Video: Modi’s BJP poised to take control in India’s West Bengal
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP is set to GAIN (wrest) control of West Bengal.
Russia and Ukraine declare competing ceasefires
Moscow's declaration of May 9 truce comes as Kyiv revels in its adversary's 'fear' of Ukrainian drones.
UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran – Al Jazeera
- UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran Al Jazeera
- Iran War Takes a Dangerous Turn as Fighting Erupts in Hormuz WSJ
- Despite rift, MBS calls Emirati counterpart to condemn Iranian strikes on UAE The Times of Israel
- Global oil prices top $114 and settle at 4-year high after Iranian attacks on U.A.E. revive worries of further supply disruptions MarketWatch
- Iran ceasefire in peril as UAE says it's under attack Axios
Police clash with protesters after ICE arrest in New York
Police clashed with protesters outside a New York hospital where a man arrested by ICE agents was being treated.
Europe will not submit to an ‘insular and brutal world’, says Carney – The Guardian
- Europe will not submit to an ‘insular and brutal world’, says Carney The Guardian
- Mark Carney Pulls Canada Closer to Europe as Both Struggle With Trump The New York Times
- European leaders converge on Armenia as Russia looks on BBC
- European and Canadian leaders hold security talks in Yerevan amid uncertainty over US policy France 24
- European Leaders Meet as Trump Adds More Threats: What to Watch Bloomberg.com
Ukrainian drone hits upmarket Moscow high-rise ahead of Victory Day celebrations
Russia has declared a unilateral ceasefire to cover the event and threatened a massive strike on central Kyiv if it were disrupted.
Ukrainian drone hits upmarket Moscow high-rise ahead of Victory Day celebrations
Russia has declared a unilateral ceasefire to cover the event and threatened a massive strike on central Kyiv if it were disrupted.
Strategic Implications of the Iran War – The National Interest
- Strategic Implications of the Iran War The National Interest
- The Iran War has real political risks — but don’t ignore its strategic payoff The Hill
- Here’s how to crush Tehran in three moves Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Iran’s Unexpected Resilience The Atlantic
- America’s hate-hate affair with Iran: A collision course for the ages Responsible Statecraft
Leipzig: 2 killed after car drives into crowd – DW.com
- Leipzig: 2 killed after car drives into crowd DW.com
- Two killed and many injured after car driven into crowd in German city of Leipzig BBC
- A look at vehicle-ramming cases worldwide in recent history Yahoo
- Two dead after car strikes crowd in German city, police say CNN
- 2 Dead After Driver Plows Into Crowd in ‘Rampage’ in Germany The New York Times
Assimi Goïta: Mali junta leader names himself defence minister after predecessor killed – BBC
- Assimi Goïta: Mali junta leader names himself defence minister after predecessor killed BBC
- Mali leader Goita assumes role of defence minister after attacks, state media says Reuters
- Mali’s junta leader takes over defense ministry after the minister was killed in militant attacks AP News
- Curfews, conspiracy theories … and a cancelled concert: Mali’s capital tries to shrug off violence on its doorstep The Guardian
- Mali leader Goita takes defence post after minister killed Al Jazeera
Mali junta leader names himself defence minister after predecessor killed
Former Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in a massive offensive by combined jihadist and separatist forces.
Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade
US operation announced as ‘Project Freedom’ dramatically raises stakes in conflict
The US has launched Donald Trump’s operation to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war as Iran sought to reassert its blockade.
The US operation, which got under way on Monday after being announced as “Project Freedom” by Trump on Sunday night on his social media site, dramatically raised the stakes in a conflict that had been in a month-long period of uneasy limbo.
Continue reading...Driver injured after truck was struck by United plane landing at Newark airport
Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on Sunday
The driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the truck in question. The Boeing 767 aircraft also clipped a light pole, which in turn struck a Jeep.
Continue reading...Spain seizes record amount of cocaine in Atlantic Ocean, authorities say
The Civil Guard found between 30,000 and 45,000kg of the drug on a freighter headed to Libya.
Several New York City synagogues and homes vandalized with swastikas
Police are searching for at least four individuals responsible for ‘terrifying signals of hatred and threats of violence’
Several synagogues and homes in the New York borough of Queens were vandalized overnight Monday with swastikas, according to the city council speaker.
On Monday, Julie Menin, along with other city council members including Lynn Schulman and Phil Wong, visited Congregation Machane Chodosh, one of the sites targeted in Forest Hills.
Continue reading...NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking – ScienceAlert
- NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking ScienceAlert
- US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence NASA Science (.gov)
- Mexico City Is Sinking So Fast It Can Now Be Watched In Real-Time From Space IFLScience
- Mexico City has been sinking for over a century. A new NASA satellite is now watching it happen in real time ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Mexico City Sinking Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exoneree
Future of Calvin Duncan’s position as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse remains unclear
Louisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post was set to take office on Monday.
A temporary restraining order did allow the exoneree, Calvin Duncan, to take office as scheduled on Monday morning as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse. But things soon turned administratively messy for Duncan when that order was frozen by the US fifth circuit court of appeals.
Continue reading...Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts – politico.eu
- Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts politico.eu
- Trump's Germany troop cuts show limits of NATO efforts to keep US on board Reuters
- German defense minister laments long-range strike ‘gap’ caused by planned US drawdown Defense News
- The loss of 5,000 US troops in Germany is just the tip of the challenge facing Europe CNN
- Trump Is Pulling Troops From Germany. The Missiles Are a Bigger Problem. Council on Foreign Relations
Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time – The New York Times
- Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time The New York Times
- 'Opportunity To Fix Economic Gap': Sanjeev Sanyal On BJP's Bengal Win NDTV
- What Modi’s big win in Indian state elections could mean for its democracy Al Jazeera
- Narendra Modi has extended his grip on India The Economist
- Lotus blooms in West Bengal: 10 moves that helped BJP breach Mamata Banerjee’s fortress | India News The Times of India
Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Residential Building in Brazil – Yahoo
- Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Residential Building in Brazil Yahoo
- 3 People Dead, 2 Others Injured After Plane Crashed into Residential Building Within Minutes of Takeoff People.com
- Three killed after small plane crashes into building in southeastern Brazil Reuters
- Fiery plane crash in Brazil kills 2, including mayor’s son Yahoo
- Horror as plane crashes into building News.com.au