Shadow Wars: IRGC Operatives Tried To Infiltrate Kuwait, Firefight Ensues Kuwait and Iran are barely separated by a small section of Iraqi coastline at the head of the Persian Gulf, but they do share a maritime border. But given the small oil-rich Sunni sheikdom’s close proximity to the Islamic Republic, and give its historic role in hosting American forces and bases, it is to be expected that it would be heavily targeted in Iranian […]

First Houthi Drones Sent On Israel Since Iran Ceasefire Took Effect In what appears to be the first Houthi attack out of Yemen since the broader Iran ceasefire came into place starting in early April, the Israel Defense Forces said a drone “launched from the east” was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force near the southernmost city of Eilat on Tuesday. The IDF further indicated it is believed to have been launched from Yemen, […]

US Consumer Prices Are Rising At Their Fastest Pace In 3 Years Bearing in mind the one-off impact of BLS correcting for shutdown-related distortions (in rent/shelter) from last October., this morning’s CPI was expected to come in hot as the impact of the Iran war starts to spread (energy, airfares, transport) and the melt-up in memory costs (unrelated to war) as the token wars continue. As a reminder, March saw headline CPI in […]

‘Could Resonate Globally’: Korea Sparks Market Chaos With ‘AI Tax’ Threat Korean markets were under pressure overnight after politicians floated the idea of tapping AI profits.  Bloomberg reports that a top South Korean policymaker said the nation should pay citizens a ‘dividend’ using taxes on AI profits, with the obvious read through to Samsung and SK Hynix.  The comments in a Facebook post by presidential policy chief Kim […]

HIMS Shares Plunge As Pivot To Branded GLP-1s Weighs On Outlook Hims & Hers shares tumbled in premarket trading in New York, the most in three months, after the company posted a first-quarter loss and revenue that missed analyst estimates tracked by Bloomberg, as costs rose amid a massive pivot from selling copycat GLP-1 drugs toward branded obesity drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. Revenue for the first quarter came in at […]

Jet Fuel Shortage Deepens Pressure On Global Airlines Via City AM, Heathrow’s April passenger numbers fell 5% to 6.7 million, with Middle East traffic down 50%. Transfer traffic rose 10% as travellers rerouted through Heathrow to Asia and Oceania. Airlines are facing mounting pressure from jet fuel shortages and higher oil prices. Fewer passengers were heading to Heathrow Airport in April as the war in the Middle […]

‘Mediator’ Pakistan Hosted Iranian Military Aircraft To Insulate Them From US Attacks, Graham Fumes At Islamabad Summary CBS reports Pakistan sheltered Iranian military planes, Sen. Graham outraged, calls for ‘reevaluation’. US President blasts ‘piece of garbage’ Iran response, says ceasefire on ‘life support’, reportedly mulls renewed military action; US Treasury imposes yet more sanctions. Trump mulls restarting […]

“Neither Credible Nor Attractive”: eBay Rejects GameStop’s Takeover Bid eBay’s board released a statement on Tuesday morning, rejecting GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s unsolicited, non-binding acquisition proposal, calling it “neither credible nor attractive.” “We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor attractive,” Paul S. Pressler, eBay’s chairman of the board of directors, wrote in a statement. Pressler cited […]

Senate’s Rush To Regulate AI Chatbots Is Bad For Everybody Authored by John Coleman via RealClearPolitics, The dawn of the AI era has sparked a wide range of reactions, from exhilaration over the technology’s capabilities to deep distress.  Such responses to a new communicative tool are nothing new, and indeed, AI presents new and unique challenges that will require deep thought and sensitivity. But a heavy-handed […]

UAE Secretly Carried Out Attacks On Iran, Making It An Active Combatant The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become an active combatant in the Iran war, according to fresh reporting in The Wall Street Journal. Last week saw the US-Iran ceasefire briefly break down, during which time the US struck some Iranian coastal sites and the Iranians sent drones and missiles on several Gulf states once again. Iran also reportedly tried to […]

UK Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Spying Allegation Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times, The British Foreign Ministry on May 9 stated that it had summoned the Chinese ambassador after a London court convicted two men, including a former British immigration officer, of spying for the Chinese communist regime. Bill Yuen Chung Biu (L) and Peter Wai Chi Leung (R), both charged with assisting Hong Kong intelligence service, […]

Media Spreads Hantavirus Hysteria In Attempt To Save Disgraced WHO The establishment media has been drumming up fear after a recent outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise liner traveling from Argentina to West Africa.  The Guardian has used the opportunity to assert that the US is currently ill equipped to deal with future pandemic threats, largely because of Donald Trump (of course) and the dramatic US exit from the now disgraced […]

