"Hearing racial slurs directed at you regardless of context is distressing & people are entitled to be upset" = valid "Let's, as a group of millionaires, continue to vilify and outright bully a disabled working class man to humiliate him on a global stage" = utter cruelty, gtf.

We’ve all had some stinkers in our time but I don’t think anyone will top Keir Starmer doing such a bad post that it resulted in a pivotal UK airbase getting bombed to bits within the hour

A major risk to consider around the continuation of the U.S.-Iran War is the impact on the Russia-Ukraine War. Bloomberg Economics sees potential for oil prices to rise above $100/bbl if there are sustained disruptions to exports through the Strait of Hormuz. If Russia simply

"Unquestionably blindly following the Americans is, in my view, the wrong thing to do.. I'd pass legislation that said military action could be taken if.. the lawful case for it was made.. there was a viable objective &.. you got consent of the commons" When's the vote, Keir?

Saudi official to Al Jazeera: America has abandoned us, and focused its defense systems on protecting Israel, leaving the Gulf states that host its military bases at the mercy of Iranian missiles and drones.

We must hold firm to a simple but vital truth: Opposing a brutal, repressive regime does not oblige us to support an illegal and reckless war. We can stand unequivocally against the authoritarianism and human rights abuses of the Iranian regime whilst also refusing to back a

In Israel at the moment it is the "liberals" who are calling for death and destruction more prominently than the "right". This is not just an Israeli issue. Scratch the thin patina of "rational liberalism" and you will find racism and hate. Solidarity is the only way forward.

About what’s happening in and around Iran. Without pretending to predict the future, I believe there are clear escalation thresholds here. If any two of the following will occur at the same time: • a major mass-casualty event. For example, 20+ U.S. or 100+ Israeli fatalities,

Iran seems to have regained escalation dominance after two years of strategic paralysis The US is already walking back strategic ends, disguising operational outcomes as strategic end games

Aerial footage shows rows of graves being prepared for the victims of the Minab primary school massacre, where 165 students were killed and dozens wounded after an Israeli-American strike targeted the school on the first day of the aggression.

As many predicted, Saudi ground forces have entered Bahrain to crush the uprising as they did during the 2011 Bahrain uprising.

>An oil refinery in Fujairah, UAE has been hit as Iran continues to target regional energy hubs >Hezbollah has been increasing attacks and a Hezb tank sniper got their first hit with an ATGM >Cruise missiles from Iraq are hitting Eilat. The only thing missing is Ansarallah

In late 1970s, German Democratic Republic (East Germany) faced a severe coffee crisis after global prices spiked and traditional suppliers in Africa reduced exports. Coffee had become a politically sensitive consumer good in the socialist state, so shortages risked public

🚨Nearly 500 BrewDog workers have lost their livelihoods given just 25 minutes’ notice while the media were informed before the workforce. Workers have just been told 38 bars will close, 484 jobs are axed and some redundancies effective immediately. These workers helped build

⚠️ A dark day for Lebanon. The government declares Hezbollah’s resistance illegal & orders the Lebanese Army to enforce the decision. Today, the LAF arrested 12 armed Hezbollah members at a checkpoint as they were heading south, to positions the army had been ordered to

This one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life.

تم للتو الاعلان عن تدمير دبابة ميركافا في المطلة عند النقطة صفر من الحدود، هذه الدبابة الخامسة اليوم بعدما تم تدمير ٤ دبابات في كفركلا ومحيطها … لمن لا يعرف جغرافيا هذه المنطقة، فنحن نتحدث عن منطقة مدمرة كلياً يمشطها الاسرائيلي يومياً من الجو والبر… عند النقطة صفر من الحدود

If I’m keeping track, Merz was summoned to the White House like the obedient cur he is only to be: openly humiliated and threatened despite being completely suppliant; outed as having ‘helped out’ in the attack despite public assurances to the contrary given the illegality