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Mises, Rothbard, & Libertarian 'Just War' Theory In The 2026 Iran War
17.04.2026, 05:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mises, Rothbard, & Libertarian 'Just War' Theory In The 2026 Iran War Authored by Daniel Lacalle, As of April 2026, the US and Israel are still at war with Iran. The war began on February 28 with surprise bombings that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other high-ranking officials. Since then, attacks on infrastructure have continued, leading...
US Navy Destroyer Shows Off New Launcher For Mystery Weapons
17.04.2026, 05:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Navy Destroyer Shows Off New Launcher For Mystery Weapons The U.S. Navy has quietly equipped one of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with a previously unseen launcher, reflecting a broader effort to counter the growing threat posed by drones in contested maritime environments, according to TWZ. USS Carl M. Launcher mounted on Levin (DDG 120) (U...
Last US Convoy Exits Syria After Brutal 14-Year Regime Change Proxy War
17.04.2026, 04:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Last US Convoy Exits Syria After Brutal 14-Year Regime Change Proxy War Widespread reports on Thursday say the very last US military convoy has finally departed Syrian territory, with the years-long occupation of the primarily northeast oil and gas rich sector over in a 'mission accomplished' fashion. It brings to a final close the 14-year long bloody...
IMF Warns Australia Set For One Of Highest Inflation Rates In Developed World
17.04.2026, 02:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns Australia Set For One Of Highest Inflation Rates In Developed World Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Australia is on track to have one of the highest inflation rates in the developed world. Australian dollars coins in Melbourne, Australia, on April 4, 2024. AAP Image/Joel...
From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces Anthropic's Mythos AI
16.04.2026, 22:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces Anthropic's Mythos AI In a striking reversal that underscores the breakneck pace of the AI arms race, the White House has directed federal agencies to begin using Anthropic’s most dangerous new model - Claude Mythos - despite months of public friction between the Trump...
House Effort To End Trump's Iran War Fails By One Vote: Guess The Lone GOP Dissenter
16.04.2026, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Effort To End Trump's Iran War Fails By One Vote: Guess The Lone GOP Dissenter Two parallel war-related votes in the House and Senate reveal growing dismay and political fractures over President Trump's Iran war, as the Strait of Hormuz remains locked down and ceasefire still seems distant. The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to reject...
Google In Talks With Department Of War To Deploy Gemini AI In Classified Settings
16.04.2026, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google In Talks With Department Of War To Deploy Gemini AI In Classified Settings The Information, citing multiple people familiar with the discussions, reports that Google is now negotiating with the Department of War on an agreement that would allow Gemini AI models to be deployed in classified settings. This development suggests the DoW is moving...
Can You Price In No Longer Pricing Things In?
16.04.2026, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Can You Price In No Longer Pricing Things In? By Michael Every of Rabobank At this point it isn’t a random walk but a determined march: markets have decided the Iran war and the Hormuz blockades are over, and everything is going to be better than normal imminently: the Nasdaq and S&P are at all-time highs and even worries over private credit are receding...
DOJ Petitions Court To Toss Convictions Of Unpardoned Jan. 6 Defendants
16.04.2026, 15:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DOJ Petitions Court To Toss Convictions Of Unpardoned Jan. 6 Defendants Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, The Justice Department is petitioning an appeals court to throw out the convictions of unpardoned defendants who were charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. “The United States has determined ... that dismissal...
Hegseth: Hormuz Blockade Stays "As Long As It Takes" - Ships Now Fair Game For Search & Seizure
16.04.2026, 14:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hegseth: Hormuz Blockade Stays "As Long As It Takes" - Ships Now Fair Game For Search & Seizure Summary US Navy: vessels seeking entry into Hormuz Strait now fair game for boarding, search, and outright seizure - including for suspicion of 'contraband'. Hegseth: US forces are ready to restart combat if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal & strait blockade...
Speculation Explodes Following Disappearance Of 10th Expert With UFO And Nuclear Secrets
16.04.2026, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Speculation Explodes Following Disappearance Of 10th Expert With UFO And Nuclear Secrets Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Following the revelation that yet another government contractor with links to nuclear secrets and suspected dark project UAP information has vanished, speculation as to what exactly is going on has massively intensified...
