articles 5 feb.

   
WORLD  - NATIONAL 1

Alas, Babylon - The "Polish Pope" Crisis of October 1978 made me a believer in the danger of nuclear weapons, and the need for arms control. - Scott Ritter
https://scottritter.substack.com/p/alas-babylon

Medvedev warns: Winter is coming - Treaty was the last agreement between the countries limiting nuclear arsenals
https://trendsinthenews.substack.com/p/medvedev-warns-winter-is-coming

We Threw It All Away - RIP Arms Control, 1972-2026 - Scott Ritter
https://scottritter.substack.com/p/we-threw-it-all-away

Fears of nuclear arms race rise as US-Russia treaty expires 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/fears-nuclear-arms-race-treaty-expires

Trump rejects Putin offer of one-year extension of New START deployment limits
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nuclear-age-beckons-clock-ticks-092737393.html

Russia Claims No U.S. Response as New START Treaty Formally Expires
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Russia-Claims-No-US-Response-as-New-START-Treaty-Formally-Expires/

Trump calls for new nuclear pact as US-Russia treaty expires
https://www.militarytimes.com/global/europe/2026/02/05/trump-calls-for-new-nuclear-pact-as-us-russia-treaty-expires/

U.S. Air Force KC-46 Tanker Malfunction Takes Key Airbase Out of Commission During Buildup Against Iran 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/usaf-kc46-malfunction-buildup-iran-airbase

Iranian Military Publicly Says It Is Ready For War If That Is What the U.S. Chooses
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Iranian-Military-Publicly-Says-It-Is-Ready-For-War-If-That-Is-What-the-US-Chooses/

Iran Says Khorramshahr-4 Missile Placed in Underground Sites, Claims 10-Minute Reach to Israel
https://worldisraelnews.com/iran-says-khorramshahr-4-missile-placed-in-underground-sites-claims-10-minute-reach-to-israel/

U.S. Forces Begin Withdrawal From Al-Shaddadi and Kharab al-Jir Bases in Northeastern Syria
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-Forces-Begin-Withdrawal-From-Al-Shaddadi-and-Kharab-al-Jir-Bases-in-Northeastern-Syria/

Iran won't accept US demands, negotiations are becoming a formality 
https://en.topwar.ru/277416-iran-ne-primet-trebovanija-ssha-peregovory-prevraschajutsja-v-formalnost.html

Trump wants new, improved nuclear arms treaty as New START expires
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-wants-new-improved-nuclear-arms-treaty-as-new-start-expires/3821847

Middle East Preparing For War Ahead Of U.S.-Iran Negotiations
https://www.twz.com/news-features/middle-east-preparing-for-war-ahead-of-u-s-iran-negotiations

Iran issues fresh batch of threats as talks with US resume
https://worldisraelnews.com/iran-issues-fresh-batch-of-threats-as-us-talks-back-on/

US Treasury Secretary Says US Sanctions Crushed Iran’s Economy and Sparked Protests
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/02/05/us-treasury-secretary-says-us-sanctions-crushed-irans-economy-and-sparked-protests/



ISRAEL  - US - ME 1

Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveil new underground 'missile city'
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-840226

Iran Seizes Two Foreign Oil Tankers Near Farsi Island, Detains 15 Crew Members
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Iran-Seizes-Two-Foreign-Oil-Tankers-Near-Farsi-Island-Detains-15-Crew-Members/

TAC Right Now: Will Trump Destroy Iran for Israel?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac-right-now-will-trump-destroy-iran-for-israel/

Israel’s military launches new unit for soldiers with disabilities
https://worldisraelnews.com/israels-military-launches-new-unit-for-soldiers-with-disabilities/

Global Sumud Flotilla announces largest humanitarian mobilization to break Gaza siege in March
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/02/05/357316/

UNRWA: Israel has blocked our humanitarian aid to Gaza since March 2025
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/02/05/357300/

Samples Show Israel Mass Spraying Herbicide in Syria, Lebanon
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/02/05/samples-show-israel-mass-spraying-herbicide-in-syria-lebanon/

