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LNG tanker at anchor in open ocean near Singapore, viewed from the waterline under overcast sky

India Turned Away 60,000 Tonnes With Falsified Papers

Russia sent a Portovaya LNG cargo to Gujarat's Dahej terminal on papers claiming non-Russian origin. India's government turned it away at the ministerial table on April 30; the Kunpeng has been drifting near Singapore since May 13.

By Signal Desk

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Heavily redacted government document page on a dark surface, backlit by soft natural window light

The UAP Files Proved Classification Is Optional

One hundred eight of the 162 PURSUE files contain redactions. The Yukon shootdown imagery cleared its unclassified queue in February 2023 and reached the public nineteen months later, via FOIA.

By Signal Desk

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Aerial view of an oil storage terminal on a tropical island with a tanker anchored offshore

Brussels Named the Terminal. London Had Already Named the Owner.

The EU's 20th Russia sanctions package, adopted April 23, designated the Karimun Oil Terminal in Indonesia as the first port infrastructure outside Russian territory named in the EU's Russia program. The ownership chain runs through a single Dubai entity operating under two names, one of which Britain had already sanctioned four months earlier.

By Signal Desk

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Closed folder on a government hearing room table, empty chamber in background

A Surveillance Ruling Stayed Sealed While Congress Voted

The FBI, NSA, CIA, and National Counterterrorism Center each told the court their filtering problems were fixed in early 2025. A classified March 17 ruling found they were not, and Congress renewed the program for 45 days in exchange for a letter requesting the executive branch do what the statute already required.

By Signal Desk

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A large rusting oil tanker anchored in open ocean at dusk, its corroded hull reflected in still gray water, with the distant silhouette of a naval vessel on the horizon.

Iran's Blockade Leaked. The US Was Waiting.

The M/T Tifani loaded roughly 2 million barrels at Iran's Kharg Island on April 5 and transited the Strait of Hormuz on April 9, four days before the US closed it to Iranian traffic. By April 21, US forces had the ship in the Bay of Bengal, 2,000 miles from where the oil was pumped. Kharg Island's tanks were already 74 percent full.

By Signal Desk

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Manila folders on a government metal desk under fluorescent light, one open with papers face-down

An NIH FOIA Officer Coached Fauci's Aide to Hide Emails

The April 28 indictment does not describe a rogue actor. It describes a senior NIH official coached by the agency's own records staff on keeping COVID-origins communications out of public reach.

By Signal Desk

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