Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.

My piece on why #Trump 's Board of Peace will fail. #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #US theinsighttd.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/t...

Israel partially reopens Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza in pilot https://aje.news/k3x4r3

Pepperball guns, tasers and tear gas are among the weapons recently deployed against protesters in the US. In a new guide, @easybakeovensz.bsky.social details some of the “less-lethal” equipment federal agents have carried during the current immigration raids. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

What happens when you identify the man behind two deepfake porn sites? Well, in Kolina Koltai's experience as an investigator, senior researcher and trainer at @bellingcat.com: they run. Today on the podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbmU...

The killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by an ICE agent during a protest in Minneapolis, has been ruled a homicide.

I am the research

A new report from the OPCW IIT concludes Syrian forces, particularly Assad's Tiger Forces, were responsible for the October 2016 chlorine attack on Kafr Zita www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...

#Zelensky is the leader #Europe has needed for decades. Charles de Gualle was right when he said Europe needed to be able to defend itself and be self-sustainable. No more words. Act #UK and #EU!

The irony should not be lost on anyone: a man who spent the entire Syrian conflict spreading disinformation meant to smear survivors of Assad’s chemical weapons attacks now posturing as someone concerned about disinfo. Hadi’s aim has always been to silence victims while uplifting the oppressor.

Palestinian citizens of Israel have launched a general strike to protest spiralling violence and Israeli police complicity with criminal networks ⬇️

Rifaat al-Assad has died in the UAE. Very few people will be mourning today.

The #EU is readying counter tariffs in preparation for Trump's tariffs regarding Greenland. EU counter measures equate to €93 billion. #US #Greenland #Europe ft.trib.al/pV40vHD

He talks of allies paying the US back, yet never once talks of #Israel paying back US taxpayers nor has he placed damaging sanctions on #Russia - a major threat to the West.

During a speech in Tehran today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that "several thousand people were killed" during the recent protests by those he described as "seditionists", confirming for the first time that the death toll from the protests is in the thousands.

The US intends to tariff allied nations 10% rising to 25% until a Greenland deal is agreed. But won't place sanctions on #Russia for its colonial war nor ask #Israel to repay the billions in US taxpayers money Washington gives Tel Aviv. Makes 0 sense. #UK #US #France #Greenland #Ukraine

Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost. Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746

UN Women is one of them.

Luckily VPNs haven't been invented.

The US Department of State has issued a warning to US personnel in #Qatar to limit non-essential travel to Al Udeid Airbase.

Iran has closed off airspace. Seems they are preparing for an imminent US strike, even as Trump earlier said he may not strike as the killing has stopped. #Iran #US

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the country’s military intelligence agency, as his new chief of staff.

The #ICC is a vital institution in bringing justice to those affected by human rights violations, war crimes etc. Western leaders especially should not be trying to harm the ICC because of their personal opinions/beliefs about a specific matter.

#Iran 's protests show how fragile all dictatorships are. Historically we have seen how authoritarianism/dictatorships/tyrannys never work for the people's security/needs, only for the elites and so sooner or later the people turn. #Syria saw this, #Venezuela has seen it, Iran is seeing it.

Minneapolis leaders urge transparency, independent probe after ICE killing https://aje.news/xano0v

It is long overdue that Europe bans X because it is just a means for insecure people to slander and racially abuse others whilst conflating non-existent concepts which live rent free in their heads. #Musk is so dangerous to democracy and humanity.

The world’s richest man is an insecure white supremacist

BBC Verify and BBC Persian have verified over 100 videos in more than 50 towns and cities during 10 days of nationwide protests in Iran, showing that the demonstrations have now spread to the majority of Iran's provinces. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Johnson: U.S. military action in Greenland ‘would not be appropriate’

Israeli forces fire live rounds and teargas as they storm Birzeit University - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-fire-live-rounds-storm-birzeit-university

#AstonVilla #MaccabiTelAviv #UK #Football

The Midlands police action to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending their game v Villa last year was not anti-semetic as politicians in the UK have suggested. There is no evidence to suggest this. It is a smear campaign and a means they know to get attention. Jews were not banned from the game..

@idreesahmad.bsky.social Hi there. I have written an article on Syria and wanted to know if I could send it across to yourself?

There are a lot of people who are angry with Maduro's capture who have a history of supporting malign hostile actors/dictatorships. Why shouldn't the #Venezuela n people have a chance at a better life, free of dictatorship, a dictatorship which created an economic and humanitarian crisis...

1 Trump has done something so off the scale, but this dangerous precedent wasn't invoked by him, it was done by Russia, it was caused by lack of accountability and consequences when actors like Syria [Assad], Israel, Iran, Russia etc flagrantly broke intl law and humanitarian law. World leaders....

This video, viewed over 600,000 times, claims to show US troops landing in Caracas to capture Maduro. The video is from June 2025, showing US Special Forces preparing for the army's 250th anniversary parade. Fact-check: @lgalrao.bsky.social

THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture. In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.

The Israeli military continues to demolish structures in northern Gaza while also blocking the entry of aid.

Greenland/Denmark and Europe need to think extremely long and hard about the looming threat to #Greenland 's territorial integrity. Would Trump mind devastating the US' alliance with Europe? Very murky waters ahead and it will demonstrate the weak leadership and strong. #Venezuela #US

People talk about how #Trump broke intl law. Intl law and it's foundations were broken by Syria, Russia, Iran, Israel and so many other far before Trump arrested Maduro yesterday. Intl players, especially in the West don't want to fix the system nor truly care for it, only when it suits them.

I am old enough to remember when Cameron, Obama et al said there was too much risk to their respective air forces to engage in strikes against Assad military infrastructure/figures because of the dreaded S3/400s. What we have seen in Venezuela and Ukraine is yet further evidence these leaders....

Pro-government officials on Saturday say they have regained control of the Wadi Hadramawt region.

To be fair - Maduro has not been seen as a legitimate president since 2018 by a large proportion of the international community including the UK.

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

Video: Plainclothes agents arrest young protester in city of Sari in northern #Iran on Saturday night #IranProtests

Whilst we can celebrate the ousting of a dictator [Maduro], whilst people in Venezuela (+ the diaspora) celebrate, there is also concern what comes next. Trump rarely has a mid-long term goal/grand strategy in place. Is he acting on impulse or does he have a plan to secure Venezuela from infighting

Potentially Trump's motives will be negative for Venezuela, but don't Venezuelans deserve the chance to be free of a dictatorship which has constantly undermined the rule of law and their security and undermined their rights for decades.

All the condemnation for Trump capturing Venezuela's illegitimate leader Maduro seems to all mainly come from Western "anti-imperialists" the same people who touted support for regimes like Assad's, Putin's and Maduro's. People who were ok with innocent people being killed en masse because....

APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — US Attorney General says deposed Venezuelan leader Maduro and wife Cilia Flores to face charges after NY indictment.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US carried out a "large-scale strike" against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Trump said Maduro and his wife were "captured and flown out of the country" following the operation.