Simplicius | The first visit by a sitting CIA head to Russia since 2022 prefiguring the launch of a major new offensive against Russian airports is certainly not to be taken as a “coincidence”. | One thing that becomes absolutely certain now, is that the CIA director’s visit to Moscow obviously had something to do with this. There may have been multiple angles to his visit, but we are now left to assume this was the main end-all-be-all reason: to deliver a final warning to Russia: “If you do not stop finishing off Ukraine’s infrastructure, a new unprecedented terror campaign against your airports will shut down all travel to your key cities.”

Glenn Diesen: I had the pleasure of being on MOATS with George Galloway to discuss the US panic as it cannot win the war against Iran and cannot accept the conditions for peace. Meanwhile, Germany continues on the path toward another war with Russia.

Caitlin Johnstone | Today in dystopia, war pundits have begun suggesting that the US could recruit sufficient troops for a ground invasion of Iran by offering young Americans debt forgiveness in exchange for enlisting. I guess it was only a matter of time. | It’s just everything ugly about the US empire all rolled up in one neat little package, isn’t it? Struggling American citizens strapped with mountains of bills because they live in a dystopia which plunges people into debt for the privilege of living on the planet they were born on, desperately enlisting to go kill people in an imperialist war of aggression overseas in the hope of one day getting their heads above water financially.

Officials say at least 63 others wounded in attack on city of Kuhestak, including women and children. | Iran has accused the United States of bombing a house during a wedding celebration in the southern county of Sirik, killing at least five people, including a child. ● Esmaeil Baghaei, the spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the “brutal” attack hit the residence in the city of Kuhestak early on Wednesday. More than 50 people, including women and children, were killed and wounded, he said. Iran’s Press TV reported that at least five people were killed.

■  US strike hits wedding reception in southern Iran, martyring five, including a child (Press TV)
■  At least 12 martyred, scores wounded in US missile attacks on southern Iran (Press TV)
■  Number of people injured in US strike on wedding ceremony in Iran rises to 68 (TASS)
✅ Trump regime bombs wedding party in Iran, killing five people, injuring dozens of civilians (L. Hohmann)

Iran attacked U.S. military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region. | Iran's strike on Jordan's bases Tehran's powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had responded to Sunday's American attack by striking two U.S. air bases with ballistic missiles in Jordan, causing "heavy damage". Jordan's army said it had intercepted eight missiles. Iran's strike on UAE's base Tehran also claimed it targeted U.S. military personnel at an air base in the United Arab Emirates and shot down a U.S. drone over the Strait of Hormuz. US strike on Iran's Larak The flurry of attacks came after the U.S. said Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on the small island of Larak in the strategic shipping lane. Washington said its attacks were aimed at preventing Iran from placing more sea mines in the strait, days after the US announced it had completed clearing explosives from the waterway.

■  Iran vows 'crushing' retaliation following latest US airstrikes on southern provinces (Press TV)
■  Trump threatens to ‘hit Iran hard’ after new flare-up (RT)
■  Jordan's military deterrence erodes as Iran strikes US regional bases (Al Mayadeen)
✅ Gulf economies face new era of uncertainty after six months of war (Al Mayadeen English)

Joe Kent has told Tucker Carlson that President Donald Trump could go for the nuclear option amid reported shortages of conventional weapons | The US could use nuclear weapons against Iran after failing to topple its leadership with conventional means, former presidential counterterrorism adviser Joe Kent has told podcaster Tucker Carlson. ● In April, US President Donald Trump threatened that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” unless Tehran agreed to Washington’s demands. Trump has since repeatedly issued similar threats, saying that US forces could obliterate the country’s civilian infrastructure, including power plants and bridges.

Finland’s opposition parties have condemned the ruling party’s government for extending military cooperation with the Israeli regime. | According to a report by Finland's national public broadcasting company (Yle) on Saturday, the government had quietly signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on military cooperation with Israel, extending military ties until 2034. ● The MoU covers research, development and procurement of military equipment and was proposed by Finland in early 2024, when the previous five-year agreement was due to expire.

