🧊✈️ MORE EL SALVADOR ⛓️🌎

😲 A SECOND Eastern 737 (tail: N959BP) departs Harlingen TX, trafficking chained humans to El Salvador 🇸🇻

Iran vows retaliation after U.S. seizes ship ahead of ceasefire deadline Iran is vowing retaliation after U.S. Marines seized one of its ships near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.

Iran is vowing retaliation after U.S. Marines seized one of its ships near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

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Hungary Must Arrest Visiting Leaders Sought by ICC, Magyar Says Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he would halt the departure from the International Criminal Court that his predecessor Viktor Orban initiated, affirming that Hungary would respect ...

After Netanyahu's office claimed that Peter Magyar had invited him to visit Hungary, the PM-elected says that he will enforce all ICC arrest warrants once the country re-enters the Rome Statute.

[Hungary will] "have a legal obligation to enforce the ICC rulings and I'm sure [Netanyahu] knows this".

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Mining China’s ‘Little Red Book’ for Open Source Gold - bellingcat Xiaohongshu, a female-focused lifestyle app, is a rare window into China for researchers outside the country.

Researching China isn’t easy. With many foreign sites blocked, journalists depend on domestic platforms. Even under tight controls, Chinese apps are the main window into the country. Chu Yang’s latest guide explains how to research Xiaohongshu (Rednote). www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Remarkable video released by NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shows raw iPhone footage capturing the Moon during the Artemis II mission.

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Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Jacob 'Bell, who teaches medieval history, is headed to the City University of New York, where he will “be teaching the exact same thing, but unredacted.” In order to keep his spring classes from getting held up in an opaque, monthslong course-review process' 2/3

CENTCOM: Since the commencement of the blockade against ships entering or exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, U.S. forces have directed 27 vessels to turn around or return to an Iranian port.

Starmer-Mandelson latest: PM admits he inadvertently misled MPs over vetting scandal Sir Keir Starmer is addressing MPs in the House of Commons

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Parliamentlive.tv House of Commons

Starmer:

www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Viel Geld, wenig Kontrolle – Wie Landtagsabgeordnete in Sachsen‑Anhalt ihre Pauschalen nutzen | MDR.DE Landtagsabgeordnete erhalten monatlich viel Steuergeld für Wahlkreisarbeit und Mitarbeiter – doch Vorgaben, Nachweise und Kontrollen gibt es nicht. MDR Investigativ zeigt, wo Transparenz fehlt.

Kein Name an der Klingel, keiner am Briefkasten: Das Wahlkreisbüro, das der AfD-Politiker Daniel Wald auf der Landtagsseite in Sachsen-Anhalt angibt, existiert offenbar gar nicht. Eine Pauschale kassiert er trotzdem - und das ist legal.

www.mdr.de/nachrichten/... 🧵

𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑠-𝑛𝑜-𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑟 𝑈𝑆 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 --𝑎𝑠 𝐼𝑅𝐺𝐶 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑒ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑛

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 20, 2026 (1/2)

■ Engagements well above average; casualties slightly above average; no confirmed territorial change
■ Highest 7-day artillery losses this year so far; relatively few drone losses and launches
■ ...

📈 datastudio.google.com/s/k0lTJzn6Gqo

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 20, 2026 (2/2)

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■ 🇷🇺 overnight attacks below average; 4 out of 5 intercepted
■ 4 🇺🇦 strikes reported; 🇷🇺 MLRS strikes above average

📈 See dashboard for full data:
datastudio.google.com/s/k0lTJzn6Gqo

Of great interest. Both strikes deep in Sevastopol inner harbour

Strike drone cutaway

The ultimate drone bomber?

New cutaway and article -> www.hisutton.com/Windracers-U...

A number of Windracers Ultra long-range heavy-lift drones have been supplied to Ukraine.

Saildrone develops 170-foot naval drone for strike mission role California-based Saildrone has announced a new class of unmanned surface vessel called Spectre, a 52-meter (170-foot) platform capable of reaching speeds up to 30 knots and designed to deliver persist...

California-based Saildrone unveils Spectre, a 52-meter unmanned surface vessel reaching 30 knots, built for anti-submarine warfare and strike missions. The platform introduces Silent Endurance and Stealth Strike variants targeting Navy mUSV requirements.

defence-blog.com/saildrone-de...

Apparently the 076 LHD-51 Sichuan is out for her 3rd sea trials today

x.com/RupprechtDei...

The PLA Navy’s Liaoning aircraft carrier (CV-16) transited the Taiwan Strait today. ROC Armed Forces monitored the situation and responded.

RT @TheIntelFrog: Overnight, the PLAN aircraft carrier Liaoning (CV 16) transited through the Taiwan Strait under the watchful eyes of a US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent and US Navy P-8A Poseidon, assisted by a pair of USAF KC-135 Stratotankers.

Security Alert – U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq – April 20, 2026

Iraq's Iran-aligned terrorist militias continue planning additional attacks against U.S. citizens and U.S.-associated targets throughout Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Some entities associated with the Iraqi government continue to provide effective political, financial, and operational cover to these terrorist militias.

Security Alert, US Embassy Baghdad, Iraq

iq.usembassy.gov/security-ale...

On April 19, the JMSDF confirmed a Chinese Navy Luyang III-class missile destroyer and a Jiangkai II-class frigate in the sea area approximately 60 km southwest of Yokotō-shima in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Subsequently, these vessels proceeded northeast through the sea area between Amami Ōshima (Kagoshima Prefecture) and Yokotō-shima, navigating toward the Pacific Ocean.

IATA the latest to warn over European jet fuel shortages - Air Cargo News IATA has joined a growing chorus of voices warning that European flights could start to be cancelled in the coming weeks due to a jet fuel shortage as a result of the Iran War. Last week, concerns abo...

IATA has joined a growing chorus of voices warning that European flights could start to be cancelled in the coming weeks due to a jet fuel shortage as a result of the Iran War.

www.aircargonews.net/editorial/20...