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MWM: Russia begins serial production of Oreshinik – What makes it a Game Changer?

11:13 26.06.2025

MWM: Russia begins serial production of Oreshinik – What makes it a Game Changer?

Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23 confirmed that serial production of the Oreshinik intermediate range ballistic missile is beginning, and that the missile has been assessed to have performed well when combat tested, ‘The Military Watch Magazine’ writes. “Volume production of the newest intermediate-range missile system Oreshnik, which has …

NATO summit – Trump was so cute

11:11 26.06.2025

NATO summit – Trump was so cute

NATO leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and renewed their “ironclad commitment” to mutual security in an historic move to push back against an increasingly belligerent Russia, Bloomberg reports. The decision from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 32 members at their high-stakes summit in The Hague …

CNN: Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

11:07 26.06.2025

CNN: Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it, CNN informs. The …

View from Washington: The EU's pathetic response to Trump's Iran attack

11:06 26.06.2025

View from Washington: The EU's pathetic response to Trump's Iran attack

Europe jettisoned its principles to suck up to a president that doesn't even know they exist, ‘The Responsible Statecraft’ stresses. The European Union’s response to the U.S. strikes on Iran Saturday has exposed more than just hypocrisy — it has revealed a vassalization so profound that the European capitals now …

BRICS Joint Statement on the escalation of the security situation in the Middle East

18:01 25.06.2025

BRICS Joint Statement on the escalation of the security situation in the Middle East

BRICS Joint Statement on the Escalation of the Security Situation in the Middle East Following the Military Strikes on the Territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran: “We express grave concern over the military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran since 13 June 2025, which constitute a violation of …

View from Washington: What’s next for Europe?

11:45 25.06.2025

View from Washington: What’s next for Europe?

The European Union faces structural challenges. A continent historically never united without force of arms or conquest, it corporately desires to be an empire vicariously through America. It is unable to implement any order without American power and generosity, while often sanctimoniously lecturing America about morality, even when those values …

RT: Why Tehran’s allies see this war as civilizational

11:44 25.06.2025

RT: Why Tehran’s allies see this war as civilizational

“This war will be the starting point of reshaping the world”, Syrian analyst Taleb Ibrahim told RT. In his first public address since the beginning of Operation Rising Lion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to strip Iran of the ability to develop nuclear weapons, eliminate its ballistic missile capabilities, …

View from Israel: “Without Iran, there's no Netanyahu”

11:43 25.06.2025

View from Israel: “Without Iran, there's no Netanyahu”

Netanyahu lauched the war with Iran as part of a deranged personal mission, writes a ‘Haaretz’ observer. It's 4 A.M. on Friday. I find myself in a bomb shelter in the building across the street from my apartment, when Benjamin Netanyahu's image appears on my screen. Turns out Israel has …

Bloomberg: Many exporters no longer want dollars

11:41 25.06.2025

Bloomberg: Many exporters no longer want dollars

US importers are increasingly being asked by their foreign counterparties to settle transactions in currencies other than the US dollar, such as euros, Chinese renminbi, Mexican pesos, and Canadian dollars, Bloomberg notes. When Paula Comings, the head of currency sales for US Bancorp, talks to US importers, she increasingly hears …

NYT: Trump’s cease-fire announcement catches his own top officials by surprise

11:34 24.06.2025

NYT: Trump’s cease-fire announcement catches his own top officials by surprise

President Trump abruptly announced a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Iran after speaking to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Iranian officials, with Qatar helping to mediate, a senior White House official said Monday, ‘The New York Times’ reports. The official, who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized …

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