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Security Policy Analyst. Journalist. Academic. Thomas Jefferson Fellow [Globalization] 2000 [. . . in the trenches . . .]

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12h
A Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot gives the middle finger toward the falling wreckage of a Russian attack drone he had just shot down during an interception mission. #Ukraine
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 12h
A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually beat the accuracy of today’s best atomic clocks
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First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Structural dynamics of #ThucydidesTrap continue to unfold The #Pentagon confirmed all 12 B1-B bombers had redeployed to the #US after jets were filmed leaving the Gloucestershire base. Likely to happen sooner in South China Sea when #China flexes it muscle. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
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US pulls B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford over suspected terror plot
The Pentagon confirms a dozen jets returned home safely but remain fully prepared to launch long-range missions after the Gloucestershire security breach
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Members of the task force will include JD Vance,Pete Hegseth, Richard Walters,, Bessent, Wiles while external members will include David Sacks and Condoleezza Rice, who will provide advice on national security. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-...
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Exclusive | New AI Czar Unveils Goals, Members of White House Task Force
The group will examine the technology’s risks and opportunities—and focus on making sure the U.S. is first in the field.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Beijing officials told their #US counterparts they preferred more time for #Xi to rest during his Washington visit, the people said. The result was a roughly five-hour gap in the summit agenda, a long stretch of downtime during a barely two-day visit. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Exclusive | Unusual Rest Breaks for Xi Jinping Sucked Hours Out of Summit With Trump
Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The Security Division at #Israel's Ministry of Transportation and the Mossad were supposed to check the list of staff members of @flydubai #FZ1073. The Tax Authority confirmed the list was accepted, but the MoT refuses to say whether it has reviewed it." www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
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ישראל קיבלה מראש את רשימת אנשי הצוות של טיסת פליי דובאי
לדברי מקורות ביטחוניים, אגף הביטחון במשרד התחבורה והמוסד היו אמורים לבדוק את רשימת אנשי הצוות שהתקבלה ברשות המיסים. החוק שקבע כי רשימות אנשי צוות של טיסות המגיעות לישראל יעברו לגופי הביטחון אושר לפני ...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Netanyahu warned about attempts by #Israel's enemies to disrupt the general election. The somewhat clumsy warning drew a flood of questions from the media and targeted criticism from the opposition parties. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu's flydubai problem: What did he know about the attack - and when?
Civilians stopped the attack when security systems failed. Netanyahu, weeks before an election, rushed to claim the credit
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The #UK has announced it won’t renew waivers for #Iran|ian banks that have been working in London. The action could effectively shut down London’s #BankMelli subsidiary, whose #British license is due for renewal next month. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive | A U.S. Arm-Twisting Campaign Is Cutting Iran Off From the Rest of the World
A former Citi banker now with the Treasury Department made a secretive trip, warning countries to end flights and cut off banks.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#China's War-profiting from #Iran & #GCC It was July, and the cargo had been sitting under guard for months. Spread before the authorities were industrial machines, chemicals and components shipped from China and bound for the #Houthi militants. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Houthis Sustain Their War Machine With Chinese Goods
An examination of Chinese cargo seized en-route to a Houthi-controlled city reveals an array of commercial goods that can also be used to assemble ballistic missiles and drones.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The nightmarish scenario of space(-based) arms race is real & present. Allegedly, the #Pentagon already shot a #China's satellite feeding geospatial date to #Iran. Probably as consequential for security policies and doctrines as the birth of atomic bomb. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/15/s...
