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29.05.2026 - 19:48 [ Antiwar.com ]

Report: Israel Pressing the US To Assassinate Iran’s Lead Negotiator

Israel is pressing the US to restart heavy airstrikes on Iran that would involve the targeted killing of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s lead negotiators, and attacks on the country’s oil infrastructure, Capital & Empire reported on Thursday.

The report, which cited US sources familiar with a classified report circulating within the US intelligence community, said Israel is aggressively pushing for the US to abandon talks with Iran and insisting that destroying oil infrastructure in the country could bring about regime change while also downplaying the impact the renewed full-scale war will have on the global economy.

25.05.2026 - 10:11 [ Middle East Eye ]

Iranian analyst says Trump retreated from two key elements in proposal

According to the analyst, the changes involved a ceasefire provision that was expected to cover Lebanon and the issue of unfreezing certain Iranian assets.

Ahmadian said the shift came after a phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

05.05.2026 - 00:26 [ PressTV.ir ]

US claim of sinking Iranian boats ‘a lie’, senior military official tells IRIB

Head of CENTCOM Admiral Brad Cooper said earlier on Monday that the US military had destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted missiles and drones fired at US warships, as he acknowledged that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had acted to stop Washington’s attempts to break Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.

05.05.2026 - 00:24 [ TurkiyeToday.com ]

CENTCOM denies Iranian claim that US warship was hit by two missiles

An Iranian military source also said that „the first shots have been fired“ at U.S. naval vessels attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz.

„Iran is fully prepared for every scenario and the Americans know that Iran will not allow Trump to bully its way through,“ the Iranian military source told Tasnim News Agency.

28.04.2026 - 06:52 [ taz ]

Anwältin über Verfassungsschutz: „So schaffen sich Behörden rechtsfreie Räume“

(April 24, 2026)

Voigt: Man musste in der öffentlichen Debatte zuweilen den Eindruck gewinnen, dass diese Zuschreibungen des Verfassungsschutzes unantastbar sind. Dabei sollte man wegen der Grundkonstellation besonders kritisch hinschauen: Der Verfassungsschutz schafft sich durch seine Einstufungen selbst die Grundlage für seine Beobachtungsaktivitäten.

26.04.2026 - 16:18 [ TRT World ]

Trump says shooting won‘t ‚deter‘ him from winning Iran war

„It‘s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don‘t know if that had anything to do with it, I really don‘t think so, based on what we know,“ Trump told reporters in a briefing at the White House after the shocking security incident.

Trump had earlier said, however, that „you never know“ if it could be linked to the Iran war, and said…

06.03.2026 - 14:56 [ Times of Israel ]

Will the war with Iran boost Netanyahu’s prospects at the ballot box?

An Israeli victory in the war against Iran would likely give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a bump in the polls but may not guarantee him a win in the upcoming national elections, in the assessment of several veteran political analysts. But were the regime to fall, it would significantly boost his prospects.

Since the outbreak of the war over the weekend, the opposition has set aside its criticisms and rallied behind the government, which a majority of Israeli Jews have told pollsters they believe can handle the conflict effectively.

30.01.2026 - 14:59 [ BrennanCenter.org ]

Congress Sleeps Through a Military Strike on Iran

(June 24, 2025)

The attack required congressional authorization.

29.01.2026 - 19:56 [ PressTV.ir ]

CIA-Mossad footprint turned Iran’s peaceful protests into ‘full-scale street war’: Analyst

In a statement issued after the foreign-engineered unrest, Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said 3,117 people were killed during the riots, including 2,427 civilians and security personnel.

Many were bystanders or protesters shot by organized terrorist elements. Yet, even amid those casualties, Ghaderi pointed to a detail he considers critical to understanding the government’s approach during the riots.

“Until the end of Thursday, January 8,” he remarked, “despite the killing of a significant number of police officers, members of the popular Basij forces, and ordinary civilians by terrorists, no one was killed by police firearms.” Only later, when violence intensified further, did the posture change.

“Of course, on Friday, given the high level of violence carried out by the terrorists, the police, following orders from senior authorities, engaged in armed confrontation with them,” Ghaderi said.

29.01.2026 - 19:39 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Tötungen in Iran: EU stuft Revolutionsgarde als Terrororganisation ein

Weiter nannte Wadephul die destabilisierende Rolle des Iran in der Region, die von der Revolutionsgarde verantwortet werde. Zudem stecke sie hinter Anschlagsversuchen in Deutschland und Europa. Sie habe Blut an ihren Händen, so der Bundesaußenminister.

