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‘Israel has become radioactive. I think Iran has started behaving the same way. Choosing to be a bully never works’ – Alanoud Al Thani, Qatari political analyst and researcher. · In this episode of RT’s ‘Sanchez Effect’ Rick talks to Alanoud Al Thani, a Qatari political analyst and nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. · She explains Israel’s destructive role in the region as it attacks local nations such as…

Hostilities in the Middle East pushes the world toward a harsher global order By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/fyodor-lukyanov/Russia in Global AffairsRGA on Telegram · ©  Contributor / Getty Images · The United States…

Governor Gavin Newsom has downplayed the alert, saying he is “not aware of any imminent threats at this time” · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images · [RT] The FBI has warned the authorities in California that Iran has planned drone raids launched from an unidentified vessel off the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by US media outlets. Local officials, however, have cast doubt on the warning, saying it is unverified. · According to…

The US-Israeli strikes expose the “evident crisis of international law,” the prime minister has said · Giorgia Meloni ©  Antonio Masiello / Getty Images · [RT] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has criticized the US-Israeli war on Iran, branding it part of a dangerous trend “outside international law.” She also condemned a deadly strike on an Iranian school widely attributed…

Alex Krainer · Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining journalist Mario Nawfal for an interview focused on the possible disruptions stemming from the regional war in the Middle East and which escalated very significantly with Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Iran on 28 February 2026. · The interview hasn’t been published yet but Mr. Nawfal was curious about the way I saw this war impacting Western economies and…

The lack of any meaningful economic relationship with Iran predetermined that most countries would support any resolution against it if unofficially forced to choose between the Islamic Republic and the Gulf Kingdoms to whom they’re dependent to some degree on energy imports. · Andrew Korybko · The UNSC just adopted a resolution condemning Iran for its attacks against the Gulf Kingdoms, including against civilian and residential areas, after…

Reflections on an ancient and timely concept. · John Leake · During the COVID-19 pandemic, shortly before Dr. Peter McCullough gave his first Senate testimony about the official pandemic response, he had a conversation with his church pastor, Andrew Forrest, about medical centers refusing to administer certain safe and effective treatments to desperately ill patients. · “It’s as though, for the first time in history, our medical…

By Catherine Austin Fitts · The Solari Report · This week, Catherine is testifying in the Tennessee Senate and House on two bills pertaining to cash and programmable money (see testimony below). · - SB0739 would require businesses, with certain reasonable exemptions, to accept cash. - HB2039, based on Solari’s model legislation addressing programmable money, would protect the right of Tennesseans to transact freely without being…

Top headlines of conflict · - Oil prices surge as two oil tankers are attacked and explode in Iraqi waters, forcing Iraq to stop operations at its oil ports and sending oil toward $100/bbl. - 'Largest wave of missiles since hostilities began' launched into northern Israel by Hezbollah - The US Navy said it was 'too dangerous' to escort tankers through still. - President of Iran demands reparations and guarantees against future…

By Tyler Durden · Weeks after New Mexico officials launched an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico - which has since been purchased to turn into a Christian retreat, the FBI and local law enforcement descended on the 7,500 acre propertyin search of dark secrets, including the possible graves of trafficked girls who may have been strangled to death during violent sex sessionson the property.  · For years the rumors…