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US military confirms it has deployed weapons in space | CNN
The United States has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday – the first public acknowledgment of such capabilities in orbit ...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The multiyear covert programme, codenamed C430L, has enlisted some of #Russia’s most experienced missile specialists to help #Iran develop a new class of weapon capable of threatening aircraft carriers, other warships and merchant ships in the Middle East. archive.ph/9wFZc#select...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Zionist Triad The #Germany- built Israeli submarines can deliver #nuclear arms. Multiple foreign publications have reported that submarines are part of a triad of nuclear #deterrence that #Israel possesses, along with land-based and air-based weapons. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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Israel’s sixth submarine departs Germany in Navy upgrade | The Jerusalem Post
Multiple foreign publications have reported that Israeli submarines are part of a triad of nuclear deterrence that Israel possesses.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"A perpetual politics of grievance and mourning, when fused with the ideology of Ruhollah #Khomeini, Hassan #Nasrallah, and other Shiite leaders, becomes mobilization," writes Saad Khan eloquently about militant #Khomeini|sm in #America. www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/46854...
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Dearborn isn't a 'walk for peace': Tehran launders extremism US refuses to see
Western blind spots allow Iran to expand Shiite radicalism in America under the guise of protected religious tradition and ritual.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Moving past the current paralysis, Robin Raphel said, could create new access to minerals, strengthen relations with #Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors, and counter #China and #Russia, which do trade and have diplomats in the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
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The Taliban Kicked the U.S. Out of Afghanistan. Now They Want It Back.
In an interview, Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to reopen its embassy and invest in the country — a near-impossible sell for now, analysts and former diplomats say.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Persistent myths about past conflicts add to the problem, esp the notion that the US military failed notfor it should not have started a war or because its goals were unattainable, but because it did not pursue the right tactics or commit enough resources. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Like Dixon’s incompetents, who shunned publicity of any sort, #Hegseth’s #Pentagon not only purged the professional press corps and banished it from the building, but rewrites casualty totals on a whim and hasn’t held a press briefing during #Iran war. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/31/h...
foreignpolicy.com
The Book That Predicted Pete Hegseth’s Failures
‘On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’ examines the narrow minds of petty men.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Whenever you explain to them (#Iran|ians) we're done talking about money as it was a constant. They took that as a signal to talking about money more. . . . But a lot of times they'd come in with a blend of exaggerated sense of their own importance . . ." www.youtube.com/watch?v=L41x...
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Ex-CIA Reveals What It’s Like Spying on Iran
YouTube video by The Rest Is Classified
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Moroccans swarming Spain-run #Ceuta obviously seems driven by geopolitics i.e. #US & #Israel. In this day and age, #Spain's no grounds to keep colonial holdouts in #Africa or better put, any European state anywhere in the world. Time to leave now. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Spain pushes migrants back to Morocco as fallout deepens over mass border breach
The crisis in Ceuta, on the African coast, instantly became a touchstone in the global migrant debate as suspicions swirled that the viral incident was orchestrated.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A @Wapo story that truly exposes the depth of #Israel-#US defence relations and Washington's increasing vulnerability to Tel Aviv's say in arms transfers. Not only the new draft bill has implications for #Ukraine but also #GCC, #Turkey, #Pakistan etc. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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House push to integrate defense industries of Israel, U.S. draws scrutiny
Critics of the legislation fear that, if adopted, it would give Israel veto power over U.S. weapons systems.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#Iran|ian leaders are focused single-mindedly on preserving their grip on power. They know that the overwhelming majority of Iranians despise them and that the people will not be forgiving if the regime is finally removed. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | I was a diplomat in Iran. Two rules explain its actions.
Western countries assume Iran’s actions are aimed at them. But something else is going on.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Widespread doubts about #Putin’s mental state have added to #Russia|ns’ concerns. “He was always reasonably sound of mind, not detached from reality. Now, I don’t know.” www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
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Russians already call August cursed. Will it be Putin’s bleakest month?
The president has good reason to fear what is traditionally seen as a time of turmoil. The Ukraine war has left his regime facing its toughest test
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"We invent things to kind of repair damage from the last invention." #Salmon #Norway #CorporateGreed #ClimateChange www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqfu...
