articles 18 feb.

 Global

We are closer to all-out war in Europe, In Asia, And in the Middle East than most people realize
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/we-are-closer-to-all-out-war-in-europe-in-asia-and-in-the-middle-east-than-most-people-realize/



Israel War

Shock Hamas Move Batters Ceasefire Busting Israel! by KernowDamo
https://rumble.com/v6lrg01-shock-hamas-move-batters-ceasefire-busting-israel-by-kernowdamo.html

500 Days in Captivity: The Plight of the Hamas Hostages
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/18/500-days-captivity-plight-hamas-hostages/

UN chief slams Israeli police raids on UN schools in occupied East Jerusalem
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250218-un-chief-slams-israeli-police-raids-on-un-schools-in-occupied-east-jerusalem/

Army Ordered To Kill Israelis On 7 October, Defense Minister Confirms, With Asa Winstanley (16:26)
Associate editor Asa Winstanley brings us up to date on the latest revelations of how Israel applied the Hannibal Doctrine on 7 October 2023 - deliberately killing its own people rather than letting them to be taken captive and return home alive in a prisoner exchange.
by The Electronic Intifada
https://rumble.com/v6ku8l1-army-ordered-to-kill-israelis-on-7-october-defense-minister-confirms-with-a.html

Israel abducts 30 Palestinians in occupied West Bank raids
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/live-blog-israel-abducts-30-palestinians-in-occupied-west-bank-raids-18266444



Uraine War

(!) Trump claims Ukraine started the war against Russia - "Today I heard, 'Oh, we weren't invited
https://www.trtworld.com/us-and-canada/trump-claims-ukraine-started-the-war-against-russia-18266441

Clown Zelensky Pouts After U.S.-Russia Agree to Work Towards Peace in Ukraine, Partnership
Zelensky said Ukraine would not recognize any deals made without its participation
https://trendsinthenews.substack.com/p/clown-zelensky-pouts-after-us-russia

Russia, US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war, improving ties in landmark Riyadh talks
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590646/world

Russia begins producing turbofan-powered Shahed-238 drones
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/18/russia-begins-producing-turbofan-powered-shahed-238-drones/

Russia displays Dzhigit launcher, fires 2 MANPADS in one shot
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/18/russia-displays-dzhigit-launcher-fires-2-manpads-in-one-shot/

Britain to ‘consider’ troops in Ukraine if peace agreed, but wants ‘US backstop’
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/britain-to-consider-troops-in-ukraine-if-peace-agreed-but-wants-us-backstop/

Trump: Russia is capable of destroying Ukrainian cities very quickly
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7515715?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Trump spoke out against sending American troops to Ukraine
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7515712?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

21 drones shot down over Crimea and Bryansk region in one hour
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7515690?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Macron: French troops not being prepared for deployment to Ukraine
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7515687?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

The Ministry of Defense reported the repelling of two counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7515273?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Russian army took Yampolovka in DPR
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7515165?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Russia Issues Demands to NATO and Ukraine as Peace Talks Kick Off in Saudi Arabia
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/russia-issues-demands-to-nato-and-ukraine-as-peace-talks-kick-off-in-saudi-arabia/

Trump Sends Europe Eleven Questions on Ukraine and Russia Peace Talks
https://mishtalk.com/economics/trump-sends-europe-eleven-questions-on-ukraine-and-russia-peace-talks/

Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/trump-criticizes-zelensky-putin

Russian gas supply to Europe via TurkStream continues to hit records
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/russian-gas-supply-to-europe-via-turkstream-continues-to-hit-records

Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russia with almost a hundred drones and a Neptune-MD missile
https://en.topcor.ru/56754-vsu-atakovali-rossiju-pochti-sotnej-bespilotnikov-i-raketoj-neptun-md.html

