🚨🇮🇳🇮🇷 India is negotiating with Iran directly to free 23 of its tankers trapped in the Persian Gulf.

New Delhi isn't waiting for Washington or the G7 to reopen the strait. They're dealing with Tehran directly.

India imports roughly 85% of its oil. Every day those tankers sit idle costs them.

When survival is at stake, countries talk to whoever has the keys.

WSJ

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A company in China showcases a drone that can be deployed as a buoy to quickly provide assistance to those stuck in deep water

🧭 What if the story of “globalization” we grew up with is already outdated?

🌐 Inside the quiet power shift rewriting the rules of world trade — and who’s really winning.

🕳️ Discover what’s behind the headlines:
https://youtu.be/YOI5W1r94Uk

#BRICS #GlobalSouth #WorldEconomy #GeopoliticalShift

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky: Iran war is a godsend for Putin

He claimed the U.S. decision to issue a 30-day waiver on Russian oil allows him to generate billions that will fund more attacks on Ukraine.

Source: RT

🇰🇵🇰🇷 Kim Jong Un's latest attempt to get the world to pay attention to him saw North Korea test-fire 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan.

The launch comes days after Pyongyang warned of “terrible consequences” over ongoing U.S-South Korea military drills.

Source: AFP

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🚨 Severe Hunger Looms Over Yemen

While global attention focuses on conflicts in the Middle East, Yemen is silently facing a devastating humanitarian crisis. According to recent reports, by early 2026, nearly 18 million people could experience severe food insecurity.

A survey by the International Rescue Committee found that almost 80% of families are severely hungry. Many are surviving on just one meal a day, and some adults skip meals so their children can eat.

Experts warn that ongoing conflict, economic collapse, climate change, and drastically reduced international aid are worsening the situation. Already, over 40,000 people in certain areas are at risk of famine.

Humanitarian funding is critically low—less than 25% of required support has been provided—forcing many nutrition and medical programs to shut down.

⚠️ Experts’ warning: Without urgent international aid, Yemen faces a catastrophic humanitarian disaster.

📌 Source: Al Jazeera

#Yemen #HumanitarianCrisis #FoodCrisis #MiddleEast #GlobalNews

Breaking: 🇧🇷 Brazil blocks Trump envoy amid election interference fears

Authorities in Brazil have revoked the visa of U.S. adviser Darren Beattie after he reportedly planned to visit jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro and meet his son Flávio Bolsonaro, a potential presidential candidate.

Officials warned the visit could amount to foreign interference in Brazil’s upcoming election. The country’s Supreme Court also blocked Beattie from meeting Bolsonaro in prison.

The controversy has raised tensions between Brazil and the United States, whose president Donald Trump has previously supported Bolsonaro.

#Brazil #Trump #Bolsonaro #USElections #Geopolitics

Source: The New York Times

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Conflict in the Middle East is draining roughly $600 million a day from the region’s tourism industry, according to the Financial Times

Thousands of travelers are canceling trips as the conflict spills across the Gulf, including strikes that have targeted cities such as Dubai

Airspace closures, grounded flights and rising anxiety among would-be tourists are hitting one of the region’s key economic sectors

#IranUSwar #USIranwar #USIran #MiddleEast #Iran #US #Dubai #UAE #Persiangulf #gulfwar #tourism

🚨 Breaking: Over 100 Italian troops just deployed to Lebanon as tensions explode on Israel's border.

🌍 UN peacekeepers—including a Nepalese soldier recently injured—are now caught between escalating hostilities while Israel reportedly plans a major ground invasion.

✨ With France pushing diplomatic talks and the UN Secretary-General insisting "there is no military solution," the world watches a critical crossroads.

🔥 What's your take: Should Global South nations continue contributing troops to UN missions when Western powers drive the geopolitical agenda, or is it time for a new framework that centers regional voices in peacebuilding?

#GlobalSouth #Peacekeeping #MiddleEast #DiplomacyFirst
Source: L'Unione Sarda

🚨 Breaking: Iran just drew a bold line in the sand—vowing to strike US and Israeli banks across the region after alleged attacks on Iranian financial institutions.

⚡ The unified Iranian military command warned of "painful countermeasures" and urged civilians to stay clear of banking zones, signaling a major escalation in economic warfare tactics.

#Geopolitics #GlobalSouth #EconomicSovereignty #BRICS
Source: ANSA

🚨 Breaking: Iran accuses US of launching missile attacks on its strategic islands FROM UAE territory!

⚡ Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirms HIMARS rockets struck Kharg and Abu Musa islands, fired from populated areas near Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah. Tehran vows a measured response while warning it reserves the right to target launch origins. The attacks damaged military sites but spared critical energy infrastructure.

