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Abu Dhabi’s break with the oil cartel is less about barrels than power – testing Riyadh, helping Trump, and redrawing Gulf alliances · By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow) · © Getty Images / Buena Vista Images · Although the United Arab Emirates has tried to present its upcoming exit from OPEC and the wider OPEC+ framework as part of its sovereign energy strategy and…

Vladimir Zelensky © Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images · The public was given a rare opportunity this week to see how the Ukrainian wartime economy, much praised by the media, actually operates. And everyone knows the saying about not knowing how the sausage is made. · Western media has hailed Ukraine for being highly innovative in fighting Russia, both in frontline tactics and the development of technologies, primarily drone warfare.…

The US president has for months been urging his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog to absolve the prime minister, who is facing corruption charges · US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the White House in Washington, DC. © Alex Wong / Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has called on his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing charges of bribery,…

RT composite. © Getty Images / Maksym Kishka / Frontliner; Kativ; Peter Dazeley; Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk; AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky · The Ukrainian Defense Ministry must cut its ties with a drone maker touted globally by Vladimir Zelensky and linked to fugitive businessman Timur Mindich, his longtime associate, the ministry’s Public Anti-Corruption Council has said. · The permanent advisory board issued a damning statement on the…

The British monarch’s trip showcases an alliance held together by shared complicity and decline · By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory · © Andrew Harnik / Getty Images · King Charles III has gone to Washington, ostensibly to help the transatlantic cousins celebrate getting rid of…

EU lawmakers have accused the Commission president of inconsistency in foreign policy and failing to curb soaring energy costs · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has come under fire again in the European Parliament, as lawmakers are accusing her of double standards in foreign policy and failing to shield EU citizens from soaring energy costs. · MEPs from multiple factions voiced their frustration during Wednesday’s debate on…

The words of Iran's new Supreme Leader in a message to the nation, defying Donald Trump’s threats of a prolonged blockade. Western sanctions are responsible for over half a million deaths worldwide each year.  · That's the shocking results of a new global health study - which adds adverse effects are similar to that of armed conflicts. Moscow says it's ready to supply ASEAN states with oil as the US-Israeli war on Iran spreads…

NZ Fuel Watch update from Dave Trotter, tracking tanker movements and fuel supply positions across New Zealand. · National Overview · Current shipping data shows no meaningful increase in inbound fuel activity, with vessel schedules remaining thin and increasingly spaced out. The emerging pattern suggests longer gaps between shipments, particularly in key North Island ports. · Tanker Schedule by Port · | Port | Vessel |…

Clandestine · !Image Text · IT’S HAPPENING 👀 · Trump JUST spoke to Putin and said things were positive, and now Trump announces they are looking into reducing our standing army in Germany. · Just as I hypothesized, Trump is reducing our military footprint in the Eastern Hemisphere, which will lead to normalized relations with Russia and China, and the end to the war in Ukraine. · US Military presence in Germany is essentially the…

Source: Watch the video here · FDA’s own data flagged sudden cardiac death, heart attacks, blood clots, neurological damage, and dementia… and the FDA analyst uncovering it was ordered to “cease and desist.” · by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH · A new Majority Staff Interim Report from Sen. Ron Johnson’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was released today (April 29, 2026), titled Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye…