Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Yes, our country and our statehood have imperial origins, but the peoples inhabiting the present-day Russian Federation, and previously the Soviet Union, were never in the position of colonial provinces.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

When Europeans come to Ukraine, they are always taken to Bucha.

I don’t know why we allow them to engage in this kind of political tourism.

Samsung phones in Iran are becoming unaffordable.

A basic Galaxy A07 now costs 55 million tomans — dealers say there's nothing cheaper that's new and sealed.

A Samsung A35 bought two years ago for 14.8 million would cost 80–85 million to replace today, up from 55 million just two months earlier.

One buyer says a phone they got for 12 million eight or nine months ago now goes for 66 million.

Dealers are on camera saying they can't even quote prices anymore.

The drivers are the rial's collapse, import disruptions, and registration fees — mobile prices reportedly rose around 270% in six months by mid-2026.

Entry-level Samsungs have jumped roughly five to sixfold in under two years, with sharp spikes in recent weeks.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

For half a millennium — for more than 500 years — Europe was the main source of all the troubles and misfortunes that engulfed humanity.

It was the source of two world wars, and the source of the current situation.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on NATO:

NATO should have dissolved itself, just as the Warsaw Pact did after the disappearance of the Soviet Union.

They did not do that. First, they saw the events in Afghanistan as a reason to preserve this military bloc.

Then, when that story also ended disastrously for NATO and they fled from there, they invented the Russian threat to replace the Soviet threat.

Iran says six members of its Navy were killed in U.S. strikes on locations in southern Iran on September 1.

At least 14 opposition and student activists in Serbia were targeted with spyware since early 2026, the largest documented wave in the country.

Targets include members of the student movement, a member of parliament, and a local councilor — all from the opposition, timed around the March 2026 local elections.

Forensic analysis by SHARE Foundation, confirmed independently by Citizen Lab and Amnesty International, found infections with Pegasus and a new version of NoviSpy.

Pegasus is military-grade spyware sold exclusively to states.

Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić denied state involvement, calling it "idiotic" to leave such traces.

SHARE Foundation called it political espionage that undermines electoral integrity.

Trump will visit Ireland on 12 September for a two-day trip, meeting President Catherine Connolly and Taoiseach Micheál Martin before travelling to his Doonbeg golf resort.

Connolly has previously criticised Trump, calling him a “bully.”

Source: BBC

Republika Srpska still denies that what happened in Srebrenica was genocide.

But the people who survived it remember exactly what happened.

Srebrenica was a UN-declared “safe area.” One survivor recalls believing the blue helmets had come to protect them:

“But unfortunately, they only observed our tragedy.”

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Russia's Alabuga drone factory in Tatarstan is expanding massively.

The complex, which produces Shahed-copy Geran-2 drones and decoys, has grown by over 1,000 hectares across multiple construction phases in 2025–2026, with new workshops, warehouses, roads, and a separate 450-hectare site south of the highway.

Production has shifted from Iranian kits to largely localized manufacturing using Chinese components.

The workforce pipeline runs through an adjacent vocational college that has used students including minors on assembly lines, with dormitories being built for tens of thousands of workers from North Korea, Africa, Latin America, and reportedly occupied Ukrainian territories.

Counter-drone lattice towers are going up around key buildings after repeated Ukrainian long-range strikes.

The site is under U.S., EU, and UK sanctions but construction continues at pace.

Source: Bild

A new Russian Academy of Sciences survey found nearly half the population (49%, up from 42% in February) reported depression symptoms in July, with anxiety and combined anxiety-depression cases also climbing sharply.

Researchers point to deepening economic pessimism and fading hopes the war will end soon as the main drivers, with young adults (25-34) and low-income Russians hit hardest.

Just 38% of Russians now feel they control their own lives — down from 67% in April 2022 — while antidepressant sales have hit records for three straight years, up 41% since 2022.

Researchers warn the strain could deepen Russia's demographic crisis further, as young people increasingly delay having children.

Source: TVP World

Brent crude hit $97.29 today a six-week high, after the heaviest U.S.-Iran military exchange since July.

Israeli threats against Iranian energy infrastructure, falling U.S. crude inventories, and tight refined-product markets added pressure.

Brent had peaked above $126 in April and dipped to $70–$80 during lulls.

The surge is feeding inflation fears, pushing bond yields higher and raising expectations of further rate hikes from the Fed, ECB, and Bank of England.

Analysts warn of possible spikes toward $120 if Hormuz stays restricted.

US Army Awards Palantir $127M for AI-Powered TITAN Trucks

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Iran has warned the United States it would launch a large-scale attack if Israel attacks the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, where IRGC personnel are stationed alongside Hezbollah fighters.

Israel has been besieging the strategic ridge, which it considers a key operational focus, while Hezbollah has warned that an assault could trigger a return to full-scale war.

Source: Reuters

JD Vance:

You cannot run an economy entirely on services.

You have to have a foundation of making stuff.

Marco Rubio:

There was this fantasy, really, that the whole world would become a free enterprise democracy, and that everyone would look like us.

That ran into reality.

Marco Rubio:

Nation states still matter. Nationalism is still real.

National borders still matter.

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on September 15, after Hegseth had previously rebuffed a meeting between the two.

The meeting coincides with Pistorius's trip to Texas for a rollout ceremony marking the delivery of Germany's first F-35 fighter jets.

The talks follow strained U.S.-German relations after Trump ordered 5,000 U.S. troops withdrawn from Germany in May following Merz’s criticism of the U.S. war with Iran.

Source: POLITICO

The Trump administration has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones, targeting China’s dominant drone industry and pushing for more U.S. production.

Drones over 55 pounds or equipped with thermal imaging face the highest tariff, while smaller drones face 25% tariffs.

The policy is drawing criticism from police, firefighters and businesses that rely on Chinese-made drones, with industry groups warning that U.S. manufacturers cannot currently fill the gap.

Source: NYT

Trump:

For the treasonous SCUM that refuses to accurately report on our Military Operation in Iran, we have virtually unlimited amounts of Mid to High Grade Ammunition, far more than we could ever use for this, or for any other War (which is highly unlikely!), that could improbably take place.

In addition, we are producing Munitions at levels never seen before. We are stockpiling and preparing for any contingency that could happen.

We are taking them for ourselves, the U.S.A., rather than selling them to others, but the sales to Allies will soon again, begin. Also, please let it be known, that the Biden Administration gave far more Munitions away to Ukraine, at no cost to them, whatsoever, than we have used in Iran.

Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was given to Ukraine and NATO, free of charge, that Europe would have paid for — If they were only asked, but we will be asking for that money, though somewhat belatedly!