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MEXICO, CIA REJECT REPORT OF US ASSASSINATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST CARTELS

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Wed 13 May 2026: Mexico’s government and the CIA have rebutted a report claiming that US intelligence agents have participated in the targeted assassinations of alleged drug cartel members in the Latin American country. The denials on Tuesday came after CNN reported that the CIA has been deeply involved in deadly operations aimed at dismantling Mexico’s drug cartels. CIA operatives have “directly participated” in several attacks […]

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NEARLY 50,000 DISPLACED IN SUDAN’S BLUE NILE STATE SINCE START OF 2026

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Wed 13 May 2026: Nearly 50,000 people have been displaced across Sudan’s Blue Nile state since the beginning of 2026 amid ongoing clashes in the region, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the organization said an estimated 49,512 people, or 9,899 families, were displaced across the southeastern state between Jan. […]

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CONTEXT INFLUENCES THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE – WHETHER YOU’RE A HOMEBUYER, A JUROR OR A PHYSICIAN

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Tue 12 May 2026: When my husband and I purchased a new home last year, the house we ultimately bought was one we had at first ruled out. While the house had many positives, including being affordable, it also had several negatives, so we’d kept looking. A few months later, we thought we’d found the […]

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VENEZUELA’S ACTING PRESIDENT RODRIGUE PUSHES BACK ON TRUMP’S 51ST STATE REMARKS

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Tue 12 May 2026: Venezuela will continue defending its independence, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said Monday after US President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” making the country the 51st US state. “We just heard statements of Donald Trump saying that he will consider to make Venezuela the 51st state,” Rodriguez told reporters at […]

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AT LEAST 9 KILLED, 35 WOUNDED IN MARKET EXPLOSION IN NW PAKISTAN

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Tue 12 May 2026: An explosion ripped through a marketplace in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 35 others, a local official told Anadolu. The blast occurred in the town of Sarai Naurang, in Lakki Marwat district, Deputy Commissioner Hamidullah Khan said over the phone. “Right now, […]

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ISRAELI ARMY CHIEF EYAL ZAMIR SAYS MORE RECRUITS NEEDED ‘IMMEDIATELY’

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Tue 12 May 2026: Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the army needs more soldiers immediately,” amid the escalating crisis surrounding the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, and the continuation of military operations on several fronts, Anadolu reports. The remarks came in a meeting of the Knesset’s (parliament) Foreign Affairs and Security […]

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BANGLADESH COURT BANS DISCLOSURE OF UNBORN CHILD’S SEX TO PREVENT FEMICIDE

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Tue 12 May 2026: The Bangladesh High Court decided on Monday to prohibit revealing the sex of a fetus during pregnancy as a measure to combat femicide. The bench, comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque, announced the full verdict in the case filed in 2020. The court earlier issued a short order in February […]

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SILVER SURGES 7% TO NEAR $86 AS US-IRAN TALKS STALL AND INFLATION WORRIES MOUNT

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Mon 11 May 2026: Silver surged 7% to trade near $86 an ounce on Monday, recovering from earlier declines to reach its highest level in almost two months. The rally came as investors closely watched stalled negotiations between the US and Iran and weighed escalating geopolitical risks across the Middle East. The precious metal climbed […]

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THE MUSLIM VICTIM WHO WASN’T THERE: GOLDERS GREEN AND THE ‘GHOST LOGIC’ OF ISLAMOPHOBIA

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Mon 11 May 2026: “As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today. I wish, I wish he’d go away.” Scholars David Tyrer and Salman Sayyid open their 2012 essay on race and Islamophobia with this nursery rhyme about a haunting. Reading the British media […]

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TOTAL RECALL SOUNDS GREAT, BUT SOME THINGS SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN

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Mon 11 May 2026: Imagine never again forgetting where you parked your car, or that last item you had on your grocery list, or why you walked into this room anyway. If you trust media stories about research currently under way at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build an implantable device to restore memory, you might not […]

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