By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced a deepening political crisis on Monday after losing a second senior aide in the controversy over his controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States,vowing he would not resign amid mounting calls for his departure. Mandelson – who resigned last week from the House of Lords over the Epstein scandal – shared market-sensitive government information with Epstein during the global financial crisis.

Continue reading “Starmer Faces Pressure To Resign Over Mandelson-Epstein Scandal As Second Aide Quits”

By Drop Site News

Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel

  • Israel kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza: Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians across Gaza on Friday as bombardment, live fire, and large-scale demolitions continued nearly four months into the so-called ceasefire, according to Al Jazeera. Two Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza, one in Jabaliya al-Balad and another near the “yellow line” in Beit Lahia, while a third was shot in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis. In southern Gaza, Israeli airstrikes destroyed a four-story home in a Khan Younis refugee camp, damaging dozens of nearby houses and displacement tents and injuring at least one person. Israeli forces also carried out widespread demolition operations east of the city. Helicopter gunships opened fire on northern and eastern Gaza, while Israeli vehicles fired heavily in Rafah and strikes hit areas east of Deir al-Balah.

Continue reading “AIPAC faceplants in New Jersey; U.S. strikes another boat in the Pacific; Cuba on the brink”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

Israel’s invaded Lebanon in late 2024, culminating in a ceasefire that was reached in November of that year. It was never much of a ceasefire, with Israel consistently launching attacks on Lebanese territory ever since. With the escalations though, it’s even less of a ceasefire than ever. Continue reading “Rate of Israeli Strikes on Lebanon at Highest Level Since Ceasefire”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The day before US and Iranian officials are set to hold talks in Oman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of his security cabinet and told his top officials that certain “conditions” are in place that may lead to the downfall of the Iranian government, according to Israeli media. Continue reading “Ahead of US-Iran Talks, Netanyahu Tells Cabinet ‘Conditions’ Could Lead to Regime Change in Tehran”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

The AI era already feels like a dystopian fever dream straight out of a bad sci-fi novel, but leave it to a software engineer to push the accelerator straight into the abyss. Enter Alexander Liteplo, the software developer behind RentAHuman.ai, a freshly launched platform that lets autonomous AI agents “search, book, and pay” actual human beings to perform physical-world tasks they can’t handle themselves, Futurism reports. Continue reading “This Website Lets AI Bots Rent Humans”

By Drop Site News

The Gaza Genocide, West Bank, and Israel

  • Casualty counts: At least five Palestinians were killed and four injured in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 71,800 killed, with 171,55 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 526 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 1,447, while 717 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Ministry of Health.

Continue reading “$6B arms deal to Israel bypassed Congress; U.S. signals “readiness” for Iran talks; Last U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty set to expire”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The president of Somaliland told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday that he expects to sign a trade deal with Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a decree recognizing the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto independent state within Somalia’s internationally recognized borders. Continue reading “Somaliland Leader Says He Expects a Trade Deal With Israel After Recognition”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Israeli military launched heavy attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that killed at least 23 Palestinians, including young children, as it continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. Continue reading “Israeli Attacks Kill 23 Palestinians Across Gaza, Including Seven Children”

By Drop Site News

The Gaza Genocide, West Bank, and Israel

  • Israeli attacks in Gaza continue on a routine basis: Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man east of Khan Younis on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera.

Continue reading “Hundreds of ICE agents leaving Minnesota; Epstein pitched himself to MBS; Iran talks set for Friday”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Congresswoman Nancy Mace is turning up the heat on Bill Gates, pushing for a subpoena that could force the tech tycoon to spill the beans on his shady ties to Jeffrey Epstein—exposing how deep the rot runs in the elite circles that have long evaded justice.

Continue reading “Nancy Mace Demands Subpoena For Bill Gates As Epstein Noose Tightens Around Globalist Elite”

By Elis Gjevori – Middle East Eye

A mourner carries the body of a Palestinian killed by an Israeli strike on Wednesday, at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 4 February 2026 (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

Israeli fighter jets bombed the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including three children, according to local hospitals.

At least 14 people were killed in Gaza City after Israeli forces shelled the eastern neighbourhoods of Zaytoun and Tuffah at dawn.

Al Jazeera reported that at least two baby girls were among those killed in the attacks. Continue reading “Israel kills 21 Palestinians in Gaza bombing, including infants”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Trump had kicked off the week by warning Iran that “bad things” would probably happen if a deal could not be reached. “We have ships heading to Iran right now, big ones – the biggest and the best – and we have talks going on with Iran and we’ll see how it all works out,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “If we can work something out, that would be great and if we can’t, probably bad things would happen.”

“I’d like to see a deal negotiated. I don’t know that that’s going to happen,” he added. So far, Iran seems a willing participant, though at this point the reality is it has little to lose by risking such direct engagement.

Continue reading “Trump Warns Of ‘Bad Things’ If No Iran Deal Reached As Venue Moves To Oman”

By Drop Site News

  • Casualty counts: At least 22 Palestinians were killed and 38 were injured in Israeli attacks on Wednesday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 71,824 killed, with 171,608 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 556 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 1,500, while 717 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Ministry of Health.

Continue reading “Israel kills over 20 in Gaza; U.S. shoots down alleged Iranian drone; At least 162 people killed in west Nigeria attack”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

Adding to Israel’s ongoing hostility to the UN peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, the UNIFIL reported Sunday’s operations near the Blue Line were disrupted when the IDF began dropping an unidentified chemical on the area near the peacekeepers. Continue reading “UNIFIL Operations Disrupted as Israel Drops Mystery Chemicals in Southern Lebanon”