[Editor's Comment:] This is to be expected when a CIA agent becomes president of a country. Finland is no exception. ● Finland used to be peaceful and could reach compromises with Russia. Now there’s nothing but threats of war: drone attacks against its neighbor to the east, and plans to deploy American nuclear weapons on Finnish soil. ● Since CIA asset Alexander Stubb became president, the US obviously is in the driver’s seat in Finland, and now there’s even military coordination between Finland and Israel like there is between the US and Israel. (Genocide clearly is no obstacle here.) ● Plus this: Mr. Stubb and little Finland are in the news all the time. Now, how can that be?

Its trajectory ran from northwestern Arkhangelsk Region to Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East, the Defense Ministry has said | The Russian military has conducted a successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow. ● The test warhead, which was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodetome in Arkhangelsk Region, followed a trajectory which took it across the county to Kura training range in Kamachatka Peninsula in the Far East, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.

■  CIA Director John Ratcliffe, during secretive trip, warned Russia not to attack NATO (CBS News)
■  CIA chief used Moscow visit to warn Russia against attacks on NATO allies, helping Iran (Politico)

[Editor's Comment:] "[The] trajectory ran from northwestern Arkhangelsk Region to Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East." Russia is Russia from west to east, from east to west, and you cannot defeat us. We can strike you whenever we want. Be careful.  ●  This is four or five days after the CIA director visited Moscow. The Russian response is quite clear.

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has reached a huge oil deal with Venezuela that gives the United States majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves. | The deal -- which Trump proclaimed as "the biggest oil deal in world history" -- will bring nearly $100 billion in private investment to Venezuela, US and Venezuelan officials said. ● Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves. Its government has operated under intense pressure and close scrutiny from the Trump administration since the US ousted and captured long time ruler Nicolas Maduro in January. ● Washington allowed his vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, to stay on and serve as interim leader so long as she toes the US line.

■  The US will control 55% of output from the new oil company in Venezuela (MercoPress)
■  US Army drills in Venezuela met with protests (Peoples Dispatch)

Kurt Nimmo | The Donroe Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine works toward authoritarian dominance in Latin America. | Trump’s favorite in Colombia is Abelardo de la Espriella, the rightwing “populist” millionaire who, as a child, tortured and killed cats with explosives, similar to the notorious serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and David Berkowitz. His wealthy family backed Álvaro Uribe, candidate of the Colombia First party of Antioquia, as president despite Uribe’s links to drug traffickers and paramilitary groups. ■ Espriella, aka El Tigre, won the Colombian presidential race earlier this month, defeating President Gustavo Petro, described as a “leftwing South American firebrand” by the corporate media. Petro, who traded insults with Trump, claims the election was stolen. He did not attend Espriella’s swearing in ceremony at Santiago de Cali University, outside Bogotá.

✅ Huge scandal exposes how USA uses criminals to manipulate elections in Latin America (Ben Norton)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday the United States is “entering the endgame” in the monthslong conflict with Iran as an “economic D-Day” is set to begin on Monday. | In an opinion piece in the Financial Times, Bessent wrote about the strategy behind the planned slew of economic policies that he called “the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary.” President Donald Trump said earlier in the month the U.S. would begin shifting away from military pressure toward economic policies meant to further harm Tehran’s economy and isolate it from global commerce.

■  US Treasury chief warns Iran of 'economic D-Day,' threatens third-country sanctions (The Herald Business)
■  Baghaei: Iran Will Show No Compromise in Defending National Sovereignty (WANA)
■  Iran vows ‘not a single drop’ of oil will leave Gulf if region complies with US plan (RT)
✅ Sanctioning the Dollar Iran Already Left: Why Bessent’s “Economic D-Day” Is Toothless (Larry C. Johnson)

Tyler Durden | "It's largely an issue of ... people living in just horrible conditions in close proximity to rats." | In what can only be described as a stunning failure of state and local policy and leadership, Los Angeles County recorded its highest tally of flea-borne typhus cases in 2025, confirming 220 diagnoses, up from 187 the year before, according to the county's Department of Public Health. Almost nine in ten of those patients ended up hospitalized. Fleas that feed on infected rats, opossums, and other small mammals carry the bacteria behind the disease to humans, and Los Angeles has watched the case count climb for years. The 2025 total marks the sharpest jump yet.

