Ahh, so it's THIS vessel. This is ARISTA (9348493). She is Comoros-flagged (as far as being "foreign" goes) but is part of Iran's Shamkhani network. ARISTA has been under US OFAC sanctions since last summer. She's actually been stuck in this same spot since mid-March 2026; at 27.12845, 56.46221; north of Hormuz Island, Iran.
JUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father.
Speakers at the presentation will include:
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development;
Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom;
Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence;
Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California.
Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV.
Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
IRAN DEPUTY FM GHARIBABADI SAYS TEHRAN IS WORKING ON A “SERVICE FEE” FOR SHIPS PASSING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
IRAN SAYS THE FEES WOULD COVER SERVICES SUCH AS NAVIGATION SUPPORT AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
Oh no! He doesn’t just get away with this. He and his gang have literally said nothing all this while: 2 weeks in and he is starting to panic. Instead he has spent all his time attacking @AnthropicAI Don’t legitimize @DavidSacks spinelessness
Till all comes back 2 normal in #Dubai I propose the following r banned:
- Bangin doors in the house
- Hangin paintings on walls
- Droppin weights in the Gym
- Movin furniture
- Driving sports cars and motorbikes and roaring
Thank you for your kind attention.
All these interceptor vs drone / missile cost analysts assume - the manufacturing facilities are not hit, stockpiles are not hit and launch platforms are not hit. Really? Analysts?
“We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that we do defend ourselves,” UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy tells me after an unprecedented wave of attacks by Iran.