(2026-05-10). Iran Threatens to Kidnap Data Cables as well as Oil; Trump warns of Nukes. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — As the impasse in the Strait of Hormuz continues, both the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and the United States continue to attempt to get further leverage over one another. | Frantic that he hasn't been able to exit the war, Trump muttered this weekend darkly about The wild…
(2026-05-10). Alexander Zevin: Trump's Gulf War. newleftreview.org Asymmetries of the US-Israeli assault on Iran, as an uneasy balance holds between Tehran's tourniquet on the Strait of Hormuz—and the world economy—and the enormous firepower of the aggressors, at the end of the first round.
(2026-05-10). Washington, Tehran trade fire in Hormuz. ecns.cn A tense clash in the Strait of Hormuz between the United States and Iran on Thursday has put their fragile ceasefire at risk, with U.S. President Donald Trump again threatening Iran with more strikes if it does not sign a deal "fast".
(2026-05-10). Trump Boasts 'We're Like Pirates' Seizing Iran's Ships. popularresistance.org It's not often that the leader of a country boasts that he and other government officials act as pirates. But that is exactly what happened this May. | Donald Trump gave a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida in which he bragged about the blockade that the US military has imposed in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Iran. | Trump proudly stated that the US military is seizing cargo ships full of Iranian oil. | "We took over the cargo, took over the oil", Trump gloated. "It's a very profitable business. Who would have thought we were doing that? We're like pirates!"
(2026-05-10). Guards threaten US Mideast sites as Trump awaits Tehran response. al-monitor.com Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards threatened Saturday to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported, as Washington was left waiting for Tehran's response to its latest negotiating position."Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships," the Guards said, a day after US strikes on two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
(2026-05-10). Managing the New Cold War: What Trump and Xi Really Want from Their Beijing Summit. moderndiplomacy.eu When Donald Trump lands in Beijing on 14 May, the optics will matter almost as much as the outcomes. Trump will become the first American president to visit China in nearly a decade—the last, in 2017, was Trump himself. That fact alone says much about how narrow and brittle the relationship has become. Yet this …
(2026-05-10). Iran war fallout Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Why is US President Donald Trump carrying on with his State visit to Beijing this week on May 14? I wouldn't if I were him. It also shows that he is surrounded by incompetent officials. Any competent advisor would advise him against undertaking this trip. He goes as the leader of…
(2026-05-10). Trump Administration Carries Out Third Deadly Boat Strike in 5 Days. truthout.org The Trump administration continued its illegal bombing of small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two and leaving one survivor in its third such strike in five days. U.S. Southern Command announced the attack on social media, claiming that "intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged… |