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EU Leaders Ignore Deadly Starobilsk Dormitory Strike While Condemning Russian Retaliation
Western outrage again appears selective as deaths of 21 students in Lugansk receive little political attention, filtered through alliance politics rather than universal principle European Union leaders and several major Western governments have condemned Russia’s latest retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine while remaining largely silent about the Ukrainian drone attack on the Starobilsk Professional College… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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Putin Left Beijing With Agreements. Trump Left With a Tour
Russia and China signed agreements. America extended oil licences it said it never would. Britain quietly importing Russian fuel, and a front-line disaster in Konstantinovka that Western media refuses to report – the week the Ukraine war changed permanently. An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Beijing in the third week… Continue reading
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Iran Targets Undersea Internet Cables in Strait of Hormuz
Tehran’s new licensing plan for foreign fiber optic cables increases pressure on US tech companies and adds another layer to growing global infrastructure tensions. Iran has announced a new plan to charge fees for underwater internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said companies such… Continue reading
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1953 Coup: The Original Sin of US-Iran Relations
The 1953 Anglo-American overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh destroyed a democratic nationalist government, and laid the foundations for the anti-Western resistance doctrine drives Tehran’s politics today The modern confrontation between Iran and the United States did not begin with the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the embassy hostage crisis, or the rise of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah… Continue reading
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Bolivia Rises: Lithium, the DEA and a Plot to Kill Evo Morales
The US signed a lithium agreement, put the DEA back in La Paz, and allegedly ordered Evo Morales killed – Bolivia’s workers burned it all down An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 Bolivia has never been a simple country to govern, and the Andean republic’s turbulent history of resource nationalism, external interference, and popular mobilisation… Continue reading
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The President Who Stole His Country’s War
New recordings tie Zelensky’s inner circle to seven billion dollars in diverted military funds while Ukrainians die at the front An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 The political crisis gathering around Volodymyr Zelensky now extends far beyond military setbacks, territorial losses, mobilisation controversies, or deteriorating demographics. A far more dangerous threat has emerged from inside… Continue reading
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The Man Looting Ukraine’s War
Behind the wartime hero image, new recordings tie Zelensky and his inner circle to seven billion dollars in diverted military funds while Ukrainians die at the front An Extended Analysis | May 2026 Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expired in May 2024. Under the Ukrainian constitution, no mechanism existed to extend it lawfully during wartime, since… Continue reading
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After Ukraine’s Largest Drone Assault, the Kremlin Faces Hard Choices
An analytical assessment of the Moscow drone strikes of 17 May 2026, the internal pressures reshaping Russian strategic decision-making, and the diminishing viability of a negotiated settlement Editorial Analysis | 17 May 2026 Eight days after Vladimir Putin told journalists at a Kremlin press conference that the conflict with Ukraine was coming to a conclusion,… Continue reading
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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Editorial Version)
An analytical examination of the US blockade on Iran, the systematic disruption of energy flows to Asia, and the long-term campaign to isolate China The United States Navy’s deployment of FA-18 Super Hornets to conduct strafing attacks against Iranian commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on 6 and 8 May 2026, three vessels targeted,… Continue reading
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