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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...

UK has announced sanctions on three billionaire ‘cronies’ of Russia over the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an announcement against three “very high net wealth” Russians. These are also called as the as “cronies” of President Vladimir Putin. Eight years ago, UK has sanctioned Gennady Timchenko and Boris Rotenberg, now the third Igor Rotenberg, was also hit by sanctions. Bank Rossiya has invested in Ukraine, by opening its branches after 2014, which is annexation of Crimea. 69 years old Gennady Timchenko is a major shareholder in Bank Rossiya. As per a statement by the UK officials, Bank Russia is involved in forging transport links and travel cards that allow the public to travel easily around the Crimean Peninsula. Mr Timchenko is known as the Russia’s richest man. A citizen of Russia, Finland and Armenia, Timchenko has businesses established in Oil and Gas. He has an Electrical Engineering degree from an institute i...

  With the country's medical system choked and under pressure to manage a surging number of cases of the Covid-19 variant, it is looking at receiving help from the US for vaccine exports   According to a formal statement made by the  The White House, there are 10 million doses that could be cleared for export “in coming weeks” and the rest by June 2021. India will now be taking help from  the US for Astra Zeneca vaccine because its own surge in infections are not being able to keep pace with the rate of infectious spread.  India is taking help of 60 million vaccine doses.  It has not revealed potential beneficiaries, but the sources said India could gain the most. From a top official close to Narendra Modi, it has taken some diplomatic talking, intervention by the UN and talks from the top medical officials in the country, that US has changed its mind.  It is also a time when the Centre has to accept its failing and would need to keep the country from ...

Allegations over violation of human rights is fast becoming an easy way for nations to get back at each other For representational purpose only (Borrowed from the Devpolicy website)  It is like an eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth when America passed a resolution against China’s human rights abuses in Hong Kong. Simultaneously, China has responded back by trying to defame the US for assassination of the Iranian scientist. But the US is not feeling sorry for its in-your-face kind of behavior, each and every time. There are doubts if elect President Joe Biden can actually reverse the damage done by the Trump administration. There is no denying that China is to be blamed for its atrocious autocratic stand against Hong Kong residents and then minority Chinese Muslim community aswell.   The new way to get back at each other seems to be the human rights angles. As US points a finger at China and tries to defame it further, Iran is already planning to assassinate an Iranian-Swedish...

It is strange but true that amidst the growing scare and unrest over the coronavirus , the Middle East oil and gas market is reportedly growing twice as fast as the global energy demand. This has been confirmed by the Boston Consulting Group ’s report (BCG) and International Gas Union (IGU). Both have suggested that the Middle East and Asia-Pacific have demonstrated the strongest growth in gas demand in the past ten years – growing at an average of 4.6% per year, double the rate of global primary energy demand. Due to limitations of regional infrastructure, many Middle Eastern countries are apt to use foreign supply chain for lucrative gains from the large gas reserves that they have.  So connecting gas reserves with the end-use markets at a low cost is a more hopeful picture to engage in infrastructure investment, and policy support. The report has estimated that by 2030, the Middle East would be capable of delivering approximately 8,500 billion cubic meters (bcm) ...

Australia is refusing to take onus of it citizens stuck in Syrian refugee camp as reports of a new born baby delivered to a Sydney woman floods the media  ISIS surviving wives and children also comprise some foreign nationals that are seeking repatriation by respective countries Millions of foreign refugees are braving food shortage and bitter winters in the Al-Hawl camp in Syria. A Sydney woman Rayan Hamdoush recently gave birth to a baby boy. She is amongst the 67 refugees caught in the camp awaiting repatriating. Of these 47 are children under the age of five years. The camp has been primarily home to the captured wives and children of Islamic State fighters, in the now-contested north-east of Syria. Earlier on, there have been reports of violence and unrest from the camp, where women have developed power camps and children and learning to make bombs from odd things available. The United Nations and other humanitarian organizations have been a...

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...

Qatar played up its game of prominence as it lets down NATO allies by hiding important intel Qatar allies have been contemplating extending  the embargo for a further period  Qatar has been hiding behind huge PR propaganda and good publicity. The small but rich Middle eastern nation has indeed kept its promise- presence felt without needing the backing of any other bigwig nation in the middle east.  Qatar was placed under an embargo by neighbouring nations because it was revealed that Qatar was sheltering and supporting various Islamic thought led jehadist military factions. Now, i n a stark revelation, one media house claims that Qatar’s intelligence had information about attacks at Gulf of Oman where Iran was instrumental. But Qatar never informed its allies.  A report exclusive to Fox News claims that Qatar had prior knowledge of the May 12 attack of two Saudi tankers, a Norwegian tanker and a UAE bunkering ship near the p...