From Talks to War: US and Israel Launch War Against Iran / First Day of War & Killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader | On February 28, 2026, explosions occurred in five Iranian cities: Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, and Kermanshah. The residence of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was completely destroyed by a direct hit. ● Israel carried out a preemptive strike on Iran. Targets included nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, as well as IRGC headquarters, air defense bases, and military-industrial sites. Israel named its military operation Roaring Lion. Documented evidence emerged showing that missiles struck not only military targets, but also civilian infrastructure in Iran. ● US launched strikes against the Iranian Armed Forces using Tomahawk missiles from warships; drones and HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems were also used. Guided missile destroyers USS Spruance, USS Frank E. Petersen, and USS Milius operated against Iran. In total, US ships fired up to 200 Tomahawk missiles in the first two days of the war. The number intercepted by Iranian air defenses was not reported.

📌 They Saw it Coming: How American military planners anticipated failure in Iran (Amerikanets)

Beijing says sanctions without UN approval have no basis in international law | Beijing: China said on Friday that US "sanctions and pressure" would not resolve the Middle East conflict, after Washington urged governments including Beijing to join efforts to isolate the Iranian economy. ● The United States has vowed it would "collapse" the Iranian regime with its threatened campaign, which Tehran has branded as "economic terrorism" doomed to fail, nearly six months since their war began. ● Asked about US President Donald Trump's threats, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters on Friday that "sanctions and pressure will not help resolve the issue".

February 25, 2024 | (Ukrayinska Pravda) The US's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) maintains 12 secret bases in Ukraine along the border with Russia, and last Thursday CIA chief William Burns made his 10th secret visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Source: The New York Times, based on more than 200 interviews with current and former officials in Ukraine, the United States and Europe

Details: The NYT reports that before the full-scale war, the Ukrainians proved themselves to the Americans by collecting intercepted data that helped prove Russian involvement in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner in 2014. Ukrainians also helped Americans prosecute the Russian agents who interfered in the 2016 US presidential election.

Around 2016, the CIA began training an elite Ukrainian special forces unit known as Unit 2245, which captured Russian drones and communications equipment so that CIA technicians could reverse-engineer them and crack Moscow's encryption systems. According to the NYT, one of the officers in this unit was the current head of Defence Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov.

The CIA also helped train a new generation of Ukrainian spies who worked in Russia, throughout Europe, and in Cuba and other places where Russians have a significant presence.

According to The New York Times, the details of the partnership between the Ukrainian and American intelligence agencies have been a closely guarded secret for a decade.

Quote: "Now these intelligence networks are more important than ever, as Russia is on the offensive and Ukraine is more dependent on sabotage and long-range missile strikes that require spies far behind enemy lines. And they are increasingly at risk. If Republicans in Congress end military funding to Kyiv, the CIA may have to scale back.

To try to reassure Ukrainian leaders, William J. Burns, the CIA director, made a secret visit to Ukraine last Thursday, his 10th visit since the invasion."

More details: The NYT reports that the partnership between the CIA and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) began in late February 2014, when former president Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia. This cooperation was proposed by Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, who became the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

US rules prohibited intelligence agencies from providing Ukraine with any support that could be "reasonably expected" to have lethal consequences. However, the red lines were never precisely clear, creating constant tension in the partnership.

In Kyiv, Nalyvaichenko picked a longtime aide, General Valerii Kondratiuk, to head the DIU, and they created a new paramilitary unit that was deployed behind the Russian aggressor's lines to conduct operations and gather intelligence that the CIA or MI6 could not provide.

After an incident that occurred when Budanov's group entered Crimea in 2016, the Americans became very angry and threatened to close the programme down.

