Month: March 2023
Israel’s presence in Caucasus a threat to Iran
Iran considers presence of the Zionist regime in the Caucasus region as a “serious threat to regional peace and security, Speaking at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Amir Abdollahian urged countries in the Caucasus region to act vigilantly in the face of Israel and don’t provide an excuse
Vote to pull out US troops from Syria
Roughly 900 US troops, many of them special forces, remain in northeast Syria. Through them, the United States is able to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of Kurdish, Arab and other ethnic militias and rebel groups, in keeping the Islamic State’s lingering presence in the region in check. The US House of Representatives rejected an effort
Dollar abandoned in the India-Russia oil deals
India is the world’s number three importer of oil and Russia became its leading supplier after Europe shunned Moscow’s supplies following its invasion of Ukraine begun in February last year.After a coalition opposed to the war imposed an oil price cap on Russia on Dec. 5, Indian customers have paid for most Russian oil in
Czech Republic’s National Cyber calls TikTok a ‘security threat’
TikTok, a Chinese video sharing app, has come under increased scrutiny recently in many countries over data handling procedures. The Czech cyber watchdog has issued a warning against using popular Chinese video sharing app TikTok citing security threats. The watchdog further warned that TikTok could pose a security threat if installed on ‘devices accessing critical
Ukrainian commanders dismissed
On February 26th, Zelensky dismissed the senior military commander who was by-in-large responsible for managing large portions of the ongoing situation in Ukraine’s Eastern Oblasts.Major General Eduard Moskalyov was appointed to head Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation in early March 2022 after the organization’s previous commander, Oleksandr Pavliuk, was made head of Kyiv’s Military Administration, Major
The United States has sanctioned Iranian officials
The United States is taking action in coordination with the European Union, United Kingdom, and Australia to promote accountability for the Iranian regime’s continued human rights abuses, particularly those against women and girls. The US issued news sanctions Wednesday on Iranian officials, including its army chief and companies for alleged rights abuses, according to State
Nuclear war: Medvedev warns Ukraine arms shipments
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies have been making nuclear threats with increasing regularity in the last few months, with the most worrying message coming when Putin proposed changing Russia’s nuclear first-strike policy. On December 9th, Putin said that Moscow was considering adopting what he described as a nuclear first-strike policy to the country’s
Iran’s 1500 km distance missiles
Iran’s armed forces chief announced on Monday that the Iranian military has developed a highly advanced a ballistic missile that is able to strike warships and aircraft carriers 1,500 kilometers away. The new ballistic missile will guarantee security at the seas around Iran, the military chief said, adding hostile targets in the sea will not
Twitter platform issues
Experts have noted that the platform seems to be experiencing more technical issues of late. Following previous problems on 1 March that lasted two hours, Alp Toker, director of internet outage tracker NetBlocks, said Twitter’s reliability issues seemed to have increased under Mr Musk’s leadership. Twitter has experienced major problems with posting some images and
Elon Musk apologises to sacked Twitter worker
Twitter chief executive Elon Musk has apologised over an exchange he had on the platform with an employee.Mr Thorleifsson, who sold his creative agency Ueno to Twitter in 2021, did not want to say how much he was paid for the company. However, there is speculation that Twitter would have to pay him a considerable