Europe Pays in Rubles: Russian Currency Becomes Main Means of Payment in Trade between Russia and the EU
https://en.topcor.ru/56794-evropa-platit-rublem-rossijskaja-valjuta-stala-osnovnym-sredstvom-raschetov-v-torgovle-rf-i-es.html

Lavrov on the results of negotiations between Russia and the US: the parties "have not discussed everything", but "there is a sense of determination to move forward"
https://en.topcor.ru/56816-lavrov-po-itogam-peregovorov-rf-i-ssha-storony-daleko-ne-vse-obsudili-no-oschuschaetsja-reshimost-dvigatsja-vpered.html

The liberation of Yampolovka opens the way for the Russian army to the previously abandoned Krasny Liman
https://en.topcor.ru/56814-rossijskie-vojska-osvobodili-jampolovku-na-krasnolimanskom-napravlenii-v-dnr.html

How Trump wants to colonize Ukraine
The Trump administration wants Ukraine to give access to half of Ukraine's natural resources without giving anything in
https://anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2025/wie-trump-die-ukraine-kolonialisieren-will/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp



US News

New Investigation of JFK Assassination: Testimony ofThe Shooter from the Grassy Knoll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SulaXa7Fk

WH Press Briefing on DOGE Uncovering Fraud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tArt1w4QKy8

Do you remeber Mae Brussel, died in 1988?
Excerpt:  On May 29th 1968, Mae confronted Rose Kennedy at the Monterey Peninsula Airport, handing her a note that Robert Kennedy would be assassinated. He was shot to death at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles a week later.
https://archive.org/details/the-compleat-mae-brussell

 White woman sues US fertility clinic after giving birth to black baby
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299223/white-woman-sues-us-fertility-clinic-after-giving-birth-black-baby

Tom Homan Just Revealed the Number of Illegals Crossing the Border under Trump
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/18/tom-homan-just-revealed-the-number-of-illegals-crossing-the-border-under-trump/

Army repurposed over $151 million from soldier paychecks for food to spend elsewhere: Report
It is not clear from the data where the money is actually being spent, but 2024 financial records from Fort Stewart, Georgia, showed that just $2.1 million of the $17 million collected for food, actually went to food.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/army-repurposes-over-151-million-soldier-paychecks-food-spend-elsewhere-report

In Less Than a Month the Deep State Has Initiated 75 Bogus Lawfare Cases Against the Trump Administration
https://joehoft.com/in-less-than-a-month-the-deep-state-has-initiated-75-bogus-lawfare-cases-against-the-trump-administration/

Actress who identifies as “queer and bisexual” to play Jesus in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Hollywood Bowl
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/actress-who-identifies-as-queer-and-bisexual-to-play-jesus-in-jesus-christ-superstar-at-hollywood-bowl/

Lesbian “pastor” blasphemes Jesus as ‘drag queen,’ trans activists issue threats at city council meeting
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/lesbian-pastor-blasphemes-jesus-as-drag-queen-trans-activists-issue-threats-at-city-council-meeting/

US judge will not block Elon Musk from firing federal workers, accessing data
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-scores-win-suit-challenging-elon-musks-cost-cutting-powers-2025-02-18/

U.S. Air Force Mission Capable Rates Fall to Lowest Known Level in 20 Years
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/usaf-mission-capable-rates-lowest-known-20-years

Hegseth Has Tapped Investigators for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal: ‘Accountability Will Be Coming’
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/exclusive-hegseth-has-tapped-investigators-for-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-accountability-will-be-coming/

‘Zizian’ Cultists Arrested, Connected to at Least Six Homicides Including a Vermont Border Patrol Agent
LaSota, who uses she/her pronouns and identifies as a transgender woman, maintained a blog under the name Ziz, which is a nickname believed to belong to the leader of the group.
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/suspects-in-cultlike-group-zizian-arrested-amid-homicide-probe/