Ideological Insanity Has Gotten Way Way Worse In The UK… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A major exam board has now signed off on gender-neutral language in GCSE French, Spanish and German exams – despite the terms being completely alien to how those languages are actually spoken in their home countries. The move, buried in new specifications for 2026 exams, hands students the green light to ditch standard […]

Merz Promises Fico A Spanking For Slovak Leader’s Moscow V-Day Trip Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was once again this year the only EU leader to visit Moscow for Russia’s Victory Day commemorative WW2 celebrations on Saturday, which has drawn a predictable and fierce rebuke from Germany and European officials. This was the second time Fico attended V-Day celebrations, after a similar controversial visit last year. German […]

Europe Fails To React To Ukrainian Drone Incidents Authored by Lucas Leiroz de Almeida via Global Research, Recent drone incidents in European countries, especially in the Baltic states, are generating controversy among those who support the war with Russia. Some argue that Ukraine is merely defending itself against “Russian aggression,” with these “accidental” occurrences being an inevitable side effect of hostilities. […]

What Decades Of Academic Literature, Military Doctrine Says About Effectiveness Of ‘Decapitation Strikes’ Authored by José Niño via The Libertarian Institute The United States has long operated under a seductive strategic fantasy. Remove the leader of an adversary organization, whether a drug cartel, a terrorist group, or a sovereign state, and that organization will collapse, enabling American interests to fill the resulting […]

Marsha Blackburn To Secret Service: ‘Root Out The Rot’ Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Sen. Marsha Blackburn sent a sharply worded letter Wednesday to Secret Service Director Sean Curran demanding an immediate, top-to-bottom review of the Secret Service, a move that comes nearly two weeks after an armed gunman sprinted past a checkpoint leading to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in a third […]

Netanyahu Insists Iran War To Continue Until Uranium Is ‘Physically’ Removed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a 60 Minutes interview which aired Sunday that President Trump still wants Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium removed. Trump on Monday warned that the Iran ceasefire is on ‘massive life support’. Netanyahu told CBS show host Major Garrett that the military campaign had achieved “a great deal” but […]

India Rejects Russian LNG Under Sanctions India rejected Russia’s offer ​to sell it liquefied natural gas subject to US sanctions, despite a huge shortfall driven by Middle East tensions, leaving a tanker bound for India in limbo as talks continue on permitted cargoes, Reuters reports. The stance highlights the fine balance the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer is seeking to strike between securing energy […]

Iran Deploys Combat-Ready Mini Subs In Hormuz As US Flexes Nuclear Submarine En Route Rival submarine threats have emerged Monday amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz showdown and as President Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on “massive life support”. A US Navy nuclear-armed submarine has arrived in Gibraltar while en route into the Mediterranean Sea and likely Central Command or Middle East regional waters, in a very rare […]

Jeffries Calls On Half-Dozen Democratic States To Start ‘Aggressive’ Redistricting Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday named six Democratic states he wants to join New York in pursuing mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2028 election—a longer-term play as both parties have raced to redraw maps before the November 2026 midterms. “It’s going to be incredibly […]

“No More Nakedness”: Spencer Pratt’s L.A. Mayoral Plan To Restore Order ‘In Weeks’ Has Democrats In Panic Mode Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, whose social media team has been running circles around far-left incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and socialist Councilmember Nithya Raman in recent weeks, appears to be gaining momentum. Whether from his strong performance at last week’s mayoral debate or his viral social media ads, […]

California Mayor Indicted, Will Plead Guilty To Being CCP Agent In a significant development announced today by the U.S. Department of Justice, Arcadia, California Mayor Eileen Wang has been charged with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government – the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Wang, 58, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in […]

Iran Executes Top Young Aerospace Scientist, Alleging CIA & Mossad Ties Iran has executed 29-year-old aerospace engineer Erfan Shakourzadeh on Monday on espionage charges despite his protestations that authorities tortured him into giving a false confession, according to a prison note published before his execution, as recounted in Western press reports. Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online website announced and confirmed the […]

China’s Car Sales Slump As Gasoline Demand Craters Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Chinese car sales in China fell by 21.5% in April, driven by lower demand for gasoline-powered vehicles amid higher fuel prices. EV demand failed to offset the drop in internal combustion engine vehicle sales, as well. According to Bloomberg data, total car sales in China last month hit 1.4 million. This was the lowest since 2022, when […]