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Ukraine launches a barrage of drones on Russia, as air defence forces shoot down more than 500 UAVs overnight. Pakistani police in Bannu reportedly kill five militants linked to a suicide bombing that killed 15 officers. · With tensions boiling on the border region with Afghanistan, the US shuts down its Peshawar consulate over security concerns. RT analyzes Washington's move later in the programme. · Demonstrators in France and the…

By Clandestine · REMINDER · Russia and China are protective over Ukraine and Taiwan, because the people of these nations share bloodlines with their parent nations. · This matters when it comes to genome-specific biological weapons, which Russia and China directly addressed. · RFK Jr. addressed this as well, back in July 2023. He brought up a topic that I have covered extensively, which is all the biolabs in Ukraine and Taiwan, which are…

A new U.S. intelligence investigation has reportedly been launched into more than 120 overseas biological laboratories linked to U.S. taxpayer funding, including approximately 40 facilities in Ukraine, according to discussion presented on Redacted News featuring Clayton and Natali Morris with biological warfare epidemiologist Dr. Meryl Nass. By elocal · The investigation was described as being led through the office of Director of National…

By Susan Kokinda · Susan Kokinda analyzes President Trump's May 14 post responding to Xi Jinping's remarks about the "Thucydides Trap," arguing media coverage framed the U.S. as declining while Trump asserted America's renewed strength. · She says the summit's real significance was Trump bringing an unprecedented delegation of top U.S. CEOs into the bilateral meeting and including the Defense Secretary, breaking a post-1972 pattern. · Kokinda…

Large crowds have descended upon central London for an anti-immigration rally dubbed ‘Unite the Kingdom’. Videos and photographs circulating on social media on Saturday showed demonstrators with Union Jack flags, crosses, and other Christian symbols marching through the streets of the British capital. Ahead of the event, local media, citing the authorities, reported that an estimated 50,000 people were expected to take part. Another large-scale…

Six people, including three paramedics, are killed in an Israeli attack on Lebanon. It comes as Washington says the two countries have agreed to a 45-day ceasefire extension, but the IDF continues to strike. · Amid the fragile truce with Tehran time appears to be running out, as Donald Trump says he’s prepared to unleash his Department of war once again, and quote - finish the job in Iran. · Russia’s top diplomat takes a swipe at the French…

Rudyard Kipling, a modern classic of the Western literary canon, was both a champion of British imperialism and too honest not to know its very sordid underpinnings of greed, lies, and sheer selfishness. By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory · That’s why the same man who extolled the…

So long as the US is willing to accept Iran spinning this as an unprecedented strategic defeat of the “Great Satan”, it’ll arguably be able to advance its actual interests much more robustly as was explained, all while giving Iran the “face-saving” pretext for significant concessions to end the war. By Andrew Korybko | May 15, 2026 · Speculation is swirling about the future of the US’ regional military presence after the Third Gulf War. While…

By Clandestine · I think we are witnessing the dawn of a new world. · Xi speaks highly of Trump and his vision to Make America Great Again, and says that the modernization and rejuvenation of China can be done “hand in hand” with the US, and we can work together to make the world a better place. · What if Trump and Xi agreed it was time to end the hostilities and treat each other as partners instead of adversaries on a collision course for war?…

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centers across the United States is triggering growing public backlash, environmental concerns, and wider geopolitical speculation about the future direction of the global economy. By INR · According to independent journalist Greg Reese, the issue extends far beyond artificial intelligence itself. Reese argues that the infrastructure boom may represent the foundation of an entirely new…