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An exchange of threats between Saudi Arabia and the US has been revealed through classified documents. The relationship between these two countries, who were once allies, has reached new lows based on this revelation. And even a trip by the US sec. of State Anthony Blinken to necessitate the relationship could not revive their friendship.

The official data shows the eurozone entered into a technical recession at the start of the year. Figures published by the EU’s statistic agency show the economy of the monetary union of 20 EU countries shrank point-one percent for a second consecutive quarter. Inflation is pressuring the nations that had adopted the euro as their common currency. There are concerns about sluggish business and eroding consumer confidence in the region.

A large number of people have been evacuated from Ukraine's Kherson region following the explosion of a dam there. Ukrainian authorities say more than 40,000 people are in danger of being flooded. 17,000 of them have been evacuated. The rest are in the Russian-held side of the river and need to be evacuated as well. Kiev blames Moscow for the explosion of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River, while Moscow says Western countries linking negative incidents to Russia are all part of psychological warfare.

Iran officially reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, months after the two countries agreed to restore their diplomatic relations under a China-brokered deal.

A Palestinian toddler shot by Israeli troops in the occupied west bank has passed away. Mohammed al-Tamimi has become the youngest victim of Israeli violence this year. Palestinians bid farewell to the toddler by holding a massive funeral procession in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

Iran’s participation in the BRICS foreign ministers meeting and its potential membership is one example of how Iran is a major player when it comes to its engagement with the world. When put into the context of the new world order, other countries are keen to join this grouping of countries since they are tired of the US pushing its agenda on them for its own benefit.

Russia says Ukraine’s recent drone strike on Moscow amounts to an act of terrorism, adding the only way to deal with terrorists is to destroy them. He accused the Ukrainian government and its supporters, especially the US and Europe, of behaving like terrorists. On Tuesday, the Russian capital was targeted by the biggest drone strike since the war with Ukraine began last year.

Brazil's president has called on the South American countries to create a local currency for their regional trade in an effort to reduce its reliance on the US dollar. Addressing a summit of South American leaders, Lula da Silva called on the Mercosur trade bloc to create better compensation mechanisms and a shared unit of transaction for commerce. The idea of a shared currency within the Mercosur trade bloc, comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, has been discussed intermittently since its establishment in 1991.

For decades, the Hannibal Directive has been one of the most controversial, most mysterious procedures in the dark history of the Israeli military. The Hannibal Directive is an order that is used to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers by enemy forces, even at the cost of the soldier’s life. Now with the development of social media, the directive is becoming more challenging for the regime in Tel Aviv.

There are new reports that indicate the US is planning to build a new base in Syria. This is while the US is illegally there in the first place and without the consent of the Syrian govt. If true, this comes at a time when there are geopolitical shifts in the region, where countries are reconciling and aligning themselves with each other, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia. Additionally, Syria is back in the fold with its membership reinstated in the Arab League.

A report by the Guardian says Britain's special forces have carried out secret operations in 19 countries over the past 12 years. It says an investigation by a research group, Action on Armed Violence, has revealed that the UK's elite military units carried out covert operations in Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Kenya, the Philippines, as well as Muslim countries of Iraq, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Oman, Somalia, and Yemen.

The Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has traveled to Indonesia at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation. Raeisi has hailed the visit as a platform for expanding cooperation in various fields and further improving bilateral ties. The visit is part of Iran’s policy of pivoting to Asia and cementing cooperation with Muslim countries.

The Iranian Navy’'s 86th flotilla has returned home following an eight-month voyage around the globe. Addressing a ceremony to welcome the arrival of the naval fleet, the Iranian top military general called the arrival of the squadron a landmark accomplishment in the history of the country’s naval missions.

A new report has revealed that the wars initiated by the United States in the Middle East and North Africa following the September 11 attacks have directly or indirectly killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced millions of others. According to the research report from the Costs of War project at Brown University Watson Institute, nearly one million people were directly killed as a result of conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya and Somalia.

Ties between Russia and Iran are growing. Tehran and Moscow have finalized an agreement for the construction of a mega rail-way project that connects the two countries via Azerbaijan. The Rasht-Astara railway will complete a south-north corridor that connects southern Asia to Northern Europe. Separately, Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, has opened a branch in Iran, allowing businesspeople from boost countries to trade more easily.

A new report has revealed that the wars initiated by the United States in the Middle East and North Africa following the September 11 attacks have directly or indirectly killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced millions of others. According to the research report from the Costs of War project at Brown University Watson Institute, nearly one million people were directly killed as a result of conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia.

It has been fifteen months since the start of the Russian-Ukraine war, and still, there is no end in sight. head of Kiev’s military administration has written that Russia had conducted an integrated attack in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, describing it as exceptional in its density. All of this is as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been making his rounds in western capitals and ramping up more support for Kiev in anticipation of an upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive.

US sanctions are finally working…just not in the way they were supposed to! Iran and Russia have signed a $1.6 billion deal for the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway.

Another brutal killing of an African-American, this time on a subway train, has created outrage across the United States. His murderer, a 24-year-old former marine, has already surrendered to police. Yet, people have taken to the streets across New York City to call for justice.

Turkey is inching closer to a landmark election that may drastically change the internal and foreign politics of the Eurasian country. On May 14, 2023, over 64 million eligible voters, including five million for the first time, will cast their ballot in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing unprecedented challenges that could end his two-decade rule.

Israel has continued its aggression against the Gaza Strip. And resistance factions have retaliated with retaliatory rockets. And like previous times that Israel has attacked the Gaza Strip, many of the dead and wounded are women and children. This should rattle the cage of the so-called international community which has done nothing to stop the Israeli massacre, thus giving Israel the green light to kill with impunity.

When it comes to the conflict between the US and China, there is no denying that the US is using a more confrontational approach than China. Trading barbs appear to be a normal course for these two superpowers. Yet the US is testing China’s soft power by pushing the envelope when it comes to things like Taiwan and technology, which is pushing the two countries to a state of military confrontation while alienating the US from its allies.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, says the world is witnessing the gradual decline of Israel. During an address to foreign diplomats and nationals, the leader said the Israeli deterrent power is coming to an end, calling on world countries to support Palestinian resistance movements in their fight against the Israeli occupying regime.

Iran has imposed sanctions on more than 20 individuals and entities from the European Union and the United Kingdom after the bloc and London imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iranian officials and organizations. The bans were announced just hours after the US, the EU and the UK imposed fresh sanctions on several Iranian individuals and entities, including the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, over alleged human rights violations.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has visited Syria on a two-day official trip to the war-torn Arab country. Raeisi has met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus. A high-ranking delegation accompanied President Raeisi on the visit. This is the first trip by an Iranian president to Syria since the conflict and foreign-backed insurgency gripped the Arab country back in 2011.