— 🇺🇸/🇦🇫 NEW: On Friday, the outgoing Biden Administration extended the declaration of a national emergency in Afghanistan, citing a humanitarian crisis and a potential for further economic difficulties
The order provides legal cover for the US to freeze, and even move, more than 7 billion dollars of Afghanistan's foreign assets held in US financial institutions,
In 2021, upon the return to power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, The Biden Administration froze Afghanistan's sovereign wealth and stopped humanitarian aid to the country.
@Spectator_Global
The order provides legal cover for the US to freeze, and even move, more than 7 billion dollars of Afghanistan's foreign assets held in US financial institutions,
In 2021, upon the return to power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, The Biden Administration froze Afghanistan's sovereign wealth and stopped humanitarian aid to the country.
@Spectator_Global
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👎61🤡29🤬21👍8❤2🔥1🤣1
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
— 🇺🇸 WATCH: The 'Moss Landing Power Plant,' owned by 'Vistra Energy' and one of the largest battery storage facilities in the world, caught fire yesterday south of San Francisco and continues to burn
The facility reportedly houses tens of thousands of lithium batteries.
@Spectator_Global
The facility reportedly houses tens of thousands of lithium batteries.
@Spectator_Global
🔥97🤣22😨13🎉12🌭2😭2❤1
Middle East Memes — MEM
— 🇺🇸/🇨🇳 NEW: US President-Elect Donald Trump held a phone call with the President of China, Xi Jinping. Numerous issues, including trade and the upcoming Tik Tok ban were discussed. @Spectator_Global
— 🇺🇸/🇼🇸 NEW: On Friday, the former Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, visited the Island of Taiwan and met with the Island's President
During his visit, Mr. Pence expressed expectations the incoming Trump Administration would enhance military support for Taiwan and begin negotiations for a free trade pact with the Island.
Under the United States 'One China Policy', the Island of Taiwan is recognized as a Province of the Peoples Republic of China.
@Spectator_Global
During his visit, Mr. Pence expressed expectations the incoming Trump Administration would enhance military support for Taiwan and begin negotiations for a free trade pact with the Island.
Under the United States 'One China Policy', the Island of Taiwan is recognized as a Province of the Peoples Republic of China.
@Spectator_Global
👎70🤔16🤡15👍5😁3🔥2🤣2❤1🤬1
— 🇺🇸 NEW: Darrin Bell, a Jewish Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, has been arrested in California after authorities found a cache of child exploitation videos in his home
His comics, featured in publications like The Washington Post and NPR, often criticized Trump and the Republican Party.
Authorities discovered over 100 videos of child exploitation, including AI-generated content, linked to Bell's online account that shared 134 videos of sexual abuse involving minors.
Bell is held at Sacramento's main jail on two felony counts with a $1 million bail and is scheduled to appear in court.
@Spectator_Global
His comics, featured in publications like The Washington Post and NPR, often criticized Trump and the Republican Party.
Authorities discovered over 100 videos of child exploitation, including AI-generated content, linked to Bell's online account that shared 134 videos of sexual abuse involving minors.
Bell is held at Sacramento's main jail on two felony counts with a $1 million bail and is scheduled to appear in court.
@Spectator_Global
🤮147🤣23👏13🤬7❤3😱3🔥2👍1🌚1😐1👻1
🔥62🙏10👍6🤔5😱3
Forwarded from Middle East Spectator — MES
— 🇩🇪 NEW: In a typical woman move, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stormed out of an official government meeting with the German Cabinet and Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after he announced that Germany will not approve a new aid package for Ukraine
@Middle_East_Spectator
@Middle_East_Spectator
🤣141💅43🤷♂10🤡6❤5🖕5😁2👍1🔥1
— 🇷🇺/🇮🇷/🇦🇿 NEW: With the new Iranian–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Russia intends to supply gas via a pipeline through Azerbaijan to Iran. Initial supplies intend to start with 2 Billion Cubic Meters of gas per year, with the goal being to eventually reach 55 BCM annually
Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev stated that the final stages of negotiations with all parties are ongoing.
The planned maximum capacity of this pipeline is intended to be equal the now destroyed Nord Stream Pipeline. Additionally, 300 million Cubic Meters of gas are to be supplied daily via the Caspian Sea.
@Spectator_Global
Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev stated that the final stages of negotiations with all parties are ongoing.
The planned maximum capacity of this pipeline is intended to be equal the now destroyed Nord Stream Pipeline. Additionally, 300 million Cubic Meters of gas are to be supplied daily via the Caspian Sea.
@Spectator_Global
👍83❤26🤔16🤮7🤣2🤩1
— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Russian forces have captured the town of Kotlyne in the DPR. This now cuts one of the two railroads supplying Pokrovsk from the west.
@Spectator_Global
@Spectator_Global
👍66❤27🎉13👎2🔥2🖕1
— 🇺🇸 BREAKING: JD Vance has been sworn in as the 50th Vice President of the United States of America.
@Spectator_Global
@Spectator_Global
🤡88🤮28👍12💩10❤8
— 🇺🇸 BREAKING: Donald J. Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America.
