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Russia has no plans to attack NATO territory, the bloc’s senior military commander has said, despite warnings from some European officials that members should prepare for a potential armed clash with Moscow. Individual NATO member states have adopted plans to drastically increase their defense spending since 2022, citing the Ukraine conflict. Russia, however, has repeatedly stated that it would not attack the US-led bloc unless attacked first.…

The defense team for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is seeking to hold prosecutors in contempt for allegedly violating a gag order, according to multiple media reports. Robinson is due in court in Utah on Friday. The dispute centers on forensic evidence revealed by defense attorneys in March that suggested that a bullet jacket fragment recovered from Kirk’s body could not be conclusively…

Four Palestine Action activists convicted of causing criminal damage to an Israeli arms plant in the UK have been sentenced as terrorists due to the blacklisting of their organization. Dozens of the group’s supporters were arrested outside the courthouse as the verdicts were read out. The defendants took part in a raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024. After ramming the gate with a decommissioned prison van, they destroyed…

By Clandestine · BREAKING NEWS · DNI Gabbard is releasing new evidence about US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, and calls out the Biden administration and complicit media for covering all of this up and attacking/threatening those who tried to expose this, aka, ME! · The highest ranking US intelligence official just confirmed that the entire system went out of their way to cover up US-funded biolabs around the world. · In other words, Tulsi just…

Residents of EU countries will ultimately suffer from the bloc’s decision to cut economic relations with Russia, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Slovakia, Judita Lassakova, has said. She spoke to the news agency TASS during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) last week; the interview was published by the agency on Friday. · "This will not end well," she said about the sweeping economic restrictions…

A deal in the making. The final agreement is being ironed out according to Tehran, highlighting its core interests must be fulfilled, while Donald Trump says the war is already over. · While the US has spent a fortune waging foreign wars, inflation skyrockets in America, with Donald Trump saying he loves the numbers. But he suggests that when the conflict is over prices will drop like a rock. · Anger brews in Armenia, with the opposition…

US President Donald Trump has cancelled planned strikes on Iran, saying talks with the Islamic Republic are moving forward with the country’s top leadership. The announcement came just hours after he again threatened to hit Iran “very hard.” Tensions between Washington and Tehran have surged in recent days despite a nominal ceasefire agreed in April. The US launched strikes on Iran on Wednesday after a US AH-64 Apache helicopter was lost near…

The European Commission should have revealed the details of its Covid-19 vaccine contracts with drugmakers to the public, an adviser to the EU’s highest court has declared. Among the contracts was a deal with Pfizer that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen negotiated via text message. In an opinion published on Thursday, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos argued that the Commission’s insistence on secrecy made it impossible to know…

The strait of Hormuz is closed to any and all ships. That's announced by Iran's Persian Gulf authority as salvos of bombs and missiles start dropping once again across the region. · As Tehran responds to the US bombardment, Trump says he's doubling down, pledging more strikes tonight, and plans for boots on the ground, while the Pentagon insists America's attacks can continue even during so-called peacetalks. · Outrage on the streets of Kenya…

Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will run for office again in the election later this year, his Likud party has announced. On Tuesday, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl claimed that US President Donald Trump told him he was not sure if Netanyahu should seek another term. · “He’s had an amazing career. Does he want to continue?” the president said as cited by Karl. · According to the journalist,…