Trump and DOGE Want To Cut Waste? This Upcoming Test Launch of a Nuclear Missile Is All Waste – and Dangerous Folly
https://original.antiwar.com/ryan_black/2025/02/17/trump-and-doge-want-to-cut-waste-this-upcoming-test-launch-of-a-nuclear-missile-is-all-waste-and-dangerous-folly/



Covid  - Health

Bird flu outbreak continues to devastate poultry farms across the US
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/bird-flu-outbreak-continues-to-devastate-poultry-farms-across-the-us/

Canada is now reporting an outbreak of H5N5 bird flu on backyard farm
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/canada-is-now-reporting-an-outbreak-of-h5n5-bird-flu-on-backyard-farm/

Scotland Police Stop Pro-Life Woman From Silently Praying Outside Abortion Clinic
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/18/scotland-police-stop-pro-life-woman-from-silently-praying-outside-abortion-clinic/

Ohio Judge Blocks Law Stopping Planned Parenthood From Dumping Aborted Babies in Landfills
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/18/ohio-judge-blocks-law-stopping-planned-parenthood-from-dumping-aborted-babies-in-landfills/

Trial Alleging Merck Hid Dangers of HPV Vaccine Delayed Again
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/trial-alleging-merck-hid-dangers-hpv-vaccine-paused/

Bird Flu Is a Rerun of the Covid Playbook
https://brownstone.org/articles/bird-flu-is-a-rerun-of-the-covid-playbook/



AI - Big Tech - Internet

AI start-up DeepSeek expands business scope in potential shift towards monetisation
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3299123/ai-start-deepseek-expands-business-scope-potential-shift-towards-monetisation

Videos: Plane crash survivor reveals post -crash footage of upside-down plane
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/videos-plane-crash-survivor-reveals-shocking-footage-of-upside-down-plane/

Southwest Airlines to cut 15% of corporate jobs in first-ever layoffs
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/southwest-airlines-to-cut-15-of-corporate-jobs-in-first-ever-layoffs/

The Less Safe, More Expensive 'Green' Airport Towers Biden Stuck Us With
https://www.westernjournal.com/exposed-less-safe-expensive-green-airport-towers-biden-stuck-us/

The "nonpolitical" USAID employee @60Minutes used to attack Trump has a personal blog where she called Trump a “reincarnation of Mussolini and Hitler” and said she wanted to “eliminate” his supporters.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1891618868398862336.html

Elon Musk gets green light to build the ‘Dubai Loop’
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/elon-musk-gets-green-light-to-build-the-dubai-loop/

Glenn Beck Calls for Nuclear Power Plants to Be Built for Artificial Superintelligence
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/glenn-beck-calls-for-nuclear-power-plants-to-be-built-for-artificial-superintelligence/

America's nervous skies: Searches about airplane safety are spiking
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/is-it-safe-to-fly-airplane-crashes-google-trends

Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/trump-admin-reverses-hydropower-layoffs-that-sparked-grid-stability-fears/

Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government ‘less dumb’
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/elon-musk-staffer-created-a-doge-ai-assistant-for-making-government-less-dumb/

Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup, is reportedly close to raising roughly $1B
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/safe-superintelligence-ilya-sutskevers-ai-startup-is-reportedly-close-to-raising-roughly-1b/

Startup Saronic to build ‘Port Alpha,’ next-gen shipyard focused on autonomous vessels
The announcement comes off a $600 million Series C funding round led by entrepreneur and angel investor Elad Gil.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/startup-saronic-to-build-port-alpha-next-gen-shipyard-focused-on-autonomous-vessels/

Space Force taps Firefly to launch mysterious Victus Sol ‘responsive space’ mission
A spokesperson for Space System Command's Space Safari office told Breaking Defense that the Victus Sol launch date, payload type, capability requirements and mission objective "will not be disclosed at this time in accordance with mission requirements."
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/space-force-taps-firefly-to-launch-mysterious-victus-sol-responsive-space-mission/

