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📜 3.5-MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS NEAR QAL'EH QAZI IN IRAN'S HORMOZGAN PROVINCE A 3.5-magnitude earthquake conveniently rattled the area around Qal'eh Qazi in Iran's Hormozgan Province. Earth shook, as it does, without picking favorites. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 AIR DEFENSES LIGHT UP SKY OVER KIRYAT SHMONA SETTLEMENT TO SWAT DOWN LEBANESE ROCKETS Video catches air defenses over the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel springing into action, intercepting rockets fired from southern Lebanon. Bright flares streak the night sky as interceptors launch and burst overhead, with alerts blaring and distant rocket trails visible. No immediate impacts or casualties reported in the settlement. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 IRAN'S TOP GENERAL SAYS FORCES READY TO SMACK DOWN ANY NEW ENEMY ATTACK Brigadier General Ali Reza Sheikh, executive deputy to Iran's armed forces commander, states Iranian forces are fully capable of responding if the enemy launches any new attack. He adds they can thwart enemy plans with strategic and military moves, already forcing the enemy to negotiate. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 ISRAELI FORCES HIT SYRIAN GOLAN VILLAGE WITH PHOSPHORUS, STRIKE LEBANESE TOWN Israeli occupation forces lobbed phosphorus munitions at Yahmor toward Zoutar, scorching civilian areas in the village from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Incendiary weapons there promise fires and lasting damage to residents and infrastructure. Meanwhile, occupation aircraft hammered Frun in southern Lebanon at the same time, keeping the pressure on border communities. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN WARNS KUWAIT TO RECALL 90-MINUTE SADDAM TAKEOVER AND KNOW ITS PLACE AGAINST ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S MIGHT Hossein Khodrian, on Iran's parliamentary National Security Commission, reminded Kuwait how Saddam Hussein's forces gobbled it up in a breezy 90 minutes back in 1990. He stressed that Kuwait better recognize its limits now, given the Islamic Republic's immense strength. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

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📜 MOSCOW'S 'FRIENDSHIP OF PEOPLES' FOUNTAIN DOUBLES AS LAUNDRY SPOT FOR INDIAN VISITORS In Moscow, the ‘Friendship of Peoples’ fountain abruptly became a handy washing machine. A group of Indian visitors took it upon themselves to launder their clothes right there at the cultural heritage site. They shrugged it off, saying it's totally normal back home. Forwarded via Marduk by @nebuchadnezzarll @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 EVEN INDIAN ACTRESSES NOT SAFE FROM INDIANS Even Indian actresses dodge safety nets around their own compatriots. The vibe's gone full predator-prey in familiar territory. Forwarded via Marduk by @nebuchadnezzarll @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 UKRAINE DRAFT LAW SEEKS TO CROWN GAGAUZ AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada registered a draft law to slap "indigenous" status on the Gagauz, those 26,000 to 32,000 Turkic-speaking Orthodox Christians huddled mostly in southern Odesa Oblast. Five MPs from Servant of the People, fronted by Ruslan Horbenko, want to tack them onto the list with Crimean Tatars, Karaites, and Krymchaks. Perks include beefed-up cultural, linguistic, and educational rights—like schooling in Gagauz. This comes after Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha's October 2025 nod, calling them a handy bridge to the Turkic world. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN'S FM SPOKESMAN LAYS OUT REASONABLE DEMANDS ON US FOR REGIONAL INTERESTS Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghaei says Tehran's response to the United States features reasonable and logical demands that actually consider the interests of the entire region. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN EXECUTES MASTERS STUDENT FOR ALLEGED CIA-MOSSAD ESPIONAGE Iran hanged Erfan Shakourzadeh, a 29-year-old aerospace engineering master's student at Iran University of Science and Technology. He worked on satellite projects there. Convicted of spying for the CIA and Mossad, he supposedly shared classified satellite data and employee info. Contacts came via LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Google calls, with crypto payments following. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US ARMY LIEUTENANT'S BODY PULLED FROM ATLANTIC OFF MOROCCO DURING "AFRICAN LION" EXERCISE Body of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., 27, an Air Defense Artillery officer, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco's coast, says U.S. Army Europe and Africa. Key vanished May 2 near Cap Draa Training Area with another soldier, off-duty hiking amid the African Lion 2026 military drill. One tumbled off a cliff into the drink; the other leaped in to "help." Over 1,000 U.S. and Moroccan personnel still hunting the second. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET BOAT SLAPS ON COPE CAGE AGAINST UKRAINIAN DRONE NUISANCE A Project 21980 Grachonok-class anti-saboteur boat from Russia's Black Sea Fleet now sports a cope cage—that metal frame slapped overhead to fend off drone attacks. The photo captures the deck rigged with this cage-like getup, a tweak popping up on more Russian vessels as Ukrainian drones keep buzzing the Black Sea. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN SEES US FORCED OUT VIA STRAIT OF HORMUZ THANKS TO IMPERIAL THIRD WAR Iranian Shura Council Deputy Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says the imposed third war handily creates a chance to boot Americans from the region. Iran plans to manage the Strait of Hormuz for independence of itself and its southern Persian Gulf neighbors. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 FRANCE LOGS FIRST CONFIRMED HANTAVIRUS CASE France tallies its inaugural confirmed hantavirus infection. The bug hops over from infected rodents or their droppings, sparking hantavirus pulmonary syndrome—think fever, muscle aches, and lungs that just won't play nice. Health suits are watching closely and nudging folks to watch out in rodent hotspots. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 OIL TANKER CARRYING IRAQI CRUDE SLIPS THROUGH IRAN'S DESIGNATED ROUTE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ Sources report an oil tanker loaded with Iraqi crude oil passed through the specific route Iran designated in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, Sunday. Business as usual in the choke point Iran calls the shots on. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRAN EMBASSY IN INDIA WARNS TRUMP HELL LEAVE REGION IN TEARS Iran's embassy in India dropped a statement straight at Donald Trump, promising he'll slink out of the region disappointed and crying.

"We have experienced many ups and downs and learned many lessons. We will still laugh, but know this: you will soon depart our region with tears in your eyes."

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📜 EX-QATARI PM SAYS IRANIAN REGIME STRONGER THAN EVER Former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim stated that the current Iranian regime is stronger than before. No further details on how or why, just the straight claim from the ex-top dog. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN'S IRGC SHOWS OFF MISSILES AT MASS RALLIES CONDEMNING ZIONIST CRIMES In footage from massive marches across Iran, the IRGC paraded missiles right there in the crowds. Participants waved flags, chanted slogans, and unveiled the hardware while backing the leadership and armed forces. All to slam crimes by America's pet Zionist enemy. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN DRONES HIT GIANT EMIRATI OIL TANKER EAST OF UAE AFTER SECRET OIL TRANSFER Satellite images catch the massive Emirati oil tanker getting hammered by Iranian drones east of the UAE on May 4. The vessel was heading back from some hush-hush oil transfer op when the strikes landed right on it. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum