US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations | CNN Politics The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in t...

It is almost like the Trump administration has no idea what it is doing, beyond enriching itself of course…

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We would arrest Netanyahu, says Hungary's incoming PM Peter Magyar has said he'll stop Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court – meaning those wanted by the body would be arrested if they entered the country.

Great news.
Peter Magyar has said he'll stop Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court –
meaning those wanted by the ICC would be arrested if they entered the country.
Magyar announced his intention with a warning to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Trump recalled an early phone call from Cook: “I was very impressed with myself *** to have the head of Apple calling to ‘kiss my ass.’”***

We would arrest Netanyahu, says Hungary's incoming PM Peter Magyar has said he'll stop Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court – meaning those wanted by the body would be arrested if they entered the country.

Great news.
Peter Magyar has said he'll stop Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court –
meaning those wanted by the ICC would be arrested if they entered the country.
Magyar announced his intention with a warning to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.
‼️
news.sky.com/story/we-wou...

The cover of the "European Journal of International Security" with the hashtag #OpenAccess visible on the top right corner.

NEW ISSUE from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -

European Journal of International Security - Volume 11 - Issue 2 - May 2026 - cup.org/4m1e76Q

#OpenAccess

💙📚⚡️⏳ #History #ColdWar #Spy #thriller #BookSky

Join me for my 2nd in-person Book Festival!
This Sunday 26/04 in Aylesbury, Bucks, England.

I'll be part of the crime panel at 11 AM, talking about Maskirovka!

To join us: book your ticket here:
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Maskirovka:
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Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted operations after April 16 drone attack, sources say Russia's Tuapse oil refinery, which sells most of its products for export, halted operations ​following a Ukrainian drone attack on April ‌16, two industry sources said on Tuesday.

Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted operations after April 16 drone attack, sources say reut.rs/4col9iT

This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.

One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.

Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

Concentration camps. If objective is to close camps, voters must view them as vile & without any merit. Many voters believe "detention facilities" are necessary for law/safety. Plus they fit legal definition of concentration camps (which is NOT same as extermination camps.)

not good

We should have seen this coming as one of the likely outcomes of an election win in 2024 with the failure to charge, prosecute and convict the insurrectionist former president whose course of violative actions relied heavily on “stolen election” disinformation.

When Trump talked about ushering in a "new golden age," he was talking about a new golden age for his family's pocketbook.

Virginia votes Tuesday in a referendum that could hand Democrats four extra seats in the US House of Representatives.

The vote could turn Trump's redistricting push into a potential liability for Republicans in upcoming midterm elections

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Russ­land ist gemäß seiner Verfassung ein Viel­völ­ker­staat dessen eth­ni­sche Min­der­hei­ten Schutz genie­ßen. In Wirk­lich­keit werden die Rechte der nicht­rus­si­schen Völker seit Jahren dras­tisch ein­ge­schränkt. 1/2

JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta (Obama/DC) opens door to deposition of Trump in #Jan6 civil lawsuits. Discovery against Trump on merits of cases could begin in May. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

'It's disrespectful to come to Moscow and not Kyiv' — Zelensky voices doubts as meeting with Witkoff, Kushner expected President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced doubts about peace talks in an April 20 interview, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to meet with Ukrainian officials amid stalled negotia...

⚡️'It's disrespectful to come to Moscow and not Kyiv' — Zelensky voices doubts as meeting with Witkoff, Kushner expected.

El Salvador: Leaving to survive, staying to resist We speak to journalists and defenders of human and environmental rights about how their lives have come under threat

The state of emergency is just one of the many ways Nayib Bukele has tightened his grip on power by eroding democracy and the rule of law since his 2019 election.

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Wolfgang Kalecks leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für das Völkerrecht Die Welt ist aus den Fugen: Das Völkerrecht scheint obsolet, eine internationale Krise jagt die nächste. Wie also weitermachen?