Rate of Israeli Strikes on Lebanon at Highest Level Since Ceasefire
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/02/05/rate-of-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon-at-highest-level-since-ceasefire/



UKRAINE  - US WAR ON RUSSIA

U.S. Army Deploys HIMARS Rocket Artillery For Live Fire Exercises Just 50km From Russian Borders
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-army-himars-50km-russian-borders

Russian Su-30SM2 Long Range Fighters Adopt Offensive Weapons Configuration For Flight Near NATO Airspace 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russia-su30sm2-offensive-configuration-nato

British Challenger 2 and U.S. Abrams Tanks Deploy on Russian Borders For Manoeuvre Warfare Drills
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/british-challenger2-abrams-tanks-russian-border

Ukrainian Forces Target Oreshnik Missile Facilities at Russia’s Kapustin Yar Range Using FP-5 Flamingo Missiles
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Ukrainian-Forces-Target-Oreshnik-Missile-Facilities-at-Russias-Kapustin-Yar-Range-Using-FP-5-Flamingo-Missiles/

EU Approves €90 Billion Loan to Sustain Ukraine’s Defense and State Finances Through 2027
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/EU-Approves-90-Billion-Loan-to-Sustain-Ukraines-Defense-and-State-Finances-Through-2027/

SpaceX Restricts Starlink to Block Russian Drone Operations in Ukraine, Belarus Developed Starlink System Replica
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/SpaceX-Restricts-Starlink-to-Block-Russian-Drone-Operations-in-Ukraine-Belarus-Developed-Starlink-System-Replica/

Iran Integrates Khorramshahr-4 Missile Into Underground “Missile Cities
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Iran-Integrates-Khorramshahr-4-Missile-Into-Underground-Missile-Cities/

Ukrainian Armed Forces reported damage to the infrastructure of the Kapustin Yar training ground. 
https://en.topcor.ru/68423-v-vsu-zajavili-o-porazhenii-infrastruktury-poligona-kapustin-jar.html

Martsinkevich: Ukrainians will be without electricity for several more years 
https://en.topcor.ru/68432-marcinkevich-ukraincy-budut-sidet-bez-jelektrichestva-esche-neskolko-let.html

How Russia can isolate southern Ukraine from the country's energy grid 
https://en.topcor.ru/68398-kak-rossija-mozhet-izolirovat-jug-ukrainy-ot-jenergosistemy-strany.html

"Russia is incapable of winning the war," the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said after walking through the ruins of the thermal power plant. 
https://en.topwar.ru/277458-rossija-nesposobna-vyigrat-vojnu-pohodivshij-po-ruinam-tjec-glava-mid-ukrainy.html

Watch Ukraine’s Minigun-Firing, Drone-Hunting Turboprop In Action
https://www.twz.com/air/watch-ukraines-minigun-firing-drone-hunting-turboprop-in-action

US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO’s Eastern Flank 
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2026/02/us-congress-approves-funds-for-baltics-as-russia-tests-natos-eastern-flank/

Russian Armed Forces captured a group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region
https://ria.ru/20260206/spetsoperatsiya-2072593770.html

How mysticism and witchcraft fuels Ukraine’s war mindset
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2026/02/05/how-mysticism-and-witchcraft-fuels-ukraines-war-mindset/

Air defense forces shot down 29 UAVs over Russia in five hours.
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8401083?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Air defense forces shot down 95 UAVs over Russia overnight
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8400753?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



NATIONAL  2

Epstein Death Gets Weirder: DOJ Finally Admits To 'Orange-Colored Shape' Moving Up Staircase
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/epsteins-death-doj-finally-admits-orange-colored-shape-moving-staircase

16-Year-Old NAMES NAMES In Diary About Epstein Abuse  - \Sixteen Year Old's Diary of Epstein Victim: Rapes, Biting, Abortions, Childbirths and Murders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnV9oklAWMk

YouTuber Who Snuck Into Epstein Island Now Claims He's Being Stalked By Black Trucks
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/youtuber-who-snuck-epstein-island-now-claims-hes-being-stalked-black-trucks-1776745