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Norway's New Oil: How Norway sold the world on salmon | Foreign Correspondent
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Like #Iran's notorious guest, #OBL, #Khamenei Jr is relying heavily on couriers for messaging, IF he is still alive. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
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The hunt for Khamenei: how CIA and Mossad are trying to trace Mojtaba
As Trump weighs up his next move on Iran, the search intensifies for the country’s elusive new supreme leader who hasn’t been seen since February
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"If there are any further objections, please take them up with Whiskey," a French commander to American volunteer aviators in WWI.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
An AI-birthed Supreme Leader “For the time being, due to certain issues, he is not in contact with any person or institution, but God willing, he is healthy,” Gholamali Haddad-Adel said, according to ILNA news, says Mojtaba #Khomenei 's father-in-law www.iranintl.com/en/202607264...
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Mojtaba Khamenei has no contact with any person or institution, father-in-law says
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The rhythm of industrialising, urbanising life.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The two Gulf states have relatively small air forces, armed with #US and Europe|an jets, but didn’t want to let #Iran continue to hit them with impunity. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive | Bahrain, Kuwait Warplanes Struck Iran in Rare Gulf Retaliation
The strikes earlier this month reflect Arab reckoning with a lengthy war that threatens to draw them in even more deeply.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Under the clause, insurers will not cover transit fee payments to #Iran. "In addition, where a payment has been made, cover for the relevant vessel will cease due to the risk of a breach of sanctions and/or terrorism legislation in the US, UK or EU." lmalloyds.com/lma-publishe...
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LMA - LMA publishes new clause and guidance note addressing transit fee payments in the Strait of Hormuz
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
No less an authority than Sam Altman is arguing that we are in an #AI bubble. The #IMF is citing it as a significant risk to financial stability and warning about what might happen when it bursts. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble
Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#Trump offered his plane to fly Jim (Markwayne #Mullin's son) to a rehab clinic in California and showed deep concern for the boy’s condition, visiting him and calling every week to check on his “buddy” for a year and a half. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Secretary of Homeland
How Markwayne Mullin went from Indian Country to Trump’s immigration enforcer
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Al-#Gore could not enter the White House due to rigging, #America has another chance to have a worthy president. Let it be Kelly versus MAGA www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Wingman
Mark Kelly’s résumé and the goodwill he’s accrued as Gabby Giffords’s spouse have granted him a high level of admiration. Can it translate to excitement for a presidential campaign?
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Last year, Jolicoeur-Martineau won a $50k prize for a “tiny recursive model” that doesn’t consume huge quantities of computing resources. “The idea that one must rely on massive models trained for millions of dollars by some big corps to achieve success on hard tasks is a trap."
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Under a #Trump administration rule change announced Friday, the #UAE will be treated like European countries, South #Korea and #India when buying technology, military items or energy infrastructure that could have military applications www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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U.A.E. Rewarded With Coveted AI Chips for Supporting U.S. War in Iran
The Gulf state’s flagship AI firm can freely buy chips and has a plan to become a U.S. company.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Expect the #Kremlin not to reassess its options until after the #US midterms, another brutal winter campaign and a prospect of an internationalist candidate winning the American elections in 2028. www.ft.com/content/ba19...
ft.com
We are not on course for a Nato divorce — yet
The best possible case is US support in the short term and European rearmament over the next two to three years
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The #Iran|ians are experienced negotiators and they brought teams of experts with them who knew these issues inside and out. The #US did not, and so unilaterally put our side at a disadvantage.” www.ft.com/content/ae26...
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RIP the US state department
America’s diplomats used to have global sway. Now they are besieged by their own president
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
After a #Russia|n Kh-101 cruise missile destroyed a residential tower block in Kyiv and killed at least 24 people in May, investigators sifted through the debris. They found that the #missile had been guided by banned #Japan-made components www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/w...
nytimes.com
How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies
Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
On Feb 28, an #Israel|i airstrike hit #Ahmadinejad’s compound, targeting the building of his bodyguards and armored vehicle. After the strike, according to 4 #Iran|ian officials, a black Peugeot car picked him up and whisked away at high speed. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
nytimes.com
Inside Israel’s Secret Operation to Cultivate Ahmadinejad
The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to an Israeli safe house in the early days of the war. But the plan fell...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham joins Dick Cheney and Ali Khamenei. The trio walks into a bar. And the roof collapses.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The direct control over #Venezuela’s public revenues, in particular, distinguishes #Washington’s influence there from most other countries beholden to its military and financial might. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
nytimes.com
How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in th...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#Australia's position has eased, however, and it agreed to allow exports in 2014, subject to #IAEA Safeguards and “separation of the #India|n civilian and military nuclear programs,” according to a government website. tomorrowsaffairs.com/australia-be...
