Putin plays with f ire in his new doctrine
Of late Vladimir Putin has shifted Russia’s nuclear doctrine to a more directly and openly retaliatory posture in response to any attack by Ukraine or any NATO country using longer-range US missiles.
Of late Vladimir Putin has shifted Russia’s nuclear doctrine to a more directly and openly retaliatory posture in response to any attack by Ukraine or any NATO country using longer-range US missiles.
In the shadow of escalating global strife, Jamie Dimon’s recent pronouncement rings with unsettling gravity: “World War III has already begun.” His words pierce through the financial pragmatism one might expect from a CEO, instead casting a sobering gaze upon a world veering toward conflagration.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen have exchanged views on the latest developments in the West Asia region.
The recent exchange of fire between Israel and Iran represents a troubling escalation in an already volatile region. Israel’s airstrikes, targeting military installations in Iran, were a response to Tehran’s earlier missile barrage on Israel.
Iran said that it reserves the right respond "legally and legitimately" to an earlier Israeli attack on multiple targets in three of its provinces.
According to the report, the helicopter had remained on its predetermined course all along the way and had not deviated from the flight route.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has stressed that his country would continue its policy of expanding relations with Armenia.
The untimely death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border marks a significant turning point for Iran, a nation at the crux of some of the most crucial geopolitical tensions in the world.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who has been reported dead after the helicopter he was in crashed on 19 May 2024, is a consummate loyalist whose passing will be a severe blow to the country’s conservative leadership. While search and rescue teams – hampered by rain, fog, forests and mountains – searched for wreckage, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the nation “should pray” for Raisi.
Recently India and Iran signed a ten-year contract to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar. For India the port offers access to landlocked Central Asian republics as also Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan which denies India use of its land routes.
