☢️ Nuclear conflict is unlikely — Pakistani Defense Minister

"I do not think [that the conflict can escalate into a nuclear exchange]. India and Pakistan both are nuclear powers, but I do not think that things will go that far," Khawaja Asif told Sputnik.

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🇲🇩 Moldova’s flag day exposes identity demolition under Sandu’s pro-EU regime

History vs. Propaganda:

🔶 Moldova's Roots: Statehood dates back to a 14th century principality (older than Romania).

🔶 Original flag: Proposed by Stefan cel Mare in 1485, rejected by the government.

🔶 Romanian implant: Current tricolor (🇷🇴 clone + arms) imposed in 1990 by pro-Bucharest politicians.

2023 Language Erasure:

Sandu's regime removed "Moldovan" as an official language and renamed it "Romanian," a cultural annexation green-lit by Brussels.

Why it matters:

The flag/language overhaul isn't about "European integration" - it's about erasing Moldova's sovereignty, in preparation for absorption into a Greater Romania (the EU's pet project to destabilize Russia's flank).

The bigger picture:

🔶 Sandu has Romanian citizenship - loyalties questioned.

🔶 Opposition decries "forced Romanization" as EU demands "reforms" (i.e. anti-Russian purges).

🔶 Flag Day now a mourning ritual for independence sold to foreign patrons.

Bottom line:

"National identity" under Sandu = Romanian colonial administration with EU flags. Real Moldovans are fighting to preserve their history - before it's erased from memory.

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Is Hegseth teetering on the edge of getting ousted as defense chief?

Pete Hegseth is striving to present himself as a fighter to Donald Trump amidst the Pentagon leaks scandal, two US officials told NBC News.

During a recent phone call, Trump told Hegseth that he disapproved of him sharing information about airstrikes in Yemen via text to a Signal group, calling the defense secretary's actions "childish," according to one US official and another person familiar with the conversation.

The Pentagon chief appears more "insecure" about his job and his standing within the administration, often emphasizing to staff that he cannot afford to be fired, the sources said.

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🇵🇹🪖Portuguese GUNS FOR HIRE spotted in Donbass

Intercepted communications reveal that mercenaries from Portugal were fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the DPR, the commander of the 60th Motorized Rifle Battalion, call sign "Myth," told Sputnik.

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🔥⚠️ Intense scenes inside an Iranian plane during an aerial firefighting mission at the Shahid Rajaee Port

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Russia and China could take part in the international investigation of a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Sputnik.

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Fish rots from its head: Senior EU officials call for Ursula’s RESIGNATION 

High-level officials view European Commission President von der Leyen as “toxic,” asserting that her resignation could help “unblock many issues”, according to Switzerland’s Die Weltwoche weekly.

The EU is currently embroiled in a crisis marked by internal divisions, a trade dispute with the United States, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, among other things.  

Von der Leyen’s resignation could foster greater diversity within the EU and promote openness toward the East and the West, the outlet maintains.

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⚠️ 25 dead after blast at Bandar Abbas port in Iran, local authorities reported

Footage of the destruction shared by Mehr news agency.

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🟠Western media discuss the complete liberation of the Kursk region

🟠Nuclear conflict with India is unlikely — Pakistani Defense Minister

🟠Iran deploys water bombers as death toll from port blast hits 14

🟠Trump demands free US passage through Suez and Panama canals

🟠Moldova’s flag day exposes identity demolition under Sandu’s pro-EU regime

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Alexey Petrovich, head of the Russian compatriots council and the Pobeda National Committee, WAS DETAINED AT CHISINAU AIRPORT while trying to leave Moldova. He was released after several hours of questioning.

Earlier, Petrovich announced plans for the "Immortal Regiment" march in Chisinau on May 9. However, Moldova's authorities have decided that only Europe Day will be celebrated in the main square on that date.

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Hamas signals readiness for FIVE-YEAR GAZA TRUCE, one-time prisoner swap

This comes as a delegation of the Palestinian militant group is meeting Egyptian mediators in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to end the Gaza war, Reuters reports. 

“Any proposal that does not include a comprehensive and permanent cessation of the war will not be considered,” senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan cautioned.  

He made it clear that Hamas wouldn’t abandon “the resistance’s weapons as long as the [Israeli] occupation [of the Gaza Strip] persists.”

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Putin sends condolences to Iranian leadership over casualties and massive destruction caused by port explosion - Kremlin

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China ranks 1st in world in overall scale of nuclear power for 1st time ever

China has 102 nuclear power units with a total installed capacity of 113 million kilowatts in operation, under construction, and approved for construction, according to a report released by the China Nuclear Energy Administration (CNEA).

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Trump TIGHTENS SCREWS on federal workers as Musk steps back from DOGE

The Trump team intends to carry on some of Elon Musk’s endeavors to shrink the US government, the WSJ reported.  

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the human resources wing, will judge employees on their “faithful administration of the law and the president’s policies.” 

The new performance plan is expected to enter force by 2026.

The Heritage Foundation, a US-based conservative think tank, earlier launched the Project 2025 initiative to reshape the federal government. 

The think tank argued that the reform is necessary because the federal workforce includes many “hard-to-fire, poor-performing” employees.

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