Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’

Israel ramps up its military actions in Lebanon despite a shaky ceasefire being in place, striking the capital for the first time in weeks. · Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz boil, as the US warns nations could be exposed to sanctions if they quote - cooperate with Iran’s new Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which controls the critical waterway. · The Russian and Kazakh presidents put pen to paper on a construction agreement for the Central…

Senior figures within Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are allegedly discussing the possible ousting of Chancellor Friedrich Merz due to his record-low approval ratings, according to German media reports. According to Bild, talks about potentially “swapping” Merz for another chancellor are reportedly taking place within the party’s top ranks, including among regional leaders such as Hendrik Wust of North Rhine-Westphalia, Boris Rhein…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the destruction of Gaza, warning that Muslims may soon teach him a “lesson.” Erdogan made the remarks during Eid al-Adha celebrations in his hometown of Rize, where he called for Muslim unity and putting pressure on Israel. · “What is happening in Palestine, in Gaza, gives us a special stance, a special vigil this Eid. God willing, this tyrant…

The US Department of Energy has selected a number of private companies as potential recipients of weapons-grade plutonium, including one where Energy Secretary Chris Wright served on the board before joining the administration of President Donald Trump. The US government holds roughly 50 metric tons of fissile material recovered from dismantled nuclear weapons at highly secure sites. The Trump administration said last year that it intended to…

Moscow’s UN envoy calls Kiev’s deadly strike on a college in the Lugansk Republic an act of vengeance against former citizens who chose to join Russia rather than Ukraine. · Brussels and several European nations summon Russia's envoys over Moscow’s recent warning of major retaliatory strikes on Kiev. We'll speak live to Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE on that. And the EU's top diplomat claims the bloc has always championed peace…

Iranian Armed Forces operational command Spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari has recently announced that Iran intends to charge fees for the use of undersea cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz. While this news didn’t come as a surprise, it certainly heightened tensions surrounding the digital infrastructure of the Persian Gulf. By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department…

Russia says Ukraine's latest terror attack which left 21 students dead was the last straw, announcing it will now carry out a series of systematic strikes on Kiev's military industrial complex. · Russian Federal Security Service clearly lays out what's happening in Ukraine, saying the nation is being used as a testing ground for new types of warfare under a foreign flag. · Tehran says the US is violating the ceasefire, as Donald Trump…

A growing online discussion is once again reviving theories surrounding cyclical global catastrophes, ancient civilization collapses and what some researchers believe may be recurring planetary reset events tied to cosmic or geological cycles. By INR International Desk · The discussion, presented by Greg Reese, pulls together decades of alternative research, historical speculation and fringe scientific theories that claim humanity may…

by Clandestine · We were promised the US uranium from Uranium One would never leave the US, but it did. · Some was sent to Canada, which was then sent to Europe and Asia, namely the UK, France, Germany, and Japan. · After that, we don’t (officially) know where it went. · Uranium laundering. · I think Trump’s animosity towards Canada/EU/NATO, might have something to do with Uranium One. He’s been showing us they aren’t our allies for a reason.…

by Andrew Korybko · Putin is either “escalating to de-escalate” with the expectation that Trump will pressure Zelensky into complying with more of Russia’s terms for peace, namely withdrawing from Donbass at minimum, or as a “last hurrah” before speculatively freezing the conflict for political and strategic purposes. · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov notified his US counterpart Marco Rubio that Russia will conduct “systematic strikes”…