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Hours after Pope Francis’ death was announced, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: “Rest in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing.” Several hours later, it was deleted without explanation.
Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the decision to delete the post appeared to reflect the tensions that have emerged between Israel and the Vatican over Francis’ frequent criticism of Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza. The Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the deletion.
https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-jerusalem-israel-funeral-vatican-netanyahu-5e6fd6caa4850b0ee5b4fc8720043e1e
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A deleted condolence after pope’s death revealed tension between Israel and the Vatican
Hours after Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without explanation.
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"Good meeting. One-on-one, we managed to discuss a lot. We hope for a result from all the things that were said. Protection of the lives of our people. Complete and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent a recurrence of war. A very symbolic meeting that has the potential to become historic if we achieve joint results. Thank you, President Donald Trump!"
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Хороша зустріч. Один на один встигли обговорити багато. Сподіваємось на результат з усіх речей, які прозвучали. Захист життів наших людей. Повне й безумовне припинення вогню. Надійний і тривалий мир, який убезпечить від повторення війни. Дуже символічна зустріч…
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🚨🇵🇰🤝🇹🇷🇨🇳 ~ After the Chinese deliveries of advanced long range missiles, Turkish Air Force Cargo planes were spotted heading to Pakistan amid rising tensions with India.
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Pakistan’s nuclear missiles are not for decoration; They were made for India.
We have kept Ghori, Shaheen, Ghaznavi, and 130 nuclear weapons specifically for India
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In a PK defense scenario where SAMs contribute to defense, PK/IN are roughly equal in air, and PK outguns India significantly in SPG. Without ability to suppress artillery with CAS, attacker will get massacred.
India's artillery procurement has been a disaster, a ground offensive is infeasible.
India's greatest area of advantage over Pakistan is infantry manpower. It would be insane to attack using infantry numerical superiority against Pakistan's artillery superiority. This is not a politically realistic option.
Russia has a 10:1 advantage in artillery over Ukraine, attacking over flat terrain, and it is still a major slog. For India to attack with a 1:2 disadvantage in artillery, in mountainous terrain, would be insanity.
My conclusion is a major Indian offensive is infeasible. Even a major air campaign would be insanely expensive. Most likely outcome is a symbolic strike like 2019 where both sides claim victory until next time.
https://x.com/JZ281C/status/1916025727285109164
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After looking into it a bit more, I think India must have insane levels of corruption in their military. India spends 10x as much as Pakistan on military but advantage in air is only 3:2, and India is actually inferior to Pakistan in artillery by 1:2.
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Houthis’ successful targeting of US drones is hampering Trump’s mission to kill group’s senior leadership
In the month since the US launched a major military campaign targeting the Houthi rebel group in Yemen, the militants have successfully shot down at least seven multi-million-dollar American drones, hindering the US’ ability to move into “phase two” of the…
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/26/economy/japan-china-trade-ties-us
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Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
Any demands from Washington on Tokyo to downgrade its economic relationship with China would potentially deal Japan a major economic blow.
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China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea
Sandy Cay is just kilometres from the Philippines’ military outpost at Thitu Island
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Yemen prepares ‘biggest offensive ever’ against Houthi rebels with US support
Yemen is reportedly launching an offensive against Houthi rebels to reclaim key ports and diminish the influence of the Iranian-aligned group.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Stand-off between the Philippines and China at the Scarborough Shoal.
The Philippine Navy have begun reinforcing its position east of the shoal. With 4 Philippines Coast Guard vessels, BRP Bagacay, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, BRP Gabriela Silang, BRP Suluan having arrived.
However, more importantly, the US combat vessel, USS Savannah is also seen operating south of the shoal. The closest the US has ever been to Scarborough Shoal.
Scarborough Shoal is currently blockaded by at least 11 Chinese vessels.
The Philippine Navy have begun reinforcing its position east of the shoal. With 4 Philippines Coast Guard vessels, BRP Bagacay, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, BRP Gabriela Silang, BRP Suluan having arrived.
However, more importantly, the US combat vessel, USS Savannah is also seen operating south of the shoal. The closest the US has ever been to Scarborough Shoal.
Scarborough Shoal is currently blockaded by at least 11 Chinese vessels.
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“Some of our differences are very serious,” Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Tehran’s state television.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-and-iran-divided-by-key-question-in-nuclear-talks-59b26210
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U.S. and Iran Conclude Latest Nuclear Talks, Divided on Key Issues
Washington opposes Tehran’s insistence on retaining the ability to enrich uranium, but U.S. calls latest round “productive.”
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🇮🇷 - Rerum Novarum have geolocated the footage to:
See photo 1: We have marked the point of the initial fume on the map as a red flame. The point from which the footage was captured has also been marked as a purple X, the arrow indicates the direction of recording.
The vital detail of the footage are the two trucks up front, the trucks can be seen carrying 'sandbags', packaging identical nitrogen tetroxide, N₂O₄, a powerful oxidant. If near combustible material (the initial fume), it will explode, and explode very powerfully.
The question is, why were two truck loads of N₂O₄ being moved in the direction of the fume? And then parked in front of a warehouse. The compounds were just delivered to the doorstep of the already existing fire, and then left there to explode...
See photo 2: Rerum Novarum have identified the warehouse on the right-hand side of the trucks belongs to Sinai Maritime and Port Services. According to Financial Times, the company is in no way involved in storing ballistic or rocket fuels.
However, it is likely they were making their way towards a large storage facility further west (marked with a green flag, with the route shown on map). There is no information for this warehouse, which is normal for Iran when storing sensitive materials.
But it doesn't explain why the trucks were parked, or this route was even taken, as the warehouse in the west has its own access road. Negligence?
27.12474, 56.06764.See photo 1: We have marked the point of the initial fume on the map as a red flame. The point from which the footage was captured has also been marked as a purple X, the arrow indicates the direction of recording.
The vital detail of the footage are the two trucks up front, the trucks can be seen carrying 'sandbags', packaging identical nitrogen tetroxide, N₂O₄, a powerful oxidant. If near combustible material (the initial fume), it will explode, and explode very powerfully.
The question is, why were two truck loads of N₂O₄ being moved in the direction of the fume? And then parked in front of a warehouse. The compounds were just delivered to the doorstep of the already existing fire, and then left there to explode...
See photo 2: Rerum Novarum have identified the warehouse on the right-hand side of the trucks belongs to Sinai Maritime and Port Services. According to Financial Times, the company is in no way involved in storing ballistic or rocket fuels.
However, it is likely they were making their way towards a large storage facility further west (marked with a green flag, with the route shown on map). There is no information for this warehouse, which is normal for Iran when storing sensitive materials.
But it doesn't explain why the trucks were parked, or this route was even taken, as the warehouse in the west has its own access road. Negligence?
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""If you don't listen to me, there will be nothing at all." Nabiullina wanted to raise the key rate, but she was not allowed to do so
A source in the Kremlin told us about this. According to him, the head of the Central Bank "wanted to arrange games and blackmail with the key rate in order to achieve the fastest possible completion of the SMO."
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[Elvira] Nabiullina has an obsession: it is necessary to end military actions, otherwise there will be some terrible disaster in the economy (we wrote about this, - ed.). She wanted to arrange blackmail and raise the key rate, and almost to 23% at once. Like, don't listen to me, take it, there will be no mortgages in Russia, nothing at all. Very serious people did not allow her to do this and generally wanted to force her to lower the key rate," the channel's interlocutor said.Nabiullina herself did not heed this demand, and the rate remained at 21%.
The entourage of the head of the Central Bank refused to comment on this information. But they confirmed that they are waiting for the completion of the SMO and" do not intend to hide it."
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«Не слушаете меня, не будет ничего вообще». Набиуллина хотела повысить ключевую ставку, но ей не дали этого сделать
Об этом нам сообщил источник в Кремле. По его словам, глава Центробанка «хотела устроить игры и шантаж с ключевой ставкой, чтобы добиться…
Об этом нам сообщил источник в Кремле. По его словам, глава Центробанка «хотела устроить игры и шантаж с ключевой ставкой, чтобы добиться…
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Yonhap News Agency reports that Kim Jong-un decided to Participate in War Based on Article 4 of North Korea-Russia Mutual Defense Treaty, Notified Russia!
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250428004500504
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[속보] 北 "김정은, 북러조약 제4조 근거해 참전 결정·러에 통보" | 연합뉴스
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🇮🇷 - Saeid Jafari, the CEO of Sina Port and Marine Services Company (SPMCO):
"The port explosion happened due to false declarations about the imported cargo. Extremely dangerous goods were declared as regular items and stored at the port".
"The port explosion happened due to false declarations about the imported cargo. Extremely dangerous goods were declared as regular items and stored at the port".
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“The reason Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons is because successive governments, under my prime ministership, have led successive actions — which I won’t discuss here in detail — that set them back about ten years from where they thought they’d be. Ten years ago, they already thought they’d have a nuclear arsenal.
They don’t.
We delayed them, but we didn’t stop them.
They’ve moved very far on enrichment. They’re trying to move on weaponry. The question now is what to do. Happily, we have a president in Washington who’s committed, as he says — and as he said to me many times, including just recently — we can’t allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. And I said, I absolutely believe that. I’ve devoted a good chunk of my life to prevent that.
There are two ways to do it.
One is to get a deal that would prevent them from doing that by dismantling their nuclear infrastructure.
You have to dismantle their nuclear infrastructure.
That means not just that they will not enrich uranium, but that they will not have the capacity to enrich uranium.
Which means you destroy the centrifuges.
You remove, of course, the nuclear material that they’ve already enriched.
There are a few other things you have to do, but that’s the crux of it.
The real deal that works is a deal which removes Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.”
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JUST IN - Kim Jong-Un decided to deploy North Korean troops to Russia for military assistance and notified Moscow — Yonhap
Kim Jong-Un: "We will be faithful to the implementation of the North Korea-Russia treaty."
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250428004500504
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Kim Jong-Un: "We will be faithful to the implementation of the North Korea-Russia treaty."
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250428004500504
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