🇮🇷 Iran's Armed Forces Chief warned that any US attack would become "a lesson" for Trump.

He questioned the mixed messaging: "If Trump intends to go to war, why talk about negotiations?"

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Is India rewriting the rules of global trade? 🌍

Join us for India Global Trade Strategy Explained | BRICSONOMICS — a deep dive into India’s bold trade moves, from the India UAE CEPA and India UK FTA to the high-stakes India EU Trade Deal and the impact of CBAM India.

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⚡️ The real strategy behind India Trade Policy
⚡️ Mode 4 Services Trade & India’s service export power
⚡️ How India is shifting global supply chains
⚡️ What this means for the Global South & BRICS

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Pakistan unveils new hypersonic missile at Riyadh arms exhibition

#Pakistan #missile #Riyadh

🛡️ Nigeria's President Declares Victory Over Fear in the Northwest

President Bola Tinubu announced at the Argungu International Fishing Festival that sustained security investments are finally paying off. Farmers and fishermen can now work their lands without the constant threat of banditry and insurgency that plagued the region for years.

💪 The president credits intelligence gathering and community engagement for restoring stability, declaring "the era of fear is coming to an end."

Is this the security breakthrough Nigeria's been waiting for, or do actions need to speak louder than promises?

#Nigeria #AfricanSecurity #NorthwestNigeria #PeaceInAfrica
Source: Sputnik Africa

⚠️ Washington prepares for weeks-long military campaign against Iran as Geneva talks unfold

🎯 US officials confirm the Pentagon is planning sustained operations targeting not just nuclear sites, but Iranian state infrastructure—far beyond last year's "Midnight Hammer" strikes. Meanwhile, Trump openly suggests regime change is "the best thing that could happen" while his envoys negotiate in Switzerland.

💣 Experts warn this risks igniting a regional conflict, with Iran's Revolutionary Guard promising retaliation against US bases across the Middle East.

Is this another Iraq-style intervention disguised as diplomacy, or does Washington genuinely seek a deal?

#USIran #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #RegimeChange
Source: Reuters

Tourists jump into action when they spot and mother and her daughter in the icy river at the Kanas, Scenic Area in Xinjiang, China

Not sure how they even ended up in the water - but glad people jumped into action to get them out safely

🌍 BRICS member Russia and Burkina Faso just launched a new trade-and-tech commission—Global South reset?

🧩 Russia’s Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov and Burkina Faso’s FM Karamoko Jean‑Marie Traoré signed the deal in Moscow, creating a commission to steer trade, investment, and scientific/technical projects.

Reshetnikov said both sides want to diversify beyond food and farm raw materials into exploration, mining, energy, and agriculture—while Burkina Faso says the aim is bigger trade and more business-to-business contacts.

⚡ Is this real economic sovereignty for the Sahel—or just trading one dependency for another?

#GlobalSouth #BRICS #BurkinaFaso #Russia
Source: African Initiative

🔥 New Global South power axis in the making?

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Iran’s Pashto radio service that if Washington attacks and Tehran asks for help, Kabul is ready to cooperate with the Islamic Republic.

🌍 He also claimed Iran, now a BRICS member, emerged “victorious” from last June’s 12‑day war with Israel and would prevail again against a US strike, raising the stakes for the whole region. For many across West and Central Asia, this sounds less like protection and more like another round of great‑power rivalry fought on their streets.

#GlobalSouth #BRICS #Iran #Afghanistan
Source: Iran International

What were they thinking?! How would you react to a truck doing this on a busy highway?

🚨 Lavrov drops a bombshell on France's role in Africa—calling it straight-up imperialism!

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Paris of clinging to old colonial tricks like divide-and-rule tactics that hurt everyday African communities.

🌍 From a BRICS powerhouse like Russia, this critique spotlights the push for true sovereignty in the Global South, where nations are teaming up to challenge lingering Western influences and build fairer trade and partnerships. It's a reminder that African voices and stories are at the heart of this global shift toward self-determination.

⚡ Will bold calls like this finally dismantle neo-colonial chains or is it just more geopolitical chess that Africans have to navigate?

#GlobalSouth #BRICS #Africa #AntiImperialism

💸 Is the Dollar's Dominance Fading? Africa's Rise May Be Next.