High-power microwave ‘force field’ knocks drone swarms from sky
Working like an EMP weapon, microwaves change the counter-UAS mission from one-to-one to one-to-many.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/high-power-microwave-force-field-knocks-drone-swarms-from-sky/

Boeing's Air Force One program further delayed until 2029, beyond
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/transportation/boeings-air-force-one-program-further-delayed-until-2029-beyond

Musk's AI firm launches Grok 3 model, claims it outperforms rivals
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/technology/elon-musks-ai-firm-launches-grok-3-model-claims-it-outperforms-rivals-3698640



Environment - Science - Weather

Engineered Flash Freeze, 90 Second Alert (Geoengineering Watch)
https://mailchi.mp/geoengineeringwatch/engineered-flash-freeze-90-second-alert?e=037e061d1e

‘City killer’ asteroid’s chance of hitting Earth increases to 3.1%: Nasa
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299224/city-killer-asteroids-chances-hitting-earth-increase-31-nasa

30-Million-Year-Old Hypercarnivore Skull 'Dream Find' For Paleontologists
https://www.sciencealert.com/30-million-year-old-hypercarnivore-skull-dream-find-for-paleontologists

Earthquakes Under Alaskan Volcano Could Be Sign It's About to Erupt
https://www.sciencealert.com/earthquakes-under-alaskan-volcano-could-be-sign-its-about-to-erupt

Amazing Fossil Reveals Turtle-Like Scales on Jurassic Plesiosaur
https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-fossil-reveals-turtle-like-scales-on-jurassic-plesiosaur

Record-breaking cold to plunge temps 50 degrees below normal!
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/developing-record-breaking-cold-to-plunge-temps-50-degrees-below-normal/

Earthquake swarm leaves scientists baffled as Greek Island swarm continues
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/earthquake-swarm-leaves-scientists-baffled-as-greek-island-swarm-continues/

Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole
https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-observes-violence-around-milky-ways-central-black-hole-2025-02-18/



Economy

California is One Refinery Closure Away from an Economic Collapse—“No pipelines exist to feed gasoline in from other states.”
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/18/california-is-one-refinery-closure-away-from-an-economic-collapse-no-pipelines-exist-to-feed-gasoline-in-from-other-states/

Musk reveals how many dead people are getting Social Security
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/18/unreal-elon-musk-reveals-how-many-dead-people-are-getting-social-security/

Ultra Elite Americans Face Painful Hit as Trump to Ax Insane Tax Break That Never Should Have Existed
https://www.westernjournal.com/ultra-elite-americans-face-painful-hit-trump-ax-insane-tax-break-never-existed/

“There’s so much H-1B visa abuse. You won’t believe what I saw when I was in Silicon Valley. It’s crazy!
https://x.com/ustechworkers/status/1891345174183252300

Former staffers say India’s biggest IT firm was gaming the US visa system
https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/former-staffers-say-indias-biggest-it-firm-was-gaming-the-us-visa-system/118358719

DC Swamp Uniparty "Unmasked" As These Seven NGOs
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dc-swamp-uniparty-unmasked-these-seven-ngos

Social Security Has More Active Social Security Numbers than the United States Has Population
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/02/18/social-security-has-more-active-social-security-numbers-than-the-united-states-has-population/

Trump says he will introduce 25% tariffs on autos, pharmaceuticals and chips
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-auto-tariff-rate-will-be-around-25-2025-02-18/

Education Department Cuts $600 Million From Ideological Training Programs for Teachers
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/education-department-cuts-600-million-from-ideological-training-programs-for-teachers/

Trump Admin Fires Hundreds of FAA Employees Amid Reports DEI Policies Led to DCA Crash
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/just-in-trump-admin-fires-hundreds-of-faa-employees-amid-reports-dei-policies-led-to-dca-crash/



EU - UK - Canada - Australia - NATO

Leopard 2A8 tank price hits $30M – equivalent to a used F-16
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/18/leopard-2a8-tank-price-hits-30m-equivalent-to-a-used-f-16/

