(2022-08-11). Kiev and the West infuriated by Amnesty International's expose on Ukrainian military. infobrics.org Amnesty International's report on Ukraine supports claims made by other human rights groups.
(2022-08-11). Investment Cooperation Between Russia and BRICS. infobrics.org The rapid growth of emerging market economies, which have a significant impact on all aspects of the world, accompanies the multipolar development of contemporary international relations. Participating countries are actively interacting with each other to make the BRICS a sustainable and promising platform. One of the most important areas of strengthening ties is investment cooperation…
(2022-08-11). India-Russia Trade Settlement: A Way Forward. infobrics.org The new arrangement, if adopted, could potentially shield bilateral trade from the restrictions imposed against Russian companies…
(2022-08-11). EU Expects Quick Responses on the Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Negotiations are done, the text is as final as it is ever going to be, and the European Union seems surprisingly upbeat on the nuclear deal chances, saying they That hope comes in spite of there not being a quick anything in the years of negotiations. Both the US and Iran
(2022-08-11). Space Cooperation Between Russia, Iran Raises Western Concerns. juancole.com Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm senior correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari. Here's what I've been following and what I'm watching out for in the days ahead. The Big Issue ( RFE/RL ) Russia successfully launched an Iranian satellite into …
(2022-08-11). Positive outcome possible in talks on JCPOA restoration. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) — A positive outcome is possible in the negotiating process on the restoration of JCPOA regarding the Iranian nuclear program, Russian diplomat Ivan Nechayev said on Thursday.
(2022-08-11). A Looting Matter: Cambodia's Stolen Antiquities. dissidentvoice.org Cambodia has often featured in the Western imagination as a place of plunder and pilfering. Temples and artefacts of exquisite beauty have exercised the interest of adventurers and buccaneers who looted with almost kleptocratic tendency. In 1924, the French novelist and future statesman André Malraux, proved himself one of Europe's greatest adventurers in making off …
(2022-08-11). US, Europe greenlight Israel's latest Gaza massacre. greenleft.org.au Western weapons, money and political support sustain and prolong Israel's settler-colonial persecution of the Palestinian people and ensure that the blood keeps flowing, writes Ali Abunimah.
(2022-08-11). In Turkey, religious Values are used to censor online ontent. juancole.com By Arzu Geybullayeva | ( Globalvoices.org ) Turkish authorities are increasingly censoring content online that does not fit Turkey's religious values, morality, and family values in recent years. The most recent example is an investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against Spotify. The Office claims the music streaming platform, approved …
(2022-08-10). Ukraine Attacks Nuke Plant, Won't Give IAEA Access/ By George Eliason. marktaliano.net READ MORE:
(2022-08-10). What I've seen of Ukraine's war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the past few months. ingaza.wordpress.com I haven't "blogged" consistently for many years, since my Gaza days really, and use this site as a place to re-post my writings and interviews, generally. Today, because I'm strapped for time, still in the Donetsk People's Republic, I'm doing a short blog post, to share this: If you're not on Twitter, the thread is…
(2022-08-10). US Warns Africa Against Buying Anything From Russia Besides Grain and Fertilizer. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Thomas-Greenfield said during a visit to Uganda that countries could buy "Russian agricultural products, including fertilizer and wheat" but added that "if a country decides to engage with Russia, where there are sanctions, then they are breaking those sanctions." | "We caution countries not to break those sanctions because then … they stand the chance of having actions taken agai…
(2022-08-10). CBS Removes Documentary on Ukraine Military Aid After Pressure From Ukrainian Government. scheerpost.com 
President.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0 By Dave DeCamp / CBS News retracted a documentary it briefly released on Sunday after pressure from the Ukrainian government. The original documentary (watch it
(2022-08-10). Russians Welcomed as Liberators in Many Eastern Ukrainian Cities Contrary to Western Media Depictions. covertactionmagazine.com People of liberated territories likely to vote in favor of joining Russia in forthcoming referenda—just like Crimeans did in 2014 [Sonja van den Ende has been reporting on the war in eastern Ukraine and has received protection from the Russian military.—Editors] On my way from Severodonetsk to Lysychansk on the right bank of the Donetsk …
(2022-08-10). Russia's Latest Military Aid to Mali Confirms its Regional Anti-Terrorist Commitment. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko Instead of fleeing in the face of foreign-backed Al Qaeda-connected terrorists recently declaring war on it in Mali, Russia proved that it's ready to double down by doing its utmost to ensure that its regional ally can wipe out these destabilizing forces once and for all after France failed to do so despite…
