Links to ELEVEN reports, analyses and discussions: from Anadolu Ajansi, the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Middle East Monitor, the Cradle, ScheerPost, Geopolitical Economy Report, and Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for IRAN 5-2-26.  Scroll up for LEBANON, GAZA and ENERGY.) — MCM

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Trump must choose ‘impossible’ war or ‘bad deal’ with Iran, says IRGC, by Serdar Dincel | Anadolu  ISTANBUL — In a post today on the U.S. social media company X, the intelligence department of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Tehran sent the U.S. military a deadline to end its blockade of Iranian ports. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same Anadolu report in French, and HERE for others.

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NEWER  Cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz says it’s attacked as Iran makes new peace proposal, by Adam Schreck and Melanie Lidman | AP  DUBAI — A cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz said it was attacked by multiple small craft, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center today, marking at least two dozen attacks in and around the strait since the Iran war began. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Iran submits 14-point response to U.S. proposal to end war. From NPR. Iran has submitted a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the conflict that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency and the state-owned media organization Press TV. READ MORE . . .

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Iran sets one-month deadline for U.S. to end naval blockade, wars in Iran, Lebanon. From Middle East Monitor. Iran has set a one-month deadline for negotiations on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end a U.S. naval blockade and permanently end the war in Iran and Lebanon, according to a report Saturday by Axios, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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Israel approves multi-billion dollar Lockheed, Boeing fighter squadrons to ‘boost air superiority.’ From the Cradle. Israel has approved a plan to purchase two new squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA warplanes from ‌U.S. weapons makers Lockheed Martin and Boeing, in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars, the war ministry announced today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 2  Oil, empire, and the price of war, by Joshua Scheer of ScheerPost and Ben Norton of Geopolitical Economy Report  This war isn’t just being fought with missiles — it’s being waged through oil markets, currencies, and corporate balance sheets. Meanwhile, a global energy system is being weaponized in real time. Click HERE for article by Scheer and video presentation by Norton.

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FROM MAY 2  Trump’s trap, Trump’s sanity, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to CN  The Trumpster’s mental instability — indeed, his relationship with reality — is much remarked upon these days. Threatening to destroy one of humanity’s oldest civilizations, blowing his cool so badly his adjutants recently locked him out of the Situation Room so they could coherently discuss . . . the situation . . . READ MORE . . .

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Watch: The World This Week: ‘Economic war or bombs?’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter talk about a range of topics related to the Iran war, among them Israeli pressure to restart military acts, the economic war, Russia’s role as a mediator, President Trump’s mental condition, and King Charles III’s speech before  Congress. Click HERE for video. 

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ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week: ‘Economic war or bombs?’ at 8 p.m. EDT tonight. Joe Lauria of Consortium News, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter discuss, among other things: U.S. holds off Israeli pressure to restart shooting war on Iran, turning to economic warfare. How long can that last? U.S. President Trump called Russian President Putin. King Charles III of the United Kingdom mentions war with Russia to Congress. Click HERE at 8 p.m. EDT to livestream, and later for video. 

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For now, links to TEN-plus reports (11): from Middle East Monitor, the Associated Press, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for IRAN 5-1-26 and today’s YEMEN, LEBANON and GAZA so far.) — MCM

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Iran military official warns renewed conflict with U.S. ‘likely’: report. From Middle East Monitor. “A renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely, and evidence has also shown that the United States does not adhere to any commitments or agreement,” Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy inspector of the military headquarters, said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency today. READ MORE . . .

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Iranian strikes heavily damage majority of U.S. military bases in West Asia: report. From the Cradle. Iranian missile and drone strikes heavily damaged the majority of U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf region since the U.S.-Israeli war against the country began two months ago, according to an investigation by CNN published today. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. says it redirected 48th vessel from Iranian ports. From Middle East Monitor. The U.S. said today that the 48th vessel attempting to enter or exit Iranian ports had been redirected under its blockade. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 1  Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with Iran’s proposal to end the war, by Toqa Ezzidid, Munir Ahmed and Collin Binkley | AP  ISLAMABAD — U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war between the countries, saying Friday he still was not satisfied while blaming Iran’s “fractured” leadership. He turned back the latest proposal almost as soon as it was delivered. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others.