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Australia begins to sell uranium to India, ending a long stalemate
India has doubled the amount of nuclear power installed in the country in the last decade
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Given the vast ocean areas involved, interdiction "with shipping via #Malacca may be a bridge too far, even for a major naval power. And yet there is no doubt that the spread of the #Andaman & Nicobar Islands enables #India to dominate the Bay of Bengal." indianexpress.com/article/opin...
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From Hormuz to Malacca, Delhi must draw the right lessons
As interstate competition grows, the ability to threaten these critical routes for energy, trade, and commerce undermines economic stability and highlights why a rules-based international order must b...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“#Modi is a champion of #Hindu nationalism. There could be crowd control issues as they come out in large numbers, so the intra-#India|n quarrels might surface in a way that they haven’t before.” www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Naps, no stairs, and snipers? Modi adds extra layer to NZ arrival
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touches down for a whirlwind visit to New Zealand on Friday evening.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#Russia|n battlefield experience in exchange for #China's technology. theins.press/en/inv/294635
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Shooting Starlink: The “no limits” partnership between Russia and China is taking aim at Elon Musk
Secret documents from a series of clandestine Russian-Chinese military forums reveal a joint plan to defeat Elon Musk’s Starlink and a weapons development…
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Aitzaz Ahsan in 'The #Indus Saga' argued that the Indus basin had constituted a distinct civilisational space for millennia, and #Pakistan was its principal geographical successor. www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Jul-2026/...
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Pakistan Finds Its Place: From The Indus Valley Civilisation To A West Asian Middle Power
Pakistan is not inventing a new identity. It is recovering an older one while adapting confidently to a changing world
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Oil producers are also plowing investment into alternative routes and overseas storage. This isn’t what Tehran was hoping for. #Iran wants vessels seeking to cross the strait to first get its approval, use its waters and eventually pay fees. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Iran’s Attacks on Ships Betray Its Concern Over Losing Its Grip on Hormuz
Alternative routes, workarounds and improved oil supplies are making it harder for Tehran to exploit its leverage over the strategic waterway.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“If you stop the enemy on the battlefield, if you stop the war on land, and if you deny him dominance at sea — as we did with our naval drones, driving the #Russia|n fleet away — then the next battlefield becomes the sky.” #Ukraine www.ft.com/content/6ca8...
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Zelenskyy says ‘battle in the sky’ will decide outcome of war with Russia
Ukrainian leader says Donald Trump has changed his mind about the conflict
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Before the tech, thousands more bodies were buried namelessly at Karachi’s Mochko Graveyard, where most headstones carry numbers instead of names. The tombstone of an unidentified man buried the other day had the simple identifier, 94,600. By @nkmalazai.bsky.social www.arabnews.com/node/2413676...
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‘Gallows of waiting’: Pakistan uses biometrics to identify unclaimed bodies, provide closure to families
KARACHI: As the ambulance arrived at the entrance of a mortuary in Karachi’s Ancholi neighborhood, four attendants jumped into action, quickly pulling a stretcher out of the vehicle and pushing it ins...
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Chaos Torgo @chaostorgo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
@laloalcaraz.bsky.social #cartoons
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
As per 2 #IRGC officials and a person involved with the funeral planning, Mojtaba #Khamenei has told officials that he wants to participate. He'd like to attend the burial ceremony, at a #Shiite shrine of Imam Reza in the city of Mashhad on July 9. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/w...
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Momentary Unity at a Funeral Masks Deep Divisions Among Iran’s Leaders
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