@Spectator_Global
@Spectator_Global
🤮83❤33🤡20💩11🥱5🔥3🤣3🥴1
Middle East Memes — MEM
— 🇺🇸/🇨🇺 NEW: The Associated Press reports that the outgoing Biden Administration is set to remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. However, it is uncertain if the Trump Administration will keep Cuba's name off the list. The designation was…
— 🇺🇸/🇨🇺 NEW: President Donald Trump has placed Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Former President Joe Biden removed Cuba from this list six days ago.
@Spectator_Global
@Spectator_Global
🤬112🤡56🔥18👍8👎3😭3😨2❤1🥰1😁1
— 🇺🇸 BREAKING: President Donald Trump has pardoned all people who were charged with criminal offenses in relation to the events of January 6th, 2021 at the US Capitol.
Roughly 1,500 people will receive a pardon.
@Spectator_Global
Roughly 1,500 people will receive a pardon.
@Spectator_Global
👍77🤡53👎17👏10❤6🔥5🤮5🤣3😱2
Forwarded from Middle East Spectator — MES (½)
— 🇺🇸 NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy has stepped down from co-leading President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
@Middle_East_Spectator
@Middle_East_Spectator
🤣94🎉9🗿4🤔3
Forwarded from Middle East Spectator — MES (½)
— 🇺🇸/📱 NEW: President Donald Trump has issued an executive order delaying enforcement of the rule requiring TikTok to spin off from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, for 75 days
TikTok is now accessible again in the U.S. but unavailable on the App Store and Google Play Store.
On Apple devices, if uninstalled, it cannot be restored and will not receive updates. Other ByteDance-related apps, like 'CapCut' and 'Lemon8,' face the same situation.
@Middle_East_Spectator
TikTok is now accessible again in the U.S. but unavailable on the App Store and Google Play Store.
On Apple devices, if uninstalled, it cannot be restored and will not receive updates. Other ByteDance-related apps, like 'CapCut' and 'Lemon8,' face the same situation.
@Middle_East_Spectator
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍32🤡13🤪4😭3❤1
— 🇺🇸 NEW: The official U.S. government website of the Department of Government Efficiency has gone live, featuring nothing but a logo of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency
The logo itself showcases the Shiba Inu dog, 'Kabosu,' who passed away at the age of 18 last year.
@Spectator_Global
The logo itself showcases the Shiba Inu dog, 'Kabosu,' who passed away at the age of 18 last year.
@Spectator_Global
🤡105🤣8👎7❤6🤓6🥰3🔥1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian Armed Forces soldiers raised the Russian flag in the village of Vovkovo in Pokrovsk.
@Spectator_Global
@Spectator_Global
❤75🫡21🥰13💩8🖕3👍1👎1
— 🇺🇸/🇦🇫 NEW: A prisoner exchange between the United States and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan took place in the final hours of the Biden Administration
Americans Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty were exchanged for Afghan citizen Khan Mohammed, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2008, however he was jailed in the US prison system, being the first person to be convicted under 'narco-terrorism' laws.
It is believed two other US citizens are currently jailed in Afghanistan, while 1 member of the Afghan Taliban remains imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. President Donald Trump has in the past criticized prisoner swaps.
@Spectator_Global
Americans Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty were exchanged for Afghan citizen Khan Mohammed, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2008, however he was jailed in the US prison system, being the first person to be convicted under 'narco-terrorism' laws.
It is believed two other US citizens are currently jailed in Afghanistan, while 1 member of the Afghan Taliban remains imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. President Donald Trump has in the past criticized prisoner swaps.
@Spectator_Global
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍40❤8🖕3
— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: The Russian military has captured the town of Zapadnoye in the Kharkov region.
@Spectator_Global
@Spectator_Global
👍53🎉23👏9💩3❤1🤯1
— 🇹🇷 NEW: Authorities in Turkey have arrested nine people over fire the Grand Kartal Hotel hotel in the Bolu Mountains, including the owner of the hotel
76 people have confirmed to have died so far in the fire.
@Spectator_Global
76 people have confirmed to have died so far in the fire.
@Spectator_Global
😐47😱11😢6🔥2🌚2👍1👏1🥱1🤣1
— 🇸🇾/🇨🇵 NEW: France has issued an arrest warrant for the former President of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad. The warrant is in relation to the death of a French-Syrian man in the Daara Province in 2017.
Previously, France issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Assad for his alleged role in chemical weapons attacks.
@Spectator_Global
Previously, France issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Assad for his alleged role in chemical weapons attacks.
@Spectator_Global
🤡174❤12🤣11🤬8🤷♂4👎4👏3👍2😁2🔥1😭1
— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾 NEW: The new government in Syria has canceled an agreement signed by the previous government and a Russian company over the modernization of the Tartus seaport, where the Russian Navy currently has a base
The 49 year agreement was signed in 2019 with the Russian company Stroytransgas, which had the company managing the port in return for a 500 million dollar investment on the ports modernization.
Talks are ongoing between Moscow and Damascus on the future status of the Russian naval base and its airbase at Khmeimim.
@Spectator_Global
The 49 year agreement was signed in 2019 with the Russian company Stroytransgas, which had the company managing the port in return for a 500 million dollar investment on the ports modernization.
Talks are ongoing between Moscow and Damascus on the future status of the Russian naval base and its airbase at Khmeimim.
@Spectator_Global
🤡64🤔14🎉7🤬3🔥2🤣2❤1👎1👏1