Monday, May 18, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/18/2026*KENYA FUEL PROTESTS*DEADLY MOSQUE ATTACK IN SAN DIEGO*MUSK LOSES OPEN AI SUIT*BOLIVIA PROTESTS*ISRAEL SEZIZES GAZA FLOTILLA SHIPS*NETANYAHU TRIAL CANCELED AGAIN*MORE SUSPECTED EPSTEIN VICTIMS FRENCH PROBE*

 


                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)


                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S CALLED OFF ATTACKS ON IRAN AT THE REQUEST OF GULF ARAB LEADERS.


TRUMP SUGGESTING A DELAY OF UP TO THREE DAYS BEFORE LAUNCHING ATTACKS WHICH COULD MEAN WARFARE AGAINST IRAN DURING THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN THE US...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)


Four killed and more than 30 injured in fuel protests in Kenya.


Demonstrators taking to the streets to protest high prices.


Police making 348 arrests saying 'political actors' took over the demonstrations calling them 'violent and illegal'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


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TWO SUSPECTS FOUND SHOT DEAD AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO AN 'ACTIVE SHOOTER' INCIDENT AT THE ISLAMIC CENTER, A MOSQUE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE SUSPECTS TEENAGERS.

THE ATTACKERS SHOT AND KILLED THREE PEOPLE BEFORE THEY WENT TO A SEPATATE LOCATION WHERE THEY WERE FOUND DEAD...NBC NEWS SAN DIEGO



Elon Musk losing his lawsuit against "Open AI".   Musk contending that Open AI was not meant to become a profit-making company.


But a jury ruled against Musk in an advisory role and a judge has agreed to their verdict...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


PROTESTS IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA WITH ROADBLOCKS ERECTED ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.


CLASHES REPORTED IN LA PAZ WITH TEAR GAS AND DYNAMITE SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED.


SKYROCKETING FOOD PRICES AND FUEL SHORTAGES DRIVING DEMONSTRATIONS.



THERE ARE DEMANDS FOR THE RESIGNATION OF CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT RODRIGO PAZ WHO WAS ELECTED JUST LAST YEAR...


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                 LIVE VIDEO STREAM LA PAZ BOLIVIA



Seven more killed amid the 'ceasefire' in Lebanon.   Lebanese authorities say the death toll since the beginning of the Iran War in Lebanon now exceeds 3,000...Al Jazeera Qatar



THE ISRAELI MILITARY SEIZING VESSELS AND CREW OF AN AID FLOTILLA BOUND FOR GAZA.


THE SEIZURES TAKING PLACE OFF THE COAST OF CYPRUS...AL JAZEERA QATAR



The "Tasnim News Agency" in Iran reports the US has proposed a lifting of oil sanctions on Iran.   The news giving a positive boost to markets...Tasnim News Agency Iran (Translation Prompt)



ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AGAIN AVOIDING TESTIMONY AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL TODAY.


TODAY'S COURT HEARING WHERE NETANYAHU WAS BEING CROSS EXAMINED BY PROSECUTORS CANCELED WITH MR. NETANYAHU INVOLVED IN SECURITY MEETINGS RELATED TO THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN.


THE CONFLICTS ISRAEL HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SINCE OCTOBER 7, 2023 HAVE LED TO NUMEROUS. CANCELATIONS AND DELAYS OF NETANYAHU'S CORRUPTION TRIAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL


In Thailand authorities believe the driver of a freight train involved in a deadly accident with a city bus was under the influence of drugs.


The 46-year-old driver testing positive for methamphetamine and cannabis (marijuana).


Eight killed and 25 injured in the accident...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



                           (NEWS COMMENT-ANALYSIS)


US POLITICS AND TOMORROW'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN KENTUCKY'S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.


INCUMBENT THOMAS MASSIE'S CHALLENGER ED GALLREIN APPEARS TO BE GETTING BOOSTED THROUGH USE OF PUSH POLLS AND PREDICTION MARKETS TO SUGGEST GALLREIN HAS MOMENTUM AND IS AHEAD OF MASSIE.


MASSIE CONTINUES FUNDRAISING WITH A LAST MINUTE MONEYBOMB RAISING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SINCE SATURDAY...MASSIE MONEYBOMB


The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 159.95 points or .32 percent.

The NASDAQ down 134.41 or .51 percent.

At 448 pm New York Time the price of oil 106 dollars 34 cents a barrel up 92 cents or .87 percent...Marketwatch



FRENCH MAGISTRATES HAVE BEGUN HEARING FROM AROUND 10 NEW SUSPECTED VICTIMS LINKED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


THE FRENCH PROBE FOCUSING ON CRIMES LINKED TO EPSTEIN THAT OCCURRED IN FRANCE OR WERE FACILITATED BY FRENCH NATIONALS...AFP FRANCE-AL JAZEERA QATAR




The World Health Organization determining the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda to be a 'public health emergency of international concern'.


89 killed in the outbreak with the WHO saying the outbreak poses a 'high regional risk'...Time USA 















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