Germany Accelerates Kamikaze Drone Stockpiling With Rheinmetall Deal
16.04.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Accelerates Kamikaze Drone Stockpiling With Rheinmetall Deal Germany's parliament has approved a sizeable contract for defense giant Rheinmetall to supply loitering munitions, or kamikaze drones, to the Bundeswehr, underscoring just how quickly European militaries are internalizing drone warfare lessons from both the Russia-Ukraine war and,...
Trump's Blockade Is Breaking Iran... And European Elites Are Angry
16.04.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump's Blockade Is Breaking Iran... And European Elites Are Angry Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In March I published an article titled “Global Energy Crisis Or Iranian Surrender In Five Weeks?” in which I outlined the “worst case” and “best case” scenarios for the war in Iran. In my best case scenario I argued in favor of...
"Can Only Imagine What FCC Has To Say": Open Source Military Radar Plans Appear Online
16.04.2026, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Can Only Imagine What FCC Has To Say": Open Source Military Radar Plans Appear Online Someone on GitHub has built an open-source radar system capable of tracking multiple targets up to roughly 12 miles away, at a fraction of the cost that a major defense contractor would typically charge for a comparable system. AERIS-10 is an open-source phased-array...
Bessent Keeps Running Tally Of China As "Unreliable Global Partner" - Count Now Stands At Three
16.04.2026, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bessent Keeps Running Tally Of China As "Unreliable Global Partner" - Count Now Stands At Three Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters Tuesday that Beijing’s panic hoarding of crude and refined products, while refusing to join the rest of the world in releasing supplies to offset the Gulf energy shock, has now demonstrated for the third time...
Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons
16.04.2026, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons via Middle East Eye The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published this week. The group had previously backed Washington's continued provision of defensive weapons systems...
Pentagon Accused Of Cover-Up After Missing Deadline On 46 Military UAP Videos
16.04.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Accused Of Cover-Up After Missing Deadline On 46 Military UAP Videos Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Pentagon has come under fire for failing to meet a congressional deadline to release dozens of military videos showing unidentified aerial phenomena, sparking fresh claims of a bureaucratic stall on one of the most sensitive...
Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite To Target US Bases During War, Outraged Beijing Denies
15.04.2026, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite To Target US Bases During War, Outraged Beijing Denies Iran quietly secured a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 and used it to track US military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times has newly - an allegation Beijing has flatly and angrily denied. The TEE-01B satellite, built and launched...
Foggy, Foggy War
15.04.2026, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Foggy, Foggy War By Michael Every of Rabobank With US stocks up, the Nasdaq with its longest winning streak since 2021, and screen oil down for a second day in a row, markets continue to price the starkly binary physical outcomes smack in front of us on the side that’s full of stardust. The IMF just warned of a potential world recession ahead if Hormuz...
Is The Iran War Good For The Petrodollar?
15.04.2026, 15:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is The Iran War Good For The Petrodollar? Diana Choyleva wrote an excellent editorial for the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Iran War Is A Boon For The Petrodollar.” She pushes back against claims that the Iran conflict is accelerating the death of the petrodollar. Instead, RealInvestmentAdvice.com points out that she argues the opposite: between...
Futures Unchanged Just Shy Of All Time High On Peace Hopes, Solid Earnings
15.04.2026, 14:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Unchanged Just Shy Of All Time High On Peace Hopes, Solid Earnings US equity futures are flat following yesterday’s rally as market awaits news on the Iran war resolution and as we traverse earnings season. As of 8:15am ET, S&P 500 futures are little changed after the benchmark closed within a whisker of a record. Risk sentiment took a small...
War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy
15.04.2026, 14:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy Summary The Iran war is "very close to over" with authorities in Tehran eager to agree a peace deal, Trump says, adding: "We've beaten them militarily." AP/Bloomberg reportingthe two sides have an "in principle agreement" to pursue further...
Europe Drafts Pie In The Sky Plan To Free Up Hormuz Without 'Belligerent' Parties
15.04.2026, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe Drafts Pie In The Sky Plan To Free Up Hormuz Without 'Belligerent' Parties This is quite the ambitious headline revealing the latest 'plan' for Hormuz to come out of Europe, as it sits on the sidelines watching the US get potentially bogged down in the region following a month of heavy airstrikes on Iran: Europe drafts postwar plan to free up...
