May 10th, 2026

• ​Israel said to have built secret base in Iraqi desert to support Iran air campaign - According to Wall Street Journal, Israeli troops launched airstrikes against Iraqi forces who nearly discovered the airbase in early March; at the time, Iraq blamed US for the strikes
• Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing Hormuz blockade - According to New York Times, shipments could help Tehran quickly restock its drone arsenal amid ceasefire, while evading both sanctions and tense routes through Persian Gulf
• Fragile Iran ceasefire appears to hold as Iran warns the U.S. against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships
• Iran's IRGC warns US assets against strikes on its vessels in Persian Gulf, says missiles 'locked' onto targets
• Trump mocks Iran in social media meme spree: 'Drones dropping like butterflies'
• Trump Threatens Expanded 'Project Freedom Plus' in Hormuz if Iran Rejects Deal
• The Sailors Low on Supplies and Stuck in a War Zone - Some 20,000 ​seafarers are stranded. Many are ​dodging drones or rationing food as they ​wait for an escape plan
• Iran war is crushing Asia's farmers, threatening global food supply - Prices of fuel and fertilizer are pushing farmers to make irreversible cuts as they enter key planting seasons
• Spiritless summer: Americans feel squeeze of costly fuel amid busy travel season - Soaring oil prices have left many Americans with higher costs and fewer options for travel amid the Iran war
• Massive oil spill off Iran's Kharg Island? Satellite images show huge slick near key oil export hub
• IDF responds to Hezbollah rocket fire, strikes 85 terrorist sites across Lebanon
• 12 said killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon, as Hezbollah drones wound 3 troops
• UAE transfers $100 million for new Gaza police force as UN estimates reconstruction requires $71 billion - IDF continues finding and demolishing terror tunnels
• Settlers force Palestinians to exhume body of relative buried near West Bank settlement - Family rebury body elsewhere as IDF soldiers stand by; Palestinian man and young son reportedly attacked by settlers wielding sharp instruments in southern West Bank
• Huckabee criticizes Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson for suggesting U.S. gives Israel $1.5T for defense - "Neither of these ppl are dumb. I worked w/ them at Fox. They know how to Google basic facts. The US provides $3.8 billion (NOT $1.5 trillion) but Israel spends many X over that on US. We get a huge ROI-are they too lazy to research or intentionally lying?"
• Car bomb attack and ambush in northwest Pakistan kills at least 12 police - Bomber and several fighters detonate explosives-laden vehicle near security post in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near Afghanistan
• Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack. Pakistan Taliban splinter group claims blast
• Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds - The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides
• Putin says Ukraine war 'heading to an end' despite ceasefire violations - Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused the other of violating a a three-day US-brokered ceasefire, which coincides with Russia's World War II victory celebrations
• Ukrainians welcome respite from Russian attacks, Moscow says peace still far off
• Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security - Parade takes place without tanks, missiles and other heavy equipment as Putin vows to achieve victory in Ukraine; North Korean troops take part
• Putin's day of humiliation - Russian leader's pared back Victory Day parade reveals depth of country's vulnerability in the war
• A Less Muscular Victory Day Parade Shows Putin's Growing Vulnerability - The event, shrunken because of security fears, adds to a sense that Moscow and other Russian cities can no longer be insulated from the war
• Hungary's new PM takes oath of office, ending Orban's 16-year rule - Peter Magyar calls for 'regime-change' celebrations as he's sworn in as premier, with his supporters hoping he'll forge closer ties with EU and move away from Russia
• Unions and Labour MPs Demand PM Starmer Resign Over Party's Worst Election Defeats in History
• UK's Starmer challenged by former Labour minister after tough local election results - Catherine West says cabinet must work out plan to replace the prime minister or she'll make a leadership bid herself, and warns others may do the same
• Mysterious American Man Makes Mysterious Proposal in Greenland - The police in Greenland are investigating the case of a lone man from Las Vegas who goes by Cliff. Locals said he had offered money to Greenlanders to join the United States
• They're not saying someone should kill Trump. But they're coming close. "Somebody should do it" and its variants have become increasingly popular online memes.
• Unhinged Lunatic Kathy Griffin Viciously Attacks Charlie and Erika Kirk, Demands He Was a 'Straight-Up Nazi'
• Stacey Abrams claims GOP states 'incubate evil' to 'farm it out everywhere'
• AOC claims founding fathers fought Revolutionary War 'against the billionaires of their time'
• AOC Responds to 2028 Run Speculation: 'My Ambition Is Way Bigger' Than the Presidency, Wants to Lock in Socialist Policies 'Forever'
• California County Discovers 596 Unopened Ballots Hidden in Locked Drop Box Months After Special Election Allowing Democrats to Redistrict
• Press Freedom Groups Accuse Larry Ellison of Promising Trump Admin He'd Fire CNN Anchors if He Acquires Warner Bros
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Canete, Chile
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tual, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• Increased seismicity and gas emissions at Kupreanof volcano, Alaska
• Massive wildfire burns through Chernobyl exclusion zone following UAV crash in Ukraine
• Want to track the apocalypse? One theory: Follow the billionaires' jets. An artist made a warning system to notify you if the ultra-rich flee city centers en masse.
• Mass Casualty Event After Boat Explodes in Miami - 15 People Rushed to Hospital
• Trump's religious liberty commission hopes to do away with separation of church and state
• NYPD Officer Fatally Shoots Machete-Wielding Man Accused of Slashing 3 Elderly People: 'I Am Lucifer!'
• Texas Orders Unauthorized Dallas-Area Muslim 'University' to Cease Operations Immediately
• FBI arrests foreign nationals trying to smuggle 89 firearms from US to Canada
• Spain's Socialist Government Is Sacrificing Its Own Police to Ruthless Drug Cartels - Another Officer Dead as Spain Becomes Europe's Weak Link for Drugs and Illegal Migration
• The JPMorgan Banker Behind the Sexual-Assault Suit Captivating Wall Street - Chirayu Rana set off a PR crisis inside America's biggest bank. Now, his claims have gone viral, stoked by AI fakes
• Revealed: Swalwell Sent His Young Sexual Assault Victims Intimidating Snapchat Messages After CNN's Bombshell Report
• OnlyFans model suffocated client to death on camera - Escort wrapped customer in cling film 'like a mummy' during deadly sex game
• Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
• Imprisoned trans pedophile sex criminal who abused own daughter seeks settlement with NJ for witchcraft 'religious freedom' accommodations
• More than 200 children rescued, 350 child sex offenders arrested in one month
• Viral goose egg case fuels debate over abortion
• 'They've invented a spurious pseudo-disease': why are so many men being told they have low testosterone? Social media influencers and booming men's health companies are pushing the hormone as an answer to all ills. But is 'low T' really problematic - or something created to sell men a cure to a problem they don't have?
• Israel approves AI platform to prioritize rising mental health cases
• Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Announces 'Department of War COVID-19 Reinstatement and Reconciliation Task Force' to Invite Back Service Members Pushed Out Over Vaccines: "We Want Warriors of Conscience"
• Oklahoma State University clinic using federal cash to treat illegal immigrants for HIV: report
• Over 100 Passengers and Crew Stricken with Highly Contagious Norovirus on Caribbean Princess Cruise Ship
• Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
• Experts race to write guidance to contain first ship-borne hantavirus outbreak
• Spain's Canary Islands brace for arrival of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship - WHO director tells public the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius is 'not another Covid'
• 'Patient zero' of deadly rat virus outbreak revealed as bird watcher who visited landfill branded 'the end of the world'