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FROM MAY 1  Iran told Saudi Arabia it planned to ‘crush the UAE’: report. From Middle East Eye. Iran told Saudi Arabia and Oman that it planned to “heavily target” the UAE in response to the U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, in an apparent move to drive a wedge between Abu Dhabi and its Gulf neighbours, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal published on Thursday. READ MORE . . .

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A look at the status of Iran’s economy. Reported by Scott Simon | NPR  Iran’s economy was fragile before the war. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country’s economy. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read; and HERE for links to both Iran war-related reports today from NPR‘s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

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FROM MAY 1  Iran war shakes global economy as energy costs surge and recession fears grow. Reported by Lauren Frayer, Eyder Peralta, Diaa Hadid and Jewel Bright | NPR  From energy markets to everyday prices, the fallout from the Iran war is reshaping the global economy. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

First, links to reports from Middle East Monitor and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Click HERE for YEMEN 1-22-26.  Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, LEBANON and GAZA so far.) — MCM

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Oil tanker hijacked off Yemen coast, taken toward Somalia: coast guard. From Middle East Monitor. An oil tanker was hijacked today off the coast of Yemen in an armed attack by unidentified assailants, with authorities working to track and recover the vessel, the Yemeni coast guard said, Anadolu Agency reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 2  U.S. airstrikes kill at least 6 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Suspected U.S. airstrikes battered rebel-controlled areas of Yemen into Wednesday, with the Houthis saying the attacks killed at least six people across the country. READ MORE . . .

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First, a link to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for LEBANON 4-30-26, and up or down for IRAN, YEMEN and GAZA.) — MCM

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Lebanon death toll in Israel’s latest offensive reaches 2,659. From Middle East Monitor. The death toll in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has reached 2,659, with 8,183 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said today. The ministry said 41 people were killed and 11 others injured in Israeli raids over the past 24 hours. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Eye, and to an analysis from Al-Shabaka via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for GAZA 5-1-26, and up or down for IRAN, YEMEN and LEBANON.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 1  Washington to shutter U.S. command center overseeing Gaza ‘ceasefire’: report. From the Cradle. The White House is closing the Civil-Military Coordination Center near Gaza in the “latest blow” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for the devastated strip, Reuters reported on Friday. READ MORE . . .  Click a HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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FROM APRIL 21  Israel’s Yellow Line annexation in Gaza, by Ahmad Ibsais | Al-Shabaka / Consortium News  The so-called Yellow Line in Gaza functions as a de facto military demarcation associated with ceasefire arrangements and enforced through Israeli operational control. READ MORE . . .

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Links to reports and commentary from Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for GAZA 4-29-26 and IRAN, ENERGY and FORESTS.) — MCM

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Gaza media office reports 377 Israeli ceasefire violations in April. From Middle East Monitor. The Government Media Office in Gaza said Israeli forces committed 377 violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip during April 2026, resulting in 111 people killed and 376 injured. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. criticises allies over failure to stop GAZA aid flotilla, by Shraddha Joshi | Middle East Eye  U.S. Department of State spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Thursday described a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which was raided and seized by Israeli naval forces this week, as a “baseless, counterproductive stunt.” READ MORE . . .

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Links to FIVE-plus reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio (11); others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for IRAN 4-30-26, and up or down for GAZA, ENERGY and FORESTS.) — MCM

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Trump administration says Iran war has been ‘terminated’ before 60-day deadline. Edited by Bridget Brown | AP   The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval. READ MORE . . .

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Iran sends proposal for negotiations with U.S. to mediator Pakistan. From Reuters. Iran has sent its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States to Pakistani mediators, according to a CNN report, citing sources familiar with the negotiation process. READ MORE . . .