Is The EU's €90 Billion Loan To Ukraine Meant To Buy Time For The Return Of Democrats
15.04.2026, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is The EU's €90 Billion Loan To Ukraine Meant To Buy Time For The Return Of Democrats Authored by Andrew Korybko, Orban’s “democratic ouster” is expected to remove Hungary’s procedural opposition to the EU’s planned €90 billion loan to Ukraine that’ll be financed by members raising common debt. RT published a detailed article about...
Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact
15.04.2026, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact Italy has suspended the automatic renewal of its defense agreement with Israel amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, now 'paused' as a two-week ceasefire holds in order to give a chance for talks. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the significant status change...
The Price Israel Is Paying for Its Wars
14.04.2026, 20:28 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Fighting on multiple fronts has taxed its military, economy, and ties with the United States....
Europe Is Looking for Its Own Hormuz Fix
14.04.2026, 20:28 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - The continent has relevant military strengths, but little appetite for fighting....
Keep Humans in the Loop
14.04.2026, 20:01 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - AI has a place in military targeting—but it needs safeguards....
Et Tu, Indonesia!
14.04.2026, 19:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Et Tu, Indonesia! As the squeeze continues on China's energy supply (and Xi has started to lash out here and here), we suspect the next words out of the Chinese leader's mouth (if he spoke Latin) will be "...et tu, Indonesia!" As Stephen Green writes at PJMedia, it might have seemed like one of those dry, bureaucratic, almost meaningless announcements...
DEI Practices Reduce Productivity, Cost $94 Billion Annually: White House Economic Report
14.04.2026, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DEI Practices Reduce Productivity, Cost $94 Billion Annually: White House Economic Report Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices negatively impacted the U.S. economy, according to the 2026 White House Economic Report released April 13. Researchers calculated that DEI policies reduced output and...
China Rejects 'Baseless Smear' It's Sending Weapons To Iran After Trump Warned Of 'Big Problems'
14.04.2026, 17:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Rejects 'Baseless Smear' It's Sending Weapons To Iran After Trump Warned Of 'Big Problems' China has dismissed reports that it supplied or plans to supply weapons to Iran as "baseless smears," after multiple outlets cited US intelligence accusing Beijing of potentially entering the war indirectly. "China has always adopted a cautious and responsible...
Treasury Rushes To Access Anthropic 'Mythos' AI After Warning It Can Hack "Every Major Operating System"
14.04.2026, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Treasury Rushes To Access Anthropic 'Mythos' AI After Warning It Can Hack "Every Major Operating System" The US Treasury Department’s technology team is actively seeking access to Anthropic PBC’s highly restricted Mythos AI model so it can begin hunting for software vulnerabilities, according to a person familiar with the situation cited by Bloomberg...
Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil
14.04.2026, 16:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages. As Alton Wallace writes at The Center Square, second-term...
JPM Stock Fizzles Despite Blowout Quarter As Key Forecast Cut
14.04.2026, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - JPM Stock Fizzles Despite Blowout Quarter As Key Forecast Cut One day after Goldman Sachs reported its highest profit in 5 years (despite an ugly miss in FICC revenues), this morning JPMorgan impressed with just as solid results, when it reported that its Q1 profits rose 13% as the bank benefited from soaring market volatility and frantic trading amid...
Xi Says "Global Order Crumbling Into Disarray" As Trump Turns Up Pressure Campaign On China
14.04.2026, 14:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Xi Says "Global Order Crumbling Into Disarray" As Trump Turns Up Pressure Campaign On China President Trump's four-and-a-half-month crusade across the Western Hemisphere, and now into the Middle East, increasingly looks like a massive blitz to acquire - or control - energy assets and maritime chokepoints as part of a broader economic pressure campaign...
Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid Trump Blockade Showdown, As US Pushes 20-Year Nuclear Freeze
14.04.2026, 14:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid Trump Blockade Showdown, As US Pushes 20-Year Nuclear Freeze Summary Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments through Hormuz Strait, in order to avoid a fresh clash with US forces & avoid testing Trump's blockade. Mediators are scrambling...
Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade
14.04.2026, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade Wary of Iranian escalation that shuts down Red Sea traffic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking the Trump administration to back off from its newly-implemented blockade of Iranian-linked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday...
