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2026-05-17: Drone strike sparks fire at UAE nuclear power plant in blow to Iran ceasefire

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apnews.com (2026-05-17). Drone strike sparks fire on perimeter of UAE nuclear power plantA drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates' sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter. There were no reports of injuries or radiological release, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the Iran ceasefire remains tenuous.

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presstv.co.uk (2026-05-17). UN rapporteur slams Israel's systematic use of torture against Palestinian prisonersFrancesca Albanese has stated that Israel systematically uses torture against Palestinian detainees in its detention centers and against the wider Palestinian population across the occupied territories.

2026-05-17: Stanislav Krapivnik: Giant Mushroom Cloud Blasts Over Israeli Defense Company — What We Know

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presstv.co.uk (2026-05-17). Israel blocks Red Cross access to Palestinian abductees to conceal harrowing prison conditions: ReportIsraeli authorities continue to block the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting thousands of Palestinian abductees held in the regime's jails, despite Israel's obligations under the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, a report says.

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2026-05-17: Israeli strike on food distribution point in Gaza kills three

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2026-05-17: Francesca Albanese on Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians | UpFront

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english.palinfo.com (2026-05-16). Israeli escalation intensifies as airstrikes target towns across southern LebanonIsraeli forces continued heavy air and artillery strikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, amid ongoing military escalation accompanied by direct threats against civilians and an expanding scope of attacks.

english.palinfo.com (2026-05-16). Israeli army launches new attacks in Gaza one day after deadly strikesThe Israeli occupation army continued its ceasefire violations for the 219th consecutive day on Saturday morning by carrying out artillery shelling and gunfire attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip.

2026-05-16: Netanyahu concedes: Israelís propaganda isnít working

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presstv.ir (2026-05-15). Iran FM: Transfer of enriched uranium not on agenda, US cannot be trustedAraghchi says Iran and the United States have almost reached an impasse over the "very complicated" issue of uranium enrichment, which is not on the agenda of talks for the time being.

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2026-05-15: They Exposed ICE on Camera. Then Feds Raided Their Homes.

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2026-05-15: ANALYST | 'Netanyahu Wants to Fight Iran to the Last American Soldier'

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Daily Archives: October 18, 2021

2021-10-18: Alex Saab News Archive

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  • afgj.org (2021-10-17).  'Join the Campaign to Free Alex Saab!
  • pressenza.com (2021-10-17).  Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab
  • venezuelanalysis.com (2021-10-17).  'Free Alex Saab Delegation at the African Bar Association
  • workers.org (2021-10-15).  'Free Alex Saab delegation attends meeting of African Bar Association
  • allafrica.com (2021-09-25).  Alex Saab Defence Denounces "Ill-informed and Ignorant" Speculation Regarding the Legal Process in Cape Verde
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2026-05-17: Trumped | Xi Humiliates Trump? Beijing Showdown, China Rising & America's Decline | Moats Live

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  • Trump is now channeling his racist furor toward European migrants.
  • Thailand and Cambodia to hold ceasefire talks.
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presstv.co.uk (2026-05-17). US, Israel using 'divisive projects' to turn Muslims against each other: Pezeshkian"Iran seeks cordial, stable, and sustainable relations based on good neighborliness with the Muslim countries of the region, but the United States and the Zionist regime (Israel) have always attempted to pit Muslim countries against one another," he added.

2026-05-17: Infectious diseases rampant in Gaza, with Nora Barrows-Friedman

The Electronic Intifada

english.palinfo.com (2026-05-17). Settlers cut down trees, IOF orders halt to home construction in W. BankExtremist Jewish settlers cut down dozens of fruit-bearing trees in Salfit on Sunday, while the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) delivered stop-work orders against 10 homes in Bethlehem.
    In Salfit, settlers cut down about 150 fruit-bearing trees in Yasuf village, east of the governorate.

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2026-05-17: Meet the Lebanese rescue workers being targeted by Israel

The Grayzone

rawstory.com (2026-05-17). One comment just showed madman Trump's delusions are worsening ' but here's how we prevailTrumpís use of the pronoun ìI.î He didnít say ìweî had a military victory. Trumpís malignant narcissism is worsening.
Also take note of his blatant lie. His war in Iran has been anything but a victory. His delusions and deceptions about the war are escalating.
Raw Story is generally not recommended, but occassionally some stories are interesting.

presstv.ir (2026-05-16). Pezeshkian hails Pope's 'moral stance' against US-Israeli war on IranIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed gratitude for Pope Leo's "moral stance" against the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, while urging the international community to adopt a realistic and fair approach to counter the "illegal demands and adventurous, dangerous policies" of the United States.

english.palinfo.com (2026-05-16). IOF storms W. Bank areas, kidnaps Palestinians from homesThe Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens last night and at dawn Saturday.

english.palinfo.com (2026-05-15). Israeli settlers torch mosque and vehicles, scrawl racist slogans in Jibiya villageIsraeli settlers set fire to a mosque and several vehicles, and sprayed racist slogans on walls in the village of Jibiya, north of Ramallah, at dawn Friday in a new attack targeting Palestinian property in the West Bank.

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presstv.co.uk (2026-05-13). Israel razes dozens of Palestinian shops to pave way for illegal settlement roadIsrael has destroyed dozens of Palestinian shops on the edge of a town southeast of al-Quds to make way for a road being built to serve nearby Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

english.palinfo.com (2026-05-13). Hamas: Field executions increase the price Israel will payThe Hamas Movement said that the field executions carried out by the "criminal Israeli occupation army" against the Palestinian people, most recently Tuesday evening in the town of al-Ram north of Occupied Jerusalem, are being added to a growing record of brutal crimes escalating at a dangerous pace.

2026-05-13: Col. Larry Wilkerson: Iran WIPES OUT Trump's Proposal & INSISTS on Its Own Terms (It's Over)

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aljazeera.com (2026-05-12). Starving on the front lines: Food supply in crisis as Ukraine fights RussiaPleas and photos of four emaciated soldiers roiled Ukraine in late April. | | The group had reportedly been starving on the front line after up to 17 days without food deliveries and months without rotation.

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