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Links to EIGHT reports, analyses and commentaries: from the Associated Press, Common Dreams, resilience.org, Agence France-Presse, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and El País; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for GAZA, IRAN and FORESTS.) — MCM

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FROM APRIL 30  Countries end Colombia fossil fuel summit with focus on next steps and financing, by Steven Grattan | AP  SANTA MARTA, Colombia — A first-of-its-kind international conference on moving away from fossil fuels wrapped up in Colombia Wednesday with a clear message: the global conversation has shifted from whether to phase out oil, gas and coal to how to do it, with financing emerging as one of the biggest obstacles. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Common Dreams.

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FROM APRIL 30  The 2026 energy crisis and our Wile E. Coyote moment, by Richard Heinberg | resilience.org  Pop culture has long memorialized the Warner Brothers cartoon gag in which Wile E. Coyote, lured by his nemesis, the Roadrunner, races off a cliff. Instead of immediately falling, Coyote keeps running, then looks down and realizes there’s nothing beneath him but empty space. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 30  Why Iran’s oil industry is increasingly threatened by U.S. blockade, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Even as Iran squeezes world energy supplies with its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, its own oil industry is increasingly being threatened by an American blockade. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM APRIL 29  France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. From AFP.  SANTA MARTA, Colombia — France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AFP report in French; and HERE for headlines of others.

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FROM APRIL 28  Las contradicciones fósiles y climáticas de Colombia hacen eco en la conferencia de Santa Marta, por María Mónica Monsalve S. | El País  Santa Marta, Colombia, es la sede de la primera conferencia internacional para abandonar los combustibles fósiles, un espacio que reúne a representantes de más de 50 países que tienen un consenso claro: la necesidad de dejar atrás el gas, el petróleo y el carbón. El punto está en cómo hacerlo. READ MORE . . . This report is not available in English.

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Links to a report from New England Public Media, an article from richardheinberg.com and another from the Aotearoa Permaculture Workshop via resilience.org, and a report from ScienceDaily; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for GAZA, IRAN and ENERGY.) — MCM

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FROM APRIL 30  UMass forestry expert explores ‘hidden cogs’ of an old forest. Reported by Carrie Healy | NEPM  We’re walking into a forest in Plainfield, Massachusetts. It’s quiet here, but far from empty. “This is what I would call an old forest,” says Paul Catanzaro, coauthor of Tending Your Forest. Click HERE for audio, a transcript, and photos, and for previous reports in Healy’s series. Click HERE for the book publisher’s online promotion.

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FROM APRIL 2026  The future of forests, by Richard Heinberg | richardheinberg.com  Our species’ origin and destiny are entangled with the roots and branches of trees. We evolved in and around trees, and we’ve learned . . . READ MORE . . .

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Forest gardening for resilience, by Gary Marshall | Aotearoa Permaculture Workshop / resilience.org  Forest gardening has been practised by indigenous people around the world for millennia. Click HERE to read this second article in a two-part series.

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FROM DEC. 15, 2022  Early humans may have first walked upright in the trees. From ScienceDaily. In a new study published today in the journal Science Advances, researchers explored the behaviours of wild chimpanzees — our closest living relative — living in the Issa Valley of western Tanzania. READ MORE . . .

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A link to a “Museletter” from richardheinberg.com; others are accessible by clicking on the author’s address. (Scroll down for POWER, HEINBERG 9-28-22 or HEINBERG 11-29-22 (not practical; click on them instead), IRAN, LEBANON and WEST BANK.) — MCM

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FROM FEBRUARY 2026  The empire crumbles, Part 1, by Richard Heinberg | richardheinberg.com or Post Carbon Institute  Systems scientists have been warning for decades that the current growth-based world economic order is unsustainable, and that it will inevitably become smaller and more simplified during the remainder of the 21^st century. READ MORE . . .

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