In Scramble To Open Up Hormuz, France & Italy Open Talks With Iran After India's Request

A Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea was attacked before sinking. Moscow says Kiev used underwater drones in the attack.  The Arctic Metagaz was hit on Tuesday, causing a fire to break out. The Russian state media outlet TASS reported that all 30 crew members on board are safe. The Russian […]

Amazon's Ring And Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal The Severity Of The U.S. Surveillance State Authored by Glenn Greenwald via Substack, That the U.S. Surveillance State is rapidly growing to the point of ubiquity has been demonstrated over the past week by seemingly benign events. While the picture that emerges is grim, to put it mildly, at least Americans are again confronted with crystal clarity over how severe this has become. One of Google’s Nest surveillance cameras, whose recordings can be accessed by Google even if users don’t subscribe to the security firm’s...

New Iran Supreme Leader Chosen, But Identity Concealed, As US-Israeli Strikes Obliterate Tehran's Energy Resources Iran officially announced Sunday that it has chosen its next supreme leader, though the identity of the successor remains under wraps for now, given that already the Assembly of Experts had last week paused the selection process amid the ongoing heavy US-Israeli bombing campaign. The other big concern is that the next Ayatollah of the Islamic Republic will have big target on his back while under the bombs. According to Iran's ISNA news agency, the Assembly...