 7 May investigative report aired on Israel’s Channel 13.
“A man, no matter what age, don’t play games with it; kill immediately,” one soldier said he was told by his commanders.
“They even told us that if it’s a woman or a child, use your judgment, because things happen,” he added, speaking anonymously.
His testimony was given to Iris Haim, the mother of an Israeli soldier taken captive by Hamas on 7 October 2023.
Yotam Haim was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza after approaching their positions during an attempt to escape alongside two other captives in December 2023.
The three Israeli captives were shirtless and waving white flags to indicate they were not a threat to the soldiers.
However, the soldiers opened fire and killed them anyway, apparently thinking they were Palestinian civilians.
The incident suggested that Israeli troops were implementing a “shoot to kill” policy against Palestinian males, including unarmed civilians.
The soldier speaking anonymously to Channel 13 revealed that he was one of the soldiers who shot and killed Yotam Haim and the other two Israeli captives during the incident.
“I fire 500 bullets a minute. I blow things up. I don’t care. I’m here to kill terrorists,” he stated, describing his state of mind during his tour in Gaza. … Full article
Press TV – May 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump has grown “increasingly frustrated” with Cuba and its ability to withstand months of US pressure, and is considering waging an act of aggression against the Caribbean country, according to a report.
NBC News reported on Monday that American officials have told Trump that the government of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel “could still fall by the end of the year” without military action, but the US president is not willing to wait that long.
Trump’s impatience, the report added, has prompted the Pentagon to ramp up planning for a possible attack against the island country. … continue
RT | May 11, 2026
A right-wing Austrian politician has demanded that the country’s Finance Ministry explain how nearly $22 billion in cash and gold was shipped to Ukraine from Austria since 2022 without triggering concerns about money laundering or regulatory oversight.
In a statement published on Sunday, Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) Secretary General Christian Hafenecker called out what he described as Vienna’s “two-class justice system” for overlooking massive payments to Kiev, while keeping a tight hold on taxpayers’ purse strings.
“We’re not talking about play money here: 1,030 registered cash and gold shipments, around €12 billion ($14 billion) plus $7.75 billion, physically transported over 1,300 kilometers into the war zone,” Hafenecker said.
“And the responsible finance minister simply tells me… ‘We know nothing, we’re not investigating anything, we haven’t collected any information.’ That’s not an answer, that’s dereliction of duty,” he added. … continue
By Freddie Ponton | 21st Century Wire | May 11, 2026
France did not really leave Mali. It changed tactics and found new hands to carry the gun. After being pushed out by a military government that turned toward Russia, China, and the wider Global South, Paris appears to have re-entered the war through Ukrainian military intelligence channels, long-standing Tuareg networks, and a battlefield configuration in which separatist rebels and Al-Qaedaʼs Sahel branch were hitting the same state enemy at the same time.
The late-April attacks in Mali said something larger about the Sahel. A former colonial power that had been shown the door was suddenly back in the frame, leaning on intermediaries and the momentum of jihadist advances to weaken a government that had chosen Russian support, Chinese weapons, and the language of anti-colonial independence over its old dependence on Paris. … continue
RT | May 11, 2026
French presidential hopeful Florian Philippot has called for lifting sanctions against Russia and restoring Russian energy imports. In an interview with RT, the politician claimed that Brussels-driven EU policies run counter to France’s national interests.
A former vice president of the National Front (now National Rally) and ex-member of the European Parliament, Philippot announced on Saturday that he will run in the 2027 election. He leads the sovereigntist movement ‘Les Patriotes’ and is a longtime critic of the EU, the euro, and NATO. He advocates restoring French sovereignty, reducing dependence on supranational institutions, and ending French military and financial aid to Ukraine.
“I want, and it is in my program, for France to regain its independence by leaving all the supranational globalist structures: the EU, the euro, NATO,” Florian Philippot told RT France on Sunday. “And I want a policy of dialogue and friendship with Russia, and not, as today, one of mistrust, war, and insults. All of this is absurd for our national interests.”
The politician said Paris should “take back control” by withdrawing from free trade agreements such as Mercosur, which he said “condemn French farmers to death.” He added that sanctions on Russia imposed by Brussels should be ended in order to restore the flow of Russian gas and oil. … continue
By Yousef Ramazani | Press TV | May 11, 2026
In the wake of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran and the subsequent maritime banditry and piracy, the Islamic Republic is reportedly moving to assert its long-dormant sovereign rights over the submarine internet cables that traverse the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
This strategic reorientation – as confirmed by some reports – promises to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue while fundamentally reshaping the legal and economic architecture of global data transmission.
The unprovoked military aggression against Iran, which halted with a ceasefire on April 8, 2026, has fundamentally altered the strategic calculus of the Persian Gulf.
During the 40 days of aggression against Iran, a previously overlooked dimension of the country’s sovereign territory emerged as a critical vulnerability for the global digital economy. … continue
Press TV – May 11, 2026
In a noteworthy mea culpa from one of America’s most influential neoconservative commentators, Robert Kagan believes the United States has suffered a “total defeat” in its ongoing war against Iran, which has permanently shattered its global standing.
Kagan, a co-founder of the Project for the New American Century and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was a vocal advocate of the war against Iraq and a lifelong champion of American military interventions in West Asia.
But in a recent article for The Atlantic, he offered a grim verdict on the current war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched on February 28. … continue
The Cradle | May 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the new ceasefire proposal from Washington late on 10 May, calling it “unacceptable” right after a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it – TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also told Axios that he does not “like their letter.” He went on to call the Iranian response “inappropriate.”
“They have been tapping along many nations for 47 years,” Trump added.
The president also said he “discussed the Iranian response” with Netanyahu. “It was a very nice call. We have a good relationship,” Trump said, adding that the Iran talks are “my situation not everybody else’s.” … Full article
Press TV | May 11, 2026
In a theatrical move that fooled no one, US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s comprehensive plan to end the war he illegally imposed on the country 70 days ago.
The US president postured as a victor, dismissing Tehran’s proposal with the bluster of a leader who expects capitulation. But the reality on the ground tells a starkly different story.
By every measurable metric, America is the defeated party in the asymmetric war that was imposed on Iran amid the nuclear talks in Geneva on February 28. And his rejection of Iran’s terms in a social media post has not opened new options for Washington, but it has only trapped the US in a deadly three-way crossroads from which there is no easy escape.
Trump’s rejection of Iran’s plan, which was submitted early on Sunday through Pakistani mediators, is a grave strategic error as Americans hold no winning cards. … continue
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
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