Iran, champion of women’s rights

You could not make it up.

  • The US blockade of Iranian ports is in effect, but President Donald Trump says there is still plenty of room for Iran to make a deal.
  • Iran accuses the US of committing piracy as thousands of Iranians rally in Tehran against the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump Blockade Threatens Iran’s Military-Industrial Complex

The blockade officially began at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Monday.

President Donald Trump’s blockade of Iran could be poised to deliver a staggering blow to the Iranian economy, including the cash flows needed by the regime to pay the host of soldiers and thugs it requires to stay in power.

“The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” the statement said.

More about Russia’s offer to take Iran’s enriched uranium

The Kremlin has reiterated its readiness to help Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium to Russia, which is capable of accommodating it.

For many years, Russia has been one of the key countries participating in the negotiation process on Iran’s nuclear programme.

It has repeatedly offered to export excess enriched uranium from Iran, process it and return it in the form of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.

Still, Iran hasn’t accepted the offer.

Israel Hammers Hezbollah in Lebanon; President Trump threw Iran’s 10point plan “straight into the garbage”

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Trump has denounced NATO saying the alliance “wasn’t there when we needed them and they won’t be there if we need them again”.

  • Lebanon declares day of mourning following wave of Israeli attacks that killed at least 254 people, injured more than 1,165 in a single day on Wednesday, as Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said to be mobilising “all of Lebanon’s political and diplomatic resources to stop the Israeli killing machine”.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Lebanonwas not included in ceasefire between the United States and Iran, as US Vice President JD Vance also says, “We never made that promise.”

Israel Launches Massive Strikes on Lebanon, Excluding Country from Ceasefire

Israel Launches Massive Strikes on Lebanon, Excluding Country from Ceasefire

Al Jazeera Arabic sez Israeli forces have launched air attacks on the town of Harouf in southern Lebanon.

Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah was killed in a drone strike west of Gaza City on Wednesday.

Trump says US military will remain in and around Iran until ‘real agreement’ is ‘fully complied with’

In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said this would include “US Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy”.

NATO chief says ‘large majority of European nations’ lived up to commitments

More from Mark Rutte’s comments on his meeting with Trump.

Rutte has to talk like that. His a$$ is on the line.

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“Europe is on track for civil war”

“…we are on a track for a peasant revolt. A conservative uprising in which the ruled seek to punish their rulers for violating their obligations under the social contract, and for changing the rules of the game against their wishes…”

EU Parliament Conference Hears Continent ‘On Track For Civil War’

‘Will There Be a Europe in 50 Years?’

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It is an open question whether there will be a Europe in 50 years’ time, a European Parliament conference on civil war heard this week.

Many government officials already perceive the horrific implications of Europe’s nation states losing their self-belief and descending into polar factionalism, with the continued existence of Europe or its constituent parts in question, but understand that speaking of it openly remains career suicide, a conference at the European Parliament has heard.

It is “a possibility that is quite close” that the British people will pass into history “like the Canaanites or the Arcadians”, and it is an open question whether there will be a Europe in 50 years’ time, a European Parliament conference heard from a panel of expert speakers.

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The elderly live too long and they pose a risk to the global economy. We must do something urgent.– Lagarde 

Lagarde, or rather her handlers, denies that she made that statement. Continue reading “Europe is on track for civil war”

U.N. Committee Accuses Trump of ‘Racist Hate Speech’ and ‘Grave Human Rights Violations’ Over Immigration Crackdown

Ecuador recently pulled out of the UN’s “Palestinian Rights Committee,” a Cold War relic that institutionalizes bias and politicization instead of promoting peace.

So instead, Chile is joining today.

The United Nations is facing an “imminent financial collapse” as member states refuse to cough up billions of dollars in mandatory contributions.

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The United States, the U.N.’s largest contributor, has refused to fund the organisation’s regular and peacekeeping budgets and has withdrawn from multiple UN agencies.

U.N. Committee Accuses Trump of ‘Racist Hate Speech’ and ‘Grave Human Rights Violations’ Over Immigration Crackdown

If you needed any more evidence that the United Nations (U.N.) should be defunded, here it is.

A U.N. panel has accused the Trump administration of “racist hate speech” and suggested the U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration has led to “grave human rights violations.”

The criticism came in a new report released Wednesday by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which took direct aim at Trump and other political leaders over their rhetoric on immigration enforcement.

According to the report, statements by political leaders combined with stepped-up immigration enforcement have allegedly “sparked grave human rights violations.” Continue reading U.N. Committee Accuses Trump of ‘Racist Hate Speech’ and ‘Grave Human Rights Violations’ Over Immigration Crackdown