Larry Sanger accused the CIA and it's allies of editing articles for years to spread propaganda

Information about Israel's genocide in Gaza is itself the target of a well-funded propaganda and erasure effort. ● Israel has spent more than $1 billion on propaganda since 7 October 2023 to reverse the collapse in public support for its genocide in the strip, according to a 24 July report by Responsible Statecraft, with over $100 million of that spent in the US alone through registered foreign agents. ● Part of that money goes to what the outlet describes as LLM poisoning – building pro-Israel websites designed to feed chatbots such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok when users ask about the genocide.

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on X | They are discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings. Yes you read that correctly. It’s real. I’m not speculating, I know. And it’s pure evil.

🚩 The last time a nuclear weapon was used was August 6th and 9th of 1945 on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, immediately killing 110,000 people, vaporizing people at ground zero, and total deaths reached 214,000 by the end of the year from severe burns and trauma. But the extreme suffering continued for the Japanese people from radiation sickness, skyrocketing cancer rates, and generational birth defects. Not to mention wiping out all means of their economy. And the suffering was so great that all of humanity vowed, “never again.”

🚩 Trump and his admin were told by our own intelligence that Iran was no where near creating a nuclear weapon, then Israel said the same line it’s repeated for decades, “Iran is only weeks away.” So we bombed anyways, killed their leaders and innocent little children in a school, and Iran has controlled the Strait of Hormuz ever since and punished the region for their part in it.

🚩 And now our government is the one actually discussing lowering the nuclear threshold in order to use nuclear weapons against Iran even though Trump claims he’s won the war like 40 times and says the U.S. controls the SoH. Trump promised no more foreign wars, but may actually be the one who delivers a nuclear holocaust that would likely drag the entire world into major conflict, economic depression, and mass human suffering we’ve never seen in our lifetimes and maybe throughout history.

🚩 People need to speak out and boldly stop this insanity. America is not untouchable. If and when that happens, everyone, and I do mean everyone, will hold ALL of those in leadership right now fully responsible for the rest of human history. Do not use nuclear weapons and stop this war NOW. (Thanx to Hal Turner)

The Trump administration has been actively involved in aiding Ukraine in bombing Moscow and St. Petersburg. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed today that Russia has sent a formal Inquiry to the U.S. State Department outlining Intelligence evidence showing the United States of America has been deeply involved in the organizing and execution of attacks that have taken place deep inside Russian territory. The evidence, Lavrov says, proves the Trump administration has been actively involved in aiding Ukraine in bombing Moscow and St. Petersburg. Explicitly, Lavrov says the evidence proves the U.S. has even been involved in attacks upon CIVILIAN targets inside Russia. He made clear Russia is waiting for answers from the State Department. He did not say how long Russia would wait before taking action.

■ US directly involved in Ukrainian strikes on Russia – Lavrov (RT) (22 Jul, 2026)
■ Trump urges Zelensky to make Vladimir Putin 'feel the pain' by bombing MOSCOW and St Petersburg (GB)
■ Trump Raised Striking Moscow, St Petersburg in Zelensky Call (Newsweek) (Jul 15, 2025)
■ U.S. Conducts Large-Scale NUCLEAR ATTACK Exercises (Hal Turner)

US President Donald Trump says the situation with Iran is “going fine”, telling reporters at Joint Base Andrews that US forces are in “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz | US forces have disabled a Panama-flagged cargo ship attempting to sail towards an Iranian port by firing two Hellfire missiles at its steering gear after it ignored warnings. ● Iran demands a complete end to the US war and blockade, the release of its frozen assets, and a regional ceasefire before it reopens the Strait of Hormuz. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the strait would remain closed until all conditions were met. ● Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has visited Tehran for discussions with Iranian officials as part of mediation efforts to halt the US-Israel war and unblock the Strait of Hormuz.