Elderly dog-walker raped by two migrants in Lower Austria
https://rmx.news/austria/elderly-dog-walker-raped-by-two-migrants-in-lower-austria/

Dutch town of 700 residents to receive 100 asylum seekers as promised ‘strictest ever asylum policy’ remains unrealized
https://rmx.news/article/dutch-town-of-700-residents-to-receive-100-asylum-seekers-as-promised-strictest-ever-asylum-policy-remains-unrealized/

Germany set to offload migrants on Poland per new agreement to combat illegal migration
https://rmx.news/poland/germany-set-to-offload-migrants-on-poland-per-new-agreement-to-combat-illegal-migration/

Orbán defiant as left-wing NGOs lobby EU for funding after Trump’s USAID freeze
https://rmx.news/article/orban-defiant-as-left-wing-ngos-lobby-eu-for-funding-after-trumps-usaid-freeze/

Italy Hands Out 110 Percent Free Home Renovations, Guess What Happened
The cost of scaffolding is up 400 percent, And the cost of the program, estimated at 35 billion Euros is now 220 billion euros and rising.
https://mishtalk.com/economics/italy-hands-out-110-percent-free-home-renovations-guess-what-happened/

One year after protests, French farming still in crisis
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/france-in-focus/20250218-one-year-after-protests-french-farming-still-in-crisis

Vatican says pope has pneumonia in both lungs
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/18/vatican-says-pope-has-onset-of-bilateral-pneumonia



China - Asia

Trump’s eldest son says US should avoid ‘poking the dragon’ in China-focused commentary
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3299226/trumps-eldest-son-says-us-should-avoid-poking-dragon-china-focused-commentary

China’s Fujian carrier hits the water for sea trials
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/18/breaking-chinas-fujian-carrier-hits-the-water-for-sea-trials/

China warns Philippines of ‘red line’ in the South China Sea
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/china-warns-philippines-of-red-line-in-the-south-china-sea/

Why Trump Is Taking Away Taiwan's 'Semiconductor Shield'
https://en.topcor.ru/56799-zachem-tramp-zabiraet-u-tajvanja-ego-poluprovodnikovyj-schit.html



Middle East

Lebanese army deploys to border after Israeli withdrawal excludes 5 sites
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590723/middle-east

Trump ‘Deadly Serious’ About Stopping Iran From Getting Nukes, Waltz Says
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/trump-deadly-serious-about-stopping-iran-from-getting-nukes-waltz-says/

18 students and teachers martyred in Turkish occupation attacks on NE, Syria
https://hawarnews.com/en/18-students-and-teachers-martyred-in-turkish-occupation-attacks-on-ne-syria

People of 4 cities went to Tishreen Dam
https://hawarnews.com/en/people-of-4-cities-went-to-tishreen-dam



Mexico / Central America / South America

Trump Administration Ramps Up Fight Against Cartels in Skies Above Mexico
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-administration-ramps-fight-cartels-skies-mexico/

Argentina’s Milei Faces Impeachment for Promoting Crypto Scam
https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/18/argentinas-milei-faces-impeachment-for-promoting-crypto-scam/

Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro charged in alleged coup plot
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-general-prosecutor-charges-bolsonaro-alleged-coup-plot-2025-02-19/

US Special Forces Deploy to Mexico for “Training” Mission Following Spy Plane SIGINT Operations
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/18/us-special-forces-deploy-to-mexico-for-training-mission-following-spy-plane-sigint-operations/



Africa

Sudan says RSF paramilitary killed 433 civilians in White Nile State
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/sudan-says-rsf-paramilitary-killed-433-civilians-in-white-nile-state-18266436

‘Nothing to eat': Extreme weather, including erratic rainfall and extended droughts, along with pest and bird invasions, have left thousands facing acute food insecurity in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/nothing-to-eat-south-sudan-farmers-suffer-as-climate-shocks-devour-crops-3698641