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Israeli air strikes take aim at the suburbs of Beirut. Three are reportedly killed as the IDF carries out orders from Benjamin Netanyahu keeping his war on Lebanon in high gear. · A peace deal between Iran and the US is on shaky ground as Tehran says the Israeli attack on Beirut was blessed by Washington. The world waits if a deal will be signed this Sunday or the coming days. · Russia's Yaroslavl region comes under a mass attack by Ukrainian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin wished his US counterpart, Donald Trump, a happy 80th birthday during a phone call, presidential aide Yury Ushakov has told journalists. Trump was “touched” by the greeting, and the two leaders spoke for about an hour in a “friendly and open” manner, the official added. Trump was particularly appreciative of the gesture, Ushakov said, noting that Putin was the first foreign leader to call and congratulate him on…

US President Donald Trump has not scheduled an official bilateral meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky at the upcoming G7 summit in France, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing senior US administration officials. Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has held several formal and informal meetings with Zelensky in an effort to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Zelensky has reportedly sought to use the encounters to finalize…

Israeli officials feel sidelined by the emerging US-Iran peace deal and are furious with what they believe amounts to a “catastrophe” that fails the objectives set prior to the war, according to a report by the Israeli outlet Ynet. According to the reported terms, the agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz without a toll regime, lift the American naval blockade on Iranian ports, ease sanctions on Tehran, and defer nuclear talks to later.…

University of Arizona historian Dr David Gibbs believes many of the major conflicts of the modern era cannot be understood through official narratives alone. · Appearing on the World Affairs In Context podcast with host Lena Petrova, Gibbs outlined a sweeping critique of American foreign policy, arguing that covert intervention, NATO expansion, economic sanctions and proxy wars have become central tools for maintaining US global dominance Report…

By Andrew Korybko · Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s disclosure that the US funded some Ukrainian biolabs exactly as Russia claimed sent social media into a frenzy. While some MAGAs led by Laura Loomer claimed that this supposedly proves that she and other people who can be broadly described as “MAGA dissidents” are part of a “Russian influence operation” (RIO), which was discussed here, others are proud of what she…

A fresh political storm is brewing in Washington after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard disclosed the existence of more than 120 US-funded biological laboratories operating across more than 30 countries, including facilities involved in research on dangerous pathogens and, in some cases, gain-of-function experiments. By elocal International Desk · The disclosure comes as a separate report prepared for the Senate Homeland Security…

A peace deal between the US and Iran will be signed on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Tehran earlier denied that an agreement can be reached by Sunday, though it did not rule out a deal “in the coming days.” The two nations have been engaged in talks mediated by Pakistan for more than two months following a truce reached in early April. The negotiations came after the US and Israel launched a military…

Straight out of Iran - optimism that an equitable deal can be made with the US. While the details are being ironed out, Tehran warns Israel is trying to sabotage the process. · So-called conspiracy turned fact once again. Washington declassifies information that it funded dangerous bio labs in Ukraine. An open secret that the White House denied for years. · As violent protests in Northern Ireland erupt over the attempted beheading of a man by…

The major nuclear danger facing the Middle East originates not from Iran but from Israel, Professor Theodore Postol, a former Science and Policy Adviser on Strategic Nuclear Issues to the Chief of Naval Operations, has told RT. The expert warned that the leadership in West Jerusalem had placed the Jewish state on an increasingly perilous course. Israel is widely believed to possess an undeclared nuclear arsenal, although authorities in West…