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The US has launched another airstrike in Somalia, according to a press release from US Africa Command, as US media continues to ignore the bombing campaign.
AFRICOM said in a release on Friday that its forces launched an airstrike against al-Shabaab on April 30, about 30 miles northeast of Kismayo, putting the attack in Lower Juba, Somalia’s southernmost region. As usual, AFRICOM offered no other details about the strike. Continue reading “US Launches 61st Airstrike of the Year in Somalia”
US Central Command has requested the deployment of the US’s hypersonic missile, known as the Dark Eagle, for potential use against Iran, as President Trump is considering restarting the bombing campaign, Bloomberg has reported. Continue reading “US May Deploy New Hypersonic Missile Against Iran as Trump Considers Restarting the Bombing Campaign”
The U.S. Department of State intends to offer up to $100 million in foreign assistance toward a G7 initiative to repair the Chornobyl nuclear plant’s protective structure that was damaged in Russian strikes.
Continue reading “US Pledges $100 Million To Repair Chornobyl Nuclear Plant”
At least 16 people were killed in the past 24 hours in various Israeli strikes, including a Lebanese soldier, a family of five, and three emergency workers trying to rescue the wounded in an attack on the town of Majdal Zoun. Continue reading “Three Lebanese Paramedics Killed by Israeli Double-Tap Strike”
By Max Blumenthal – The Grayzone
Continue reading “Israel’s AI foreign influence op blames Palestinians for killing Hind Rajab”
A U.S. senator and his team say they have uncovered additional evidence that federal officials worked to evade requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Continue reading “Senator Finds More Evidence Federal Officials Evaded FOIA”
The Senate on Tuesday blocked an effort to prevent President Trump from launching an attack on Cuba without congressional authorization amid a ramped-up US oil embargo and planning for a potential war against the island nation. Continue reading “Senate Blocks Effort to Prevent Trump From Attacking Cuba”
By Nathan Bernard – Drop Site News
Continue reading “Billionaire Bankrolling Anti-Platner PAC Gutted Maine Mill Towns”
Continue reading “UK judge gags Palestine Action defendants to secure ‘terror’ stitch-up”
Thanks to the war in Iran, JetBlue Airlines is passing the cost along to us – announcing during Q1 earnings on Tuesday that while the airline had strong revenue performance, prices are going up due to rising fuel costs.
An Iranian official said on Sunday that nearly half of the Iranians killed by the US-Israeli bombing campaign that lasted from February 28 to April 8 were civilians, as strikes pounded civilian targets throughout the war. Continue reading “Iran Says Nearly Half of Iranians Killed by US-Israeli Bombing Campaign Were Civilians”
By Jeremy Scahill – Drop Site News
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days: a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the U.S. and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government is in a state of internal chaos and his administration is waiting for Iran to capitulate, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site that Tehran is establishing the conditions under which a new round of direct talks could take place. Continue reading “As Trump’s Narrative on Negotiations Flails, Iran Is Setting Its Own Terms for Ending the War”
Israeli attacks in Gaza killed at least 19 Palestinians and wounded 43 over the past three days, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire. Continue reading “Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill 19 Palestinians in Three Days as IDF Continues Constant Ceasefire Violations”
The State Department said in a statement last week that the US is in conflict with Iran “at the request” of Israel, an acknowledgment of Israel’s role in steering the US into the war, which the US has dubbed “Operation Epic Fury.” Continue reading “State Department Says US Is in Conflict With Iran ‘At the Request’ of Israel”
BEIRUT, Lebanon—Ali Murad knew his hometown of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel was under heavy assault by the Israeli military. Since it was impossible for anyone to go there to check on his family house, he turned to satellite imagery to try and find out. Continue reading “Displaced Lebanese Pool Money to Buy Satellite Images to See What Remains of their Homes”
President Trump on Thursday shared a post calling for the killing of Iranian leaders who won’t accept US demands, ramping up his threats against the country amid a very fragile ceasefire.
The post Trump amplified was written by Marc Thiessen, who served as a speechwriter for the George W. Bush administration. “If there are two factions in Iran, one that wants a deal and one that doesn’t, let’s kill the ones who don’t want a deal,” Thiessen said in a post on X where he was quoting himself from an appearance on Fox News. Continue reading “Trump Shares Post Calling for the Killing of Iranian Leaders Who Won’t Accept US Demands”
South of the newly-established Yellow Line, Israel has established de facto military occupation of over 50 Lebanese municipalities, and has been demolishing homes and preventing the return to displaced locals. The destruction goes deeper than that, however. Continue reading “Israeli Troops Say Mass Looting of Occupied Southern Lebanon ‘Routine’”
House Republicans on Thursday unveiled legislation to extend for three years a surveillance authority that permits the collection of communications from non-U.S. persons located abroad without a warrant.
Continue reading “House GOP Unveils Bill To Extend Key Surveillance Power Until 2029”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a move that comes after the US military seized an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman and a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean. Continue reading “Iran’s IRGC Seizes Two Ships in the Strait of Hormuz”