The Iranian Regime's Crypto Shadow Arsenal
14.04.2026, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Iranian Regime's Crypto Shadow Arsenal Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times, In 2025, Iran’s crypto ecosystem swelled to more than $7.78 billion, according to Chainalysis, marking a notable acceleration from prior years amid economic collapse and geopolitical turmoil. For ordinary Iranians—roughly one in six of the population—crypto...
Irish Patriots Are Fighting Back
14.04.2026, 12:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Irish Patriots Are Fighting Back Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, So you say you want a revolution? Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now. Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up “normies” are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing...
How Iran's Mosaic Doctrine Is Fracturing
14.04.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Iran's Mosaic Doctrine Is Fracturing Authored by Zineb Riboua via Beyond the Ideological, Following President Trump’s announcement of a cease-fire, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Admiral Brad Cooper stated: “Iran has suffered a generational military defeat.” Tehran’s response has been a single counterargument: the Islamic Republic...
Mark Carney's Tough Talk On The US Is Rooted In The Liberal Reset Agenda
14.04.2026, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mark Carney's Tough Talk On The US Is Rooted In The Liberal Reset Agenda Are Canadians being primed for an open conflict with the US? The rhetoric coming from the nation's liberal government is sounding increasingly hostile, and not just in terms of economic separation. Prime Minister and avid globalist Mark Carney recently took the stage at the...
U.S. Military Imposes Blockade on Iranian Ports in Strait of Hormuz
13.04.2026, 23:59 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - But without international backing, the blockade risks upending Washington’s already fragile cease-fire with Tehran....
YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos
13.04.2026, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos Via Middle East Eye Google, the owners of YouTube, has removed a channel on the platform belonging to a pro-Iran group producing Lego-themed videos mocking Donald Trump. "Upon review, we’ve terminated the channel for violating our Spam, deceptive practices and scams policies," a YouTube...
Pope Leo Says 'I Am Not Afraid Of Trump' - Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict
13.04.2026, 23:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pope Leo Says 'I Am Not Afraid Of Trump' - Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict An open public clash between the Pope and President Trump was perhaps bound to happen given the Vatican's increasingly vocal criticism and condemnation of US military action in the Middle East. The Vatican has been consistently anti-war especially going back to the Iraq...
'Door Is Not Closed': Mediators Still Press For Iran Deal After US Demanded 20-Year Halt To Nuclear Program
13.04.2026, 22:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Door Is Not Closed': Mediators Still Press For Iran Deal After US Demanded 20-Year Halt To Nuclear Program There's currently some consensus among international reports that the weekend US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan fundamentally broke down over the nuclear issue. The question of Iran's enriched uranium has at times over the course of the war taken...
Navy's Green Laundry Initiative Weakened A $15 Billion Carrier
13.04.2026, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Navy's Green Laundry Initiative Weakened A $15 Billion Carrier Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, The $15 billion USS Ford was forced to cut short its deployment due to a 30-hour laundry fire that did millions of dollars in damage. And it has been revealed that even while it remained on station in the Gulf, Ford could not generate combat...
Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade
13.04.2026, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade One day after a burst of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, when according to Bloomberg 19 ships crossed in either direction while Trump said that as many as 34 ships crossed the waterway on Sunday, shipping through Hormuz slumped back down again Monday, reversing...
Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story
13.04.2026, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story In a long-awaited release that sent ripples through Washington on Monday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has declassified closed-door 2019 transcripts from briefings with then-Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson. The...
US Allies Loudly Reject Trump's Scheme To Blockade Hormuz: 'Not Getting Dragged In'
13.04.2026, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Allies Loudly Reject Trump's Scheme To Blockade Hormuz: 'Not Getting Dragged In' The United Kingdom and several other countries rejected Washington's plan to impose a blockade on Iranian ports and target ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which has gone into effect Monday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer made clear his stance that "we are not supporting...
Master And Commander-In-Chief
13.04.2026, 16:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Master And Commander-In-Chief By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank April – 2026. The IRGC is master of the Strait of Hormuz. Only the American fleet stands before them. Oceans are now battlefields. Financial markets are back in a risk-off mood today following news over the weekend that US-Iran peace talks ended without agreement...