■ Iran May Control Hormuz 'Forever': Wendy Sherman (Yahoo Finance)
■ IRAN: Strait of Hormuz will reopen only when US accepts Our conditions (IRNA)
■ Strait of Hormuz reopening tied to curbing Israel: Expert (Mehr News Agency)
■ Is Iran Closing the Persian Gulf to U.S. Warships? (WANA)
■ Trump vows to get compensation from Iran for deaths of US troops (TASS)

A Trump-linked oil company has shown up on the Danish territory without an invitation | An American oil company backed by powerful associates of US President Donald Trump has shipped drilling equipment to Greenland without permission from the Danish territory’s government. Is Trump trying to annex Greenland one bite at a time? ● Less than two weeks ago, a Danish tugboat towed a cargo ship into port at Nerlerit Inaat, 450 kilometers above the Arctic circle on Greenland’s east coast. The cargo ship, operated by a company called Permagreen, unloaded an excavator and 15 containers of equipment, before leaving the following day, according to Danwatch, a Danish investigative journalism outlet. ● A Permagreen spokesperson told Danwatch that the company was hired by the Texas-based Greenland Energy Company to deliver “some machinery and equipment that will support their oil exploration” in the region of Jameson Land. ● The Greenland Energy Company had no permission to deliver the equipment, Greenland’s Energy Ministry said in a press release, adding that the company has still not been granted the necessary permits to drill in Jameson Land, a wetland area protected by the international Ramsar Convention.

■ Greenland issues sharp rebuke to Trump-linked oil company (France 24)

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, during her speech at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the atomic bombing, again failed to mention the United States as the country that had dropped atomic bombs on Japanese cities. The ceremony is broadcast on Japan's main television channels and online.

A similar situation occurred three days earlier in Hiroshima. At the August 6 ceremony, Takaichi and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui also avoided naming the United States as the country that dropped the atomic bomb on the city. However, Matsui, citing the wishes of an atomic bomb survivor, mentioned the conflict in Ukraine. ■ In August 1945, US pilots dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic blast and its aftermath killed 140,000 people out of a population of 350,000 in Hiroshima, and 74,000 in Nagasaki. The overwhelming majority of victims of the atomic bombing were civilians. On the anniversaries of the tragic events — August 6 and 9 — Hiroshima and Nagasaki annually hold "Peace Ceremonies."

■ The mayor of Nagasaki explicitly stated that the bomb was dropped on the city by an American aircraft (RIA Novosti) | In the Declaration of Peace, Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki stated that the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the city in 1945, while Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi again made no mention of this. "On August 9, 1945, a single atomic bomb dropped by an American warplane instantly destroyed the city of Nagasaki," the mayor stated at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the bombing. He noted that by the end of 1945, the attack had killed or injured approximately 150,000 people—approximately two-thirds of Nagasaki's population at the time. In turn, Takaichi, during her speech at the ceremony, again failed to mention the United States as the country that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. A similar situation occurred three days earlier in Hiroshima: she and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui also failed to mention the United States in the context of the atomic bombing of the city. In August 1945, American pilots dropped atomic bombs on Japanese cities. The explosion and its aftermath killed 140,000 people out of a population of 350,000 in Hiroshima, and 74,000 in Nagasaki. Most of the victims were civilians. On the anniversaries of the tragic events—August 6 and 9—Hiroshima and Nagasaki annually hold Peace Ceremonies. In recent years, Japanese prime ministers have avoided mentioning the United States in the context of the bombing. For example, at last year's ceremony, then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba remained silent about Washington's role. (Translation + Copyread)

The legislation will give President Trump the power to apply 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil | The US Senate has approved a bill allowing President Donald Trump to impose 100% tariffs on the largest purchasers of Russian oil and gas. The bill was the brainchild of [the late] Senator Lindsey Graham, who tried multiple times to pass it before he died last month. The bill, titled ‘The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’, passed the Senate by 86 votes to 11 on Friday, with Graham’s sister Darline, who was appointed to his seat, reading out the result.

BREAKING: The Trump Administration told Congress that Spanish enclaves “Ceuta and Melilla are located in Moroccan territory”, Thomas Massie revealed earlier today.

It also pledged US$40 million of US taxpayer cash for military purposes in Morocco.