28.01.2026 - 06:46 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Trump announces additional ‚beautiful armada‘ heading towards Iran, tells regime: ‚Make a deal‘

“In June, we obliterated Iran’s nuclear capacity in Operation Midnight Hammer,” Trump stated, addressing recent US military operations. „People had been waiting for 22 years to do that… They were about a month away from having a nuclear weapon. We had to do it.“

„There‘s another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now,“ Trump added, sharing that he hopes Iran will „make a deal“ and “should have made a deal the first time.”

27.01.2026 - 18:55 [ The War Zone - twz.com ]

Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Has Arrived In CENTCOM’s Area Of Responsibility

The arrival of the Lincoln CSG to the region follows a U.S. Air Force Central (AFCENT) announcement on Sunday that it will be conducting Agile Spartan, “a multi-day readiness exercise to demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.” AFCENT told us that Agile Spartan is “part of its regular exercise schedule and not in response to current tensions.” However, the optics of the timing are hard to avoid.

27.01.2026 - 18:52 [ Wionews.com ]

‚Ghost mode activated‘: Why USS Abraham Lincoln has turned off Its transponders as it‘s heading towards Iran?

As of January 26, 2026, the Lincoln is expected to be somewhere between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Oman, but its exact distance from the Iranian coast remains a mystery.

27.01.2026 - 17:20 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Anhörung zum Gesetzentwurf: Bundespolizei soll Staatstrojaner nutzen dürfen

Dazu gehört die neue Regelung zu einer Version des Staatstrojaners, die im Amtsdeutsch „Quellen-Telekommunikationsüberwachung“ heißt. Diese Form des Staatstrojaners wird durch den Gesetzentwurf erstmals für die Bundespolizei zur Abwehr von Gefahren eingeführt.

Die „Quellen-TKÜ“ lehnt zwar ihren Namen an die Überwachung laufender Telekommunikation an, ist aber praktisch ein Hacking-Werkzeug. Die dafür notwendige Schadsoftware wird unter Ausnutzung von Sicherheitslücken heimlich auf einem Endgerät aufgebracht und zeichnet die gewünschten Inhalte unbemerkt vom Nutzer auf.

27.01.2026 - 17:10 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Nach Strom-Anschlag von Berlin: Dobrindt will gegen Linksextremismus aufrüsten

Bereits kurz nach dem Anschlag auf das Berliner Stromnetz hatte Dobrindt zusätzliches Personal für die Nachrichtendienste und mehr digitale Befugnisse angekündigt. So solle jetzt in den Sicherheitsbehörden die Abwehr in diesem Bereich personell verstärkt werden, ohne dass dies zu Lasten der Abwehr von Gefahren aus anderen Extremismusbereichen gehe, so der Innenminister. Bei der digitalen Datenanalyse, der automatischen Gesichtserkennung und der Speicherung von IP-Adressen sollen Ermittler zudem mehr Befugnisse erhalten.

24.01.2026 - 15:07 [ LawDork.com ]

ICE‘s Fourth Amendment-free search policy, Minnesota church protest charges, and more

Although we haven’t seen that DHS Office of the General Counsel determination, DHS’s acting general counsel at the time was Joseph Mazzara.

Mazzara was most recently in the news for acknowledging that he was the person who gave DHS Secretary Kristi Noem legal advice about whether or not to turn around the Alien Enemies Act flights the night of March 15 after Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the administration to do so. (They did not turn the flights around.)

Sometime less than two months later, per Lyons, Mazzara’s office took on the Fourth Amendment as well.

24.01.2026 - 14:51 [ CNN ]

ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

23.01.2026 - 15:31 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Netanyahu trial: Prosecutors press PM on Elovich ties, conflict-of-interest deals in Case 4000

Tirosh further cited testimony by former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber, a state witness, who testified that he overheard a conversation in which Netanyahu asked his wife whether she was still in contact with Iris Elovich and allegedly instructed her to cut off contact and delete messages.

Judge Moshe Bar-Am intervened, questioning the necessity of further narrowing in on granular details of the text exchanges and the assumptions regarding what the prime minister knew. The case is being heard by a three-judge panel headed by Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman, alongside Bar-Am and Judge Oded Shaham.

13.01.2026 - 19:27 [ Barak David / Axios ]

Scoop: Trump‘s envoy secretly met Iran‘s exiled crown prince

White House envoy Steve Witkoff met secretly over the weekend with the exiled former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to discuss the protests raging in Iran, according to a senior U.S. official.

