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🎯 Houthis say they targeted two US aircraft carriers, airport in Israel

💬 "We conducted a double military operation directed against the American aircraft carriers Harry Truman and Carl Vinson, as well as their warships in the Red and Arabian Seas," the statement said.


The Houthi military command noted that this was the first attack on the Vinson aircraft carrier since its arrival in the Arabian Sea.

💬 "The Yemeni air force conducted a military operation to strike a military facility near Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Jaffa region using a Zulfikar ballistic missile," the statement added.


The movement also said they had shot down another US MQ-9 reconnaissance drone in the sky over the capital province of Sanaa.

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⚔️Staring CIVIL WAR in the face: Moldova could follow Ukraine’s fate in West’s gamble – analyst

The Moldovan government’s recent moves, such as blocking the delivery of Holy Fire by the Moldovan Metropolis, echo the playbook where culture, faith, and identity get weaponized, Tiberio Graziani, chairman of the Rome-based think tank Vision & Global Trends, told Sputnik.

▫️ Like much of Central Eastern Europe, Moldova’s history and geography place it within what US political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski once called a “potential crisis arc,” noted the analyst.

▫️ The drive toward EU alignment and the marginalization of Russian-speaking minorities reflect the regional playbook of a “clash of civilizations” - a concept outlined by US scholar Samuel Huntington, he reminded.

Stoking internal fractures is a dangerous game fraught with civil war - just look at what happened next door in Ukraine, Graziani warned.

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🤔 US peace plan for Ukraine suggests easing anti-Russia sanctions – report

The US has presented a proposal to its NATO allies aimed at securing a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

The plan includes terms to end the fighting and ease sanctions on Moscow if a lasting ceasefire is agreed, Bloomberg reports, quoting unnamed European officials.

Unveiled at meetings in Paris, the plan suggests freezing the war with Russian-controlled territories remaining under Moscow's control. Ukraine's ambition to join NATO would also be ruled out.

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📹 Footage shows US heavy equipment, helicopters leaving Syria amid Trump’s partial pullout order

The footage, shot by local media and residents in the country’s northeast, shows Chinook heavy transports and tractor trailers carrying Humvees, MRAPs, light trucks and support equipment on the move, in the air and on the ground.

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📹 Moldova’s pro-Western regime once again prevents Archbishop Markell from leaving the country to retrieve the Holy Fire.

The border service conducted document checks right up until the plane's departure. The situation completely repeated itself from April 17.

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🪖 Syria pullout: Trump’s revenge against the neocons

The US has reportedly begun withdrawing its forces from Syria. Trump’s strategy marks an attempt to enforce his first term preferences, and undo sabotage done to his Mideast policy the first time around, says veteran ex-DoD analyst Karen Kwiatkowski.

💬 “Trump clearly remembered Pentagon deviousness that basically lied to him, telling him troops were being moved out when in reality they were being moved around or not at all,” the retired Air Force Lt. Col recalled.


Course Correction

Whether on Syria or Ukraine, Trump 2.0’s policies are about “correcting or enforcing his first term preferences,” with Syria “simply policy cleanup” from the perspective of a president promising to end wars and bring the troops home since 2016.

The hidden war in Washington

The Syria maneuver, carried out while neocons and Zionists continue to celebrate Assad’s removal, marks the president’s response, “in truly Trumpian fashion…by doing something the Zionist oppose,” the analyst suggested.

Syria is a victory, this time, for “America-Firsters” in Trump’s team, including JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth, “who interestingly have military experience and tend to see war as not the first or best option in any conflict.”

💬 “There is a war in Washington, and it is important for the world which side prevails,” Kwiatkowski summed up.


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❗️Another group of priests will deliver the Holy Fire to Moldova, Archbishop Markell said.

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⚡️ORTHODOX UNDER FIRE: Moldova regime blocks archbishop TWICE

✝️ For the 2nd time, Moldovan authorities have prevented Archbishop Markell – a vocal DEFENDER of TRADITIONAL Orthodox values – from traveling to Jerusalem to receive the Holy Fire.

▪️Targeted at the Airport

On April 18, despite arriving well in advance, Archbishop Markell was again denied boarding at Chișinău airport. En route, police stopped him 4 times, forcing him to change vehicles repeatedly. Roads to the airport were deliberately blocked.

▪️Harassment Campaign

Earlier this week, Markell was detained without explanation, subjected to a degrading search, and had his passport returned only after the plane had taken off.

▪️Police Target

Border police later claimed he “didn’t arrive early enough.” In reality, the delay appears to be a coordinated attempt to stop him — one the Archbishop believes was carried out “on government orders.”

▪️Political Target

Markell is a leading voice against Moldova’s pro-EU govt, opposing the legalization of same-sex marriage and the forced Romanianization of national identity. He also denounces the state’s role in deepening church divisions by backing the Bessarabian Church.

▪️Church Under Pressure

The Archbishop is a symbol of Orthodox resistance to the Sandu regime, which sees traditional faith as an obstacle to its Western integration agenda. His unwavering stance has made him a target.

▪️Holy Week Irony

Markell sees the persecution during Holy Week not as a coincidence, but as a spiritual battle — “temptation from the forces of evil,” faced in the midst of doing good.