"Wir müssen die Dramatik der Ereignisse anerkennen. Aber trotzdem müssen wir alles tun, um für eine bessere Zukunft zu streiten. Und dabei werden uns Menschenrechte und Völkerrecht helfen. Sie werden nicht das Allheilmittel, aber Hilfsmittel sein", so Wolfgang Kaleck gegenüber ttt.

A black-and-white photo of the signatories of the Treaty of Paris, from left to right: Paul van Zeeland, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph Meurice, Belgian Minister for Foreign Trade; Carlo Sforza, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Robert Schuman, French Minister of Foreign Affairs; Konrad Adenauer, German Federal Chancellor; Dirk Stikker, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs; And Johannes van den Brink, Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs. The picture is from 1951 but there is a cake sticker with a ‘75’ candle on top, and colourful bunting sticker hanging above.

75 years ago, the Treaty of Paris was signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.

Six countries joined forces to build a shared market, choosing cooperation over conflict.

Born from the desire for peace after WWII, this treaty laid the foundation for the Union we know today. 🇪🇺

Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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Especially troubling 👆 is 4. But not that surprising. This perspective is manifested in the current Trump regime.

On va continuer à se demander pourquoi les gens se radicalisent et pourquoi de plus en plus de personnes sont fascinées par l'idée de violence politique, sans jamais se poser de questions sur le fait que toutes les formes d'action politique non violente sont systématiquement dévalorisées.

Only Peace Can Make a New World Order Today’s wars are tearing down the existing global system, but they can’t replace it.

Today's wars can destroy the old world order, but not construct a new one.
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
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“Glorifying the aggressor.”

“Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have said they will NOT let Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico travel through their airspace to attend the Victory Day parade in Moscow for the second year in a row.”

There’s strength in this unity.👇

Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian former president leads the polls Bulgarians ​went to the polls on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian former President ‌Rumen Radev, promising to end a spiral of weak, sh...

🇧🇬 Bulgarians will vote on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian former president Rumen ‌Radev, promising to end a spiral of weak, short-lived governments and stamp out widespread corruption.

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#bulgaria

Derechos Sociales somete a información pública la norma que regulará los listados de animales de compañía permitidos. Este listado positivo determinará qué especies podrán mantenerse como animales de compañía en los hogares españoles, al igual que sucede en otros países como Francia, Bélgica o Países Bajos.

📢 @msocialgob.bsky.social saca a información pública la norma que regulará la lista de animales de compañía y de especies domésticas de compañía

➡️ Este listado positivo seguirá el modelo europeo para proteger el bienestar de estos animales y frenar el comercio ilegal

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“La democracia no es un estado natural de las cosas. Tenemos que cultivarla día a día, cuidarla, es frágil y requiere de conciencia y de mucho trabajo de responderle a nuestros pueblos.”

Weekend Update #181; Germany Raises The Pot For Ukraine The USA Boasts, Bluffs And Then Folds; More On Ukraine Fighting Humans With Machines

Just sent out my free weekend update. This week the big story was that Germany bet on Ukraine, not as a supplicant but as a defense partner. The USA, otoh, bluffed and then, as it always does, protected Putin. Shame on you who fell for it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Straße von Hormus: Ein Flaschenhals wird zur Verhandlungsmasse mit weltweiten Folgen Die Lage in der Straße von Hormus ändert sich stündlich. Teheran setzt die Kontrolle der Meerenge gezielt als Verhandlungsmasse ein.

Die Lage in der Straße von Hormus ändert sich stündlich und dient als politisches Druckmittel. Nahostexperte Daniel Gerlach erklärt, dass nicht Minen oder Angriffe das größte Risiko sind, sondern fehlende Kommunikation.

Hören 👂👂👇

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Another Orban? Here's why you should care about Bulgaria's upcoming elections A new Russian-friendly leader may soon emerge in the EU and NATO — this time, in the Balkans. A week after Kremlin ally Viktor Orban lost his reelection campaign in Hungary, Bulgaria's former Preside...

A week after Kremlin ally Viktor Orban lost his reelection campaign in Hungary, Bulgaria's former President Rumen Radev is poised to win the April 19 snap parliamentary election.