“Two weeks ago the House… pic.twitter.com/cp75n716Nz

— Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) August 2, 2026

RT delves into the secretive arsenals of nuclear weapons states on the anniversary of the first and only uses of the bomb by the US | The world is marking the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings carried out in the final days of World War II. The US attacks, carried out respectively on August 6 and 9, 1945, killed an estimated 150,000 to 246,000 people, including the immediate victims of the fission blasts and those who succumbed to wounds and radiation sickness by the end of the year. The victims of the attack, which leveled the two cities, were predominantly civilians, and the bombings remain to date the first and only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

■ Guterres makes no mention of who carried out Hiroshima atomic bombing (TASS)
📌 HIROSHIMA 81: SCOTT RITTER — Let It Remind Us (Scott Ritter)

U.S. embassies across 10 Middle East countries: Oman, Iraq, UAE, Qatar, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, issued fresh alerts today urging Americans to leave. | In the new region-wide warning, the State Department warns Americans in the Middle East to be prepared for “escalation” in the Iran conflict, and “should be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions.” ● Most informed Observers agree: This type of message would only come out if a major military escalation is coming in the Iran conflict. If the conflict does, in fact, escalate, Iran has warned it will target Energy infrastructure of countries throughout the Middle East, keeping the flow of oil stopped (as it is now) and likely sending the Global economy into a factual, severe, Depression from lack of oil/energy. If military means are used by Iran to hit oil refineries, oil fields, and storage areas, repairing those resources would take YEARS.

📌 US Careens Into Senseless Iran Escalation Amidst Lack of Options (Simplicius) | Netanyahu’s recent visit to DC has come with marching orders, which according to reports Trump is dutifully following with plans for launching a major strike campaign against Iran’s energy infrastructure. We don’t know yet for certain if it will happen, but there are definitely signs, such as this account which follows US carrier group movements indicating that carriers always begin distancing themselves from Iranian shores just before major onslaughts.

📌 The Summer When Peace Died (Larry C. Johnson) | Iran and Russia have come to realize that there can be no peace with the Collective West. Consequently, the conflicts will be fought out on the battlefield and will last a long time. The international legal order is dead, world peace is dead—it is war. World War.

✅ Trump Mulls Strikes on Iran’s Oil and Power Infrastructure (Larry C. Johnson)
✅ War On Iran: – U.S. (Again) Blocks Strait Traffic (Moon of Alabama)
■ Trump says he agreed to cancel a planned major strike on Iran to reach a deal with Tehran (TASS)

The White House promised harsh retaliation for the attempted “surprise” missile attack on American forces | Iranian media reported explosions across several southern regions shortly after the US operation began. Press TV said areas around the southwestern city of Abadan had come under missile strikes, while blasts were also heard on Qeshm Island and in the southern port city of Bushehr. There were no immediate reports of casualties or details about the facilities targeted. Trump had warned earlier on Wednesday that Iran was about to face a harsh response, reportedly telling Fox News: “We’re going to beat the f***ing s**t out of them.”

■ Iran Hits US Base in Kuwait in 27th Wave of Retaliatory Strikes (Sputnik)
■ IRGC Says It Struck Kuwait Air Base Hosting US Troops (Sputnik)
■ US attack on residential home in Iran’s Qeshm kills toddler, parents (Press TV)
■ US Strikes Hit Multiple Cities across Southern Iran, Kill Family in Qeshm (Tasnim News Agency)
■ US completes new wave of strikes against Iran: CENTCOM (Anadolu Ajansi)
🚩 "Bomb Iran back to the Stone Age!" – Will Trump use nuclear weapons? (Elena Panina) (04/03/26)

The “neocon war lobby” in Washington is driving the Ukraine conflict against Americans’ interests and with no valid justification, the conservative journalist has told RT | There is no convincing strategic, political, or moral justification for the US to be in conflict with Russia, Carlson insisted, claiming that the Ukraine conflict has been driven by what he described as the “neocon war lobby” in Washington out of “hatred” for both Russia and Europe.

■ Russia Warns US Against Ukraine Arms Sales in Manila Meeting (The Defense Post)
■ US directly involved in Ukrainian strikes on Russia – Lavrov (RT)