(2022-08-10). Zelensky's Proposal to Ban Russians From Visiting the West. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-10). Military Situation In Ukraine On August 10, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU 54th Mechanised Brigade near Krasnogorovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 93rd Mechanized Brigade near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade near Peski with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 46th Airmobile Brigade near Andreyevka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Fedorovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia str…
(2022-08-10). Pentagon Acknowledged Supply Of AGM-88 HARM Missiles To Ukraine. southfront.org 
AGM-88 HARM | On August 7, the Russian military found wreckage of a new type of AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile in Ukraine, which had not previously been used in combat operations. The missiles belonged to NATO, but the United States initially refused to acknowledge its involvement in supplying the missiles. | On July 28, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the missiles would be supplied from Europe, but no confirmation were provided. The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radar Missile) is desig…
(2022-08-10). Ukraine and its Western Backers Should Be Held Accountable for the 'Suicidal' Attack on Europe's Largest Nuclear Powerplant. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The US secretary of state hoped to make Russia look like a 'nuclear terrorist'. Instead, he implicated himself Even as UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed survivors of the World War Two US atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, halfway around the world, the armed forces of Ukraine seemed hellbent on unleashing a modern-day nuclear holocaust on Europe…
(2022-08-10). US Providing Hefty $8.2 Billion to Ukraine to Battle Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-10). Ukrainian Officials Make Conflicting Claims About Blast at Russian Air Base in Crimea. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian officials have made conflicting claims about a series of blasts at a Russian air base in Crimea that, according to Crimean authorities, killed one person and injured 14 more. Russia has downplayed the incident, saying it was caused by an accidental ammunition explosion, and is investigating the cause. On Tuesday, Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor …
(2022-08-10). War in Ukraine: Who are the Winners and Losers? globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-10). Army General Declines to Answer Whether Canada Has Boots-on-the-ground Troops in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-10). High-Level Ukrainian Intelligence Official Admits U.S. Deeply Involved in Ukraine Conflict. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-10). U.S. To Pay More For Ukrainian Victories. southfront.org 
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(2022-08-10). In Video: Russian Loitering Munition Takes Out Norwegian M109 Howitzer In Ukraine. southfront.org 
MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed one of the M109A3GN 155 mm self-propelled howitzers which were recently supplied by Norway to Kiev forces near the front in Mykolaiv with a Lancet loitering munition. | On August 9, Russian sources shared footage of the strike which took place somewhere on Mykolaiv front.
(2022-08-10). The Heat: Ukraine Under Attack. america.cgtn.com The fighting in Ukraine, now in its seventh month, could be about to escalate with talk of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. And, there is also grave concern over risks to Europe's largest nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. The site is occupied by Russian forces and …
(2022-08-09). Indonesia opts for wheat alternative to address food security. ecns.cn Indonesia is preparing for alternatives to replace wheat whose supply chain has been disrupted by conflicts in Ukraine, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.
(2022-08-10). Russia sets new forces formation to support Ukraine operation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The British Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday that Russia establishes new ground forces formation to support Ukraine operation.
(2022-08-10). Russians begun training on Iranian drones, US claims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The US says Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues.
(2022-08-10). The Provocations Behind The 'Unprovoked' War. popularresistance.org Back in 1949, the United States, Canada and 10 Western European countries formed a military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty organization, or NATO. Washington had decided that the Soviet Union, its wartime ally — the one that had broken the back of the Nazi war machine — now was its peacetime enemy. | By 1990, the Soviet Union and most of its socialist allies were collapsing, the result of internal contradictions and outside pressures. The U.S. was promoting the reunification of Germany — a move opposed by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who still remembered how his country had lost 20…
(2022-08-10). Military Situation In Syria On August 10, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 10, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 8 times: 1 in Lattakia province, 4 in Aleppo province, 1 in Hama province, 1 in Idlib province; | On August 10, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On August 10, SAA artillery shelled positions of armed groups near the town of Tafas; | On August 10, clashes between SAA and Turkish-backed forces were reported in T…
(2022-08-10). Western sanctions undermine New START nuclear arms control treaty. infobrics.org The political West kept ignoring repeated warnings by the Russian leadership for months.