UPDATE 7: EPSTEIN FILES HORROR SHOW: 'How Do We Get Rid Of Poor People As A Whole,’ ‘God is a construct, Cute girls are real,’ Taxes Pay For The Pedo Coverup, Obama’s WH Legal Counsel & MORE
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/update-7-epstein-files-horror-show

Zakharova on the Epstein case: the West does not investigate crimes involving "elites"
https://www.vesti.ru/article/4904285

Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplices were Israeli assets ~ VIDEO
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2026/02/05/jeffrey-epstein-and-his-accomplices-were-israeli-assets/

Kamala Harris Gives Clearest Indication Yet That She’s Running in 2028, Restarts 2024 Machine 
https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/kamala-harris-gives-clearest-indication-yet-that-shes-running-in-2028-restarts-2024-machine-3/

Bill Maher Wonders Where QAnon Should Go to Get Their Apology After Epstein Drop
https://rumble.com/v75cyp0-bill-maher-wonders-where-qanon-should-go-to-get-their-apology-after-epstein.html?mref=1htl22&mc=e16nv

Whitlock: Victimhood culture is failing black people — and the NFL 
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/fearless-with-jason-whitlock/whitlock-victimhood-culture-is-failing-black-people-and-the-nfl

ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Truck Driver Who Murdered Four, Had Pennsylvania CDL
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/05/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-truck-driver-who-murdered-four-in-pennsylvania-n4949181

So Much for Abolishing the Department of Education - DOE is getting a bigger budget, less than a year after President Donald Trump ordered the department's closure.
https://reason.com/2026/02/05/so-much-for-abolishing-the-department-of-education/

UGH VIDEO – House Republican tells ICE not to deport illegal alien “nannies, gardeners, and veggie pickers”
https://therightscoop.com/ugh-video-house-republican-tells-ice-not-to-deport-illegal-alien-nannies-gardeners-and-veggie-pickers/

DHS says anti-ICE agitators helped child rapists, gang members evade deportation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/child-rapists-gang-members-domestic-abusers-helped-evading-deportation-anti-ice-agitators-dhs

‘We’re Not Criminalizing the Unhoused’: How a Homeless Encampment and Drug Dealers Are Destroying a Local Condominium Complex and Turning Its Residents’ Lives Upside Down 
https://freebeacon.com/america/were-not-criminalizing-the-unhoused-how-a-homeless-encampment-and-drug-dealers-are-destroying-a-local-condominium-complex-and-turning-its-residents-lives-upside-do/

4 Fatality Indiana Truck Crash Exposes Chameleon Carrier Network, Again.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/4-fatality-indiana-truck-crash-exposes-chameleon-carrier-network-again

Sen. Tuberville says 6 lawmakers serving in Congress didn’t legitimately win their elections…
https://revolver.news/2026/02/sen-tuberville-says-6-lawmakers-serving-in-congress-didnt-legitimately-win-their-elections/

Mayor Mamdani Blasted as Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers Still Have No Heat While Garbage Piles Up Around City
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/mayor-mamdani-blasted-as-tens-thousands-new-yorkers/

Not Just the Somalis: Nigerian Honored by Gretchen Whitmer Exposed as Massive Day Care Fraudster – Stole While Trashing America’s ‘Structural Racism’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/not-just-somalis-nigerian-honored-gretchen-whitmer-exposed/

Fani Willis Boyfriend, Nathan Wade ,Was Presented Evidence on 2020 Election Fraud, Ignored It and Focused on Something Else
https://joehoft.com/fani-willis-boyfriend-nathan-wade-was-presented-evidence-on-2020-election-fraud-ignored-it-and-focused-on-something-else/

Armstrong with Greg Hunter 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrong-in-the-media/armstrong-with-greg-hunter/\



COVID BIOWEAPONS  - HEALTH

White House launches discount drug site TrumpRx offering GLP-1 weight loss and other medications at cheaper rates
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trumprx-website-announcement-white-house-drug-prices-b2914995.html

Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak
https://www.the-independent.com/news/health/measles-outbreak-children-rare-complications-b2914610.html

Vitamin D Shows Hope Against Post-COVID Fatigue Syndrome - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/vitamin-d-shows-hope-against-post-covid-fatigue-syndrome

125 thousand people die from prescription drugs each year
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2026/02/05/125-thousand-people-die-from-prescription-drugs-each-year/



AI - BIG TECH - INTERNET - MEDIA

Landfill to flight: New microchannel reactor produces jet fuel from food, sewage waste
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/microchannel-reactor-jet-fuel-food-sewage-waste

World’s first five-ton eVTOL flies full transition with 932-mile range, 3,300-lb payload
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/worlds-first-five-ton-evtol-flight

A bot-only social media platform: What the Moltbook experiment is teaching us about AI
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-bot-social-media-platform-moltbook.html

Germany claws back 59 mn euros from Amazon over price controls
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-germany-claws-mn-euros-amazon.html

Freight train carrying liquid propane derails in Connecticut
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/connecticut-freight-train-derailment-mansfield-b2915022.html?test_group=lighteradlayout



SPACE - UFOs - SCIENCE - PARANORMAL - HISTORY

A 'crazy' dice proof leads to a new understanding of a fundamental law of physics
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-crazy-dice-proof-fundamental-law.html

Scientists threw a tea party for apes and discovered they can use their imagination and play pretend
https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/02/05/scientists-threw-a-tea-party-for-apes-and-discovered-they-can-use-their-imagination-and-pl

Ranking The 13 Deadliest Animals On Planet Earth
https://brobible.com/sports/article/deadliest-animals-to-humans-worldwide/



MILITARY - AVIATION

Chinese scientists build world-first 20GW microwave weapon that can fire 60-second bursts 
https://en.apa.az/asia/chinese-scientists-build-world-first-20gw-microwave-weapon-that-can-fire-60-second-bursts-490930

‘Starlink killer’: China’s 20 GW microwave weapon could fry satellites with 60-second bursts
https://interestingengineering.com/space/china-microwave-weapon-fry-satellites

U.S. ATACMS Ballistic Missiles Deploying on Dongyin Island 16km From Chinese Mainland’s Coast 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-atacms-dongyin-chinese-mainland

Iran Tests 2,600-km-Range Variant of Submarine-Launched Abu Mahdi Cruise Missile
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Iran-Tests-2600-km-Range-Variant-of-Submarine-Launched-Abu-Mahdi-Cruise-Missile/



ENVIRONMENT - WEATHER - FOOD

Nuclear waste to be disposed deep underground using US firm’s borehole technology
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-waste-disposed-deep-underground

AI tracks icebergs from birth to breakup to expose hidden climate effects
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/ai-iceberg-family-tree-climate-tracking

2018 Kīlauea earthquake may have stalled fault's slow slip for decades
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-klauea-earthquake-stalled-fault-decades.html

Ancient bird routes mapped via plant diversity
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-ancient-bird-routes-diversity.html

Increasing pesticide toxicity threatens global biodiversity protection goal: Only one country is currently on target
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-pesticide-toxicity-threatens-global-biodiversity.html

Global map catalogs 459 rare continental mantle earthquakes since 1990
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-global-rare-continental-mantle-earthquakes.html

Video. Spain floods: Storm Leonardo forces 4,000 evacuations in Andalusia
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/02/05/spain-floods-storm-leonardo-forces-4000-evacuations-in-andalusia

Florida Warns of Arsenic in Popular Candies
https://www.libertynation.com/florida-warns-of-arsenic-in-popular-candies/



ECONOMY

Senate Bill Would Ensure Data Centers Do Not Pass Energy Costs Onto Consumers
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/senate-bill-would-ensure-data-centers-do-not-pass-energy-costs-consumers

Winning! Rental Prices Drop to 4-Year Low After Major Spike Under Biden
https://www.westernjournal.com/winning-rental-prices-drop-4-year-low-major-spike-biden/

