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May 06 2026 
US Pressing Others to Help Reopen Hormuz is to Socialize Liability of Its Self-Made Trouble
China’s Diplomacy
This is an editorial from China Daily.
History’s recurring lesson is that great powers often mistake ultimatums for rational strategy. The Middle East crisis offers another tutorial on that error.
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pressed allies in Europe and Asia to contribute to a US-led effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, arguing… Continue reading
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May 06 2026 
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova – If Kiev attacks irt Victory Day, make sure your people are evacuated
A more serious warning is impossible.
💬 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (https://t.me/MFARussia) hereby announces that a Note Verbale has been sent to all diplomatic missions accredited to the Ministry, as well as to missions of international organisations. The note reads as follows:
“On May 4, 2026, the Ministry of Defence of the… Continue reading
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May 06 2026 
Russia to respond to security threats by instilling ‘primal terror’ into Europe — Medvedev
Russia is being dictated to accept the ‘peace through force’ concept, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said
TASS
MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/. Russia will respond to attempts to force it into accepting peace through strength by ensuring its security through Europe’s “primal terror,” Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev wrote in an article quoted by… Continue reading
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May 06 2026 
Pepe Escobar: China just Humiliated Trump’s Sanctions – Iran now Controls Hormuz
With Nima Alkorshid – Dialogue Works
Across the spectrum. Has the war ended? As in Operation Epic F.Up? Nobody knows: anything goes. Bombing could be back after Trump-Xi in Beijing. In Tehran, they are ready even if it’s this weekend.
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May 06 2026 
China opposes using the anticipated summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in Beijing to be used as a pressure tool against Iran
Al Mayadeen
Asian diplomatic sources told Al Mayadeen that China is firmly opposed to allowing the anticipated summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in Beijing to be used as a pressure tool against Iran.
According to the sources, Beijing quickly concluded that Trump’s announcement of a “freedom of navigation mission” was aimed at exerting political pressure… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Who’s the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ in China-Latin America Cooperation? The US should look in the mirror.
By Global Times
On April 27, US Ambassador to Peru Bernie Navarro drew an unprovoked comparison between China and the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood – the fairy-tale villain who deceives and devours the weak under a mask of goodwill – in a deliberate attempt to smear China’s cooperation with Peru and other… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Formal Document on Iran’s new Maritime Mechanism has been published
From PressTV
Iran has officially launched a new mechanism for governing maritime traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Press TV has learned.
Under the newly implemented system, all vessels intending to transit the Strait will receive an email from the official address info@PGSA.ir outlining the rules and regulations for passage.
Ships are required to adjust their operations according to… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Professor Michael Hudson – in discussion with Ian Proud, 1 May
(AKA, its the money honey! my note)
IP – I was talking about the old adage that “wars are won by economies not armies”, and I think the war in Iran has slightly refined that phrase, that “wars are won by economics not military force”. What’s your view?
MH – my view is probably in agreement with… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Israel Has Kidnapped Two of Our Most Important Pro-Palestine Activists
Two foreign activists – Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek – from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May the 3rd (Photo by Ilia Yefimovichvia Getty Images).
Chris Hedges – The Chris Hedges ReportNothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
How can Russia win a new World War
Sergey Karaganov
The accelerating flow of events, which overlap and cancel each other out, is confusing and makes it difficult to understand what is happening. I will try to provide an interpretation of the course of history based on my experience and knowledge, as well as the fact that I have never made a major mistake in… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
Nation States will Fall
From Amarynth
The burning of the UAE oil terminals (the one is the 2nd biggest in the world) will make the UAE fall as a nation state. It may be a warning for Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Iran understood that the UAE worked with the US and Israel and was their enemy during the war. (Trump… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
New Indonesia–China payment system: Chinese on de-dollarization spree in Southeast Asia
China is steadily internationalizing the yuan, now launching a new cross-border QR payment system with Indonesia. (That is the correct nomenclature – internationalizing and not reserve currency).
What’s the new payment system about?
♦️ Users can now use local mobile apps, like China’s Alipay and Indonesia’s QRIS, to scan QR codes and make retail payments in either… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
India Not Playing A Balancing Act In War On Iran
By Press TV Website Staff
India has abandoned any pretence of neutrality in West Asian developments and the war against Iran, openly siding with Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to an Indian journalist and author.
Ghazala Wahab, a New Delhi-based senior journalist and author, who edits FORCE magazine, told the Press TV website that… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
A negotiated settlement for a sovereign Iran is nigh impossible
Trump today seems torn between the prospect of ‘heavy’ military escalation and an extended Hormuz blockade.
Strategic Culture
Putting two sides together — let alone three — who have wildly diverse chronicles of their histories and even less commonality in charting their future national trajectory was innately unlikely to reach an agreed settlement. More likely in such ill-prepared… Continue reading
