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  Russia decided to take its trade partner to task, as it cut off gas supply to Bulgaria and Poland. Apparently, both countries had decided not to pay Russia for its supply via Turkey in rubles. Russia has refused to accept payment in any other currency. Tensions have been brewing since countries went up and arms against Russia over the war in Ukraine and incessant human rights violations. In response to the threat, the Polish Climate Minister, Anna Moskwa has said, “Poland has the necessary gas reserves and sources of supply that protect our security — we have been effectively independent of Russia for years,” tweeted Anna Moskwa. “There will be no shortage of gas in Polish homes,” she added. Bulgaria has never faltered in its payments. But Russia has used this as a sheer ‘blackmailing’ tactic to get its way through those nations that have been ‘unfriendly’ with Russia. Now, both countries feel they can handle the shortfall; but this can go on only for a short while. There is Fin...

NATO has made it clear to China that there is just no need to support Russia in its war with Ukraine. This has been suggested by the head of the Western military alliance, adding that the 30 member nations has plans to discuss Beijing's role in the war Moscow is waging on its neighbour. The discussion has happened in Brussels.   As world leaders meet today in Brussels, the G7, NATO and European Union participants are expected to approve major increases in its forces in Eastern Europe at an emergency move as Ukrainian President seeks support. This has been confirmed by NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. It is also confirmed that as of now, four new battlegroups will be sent to Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. US President Joe Biden is already in Brussels for the special NATO summit today. It is now been said that indeed Russia is responsible for carrying out war crimes in Ukraine. Ahead of the summits, Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky has warned Western leader...

 Water is no more a free commodity and situation in Libya is proof of this.... The Great Man Made Lake, Libya project went busted in 2011 A recent UN report has stated that the ongoing water conflict due to Libya is further putting pressure elsewhere. An ongoing infrastructural conflict that started with a careless act by NATO has snowballed into a massive water scarcity issue in Libya. The arid climatic conditions have always deprived the country of water sources though it does have underground water reservoirs. In 2011, the so called NATO Humanitarian act that bombed most of the water facilities created tirelessly under Gadaffi's leadership pushed Libya's water resourced to nill. NATO's justification was that pipe building plants were actually being used for military stockpiling. But today, the situation hasn't changed and the seemingly humanitarian act as led to an ongoing water war.  “ The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water ,” says Ismail Ser...

Iran will get help from any other nation that is out to needle the US Iran has purposefully moved towards a resistance budget to get back at the United States.  Prime Minister Hassan Rouhani has informed the parliament that it has sort help from  Russia that is now offering Tehran a loan of $billion to revive its strained economy.  With the new budget, Iran has come up with a strategy that will depend less on oil revenues and more on other things, that are not affected by America’s ‘crippling embargoes’. Undeniably,Tehran is facing an economic crisis. With the equation with Untied States going from sour to bitter, Iran has been in desperate needs of funds to revive its economy.  Also, it is in pressure to reduce the prices of its escalating gasoline prices, due to severe sanctions slapped on it. Speaking to the Parliament, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said,“Next year, similar to the current year, our budget is a budget of resista...