Maryland Faces Grave Budget Crisis Under Wes Moore
https://spectator.org/maryland-faces-grave-budget-crisis-under-wes-moore/

Fraud, Waste Grip D.C.’s Costly Anti-Crime Program that Uses Ex-Cons as Violence Interrupters
https://www.judicialwatch.org/fraud-waste-dcs-anti-crime-program/

Initial Unemployment Claims Surge, Rattling Stocks, Helping Bonds
https://mishtalk.com/economics/initial-unemployment-claims-surge-rattling-stocks-helping-bonds/

Farm Lobby Sends Damning Letter to Congress About Trump’s Tariffs
https://mishtalk.com/economics/farm-lobby-sends-damning-letter-to-congress-about-trumps-tariffs/

Why are so many companies shedding employees if the economy is strong?
https://san.com/cc/why-are-so-many-companies-shedding-employees-if-the-economy-is-strong/



EU - UK - CANADA

Finland warns the US: Don't use NATO's Article 5 against Ukraine 
https://en.topcor.ru/68411-finljandija-preduprezhdaet-ssha-ne-draznite-5-statej-nato-v-otnoshenii-ukrainy.html

UK's Keir Starmer struggles with Epstein Mandelson fallout
https://www.dw.com/en/uks-keir-starmer-struggles-with-epstein-mandelson-fallout/a-75824229

Swedish Migrant Gangs Targeting Children 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/europes-current-economy/swedish-migrant-gangs-targeting-children/

US ambassador cuts off contact with Polish parliament speaker over Trump remarks
https://rmx.news/article/us-ambassador-cuts-off-contact-with-polish-parliament-speaker-over-trump-remarks/

Former Polish general rejects Zelensky plan for a European army
https://rmx.news/article/former-polish-general-rejects-zelensky-plan-for-a-european-army/

Italy: Tunisian on trial for rape and attempted murder of a 66-year-old Italian woman is sent for ‘psychiatric evaluation’
https://rmx.news/article/italy-tunisian-on-trial-for-rape-and-attempted-murder-of-a-66-year-old-italian-woman-is-sent-for-psychiatric-evaluation/

Viktor Orbán: We will immediately expel from Hungary the persons participating in forced conscription in Ukraine
https://rmx.news/article/viktor-orban-we-will-immediately-expel-from-hungary-the-persons-participating-in-forced-conscription-in-ukraine/

‘I’ll be at my son’s funeral’ – French student Théo flees his home and school after 3rd brutal gang attack in Lyon
https://rmx.news/article/ill-be-at-my-sons-funeral-french-student-theo-flees-his-home-and-school-after-3rd-brutal-gang-attack-in-lyon/

Hamburg court sentences Syrian to 11 years for stabbing former friend a dozen times in frenzied mall attack
https://rmx.news/article/hamburg-court-sentences-syrian-to-11-years-for-stabbing-former-friend-a-dozen-times-in-frenzied-mall-attack/



CHINA - ASIA

Xi Used Latest 2-Hour Call To Warn Trump On Taiwan Red Lines
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/xi-used-latest-2-hour-call-warn-trump-taiwan-red-lines

Xi Warns Trump to Use “Extreme Caution” Regarding Taiwan
https://thelibertydaily.com/xis-warns-trump-use-extreme-caution-regarding-taiwan/



MEXICO - LATIN AMERICA - CARIBBEAN

“We Discovered Altars”: President of El Salvador Says Violent Gangs Actually Worship Satan
https://thelibertydaily.com/we-discovered-altars-president-el-salvador-says-violent/



AFRICA - HAITI - DR

22 killed, including medical staff, in RSF attack on hospital in Sudan’s South Kordofan: Medics
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/22-killed-including-medical-staff-in-rsf-attack-on-hospital-in-sudan-s-south-kordofan-medics/3821488

Famine spreading in Sudan's North Darfur, UN says
https://www.dw.com/en/un-warns-famine-conditions-are-spreading-in-western-sudans-darfur-and-kordofan-states/a-75830392