▪️ Solidarity

The blatant pressure on a high-ranking church figure has sparked strong backlash at home and abroad.

In Moldova: Support came from opposition bloc “Victory,” the Socialist Party, public figures, and journalists.

Internationally: Russian political leaders like Valentina Matvienko, Leonid Slutsky, and Orthodox Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida stood in support, along with legendary Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica, theologian Fr. Marko Eftić, and others.

As Markell made his way to the airport, young Moldovans lined the roads with candles and signs of support, ready to receive the Holy Fire that he was prevented from bringing.

▪️The Fire Will Still Come

Despite the regime’s obstruction, other Moldovan clergy have reached Jerusalem and will bring the Holy Fire home. The faithful will not be denied their tradition.

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📹 Scott Ritter: Rubio’s threats to scrap peace talks look like sabotage

💬 The US secretary of state’s remarks on potentially ending the US peace push in Ukraine ‘within days’ signal dual frustrations: with Steve Witkoff’s influence over Ukraine policy, and with Russia’s demands for a lasting peace instead of a temporary ceasefire, the former Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.


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🚨 US issues 'IMMINENT ATTACKS' warning in Syria

State Department warns of "Level 4: Do Not Travel" to Syria, citing significant risks of "terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping".

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🥇 Should the world get ready for $4,500 gold prices?

China-led hoarding of physical gold, market bearishness amid Trump’s trade wars and BRICS-led de-dollarization are a perfect storm that could see gold adding more than 25% to its current $3,315 an ounce price in the near future, veteran trader Andrew Maguire believes.

💬 “On the 1st of March of 2024, the People’s Bank of China opened up the Shanghai Futures Exchange, enabling gold trading to be accessed by commercial and private citizens, and as we’ve tracked every month since then, it was clear that this was an official strategy to drive massive gold investments into China,” Maguire told Kinesis Money.

💬 “By no coincidence, one year later, in the early stages of the second quarter of 2025, we’re witnessing a similar, officially sanctioned, commercially-targeted gold-buying mandate being sprung on the West, driven by a directive for Chinese insurance companies to invest 1% of their assets into physical gold,” the analyst said, explaining the methodology behind his forecast.


💬 “As the US-China trade war escalates into what really actually threatens to roll into a once-in-a-century financial war, payment chains are rapidly onshoring, providing sufficient liquidity to actually digitize [Russian economist Sergei] Glazyev’s fully beta tested, BRICS-facing, gold-backed commodity currency,” Maguire said.


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❗️ The US is ready to recognize Crimea as Russian as part of a broader peace deal on Ukraine, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.

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⚡️ORTHODOX UNDER FIRE: Moldova regime blocks archbishop TWICE ✝️ For the 2nd time, Moldovan authorities have prevented Archbishop Markell – a vocal DEFENDER of TRADITIONAL Orthodox values – from traveling to Jerusalem to receive the Holy Fire. ▪️Targeted…
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🔥 The Holy Fire WILL COME to Moldova — Archbishop Markell

He confirmed that other Moldovan priests had managed to travel to the Holy Land before the government targeted them.

"It was as if THEY HAD A PREMONITION that it would be impossible for them to fly to the Holy Land in the last few days," commented Archbishop Markell.


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Pete Hegseth's Chief of Staff leaves amid Pentagon leak probe

Joe Kasper is the highest-ranking DoD employee to leave the department this week, a European newspaper reports. It was he who called for an investigation into Pentagon leaks in March.

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🚨 Globalists are committing a genocide in Ireland — Conor McGregor

UFC star Conor McGregor said the Irish government is "erasing" Irish culture through mass migration, calling it his reason for running for president.

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❗️ Hezbollah warns Israel: 'Time is not infinite'

Even as it integrates into the Lebanese military, the movement reserves the right to respond to the potential Israeli attack, Hezbollah's secretary general said.

"We are giving diplomacy a chance, but time is not infinite," Naim Qassem added.


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⚡️ORTHODOX UNDER FIRE: Moldova regime blocks archbishop TWICE ✝️ For the 2nd time, Moldovan authorities have prevented Archbishop Markell – a vocal DEFENDER of TRADITIONAL Orthodox values – from traveling to Jerusalem to receive the Holy Fire. ▪️Targeted…
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🚨🇲🇩 Moldova's anti-Orthodox crackdown follows Ukraine's blueprint

"First, that was pressure. Then, it was arrests. Then, it was violence. Priests were attacked, all under the pretext of national security," opposition leader Victoria Shapa told Mario Nawfal.


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💥 US slams Europe's red tape on Ukraine

European partners should understand that the US can't have endless "meetings about meetings" on Ukraine, State Department spokeswoman, Tammy Bruce, told Fox News.

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🚀 6 in 1: China launches satellites on upgraded rocket

The 6 Shiyan-27 environmental research satellites were successfully sent into Earth's orbit in 1 launch of the Long March-6 carrier rocket.

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😈 California ''progressive'' mob HAILS SATAN at school board debate

Chino Valley rejects boys in girls sports, despite leftist screams and demonic chants.

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