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25/07/2026

Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi-held Hodeidah, Yemeni group says

Houthi-controlled Foreign Ministry warns that the attack will trigger further escalation in the Yemeni conflict.

Source: Al Jazeera

25/07/2026

UNESCO places occupied West Bank, Lebanon sites on endangered heritage list

25/07/2026

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is preparing to launch its first large-scale domestic gold refinery, ending its decades-long practice of exporting raw gold to Dubai for refining.

Under a new policy, the National Bank of Ethiopia requires all gold mined in the country to be refined locally into standard bullion bars before export.

The refinery is expected to increase export earnings, strengthen foreign exchange reserves, and help reduce gold smuggling.

The facility is in its final testing phase and is expected to begin operations in mid-to-late 2026, supporting growing gold production from major mining projects, including the Kurmuk Gold Project.

25/07/2026

🇷🇺🇺🇦 BREAKING:International relations scholar John Mearsheimer says Russia is guaranteed to win the Ukraine conflict, arguing that no amount of Western military aid including Patriot air defense systems can reverse the battlefield balance.

Speaking on the Daniel Davis Deep Dive podcast, Mearsheimer claimed Russia's overwhelming air power allows it to strike targets across Ukraine with little resistance. He also argued that continued attacks on key infrastructure, including Black Sea ports such as Odesa, could leave Ukraine economically weakened and functioning as a "dysfunctional rump state."

Mearsheimer further suggested that growing tensions involving Iran may reduce Western military and financial support for Kiev, making Ukraine's long-term outlook increasingly difficult.

Source: RT (citing the Daniel Davis Deep Dive podcast)

25/07/2026

🇪🇺💀 EU INSTITUTIONALISES PIRACY – Russia's Oil Will Be Seized and Sold Under New Sanctions

The European Union has just approved a legal mechanism to confiscate and sell Russian oil from detained tankers – state‑sanctioned theft dressed up as "sanctions enforcement."

📜 New legal basis – EU countries can now seize Russian oil cargoes from blacklisted tankers and sell them.

💰 No payment to Russia – the regulation explicitly forbids any funds from the sale reaching Russian natural or legal persons.

🛢️ Over 670 tankers blacklisted – the EU has already sanctioned tankers it claims transport Russian oil in violation of the price cap.

25/07/2026

25/07/2026

🤖☠️ PALANTIR: The Moment a Soulless AI Took Over Warfare – Inside the Forbidden Robot Death Judges

From surveillance to autonomous killing, one software company has quietly become the architect of a post‑democratic dystopia.

🔍 Palantir explained – how a single company merged private tech with state power, automating the decision to kill.

🎯 AI targeting systems – turning human lives into searchable data sets, where algorithms decide who lives and who dies.

🇺🇸 Pentagon dependency – Palantir's Gotham and Foundry platforms now control US military intelligence and targeting.

🇬🇧 NHS data scandal – the UK's health system integrated with Palantir – surveillance under the guise of efficiency.

🧠 Alex Karp & Peter Thiel – the "God complex" founders who believe they are saving democracy by dismantling it.

🎥 Watch the full documentary – link in first comment.

25/07/2026

🎙️ THE NARRATED WAR AND THE NEGOTIATED WAR – Two Ways the Global South Speaks 🇺🇳

A small webinar in Italy and BRICS's actual record reveal two different approaches to speaking for the Global South – one passionate and interpretive, the other cautious and institutional.

🗣️ Framed the conflict as a "Fluid War" – permanent finance-driven instability.

🌍 Argued maritime chokepoints are giving way to land corridors – but many of those corridors are pushed by the US/Gulf states to cut Iran's leverage.

🧠 Claimed "direct access" to US‑Iran talks – unverifiable.

⚡ Rhetoric openly partisan – advocacy, not diplomacy.

👉 Read the full analysis – link in first comment.

23/06/2026