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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reportedly struck militia targets after attacks linked to the Iran conflict Saudi Arabia and Kuwait conducted covert strikes on targets in Iraq linked to Iranian-backed paramilitary groups during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday.According to the outlet, the strikes marked an independent response to attacks on Gulf states’ territory amid fading trust in the US security umbrella.Kuwait and Saudi Arabia – both hosting major US military bases – came under missile and drone attacks as Iran retaliated against the US-Israeli campaign launched in late February. However, hundreds of the drones targeting the nations reportedly…

The Spanish public broadcaster RTVE is debuting a documentary on “ICE List,” a reportedly Europe-based website with a database purporting to contain identifying information of thousands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The documentary, titled, ‘ICE: Digital Resistance Against Trump’ is centered around what RTVE described as the “citizen resistance against the anti-immigration campaign” launched in response to President Donald Trump’s anti-illegal migrant crackdown policies. The documentary is set to launch through RTVE’s online streaming platform RTVE Play on Thursday, May 14, at 06:00 p.m. (local time). “ICE List” is a website founded by Dominick Skinner that claims to…

Residents of Havana took to the streets of several neighborhoods in the capital city on Tuesday night for the second day in a row to protest against the communist Castro regime amid a new, over 30-hour-long blackout. Over the past two days, Cubans living in Havana have been enduring yet another over 30-hour-long blackout as the ailing communist regime finds itself unable to consistently provide power to the Cuban capital city. Cuban-focused outlets reported that residents of the Havana neighborhoods of Bahía, Marianao, Diez de Octubre, Nuevo Vedado, Luyanó, and others banged pots, set up campfires, and burned piles of…

COVAM, the Spanish Navy’s main maritime surveillance body, has identified over 600 speedboats suspected of actively engaging in drug trafficking operations around the Strait of Gibraltar. The staggering revelation was reportedly disclosed by Spain’s Department of National Security to the nation’s Congress in a new annual report — and comes at a time when Spanish politicians are demanding tougher actions to fight against organized crime and drug trafficking around the Andalusian strait. The Spanish newspaper El País detailed that the report ascertains that organized crime — particularly, drug-related crime — is a central threat to the national security of Spain due to tis…

Honda announced a 423.9 billion yen ($2.7 billion) loss Thursday in a first-ever negative result for the fabled Japanese automaker, reportedly driven by heavy costs for its electric-vehicle plans underscored by President Donald Trump’s pro-U.S. manufacturing policies. AP reports the longstanding automaker – established in 1948 by Soichiro Honda – conceded the dire losses related to its EV operations are estimated to total 2.5 trillion yen ($16 billion), incurred mostly in the fiscal year just ended and the current fiscal year. Analysts cited by the outlet detailed Honda Motor Co. plunged into an EV-dominant strategy when the market simply was not interested.…

President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, May 13. Trump arrived in China earlier Wednesday to a red carpet welcome featuring hundreds of Chinese youths chanting “Welcome!” Trump’s visit to China is the first by a U.S. president in nine years since he traveled there in 2017 in his first term. He and Xi are expected to discuss a range of topics, including trade, tariffs, and the Iran conflict. Watch: Donald Trump Arrives in Beijing to Meet with Xi Jinping Read the full article here

House Democrats say they tried playing nice. Now the gloves are off. After spending more than a decade pushing for anti-gerrymandering measures and other good-government initiatives, Democratic lawmakers said this week they are gearing up to play political hardball in the wake of stunning court losses on redistricting — potentially for years to come. “We will beat the far-right extremists,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday. “We’re going to win in November, and then we’re going to crush their souls as it relates to the extremism that they are trying to unleash on the American people.” It’s a marked…

Two years after anti-transgender attacks flooded the airwaves, the country’s leading LGBTQ+ rights group is gearing up for a major response this November. The Human Rights Campaign is pouring $15 million into the midterms, its largest investment ever into a non-presidential cycle. The group eyes eight battleground House districts currently represented by Republicans, and it anticipates kitchen-table issues — not the culture war — will ultimately decide the races. “It doesn’t matter what party people subscribe to. It doesn’t matter where they live. Most Americans are concerned about the exact same things,” said HRC President Kelley Robinson. “The trans issues…

Two servicemen have reportedly been injured in an assault outside of a base in the Netherlands Two German soldiers have been attacked outside the NATO operational headquarters in Brunssum, Netherlands, according to dpa news agency and Der Spiegel. The assailants, who are yet to be identified, reportedly shouted anti-NATO slogans.A personal protection officer and a staff officer who were both in plain clothes were attacked in a wooded area just outside the base on Monday evening, Der Spiegel said. Both sustained light injuries but are in good condition, a spokesperson for the German Defense Ministry told journalists, adding that the…

On Wednesday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) said there could be a deal on Iran to “get rid of the 60% enriched uranium, reduce some of the sanctions. It’ll be Chinese companies, not U.S. companies, that go into rebuild Iran. It’ll probably be Chinese oil companies that go in and rebuild their infrastructure. So, there could be a win-win for the Chinese.” Bera said, “If they can come to some agreement on extending the ceasefire with Iran, we’ve worked with the Chinese on the Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA under the Obama administration. The Chinese helped reduce the…