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📜 SUNNI SCHOLARS IN IRAN BACK SMART MANAGEMENT OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ, OFFER AID TO REVOLUTIONARY GUARD AND NAVY Sunni scholars in the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement voicing full support for the continued smart management of the Strait of Hormuz. They declared readiness to provide any assistance to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and navy, plus Sunni tribes along the republic's coasts. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN VOWS TO DEFEND ITSELF TO LAST DROP OF BLOOD AS FAITH-POWERED F-5 REACHES US POSITIONS IN KUWAIT Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Amir Hatami laid it out straight: Iran will defend itself until the last drop of blood. He stressed that the power of faith lets an F-5 fighter jet slip into US forces' positions in Kuwait, brushing past their so-called most advanced ground-to-air and air-to-air defense systems. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 BAHRAINI AYATOLLAH HAILS IRAN AS STRONGEST REBUKE TO ARAB REGIMES BACKING HIS FOES In the video, Qassim stares down the camera, spotlighting Iran's defensive prowess as touted by Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami. Hatami vows Iran will defend itself to the last drop of blood, boasting how faith lets an F-5 fighter soar over US positions in Kuwait, shrugging off fancy American air defenses. The message hammers home resistance to outside meddling with regional clerics. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PUTIN SET FOR QUICK BEIJING HOP DAYS AFTER XI-TRUMP SUMMIT Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing on May 20 for a one-day jaunt, billed as routine with no fanfare. This follows Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent summit with US President Donald Trump in the Chinese capital. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Thursday that prep work's all wrapped up. South China Morning Post. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS IT'S TIME TO FLEX REGIONAL MUSCLE MORE THAN EVER Iranian Foreign Minister declares this the moment for Iran to affirm its position and spotlight its regional role like never before. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 LAVROV CALLS OUT AMERICAN-ISRAELI AGGRESSION AS ROOT OF IRAN CRISIS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov laid it out plain: fixing the Iran mess means facing the main culprit, that American-Israeli aggression. Iran, he stressed, hasn't stirred up any trouble in the Strait of Hormuz. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 NVIDIA CEO CALLS OUT WEIRD QUERY ON SELLING CHIPS TO HUAWEI AMID TRUMP'S UNDERWHELMING CHINA DEAL Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got hit with a reporter asking if he'd sell Nvidia chips to Huawei. Huang shot back, "That’s a strange question." This comes as Trump locks in a China deal for just 200 Boeing jets—way short of the 500 hyped pre-summit. Boeing shares promptly tanked 4%. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 BOEING SHARES TANK 4% AFTER TRUMP'S MEAGER 200-JET CHINA DEAL FALLS SHORT OF HOPED-FOR 500 Boeing shares slid 4% after President Trump announced China agreed to buy 200 jets. That's a puny fraction of the 500-plane blockbuster floated before his Xi Jinping powwow. Investors shrugged off the vague order details, per Reuters. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 CARICATURE SUMMARIZES CRIMINAL TRUMP’S VISIT TO CHINA A caricature lays out the highlights of criminal Trump’s trip to China. It sums up whatever passed for diplomacy in that encounter. No further details emerge from the sketch. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 TRUMP HOPS ON AIR FORCE ONE FROM BEIJING AFTER XI SUMMIT YIELDS PALTRY 200 BOEING JETS Trump boarded Air Force One in Beijing after two days of summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets—well shy of the 500-plane hopes—sparking a tidy 4% plunge in Boeing shares as investors fretted over the fuzzy details. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 U.S. AMBASSADOR HUCKABEE DEFENDS ISRAEL'S HAMAS OPERATIONS WITH SMOKY FIRE ANALOGY U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee claims the world can't condemn Israel for hitting Hamas—something others lacked the guts for. He rolls out the gem:

You don’t send someone into the fire to put out the fire and then complain because they come out smelling like smoke.

Huckabee trots this out to back Israel's ongoing military ops against Hamas. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN SLAMS UAE FOR DELIBERATE SABOTAGE AS HACKERS EXPOSE NETANYAHU'S UAE FIXER IN EPSTEIN WEB Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson calls out the UAE for deliberate actions against Iran. This comes after hacking group "Hanzala" announced breaching Samuel Shay, Netanyahu's trip planner to the UAE and Abraham Accords engineer. Leaked docs show Shay coordinating secret Israel-Gulf deals, including hidden economic, political, and security ties between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. He also hooked Epstein to UAE ruler Sultan Ahmed bin Suleim, trapping Emirati leaders in the network for Mossad leverage. @TheBabylonTimes

UPDATE:📜 HANTHALA HACKERS BREACH NETANYAHU AIDE WHO ENGINEERED ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND EPSTEIN UAE TIES Hacking group Hanthala claims it breached Samuel Shay, the go-to planner for Netanyahu's UAE trip and architect of the Abraham Accords. Hanthala says Shay orchestrated secret Israel-Gulf deals and facilitated Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi economic, political, and security links. Leaked docs reveal Shay linked Epstein to "Sultan Ahmed bin Salem," pulling in UAE rulers to Epstein's web, with Mossad leveraging it for coercion. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 TRUMP CLAIMS IRAN CAN'T ACCESS NUCLEAR DUST AFTER MOUNTAIN COLLAPSE Former US President Donald Trump boasted that Iran can't even touch its "nuclear dust" since the mountain conveniently collapsed on it. He added that only China and the United States possess the capability to reach it. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 MIKE HUCKABEE SAYS TRUMP WOULD SWEEP ISRAELI BALLOT 95-5, DISMISSING REST AS INSANE ASYLUM DWELLERS U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee claims Donald Trump would snag 95% of the Israeli vote if on the ballot there. The other 5%? Folks "in insane asylums" who "don't count anyway." @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US AMBASSADOR HUCKABEE URGES WORLD LEADERS TO QUERY TRUMP'S ISRAELI PULL U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told world leaders to check with President Trump, other prime ministers, and presidents if Trump drags them to Israel. He dropped this amid gushing over Trump's staunch Israel backing, claiming Trump would snag 95% of the vote there. Huckabee defended Israel's strikes on Hamas, insisting no one bash them for it—like faulting a firefighter for reeking of smoke after dousing flames. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 SERGEANT NEGEV DAGAN FROM GOLANI BRIGADE KILLED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON CLASHES Sergeant Negev Dagan, one of the fighters in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade, got taken out during clashes in southern Lebanon. The occupation's push up north claims another disposable foot soldier. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PENTAGON AND NATO IN SHOCK AS HEGSETH YANKS 4000 US TROOPS FROM POLAND DEPLOYMENT Pentagon officials and NATO allies reeled in shock and confusion after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth abruptly canceled a planned deployment of 4,000 American troops to Poland. One U.S. official admitted, "We had no idea this was coming," amid frantic phone calls with European counterparts scrambling to check for more surprise twists. The sudden pullback blindsided Pentagon staff and transatlantic partners, just the latest in Hegseth's pattern of last-minute personnel flip-flops. Source: POLITICO @TheBabylonTimes

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📜 IRAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPIKES TRAITORS WITH PUBLIC SHAME Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei delivers the goods:

"He who betrays in secret shall be exposed in public."

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