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Sergey Lavrov: Moscow sees “threats and pledges” in the US-Iran talks, but there are no facts so far

15:13 22.04.2026

Sergey Lavrov: Moscow sees “threats and pledges” in the US-Iran talks, but there are no facts so far

The US-Iran talks would be successful if the sides reach an agreement similar to the one reached in 2015, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference following talks with Acting Libyan Foreign Minister Taher al-Baour. According to the top Russian diplomat, Moscow sees "threats and pledges" in …

View from Delhi: To expect a breakthrough in a fresh round of U.S.-Iranian talks would be an unrealistic proposition

11:54 22.04.2026

View from Delhi: To expect a breakthrough in a fresh round of U.S.-Iranian talks would be an unrealistic proposition

The JCPOA is dead. The Oman negotiations failed. Islamabad shows little promise. What is left for US and Iran now? – puts a question Kanwal Sibal, former Indian Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia, and Deputy chief of mission in Washington. The confrontation between the US …

FT: The Iran crisis has not yet peaked

11:52 22.04.2026

FT: The Iran crisis has not yet peaked

The war is currently more likely to escalate than to be resolved by negotiation, ‘Financial Times’ stresses. The fog of war is a familiar idea. The US and Iran are now introducing the world to a new concept — the fog of peace. A ceasefire is in place in the …

View from Washington: Ukraine has finally given up on Trump

11:51 22.04.2026

View from Washington: Ukraine has finally given up on Trump

For more than a year after Donald Trump returned to the White House, Ukraine held out hope — at least publicly — of winning him over. Trump, who revealed his affection for Russia’s Vladimir Putin again and again, largely halted American military aid to Kyiv. But now Kyiv appears to …

New annexation reveals Israel's true goals in Lebanon

11:48 22.04.2026

New annexation reveals Israel's true goals in Lebanon

Israel, which has rushed to occupy Lebanon's legitimate territory, is facing yet another key objective. A large natural gas field has been discovered off the coast of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean shelf. Now Israel intends not only to annex Lebanon's southern regions but also to seize its gas wealth. Where …

POLITICO: Keir Starmer’s leadership vacuum threatens to swallow him up

11:46 22.04.2026

POLITICO: Keir Starmer’s leadership vacuum threatens to swallow him up

Keir Starmer’s team believed he was the perfect candidate to be British Prime Minister when he took office in July 2024. But winning an election is one thing and running the country, it turns out, requires something else, POLITICO notes. Stuck in a months-long crisis over his appointment of Peter …

Go Forth Out of Babylon

11:18 22.04.2026

Go Forth Out of Babylon

“Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; 1 am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. О that thou hadst hearkened to My commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy …

Speaking Less, Doing More

11:47 21.04.2026

Speaking Less, Doing More

“A woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster vessel of ointment, And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her …

Strait of Hormuz closure and food security

11:46 21.04.2026 Andrey Kadomtsev

Strait of Hormuz closure and food security

With the situation around the Strait of Hormuz remaining uncertain, on April 17, Iran announced that the strait was now open for shipping. However, on the very next day, the situation changed dramatically after the Iranian military announced that it was resuming its strict control over the strategic waterway. Tehran …

FT: Iran is America’s Suez crisis — and just as ridiculous

11:45 21.04.2026

FT: Iran is America’s Suez crisis — and just as ridiculous

The parallels with Britain’s disastrous Middle East adventure in the 1950s are impossible to resist, ‘Financial Times’ notes. The war in Iran launched by the US and Israel has attracted comparison to one of imperial history’s greatest embarrassments: the Suez Crisis. In 1956, Britain and France colluded with Israel to …

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