Tuesday, May 12, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Iran Says It Will Completely Close Strait of Hormuz If US Bombs Iranian Power Plants

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian military has warned that if the US or Israel bomb Iran’s power plants or other energy infrastructure, it will completely close the Strait of Hormuz and target similar infrastructure in Israel and regional countries hosting US bases. Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya...

Iranian Strike on Dimona Highlights Israel’s Secret Nuclear Weapons Program

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Saturday, an Iranian missile struck Dimona, a city in southern Israel near the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, a facility where Israel first developed nuclear weapons and is believed to still be a crucial part of Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program. Iranian media said the strike...

Lindsey Graham on Iran’s Kharg Island: ‘We Did Iwo Jima. We Can Do This’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday called for the US to capture Iran’s Kharg Island, where most of the country’s oil exports pass, comparing the potential operation to the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. “Here’s what I’d tell President Trump: Keep it up for a...

Jet Smashes into Fire Truck at NY Airport, Killing 2

(Headline USA) An Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on the runway after landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, crushing the nose of the plane, according to authorities and photos of the wreckage. Two people were killed, according to a person familiar with the investigation into...

Thousands More Marines Headed To Middle East as Trump Considers Ground Operations in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is deploying thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East amid reports that President Trump is considering launching ground operations in Iran as the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic continues to escalate. US officials told Reuters on Friday that the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU),...

ICE Agents to Assist w/ Airport Security Beginning Monday

(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will help with security efforts at the nation's airports beginning Monday as a partial government shutdown is causing lengthy delays for passengers, President Donald Trump wrote Sunday on social media. "On Monday, ICE will be going to airports to...

Iran Strikes Near Israeli Nuclear Research Center

(Headline USA) Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research center, while President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz...

Trump: Strikes on Iran Could Be ‘Winding Down’

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The U.S. is “very close” to meeting objectives in Iran, President Donald Trump said Friday, while providing a glimpse of the region after military strikes cease. The president added that the U.S. is considering “winding down” military operations in the region. He made the comments...

Brazilian Lawmaker Wears Blackface to Mock Transgenderism

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A Brazilian legislator last week mocked one of LGBT activists’ core arguments in favor of transgenderism with a simple demonstration during a state assembly session in São Paulo. Faviana Bolsonaro, a 32-year-old female member of the country’s right-leaning Liberal Party, took the dais on Wednesday to...

Israeli Officials Say Attack on Iran’s Pars Gas Field Was Coordinated With the US

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli officials told The New York Times on Thursday that the attack on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field was coordinated with the US, despite President Trump claiming the US “knew nothing” of the plans to strike the energy infrastructure. The South Pars gas...

Secret Service Agent from Butler Shooting Now Suspended for Secretly Marrying Foreigner

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Secret Service agent Myosoty Perez, one of the planners of the deadly July 13, 2024, Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, received the longest suspension in the entire agency for the security failures that occurred at that event, where Donald Trump was nearly assassinated. Now, she’s in...

WATCH: Journalist Narrowly Survives Israeli Airstrike While Filming

(José Niño, Headline USA) A British journalist narrowly escaped death when an Israeli missile struck just meters from where he was filming in southern Lebanon, capturing the harrowing moment on camera before being wounded by shrapnel. Steve Sweeney, a correspondent for Russian state media outlet RT, and his cameraman Ali...
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