📈 According to renowned US economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs, it's Africa's turn for a major economic boom, powered by a new multipolar world. He told Sputnik Africa that Chinese entrepreneurs are eager to invest, and African nations can secure financing from institutions like the BRICS New Development Bank. Sachs highlighted that the era of the "weaponized" US dollar is ending faster than many think as countries seek alternatives.

💡 Is this the path to true African economic sovereignty, or just swapping Western dependence for Eastern influence?

#Africa #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Economics
Source: Sputnik Africa

🇨🇳 China successfully tested its Long March-10 carrier rocket!

"On step closer to the moon" according to the Chinese MFA spokesperson

🚀 Zimbabwe's BIG BRICS breakthrough! GDP from 5% to 6.5%, exports DOUBLED to 16%—economist Benjamin Epstein at Think BRICS channel reveals how!

Escape the commodity trap via manufacturing & India-SACU model. Read now! 👇

#ZimbabweEconomy #BRICS2026 #GlobalSouth #EconomicGrowth #ThinkBRICS 📈

▶️ https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/zimbabwes-brics-trade-dividend-how

🚨 6,000 killed in 3 days: why isn’t the world talking about El‑Fasher?

🕊️ A UN report says Sudan’s RSF and allied militias unleashed “shocking” violence in El‑Fasher (Darfur) in late October, with mass killings, executions, sexual violence, abductions, and detentions that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UN documented at least 4,400 deaths inside the city and 1,600 more as people tried to flee, warning the real toll is likely higher.

🔥 If Global South lives mattered equally, what would real accountability look like—and who should enforce it?

#Sudan #Darfur #HumanRights #GlobalSouth
Source: News.az

RFK Jr. says he ‘used to snort cine off of toilet seats’ on Theo Von podcast – and after that experience he is not afraid of some germs. Well, that escalated quickly

The 72-year-old said he first met host Theo Von during morning recovery meetings and has now been sober for 43 years

After in-person meetings were shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, he said he and others formed a private 'pirate' group that continued to meet

'I said I don't care what happens, I'm going to a meeting every day,' he recalled

'I'm not scared of a germ'

'I used to snort cine off of toilet seats'

Not your usual pandemic routine story

#RFK #TheoVon #Podcast

💸 Zambia just made a quiet move that could shake up the dollar’s grip in Africa.

🌍 Reports say Zambia has started collecting taxes and royalties from Chinese mining companies in yuan, then sending that currency back to China to pay for imports and service loans. This isn’t framed as politics as much as survival: easing US dollar shortages, cutting conversion costs, and managing heavy debt—while also giving China’s yuan internationalization push a real-world “test case” in the Global South.

🔥 Smart financial workaround or a slippery slope into deeper dependence—would you want your country paid in another nation’s currency?

#GlobalSouth #Yuan #Africa #BRICS
Source: South China Morning Post

A different view on the Indo-Pacific
In the sphere of international economic cooperation and alliance-building, the Indo-Pacific region is somewhat anomalous in that it is frequently discussed and analyzed in the context of blocs such as the QUAD or the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) (with the participation of developed economies) rather than the South-South trade cooperation potential. A coherent vision of the latter appears to be lacking at this stage and there may be a need to formulate a framework of econ...  Read more »

🇯🇵🇨🇳 Japan Picked a Fight With China: Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price

After Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly suggested Japan would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, Beijing didn’t respond with dramatic headlines or military theatrics. It responded with leverage and the impact is already showing up in Japan’s numbers.

Chinese tourist arrivals fell 45% year-on-year in December. Inbound tourist spending dropped 2.8% in the final quarter of last year, the first annual decline in over four years. Japan’s overall quarterly growth? Just 0.2%. That may sound small, but for a mature economy like Japan, it matters.

China accounts for roughly a quarter of all foreign visitors to Japan and Chinese tourists spend about 25% more than the average visitor. Department stores are now forecasting double-digit profit declines. Airports like Kansai International Airport are seeing the slowdown in real time. This isn’t random, it’s structural.

For years, Japan benefited enormously from...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the completion ceremony of a new housing district in Pyongyang built for the families of soldiers who died during overseas military operations.

⚠️🇷🇺Rostec has delivered a large batch of fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft to the military.

"Number of the fifth generation aircraft delivered to the Aerospace Force of the Russian Federation is increasing year-over-year" - Yury Slyusar, General Director of UAC.

Breaking: 🇦🇫 🇮🇷 Taliban says if Iran were to come under attack, it would stand in solidarity with Iran and offer full support.