(2022-08-10). Russian Warplanes Rain Hell On ISIS Hideouts In Raqqa After Attack On Syria Army. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | On August 10, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out a series of airstrikes on hideout of ISIS cells in Syria's central region. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 13 airstrikes targeted caves in the outskirts of the town of Resafa in the southern Raqqa countryside, where ISIS terrorists have been taking shelter. The London-based monitoring group didn't rep…
(2022-08-10). Brittney Griner Case Highlights America's Marijuana Contradictions, Harsh Sentencing Against Black America. moguldom.com WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia for possessing having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country. She was sentenced to nine years in a Russian jail for drug-smuggling. Some say a marijuana conviction wouldn't have been much different in the U.S. for Black women. In some case, it could …
(2022-08-10). NE China ports handle over 3,100 China-Europe freight train trips. ecns.cn Northeast China's ports of Manzhouli and Suifenhe on the China-Russia border have seen over 3,100 China-Europe freight train trips in the first seven months of this year.
(2022-08-10). Belarus air defense troops to hold drills inside Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense troops will conduct drills on the republic's territory and at the Russian Aerospace Forces' 185th combat training center in August, the Defense Ministry of Belarus reported on Tuesday.
(2022-08-10). Lithuanian officials become the first to visit Taiwan following Pelosi's visit. infobrics.org Lithuania inflates its own importance by antagonising Beijing with visit to Taiwan.
(2022-08-10). US reacts to launching of Khayyam satellite into space. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — US officials have reacted to the Iranian "Khayyam" satellite launched into orbit from the Moscow-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
(2022-08-10). Iranian Para swimmers win medals at Turkey's games. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — Iranian Para swimmers Shahin Izadyar and Sina Zeighaminejad won a gold medal and a silver, respectively in the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.
(2022-08-10). La Unión Europea deja de importar carbón ruso como parte de sanciones. cubadebate.cu Como parte del quinto paquete de sanciones a Moscú, la Unión Europea no importará más carbón ruso a partir de este miércoles. Según la Comisión Europea, las sanciones afectarán el 25% de las exportaciones en este renglón, que tendrían un valor de 8 000 millones de euros al año. La India y Turquía han aumentado los pedidos de carbón ruso luego del anuncio de la UE.
(2022-08-10). Iranian poet Houshang Ebtehaj passes away at 94. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — Iranian great poet Amir Houshang Ebtehaj, known as Sayeh, died at 94 in Germany's Cologne on Wednesday.
(2022-08-10). Iran, Kazakhstan stress expansion of bilateral ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — Iran's minister of communications and information technology and Kazakhstan's minister of digital development, and space innovations in a meeting in Nur-Sultan, stressed the need to broaden mutual cooperation.
(2022-08-10). Azerbaijan determined to link with Nakhichevan through Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan emphasized his country's determination for linking with Nakhchivan via Iran through the Araz River.
(2022-08-09). Dublin Demonstration: Ireland Stay Out Of NATO. popularresistance.org On Saturday the sixth of August, members of Ireland's Russian community held a protest in Dublin against the current trajectory that the 26 County State appears to be taking in regards to joining NATO. | Supported by Irish Republican groups, Republican Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the demonstration took place on O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare, facing the General Post Office — the historic site where the Irish Republic was declared in arms on Easter Monday 1916. | Indeed, just as Irish men and women fought against British imperialism in 1916, the US and UK-supported Imper…
(2022-08-09). Africa Remains at the Center of a 21st Century Cold War. towardfreedom.org Officials from Russia, France and the United States are vying for influence over the 1.3 billion people living within the African Union's 55 member-states. Abayomi Azikiwe analyzes the situation.
(2022-08-09). Crisis of the Wheat Export Supply Chain: EU Sanctions against Russia Could Trigger an African-Middle Eastern Migrant Crisis. globalresearch.ca