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Xi, Putin Pledge New Era Against Western ‘Unilateralism’

May 20, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , , , , , ,
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to deepen strategic coordination, expand economic cooperation, and push against western dominance in global affairs during talks in Beijing on 20 May. Putin said Moscow and Beijing would keep coordinating positions in the G20, World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and New Development Bank. “Of course, we will continue to closely coordinate our positions,” Putin said, adding that both sides aim to align the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Iran Announces ‘Persian Gulf Strait Authority’ With Oman

May 18, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
The Islamic Republic has officially launched a new body to oversee its management of the Strait of Hormuz, formalizing its demand that the waterway come under Iranian jurisdiction following the start of the US-Israeli war. The body, labeled the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), made its first post on 18 May. “In the Name of God. The official X account of the PGSA is now live. Follow us for real‑time updates on Strait of Hormuz operations and latest developments,” the post stated. The statement has also been carried by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and the navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). 

Trump’s Iranian Nightmare

May 17, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , , ,
America’s newest quagmire in the Middle East is like its old quagmires in the Middle East. It is based, as were the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, on a gross misreading of our adversaries, a catastrophic failure to understand the limits of imperial power and no discernable strategy. It swells the profits of the war industry, wasting billions of public funds, alienates our allies and erodes the global power and prestige of the United States. Dying empires, governed by the corrupt and the incompetent, are blinded by militarism and hubris. They are unable to read the world around them.

BRICS Look At Iran With Different Eyes After ‘American Failure’

May 16, 2026 Juan Cole, Scheer Post. , , ,
The BRICS (a broad geopolitical group including Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates) held a summit for foreign ministers in New Delhi on May 14-15 that was overshadowed by the relatively fruitless Trump meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Iran, which attended as an observer, was naturally a big subject of conversation. The Hormuz blockade is affecting different BRICS countries differently. India, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia are suffering with high energy and gasoline prices.

Iranian FM Says ‘No Trust’ In Talks With US, Declares Hormuz Open

May 16, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
On 15 May, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Strait of Hormuz remains open to vessels except those “at war” with Tehran, and stressed that Iran has “no trust” in the US regarding negotiations. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi during a BRICS foreign ministers meeting, Araghchi said Tehran would only negotiate with Washington if it proves “serious.”  He described the situation in the Strait of Hormuz as “very complicated,” as both the US and Iran enforce competing restrictions on maritime traffic, with each side allowing or blocking vessels based on their ties to the opposing side. 

Unasked Questions About The War On Iran

May 14, 2026 Alison Broinowski, Consortium News. , , ,
Most of the Western media refuse to join the dots and explain Israel’s decades-long obsession with defanging Tehran. The war in Iran is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has planned for four decades. He’s always wanted Israel to extend from Egypt to the Euphrates and in the process have the United States overthrow seven neighbouring countries, the last and latest being Iran. That was also America’s plot, hatched by the neo-conservative authors at the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) in 2000. The list of targeted countries, confirmed by U.S. General Wesley Clark in 2007, was based on a proposal  published in Israel in 1982. 

Trump Administration Issues Subpoenas To Stifle Reporting On War Against Iran

May 13, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , , ,
On behalf of President Donald Trump, the Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas that targeted Wall Street Journal reporters involved in covering the war against Iran.  “The government’s subpoenas to The Wall Street Journal and our reporters represent an attack on constitutionally protected newsgathering. We will vigorously oppose this effort to stifle and intimidate essential reporting,” stated Ashok Sinha, the chief communications officer for Dow Jones, the Journal’s publisher. According to the Journal, the subpoenas stemmed from a February 23 article that reported that “Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and others at the Pentagon warned the president about the risks of an extended military campaign against Iran.

