Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

Iran enters diplomacy with open eyes and a steady memory of the past year.

We engage in good faith and stand firm on our rights.

Commitments need to be honored. Equal standing, mutual respect and mutual interest are not rhetoric—they are a must and the pillars of a durable agreement.

The US military struck an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Feb. 5, killing two people, according to US Southern Command.

The U.S. and Iran will hold direct talks in Oman, their first since the June 2025 war today, in a last-ditch effort to avoid renewed conflict.

Washington demands Iran end its nuclear program, curb missiles, and drop regional proxies, while Iran may accept limited uranium enrichment (~3%) and a long-term nuclear freeze in exchange for sanctions relief.

Prospects beyond the nuclear issue are bleak, missiles are non-negotiable for Tehran, and the most likely outcome is a fragile statement to keep talks going and avert military escalation.

Source: NYT

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Peter Thiel has warned in recent talks that the world is entering an apocalyptic “end of modernity,” arguing that fear-driven politics are halting progress and paving the way for authoritarian control.

He frames this through Christian theology, saying the Antichrist is not a reckless technologist but a “Luddite” who uses existential fears to stop innovation.

Thiel claims apocalypse narratives around climate change, AI, or nuclear war are being weaponized to justify control, leading to “a stagnant, totalitarian future in the name of safety.”

He cited Greta Thunberg as a symbolic example, calling her a **“type”

Türkiye’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT) detained two suspects in Istanbul for alleged espionage on behalf of Israel’s Mossad.

Operation “MONITUM” was carried out with prosecutors and counter-terror police.

Suspects: Mehmet Budak Derya (engineer/trader, accused of long-term Mossad contact via trade activities) and Veysel Kerimoğlu (accomplice).

Allegations include collecting and transmitting intelligence, tracking Palestinian individuals, and using business cover.

Arrests followed extended surveillance, with intervention in January 2026.

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Trump posts on Truth Social.

French Chief of the Defence Staff Fabien Mandon:

The Baltic can now be closed whenever we decide — and that is bad news for Russia.

CNN: This moves residency toward a pathway to citizenship for people — nearly half a million people. This goes completely in the opposite direction of what everybody else is going. Why did you do it?

Spain’s Sanchez: Well, there is a moral angle to this debate. Spain has been, for many years, a country of migrants.

Our fathers and our grandparents went to other places precisely because we were suffering under a dictatorship or a lack of economic opportunities.

Now there is also a pragmatic angle. These people are contributing to the economic success of Spain.

By the way, they represent roughly 10 percent of our social security income, while they account for only 1 percent of total public spending.

A senior Russian military official, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, has been hospitalised after being shot in Moscow.

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Polish Parliament (Sejm) Marshal Włodzimierz Czarzasty:

The construction of new platforms by the United States, such as the Board of Peace, is in my opinion delusional.

Polish Parliament (Sejm) Marshal Włodzimierz Czarzasty:

I will not support the nomination for the Nobel Prize for Trump, because he does not deserve it.

The World Economic Forum has launched an independent investigation into CEO Borge Brende following disclosures showing he had contact with Jeffrey Epstein.

The WEF said Brende attended three business dinners with Epstein in 2018–2019 and exchanged a small number of emails and texts.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán:

Ukraine’s EU membership means that we would be admitting a country that is at war with Russia.

If one member of the European Union is at war, then inevitably the others are drawn into that war as well.

Ukraine’s EU membership would mean immediate war with Russia.

And even if there were peace at a given moment, it would still permanently carry the risk of war.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán:

We must choose a government that says no to everyone: to Moscow, to Brussels, to Washington, whenever it is necessary.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán:

Anyone who thinks that America can be a long-term strategic anchor when thinking about Hungary’s future is mistaken.

Not because America is bad — it has many admirable qualities. Not because it is insignificant — there is nothing more significant than America.

But because the American political system is such that in four years everything can be turned upside down.

And if we align ourselves in one direction, they can easily turn back — while we cannot, because we become trapped.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Oman for talks with Iran.

Global Sumud Flotilla Announces Its Biggest Gaza Flotilla for March

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Taiwan and US Partner to Build Attack Drones

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Saudi Arabia Eyes Investment in Türkiye’s Kaan Fighter Jet Program

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Carney Defies Trump: Canada to Open Consulate in Greenland

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Dasha Burns: Do you want to see the privatization of PDVSA?

María Corina Machado: Absolutely.

(PDVSA is Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.)