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View from London: Full-scale escalation in Iran will shatter “fragile Western economies”

10:44 02.04.2026

View from London: Full-scale escalation in Iran will shatter “fragile Western economies”

The world’s major stock and bond markets opened the week with a modest rally. Indeed, despite world oil prices more than doubling since the outbreak of the Iran war, markets have so far remained relatively stable. Most major indexes are down but not collapsing and bond yields, though considerably higher, …

NYT: America is abandoning Morality

10:42 02.04.2026

NYT: America is abandoning Morality

As many Americans prepared to start the workweek, President Trump announced his intentions to destroy Iran’s electricity-generating stations and water-purifying plants should the regime fail to lift its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The president’s ultimatum is a contemptible departure from the restraint that most wartime presidents have strived …

POLITICO: Weapons not wealth – How the EU's lure for new members switched focus

10:41 02.04.2026

POLITICO: Weapons not wealth – How the EU's lure for new members switched focus

Countries no longer want to join the EU because it will make them richer — now it’s because it’ll make them safer. Two decades ago the economic lure was clear: The wealthier West could help raise salaries and living standards. But as the postwar order crumbles and politicians question U.S. …

Russian-Armenian talks at the Kremlin

1:39 02.04.2026

Russian-Armenian talks at the Kremlin

Vladimir Putin held talks at the Kremlin with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who arrived in Moscow on a working visit. The Kremlin, Moscow, April 1, 2026 The current state and prospects of Russian-Armenian strategic partnership and alliance, integration cooperation in Eurasia, and current issues on …

Will NATO regret snubbing Donald Trump?

11:35 01.04.2026

Will NATO regret snubbing Donald Trump?

On April 4, NATO will be 77 years old. The chance that America will be counted among the celebrants when the birthday celebrations roll around is somewhere between nil and zero, ‘The Spectator’ notes. President Trump had long predicted that if America needed help, NATO would not come to its …

Iran blames Israel for attack on power, desalination plant in Kuwait

11:34 01.04.2026

Iran blames Israel for attack on power, desalination plant in Kuwait

Iran did not strike the power and desalination plant in Kuwait; this was an Israeli provocation, Iranian Armed Forces’ Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaqari reported, TASS quotes. "The recent attack by the Zionist regime on a desalination plant in Kuwait, accompanied by accusations against Iran, is a sign …

‘The Telegraph’: Thousands of flights cancelled as jet fuel costs soar

11:32 01.04.2026

‘The Telegraph’: Thousands of flights cancelled as jet fuel costs soar

Aviation analyst warns of ‘a serious shortage less than a week away’ amid rising oil prices. Airlines around the world are cancelling thousands of flights after the war in Iran caused jet fuel prices to more than double, ‘The Telegraph’ reports. Alex Macheras, an aviation analyst, warned that “a serious …

Bloomberg: Iran’s Hormuz Grip is tighter than ever after a month of war

11:29 01.04.2026

Bloomberg: Iran’s Hormuz Grip is tighter than ever after a month of war

After a month of fighting, it is arguably Iran that has secured the most significant strategic victory — a tightening grip over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg writes. So far in March, the first full month of war, barely six vessels per day on average have traversed the …

NYT: With Cuba under pressure, the Castro dynasty is making a comeback

11:26 01.04.2026

NYT: With Cuba under pressure, the Castro dynasty is making a comeback

When President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba acknowledged this month that his government was engaged in secret talks with the Trump administration, he revealed that the person guiding the negotiations was the “historical leader of the revolution.” That honorific is reserved for Raúl Castro, 94, who succeeded his brother Fidel Castro …

Sergey Lavrov: “One could say that we are at the high point of the efforts to restructure the world order, which we hope will lead to a stable and just multipolar world. So far, however, the restructuring looks more like a breakdown in every sense of the word”

0:26 01.04.2026

Sergey Lavrov: “One could say that we are at the high point of the efforts to restructure the world order, which we hope will lead to a stable and just multipolar world. So far, however, the restructuring looks more like a breakdown in every sense of the word”

Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a general meeting of RIAC members Moscow, March 31, 2026 Mr Ivanov, Colleagues, I am pleased to welcome the participants of the general meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) members both those present here in person and our colleagues joining us …

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