🤝 US sends ambassador to Venezuela

Newly appointed US ambassador Laura Dogu has arrived, stating she and her team are "ready to work" from Caracas.

Dogu previously served as ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian TV reveals tools Islamic Republic has at its disposal to respond to US aggression

In a segment, an analyst calmly outlines the range characteristics of Iran’s 300, 500, 1,000 and 2,000 km range ballistic and cruise missiles.

💬 “You can clearly see that in all these layers, these marked points are military bases where Americans are present,” the analyst explains, pointing to a series of nearly two dozen dots across the map.

The implication? If the US attacks, Iran will have a target-rich environment for retaliation.

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🎤 Egypt condemns Israeli ceasefire violations in Gaza

Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a sharp rebuke, stating that Israel’s repeated breaches of the ceasefire directly threaten the political path to stability.

Earlier in the day, the Gaza Health Ministry said that 26 people were killed and over 30 were injured in Israeli strikes that day.

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🔊 Mexico defies US pressure, vows to continue aid to Cuba

Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente has declared that Mexico will continue sending humanitarian aid to Cuba, asserting a policy of cooperation with the US "but without subordination."

"We do not accept that there should be no humanitarian aid when any country in the world needs it," he said.

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🗣 Military limits are tied to Zelensky's EU hopes — Deputy FM

Limiting Ukraine's military potential is especially important given the announced plans for its admission to the increasingly militarized EU, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik.

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🗣 US does not want Libya scenario in Iran — US NATO envoy

"We don't want to destabilize a country like Iran, the way Libya was by the Obama administration when Khadafi was taken out and there was no plan for the day after that," US NATO representative Matthew Whitaker said.

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🤝 Trump invites China to make a deal on Venezuelan oil

President Trump stated he has not discussed revenue sharing with Venezuela but explicitly invited China to participate in purchasing its oil.

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🗣 Cuban humanitarian crisis is unnecessary if they make a deal with the US — Trump

When asked if cutting Cuba’s oil supply would cause a humanitarian crisis, Trump dismissed the concern:

"It doesn't have to be a humanitarian crisis. I think they probably would come to us and want to make a deal. So Cuba would be free again," he told reporters.

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🗣 Trump warns Canada: China trade deal will spark 'substantial' US retaliation

President Trump threatened a "very substantial" response if Canada pursues a trade deal with China.

"If they make the deal that Xi is looking to make, China will take over Canada," he told reporters.

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🇶🇦 🤝 🇮🇷 Qatar and Iran hold talks on de-escalation

Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met with Chief of Iran’s National Security Council Ali Larijani in Tehran to focus on de-escalating tensions in the region, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said on X.

🔹 Al-Thani reiterated Qatar’s position in supporting all efforts to ease tensions in the region and seek peaceful solutions.

🔹 He noted that Qatar continues to coordinate with friendly countries to resolve conflicts through diplomatic means.

Earlier, Iran's Larijani stated that the process of forming a structure for negotiations between Tehran and the US on the nuclear issue is progressing, despite the artificially created atmosphere of a media war.

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🚨 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russian security chief Shoigu arrives in China

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu will meet with China's FM Wang Yi and discuss changing international, regional security situation.

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🚨🇷🇺🇪🇺 Russia cannot accept NATO troops in Ukraine under security guarantees - Foreign Ministry

💬 "We have said that this is unacceptable, there will be no NATO membership and no foreign military forces. It makes no difference whether, say, a French corporal wears a cap with ‘NATO’ or ‘EU’ written on it. That does not change anything," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik.

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the current version of the security guarantees includes the deployment of troops from several European countries in Ukraine, mainly those of France and the UK, with US support.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that any scenario for the deployment of troops from NATO member states in Ukraine was categorically unacceptable for Russia and was fraught with a sharp escalation.

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💲 US dollar is a dead man walking – Ex-CIA analyst

What we are witnessing now is the “collapse” of the international financial system, the Bretton Woods system, that the US erected in the aftermath of World War II, says Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst.

💬 “The market now is broken,” he speculates, pointing to how the BRICS countries like Russia, China, India, Brazil, are “offloading the US treasuries, and buying gold and silver.”

He reminds that they are working on a BRICS currency that “will be each tied to gold that each country owns.”

💬 “We're witnessing something now that, you know, people will look back on… I'm not sure what they'll call it, the great currency realignment, but the reign of the dollar, it's over. It's just like that chicken. You cut the chicken's head off. The chicken can still walk around for a while with its head off, but ultimately, it'll fall over dead. The US currency is in serious trouble.”

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