Iran’s Strikes Rewrite Washington’s West Asia Doctrine

May 12, 2026 Shivan Mahendrarajah, The Cradle. , , , ,
To riff on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘My Hometown’: “Tehran says ‘These bases are going, boys / And they ain’t coming back / To your hometown’.” The Washington Post’s 6 May 2026 article, ‘Iran has hit far more US military assets than reported, satellite images show,’ was an overdue admission – based on leaks from the US Department of Defense (DOD) and Washington's intelligence community – that Iran had inflicted significant damage to US assets. However, The Post only tells part of the story. The Post examined 109 of the hundreds of satellite images published by Iranian media, whose authenticity could be verified “by comparing them with lower-resolution imagery from the European Union’s satellite system, Copernicus, as well as high-resolution images from Planet where available.”

Trump Rejects ‘Unacceptable’ Iranian Response After Call With Netanyahu

May 11, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , , , ,
US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the new ceasefire proposal from Washington late on 10 May, calling it “unacceptable” right after a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I have just read the response from Iran's so called 'Representatives.' I don't like it – TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!" the president wrote on Truth Social. Trump also told Axios that he does not “like their letter.” He went on to call the Iranian response “inappropriate.” "They have been tapping along many nations for 47 years," Trump added.

Trump Boasts ‘We’re Like Pirates’ Seizing Iran’s Ships

May 9, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , , , ,
It’s not often that the leader of a country boasts that he and other government officials act as pirates. But that is exactly what happened this May. Donald Trump gave a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida in which he bragged about the blockade that the US military has imposed in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Iran. Trump proudly stated that the US military is seizing cargo ships full of Iranian oil. “We took over the cargo, took over the oil”, Trump gloated. “It’s a very profitable business. Who would have thought we were doing that? We’re like pirates!”

Clashes Reported Between Iranian, US Forces Near Strait Of Hormuz

May 9, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Clashes erupted between Iranian forces and the US military around the Strait of Hormuz on 8 May, with gunfire and explosions being reported across the area, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency and other regional outlets. Tasnim reported “limited exchanges of fire with the American enemy around the Strait of Hormuz." “For about two hours, sounds of gunfire have been heard near the Strait of Hormuz,” the report added.  “Sounds of several explosions were heard around Sirik,” the agency reported, adding that some of these explosions could have been related to the clashes near the strait. 

US Project Freedom Fell Apart After ‘Backlash’ From Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

May 7, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , , ,
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US access to their military sites in opposition to Washington’s so-called Project Freedom, according to a 6 May report by NBC News. “Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after [Saudi Arabia] suspended the US military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation,” two US officials told the US outlet. The officials said Washington's Persian Gulf allies were “surprised” by Trump’s announcement of Project Freedom over the weekend, which the US leader framed as a means of breaking Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Doctors And Medical Staff From Gaza Still Held In Israel’s Prisons

May 7, 2026 Andy Worthington. , , , , ,
For the last 16 months, campaigners around the world have, understandably, been highlighting the case of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the brave director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, who kept the hospital operational for three months, from October to December 2024, when it was besieged and attacked remorselessly by Israeli forces during what was known as “the Generals’ Plan.” This was the “genocide within a genocide”, when the whole of northern Gaza was placed under a violent siege, and everyone still living there, who had failed to cooperate with previous evacuation orders — either because they were unwilling or unable to leave — was told in no uncertain terms that, if they stayed, they would be regarded as “enemy combatants” who could be summarily executed.

Trump Says Us Military Operation In The Strait Of Hormuz Is Paused

May 6, 2026 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. , , , ,
President Trump said in a Tuesday night post on Truth Social that the US military operation to “guide” commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, which he has dubbed “Project Freedom,” has been paused. “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time

The US Pulled Off An Armed Robbery Of The World’s Energy Supply

May 6, 2026 Richard Medhurst. , , , ,
In the past, the United States were very sensitive to oil shocks. Closing the Strait of Hormuz would have been a catastrophe, as the US couldn’t produce enough oil to meet demand. But today, they are the world’s largest producers of oil, gas, and refined products, and the planet’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Many still buy into the old mantra that high oil prices are bad for the US, but the opposite is true. For the first time during a global shortage, the dollar isn’t crashing while gold surges — it’s the other way around. High energy prices aren’t a threat to Wall Street anymore — they are in fact the objective.
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