NORAD Jets Intercept 2 Planes Over Restricted Airspace Near Trump's Golf Club

CIA Chief's Moscow Trip Was About Iran, Not A NATO Warning: Estonia's Ex-President Speculation has abounded over the nature of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's surprise Tuesday trip to Moscow and what was conveyed to top Kremlin intelligence officials. The 'official' Washington narrative of what was behind the trip was issued on Wednesday in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, which laid out Ratcliffe delivered a "warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries, according to people briefed on the visit." Since then, media reports and pundits have mused that nearby small 'eastern flank' countries...

US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Tuesday “completely destroyed” a Jewish synagogue in central Tehran, Iranian media has reported, as the bombing campaign continues to hit places of worship and other civilian targets. Photos and videos of the aftermath show that the damage at the Rafi-Nia Synagogue, and Hebrew-language religious books are seen in the rubble. […]

UAE State Oil Company Head Says Hormuz Bypass Pipeline Nearly 50 Percent Complete Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The head of the UAE's state oil company said on May 20 that a major new oil pipeline designed to bypass the Strait of Hormuz is nearly 50 percent complete, as regional tensions and competing maritime controls reshape global energy routes. UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who's also the managing director and group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, speaks via...