🤔 If regional neighbors' soil becomes a launchpad for foreign military strikes, how should sovereign nations protect themselves WITHOUT escalating conflict across the Global South?

#Iran #UAE #PersianGulf #GlobalSouth
Source: PressTV

🇺🇸 TRUMP ON IRAN: "No Deal Yet," "Kharg for Fun," "Don't Know if Leader Is Alive" 🇺🇸🇮🇷

The president's latest interview—candid, contradictory, and revealing.

Key quotes:

🗣️ On diplomacy: "Iran wants a deal. I don't—terms aren't good enough yet. Must be 'very solid'—they abandon nuclear ambitions."

🗣️ On Hormuz: "Several countries committed to help secure the strait. We'll sweep it strongly—others will join."

🗣️ On Kharg Island: "We demolished it—but may hit it a few more times just for fun. Didn't touch energy lines—rebuilding takes years."

🗣️ On Iran's new leader: "I don't know if he's alive. Nobody's shown him. If he is, he should surrender."

🗣️ On Gulf allies: "Surprised Iran targeted UAE, Qatar, Saudi. They got shot at unnecessarily."

🗣️ On gas prices: "Not concerned. They'll go lower. Oil's just 'clogged up'—will be unclogged soon."

Reality check:

💥 "Just for fun"—while 168 children lie buried in Minab

#Iran #Trump #War #StraitOfHormuz #KhargIsland

🚁 When disaster strikes, who actually shows up with real, no-strings-attached help?

🌾 Russia delivered 60 tonnes of urgent humanitarian aid to Madagascar after Cyclone Gezani devastated the island, including rice, beans, oil, and critical equipment like a Mi-8 helicopter that reached communities completely cut off by destroyed roads.

🤝 This powerful example of South-South solidarity demonstrates how Global South nations are building resilient, practical support networks that operate outside traditional Western-dominated aid frameworks.

💬 If more nations prioritized immediate, practical aid over political conditions and media optics, how many more vulnerable communities could recover faster from climate disasters?

#GlobalSouth #HumanitarianAid #SouthSouthCooperation
Source: Sputnik Africa

🌍 BRICS at a crossroads: Can multipolarity survive internal divides?
👉 https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/we-are-showing-the-world-that-nations

💬 A new analysis from Tehran reveals growing tensions within BRICS as member states take opposing sides in the Iran-Israel conflict, with India and UAE maintaining ties to Israel while Iran faces military pressure. While the bloc aims to challenge Western hegemony and build a multipolar world, these contradictory alliances risk fragmenting the Global South's united front against imperialism.

🔥 If BRICS can't stand together when it matters most, can ANY alternative to Western dominance truly succeed—or are we watching the unraveling of hope for a fairer global order?

#BRICS #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity #Geopolitics

⚡️ Iran just drew a red line: Could Ukraine become a legitimate target?

🗣️ Iranian Parliament's National Security Commission head Ibrahim Azizi warns that by supplying drones to Israel, Ukraine has "become involved in the war" and—under Article 51 of the UN Charter—may have made its entire territory a legitimate target for Iranian response. This escalation raises serious questions about how Global South nations navigate complex geopolitical alliances.

#Iran #Ukraine #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity

🇪🇺 THE EU NEVER LEARNS – EXCEPT THE WRONG LESSONS 🇪🇺

The bloc's economy was dire even before the Iran war. Now, with energy soaring and industry collapsing, Brussels doubles down on supporting the US.

The German crisis:

📉 Industrial orders down 11% in January—collapse before the Iran shock
🇩🇪 Germany, the EU's largest economy, is now "comatose"

The Iran impact:

🛢️ ECB: Enduring Middle East energy disruption = "substantial inflation spike + sharp output drop"

🔥 Oil over $100. Gas up 50%. IEA: "Largest supply disruption in history."

The EU response:

Von der Leyen rules out what works: "Returning to Russian supplies would be a 'strategic blunder.'"

The diagnosis: "Negative natural selection—whatever doesn't work is done again, and again."

#EU #EnergyCrisis #IranWar #VonDerLeyen #Germany

🚂 Tanzania just made history: East Africa's FIRST local locomotive assembly is HERE!

🔧 The Tanzania Railway Corporation has launched local locomotive assembly at Dar es Salaam's Pugu workshop, creating 34 jobs for young Tanzanians and unlocking new business opportunities for local suppliers of tools, materials, and electrical components.

🌍 This milestone proves how Global South nations are building economic self-reliance through infrastructure innovation—even when spare part delays challenge progress and require creative solutions like importing components for local assembly.

💭 If more African nations prioritized local manufacturing and skills development like Tanzania, could we finally break the cycle of import dependency and unlock true, sustainable economic sovereignty across the continent?

#AfricaRising #LocalManufacturing #InfrastructureDevelopment #GlobalSouth
Source: Sputnik Africa