12.01.2026 - 18:12 [ Junge Welt ]

Großer Stromausfall in Berlin: »Sicherheitspaket« gegen links

(heute)

Am Sonnabend erschien auf dem Portal »Indymedia« schließlich ein weiterer Text, in dem sich Unbekannte mit – offenbar nur der Polizei bekannten – Details zum ersten Brandanschlag 2011 auf eine Kabelbrücke am Ostkreuz als »Vulkangruppe – Das Grollen des Eyajfjallajökull« bezeichnen. Im Text werden vier seit dem 7. Januar erschienene »Vulkangruppen«-Texte als Fakes bezeichnet,

08.01.2026 - 18:11 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Strom-Terror in Berlin: Kannste dir nicht ausdenken!

Als total dubios empfinde ich die (angebliche) Täterschaft einer sich „links“ nennenden Terror-Gruppe. Dazu kommt die Übernahme dieser fragwürdigen Charakterisierung des Terrors gegen Bürger als „links“ durch Medien und Politik. Der total abzulehnende Anschlag gegen tausende einfache Bürger kann selbst nach den massiven Umdeutungen des Wortsinns von „Links“ und „Rechts“ in den letzten Jahren in keiner Weise als „Links“ bezeichnet werden. Dieses Urteil trifft auch auf vorherige, angeblich durch die dubiose „Vulkan Gruppe“ verübte Anschläge zu. Mehr zur Rechts-Links-Verwirrung findet sich hier oder hier oder hier oder hier oder hier.

Wer Handlungen wie den Strom-Terror dennoch als „Links“ qualifiziert (wie die Gruppe selber oder viele Journalisten und Politiker), der führt die Bürger in die Irre und möchte den Ruf tatsächlich linker Inhalte (etwa das Streiten für soziale Gerechtigkeit) schwer beschädigen.

04.01.2026 - 22:27 [ Anadolu ]

US operation in Venezuela kills at least 40 people: Report

Citing a senior Venezuelan official, who spoke anonymously, the report said: „At least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed in the attack.“

US officials told the New York Times that the assault involved a large-scale aerial operation aimed at disabling Venezuelan air defenses before ground forces were deployed.

„More than 150 US aircraft were dispatched to knock out air defenses, so military helicopters could deliver troops who assaulted Mr. Maduro‘s position, US officials said,“ it noted.

26.12.2025 - 16:57 [ TheAfricaReport.com ]

Nigeria gave US intelligence for strikes on militants

“It’s Nigeria that provided the intelligence,” Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar told local television network ChannelsTV, saying he was on the phone with US State Secretary Marco Rubio.

“We spoke twice. We spoke for 19 minutes before the strike and then we spoke again for another five minutes before it went on,” Tuggar said.

26.12.2025 - 16:51 [ Vanguard Nigeria ]

Trump says US launched ‘numerous’ deadly strikes on IS in Nigeria

“May God Bless our Military,” he said, adding provocatively, “MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.”

US Africa Command said in an X post that it conducted a strike “at the request of Nigerian authorities…killing multiple ISIS terrorists.”

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth took to X to praise his department’s readiness to take action in Nigeria, and said he was “grateful for Nigerian government support & cooperation.”

20.12.2025 - 05:57 [ Long War Journal ]

US launches widespread airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria after deadly Palmyra attack

The Syrian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement extending “its condolences to the families of the Syrian and American security personnel who were killed in the terrorist attacks that took place in Palmyra and northern Syria.” The statement reiterated Syria’s “firm commitment to fighting the Islamic State.” A US official told CNN that since the December 13 attack, US forces and partner forces have carried out 10 operations that resulted in the killing or arrest of approximately 23 individuals. On December 14, Syria’s Ministry of Interior said that its units carried out an operation in Palmyra to arrest five suspects accused of involvement in the killing of US service members in “coordination with the General Intelligence Directorate and the International Coalition forces.”

20.12.2025 - 05:52 [ ABC News ]

US launches retaliatory strikes in Syria on dozens of ISIS targets

Hegseth said „Operation Hawkeye Strike“ was carried out in Syria „to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites in direct response to the attack on U.S. forces that occurred on Dec. 13 in Palmyra, Syria.

U.S. Central Command also confirmed in a statement that Jordanian fighter aircraft also participated in Friday’s strikes.

„This is not the beginning of a war — It is a declaration of vengeance,“ said Hegseth.

15.12.2025 - 00:52 [ Middle East Monitor ]

3 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

December 14, 2025 at 8:07 pm

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The attacks came amid reports that Lebanon had received warnings from Arab and international parties on Israeli preparations to launch a large-scale offensive in Lebanon.