On Thursday 7 May, voters across Britain will go to the polls. In Wales and Scotland, voters will elect their devolved parliaments; in England, almost 5,000 councillors will be elected in local authorities from Plymouth on the south-west coast to Tyneside in the north-east. In London, all 32 boroughs will hold all-out elections, with every council […]
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In early February, Turkmen media reported on a development tracked by FlightRadar24, noting that US Air Force transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III and MC-130 Super Hercules had landed at an undisclosed location inside Turkmenistan. Of particular concern was the arrival of the MC-130 Super Hercules, which is used for transporting special forces units, as well as performing night operations.
The post US Ground Invasion of Iran Could Launch From Turkmenistan appeared first on MintPress News.
The new Iran war follows a road map drafted by a revived neocon network of Iraq War defense hawks, Israel lobby allies, and dark money groups.
Authors: Will Huggins, Jeremy Chinquist
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In a desperate bid to censor further documentation of the damage inflicted by Iranian missiles and drones, the Bahraini authorities are pursuing a legal campaign targeting what they call “high betrayal” for filming the ongoing retaliatory strikes. Bahrain’s Public Prosecution seeks to implement the “death penalty” and are operating on the basis that they will pursue violators “without the slightest mercy”.
The post Iran Strikes US Fifth Fleet Base – Bahrain Erupts in Uprising & Saudi Forces Move to Crush Dissent appeared first on MintPress News.
Doctor Who on Netflix? The streamer's recent announcement and co-CEO Greg Peters' recent comments could make things very interesting...
12th of March 2026 The vexed question of the place of politics in sport has surfaced yet again at the Winter Olympics in Milan. The Ukrainian skeleton skier Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to wear a “helmet of remembrance” displaying the names of 24 fellow athletes killed during the Russian invasion of his country. The International Olympic … Continue reading More Sport, Less War by Robert Skidelsky. Published in The American Conservative.
These days, synthesised sound is easy to access – but early electronic music pioneers had to get hands on to produce it
- by Aeon Video
The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing
- by Nickan Arzpeyma
People’s misunderstanding of terms like ‘heritability’ shows how important it is to communicate science carefully
- by Alice Gregory
Technologies of preserving and reviving organisms are already redefining the meaning of life, death, and extinction itself
- by Sadiah Qureshi
The British pub, in all its rich diversity and versatility, has long been an undisputed central component of life on this island. Despite this, hospitality as a sector has been historically neglected as a site of political and industrial struggle, instead playing host to drinking sessions after the ‘real work’ has taken place. Nonetheless, the sector […]
Yes, the Americans and Israelis are inflicting a lot of damage. But that damage does not appear to be degrading the military enough to really matter. It’s mostly hitting civilians. There is zero possibility of stopping Shahed drone production, they are made with fiberglass bodies, there are hundreds if not thousands of facilities which can […]
Trump attacked Iran. That’s when a mysterious radio broadcast in Farsi began.
Regular readers will know that I hate the term NAIRU – or Non-Accelerating-Inflation-Rate-of-Unemployment – which is a concoction invented by mainstream economists to maintain unemployment at elevated levels (to keep the working class in its place) and give cover to central banks to run monetary policies that redistribute income from poor to rich. If you…
Reading guides to Sydney bookshops from the 1970s and 80s, it’s striking just how many there were in the city in those decades. Across the new, remainder, secondhand and specialist bookshops, there were more than you would be able to visit in a day. The 1987 guide by Christine Flynn lists over 100. Now the […]
It’s the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and any lessons from that event seem to have been forgotten by most. Political leaders of all stripes, from centre-left to far right have been keen to promote nuclear power as at least a partial solution to the problem of replacing coal and gas. The peak […]
I have to admit that I am not at all sure of the date of International Women’s Day. It seemed to be every day of the past week or so. Which perhaps ought to be the case every damn week. So it seems timely to tell you about the current issue (Volume 35) of Women’s History […]
Nick Turse and Hooman Majd discuss war on Iran and other U.S. conflicts, and Sam Biddle breaks down how AI is being used.
The post Trump’s AI-Powered World Wars appeared first on The Intercept.
Together, we’ll tackle the question facing the country right now: How do you confront a presidency that operates without limits?
Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.
The post Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran appeared first on The Intercept.
The conglomerate has pledged to close all 134 of its locations in the state if lawmakers attempt to rein in its sprawling health business.
Struggling to speak after an operation, one man sets out to build himself a new connection to the world: a radio antenna
- by Aeon Video