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Apr 17 2026 
Naim Qassem: The Lebanese Government Must Stop Stabbing Hezbollah in the Back
Appreciation to Resistance News Unfiltered for the translation.
Full text of the speech by Sheikh Naim Qassem, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, on April 13, 2026, devoted to the war against Israel and the acts of betrayal of the Lebanese government.
Source: naimkassem.com.lbTranslation: resistancenews.org
Introduction
The Current Phase
Negotiating with Israel is a Conspiracy Against Lebanon
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Apr 17 2026 
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Yemen
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Yemen
[There are two interesting and valid considerations in Mr Nebenzia’s address on Yemen and the risk of further civil war. They are both bolded. The one is that Russia considers Ansar Allah as a full and necessary part of Yemen’s governance. (That is true for… Continue reading -
Apr 17 2026 
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun’s Regular Press Conference on April 15, 2026
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/202604/t20260415_11892477.html
CCTV: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s visit to China has drawn much attention. What is China’s comment on the visit? What is your expectation for the development of China-Spain relations going forward?
Guo Jiakun: From April 11 to 15, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez paid an official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese… Continue reading
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Apr 17 2026 
Brian Berletic : US Using Israel to Distract Away from World War 3: Blockade on Iran is an Act of War on China
As predicted a month ago, the US Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to the Middle East is now imposing a blockade on Iranian oil to China;
Those fixated on “Israel” are distracting away from what is ultimately an act of war on China amid what is quickly shaping into World War 3;
The notion that it… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2026 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: How Trump’s Iran Blockade Turned Into Total Humiliation
with Nima Alkorshid at Dialogue Works
(It looks as if YouTube embedding functions is down for me. Perhaps it is a wider outage – I don’t know. You may find the video by searching for Dialogue Works on YouTube, or go click on it on our Telegram Channel. It is there. https://t.me/ChroniclesWorldOrderZ/5794.… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2026 
The second Fury has been set loose
Petey Hegseth just declared Operation Economic Fury. This follows Operation Epic Fury.
There are three of these chthonic goddesses of vengeance in Greco-Roman mythology, called up from the underworld and in Greek mythology, called the Erinyes. They were probably initially personified curses, but possibly they were originally conceived of as ghosts of the murdered. They lived… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2026 
Victor Gao : America cannot afford to dismiss China’: A stark warning to Trump
Victor Gao is to China what Professor Marandi is to Iran. He is Chair professor at Soochow University and Vice president of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG).
This cannot be embedded and kindly find it here:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/videos/2JsSdjuTZfY/
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Apr 16 2026 
The five-second epistemology of Captain Jack CENTCOM and the Pirates of the Indian Ocean
Yo ho, yo ho. The Pirates of the Indian Ocean came home with two empties and a forty-seven-dollar plate of chicken.
The five-second epistemology of Captain Jack CENTCOM and the Pirates of the Indian Ocean.
The Pirates of the Indian Ocean are nowhere near the Strait. The Pirates of the Indian Ocean are nowhere near the chokepoint.… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2026 
Trump Trouble : Visit The Day Lounge for the Demented
What is it with the miasma of horror that Trump spreads around the world 24/7 on his Truth Social and via his media? Even the most committed Trumper must get it now that Trump is not what they think he is. His main MAGA base is clearly suffering from a gut-shot and slowly dying and… Continue reading
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Apr 15 2026 
Pepe Escobar : Empire of Piracy blockades Iran and China
Iranians are itching to fight – in case the ceasefire collapses.
Strategic Culture
All hail the almighty return of Pirates of the Caribbean, now upgraded to Pirates of the Persian Gulf.
The spectacular collapse of the Islamabad diktats – Barbaria came to dictate, never to negotiate – has been followed by a coercion psy ops on steroids:… Continue reading
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Apr 15 2026
Vassily Nebenzia at the UNSC accused the EU of preparing a major war against Russia
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181965
Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the EU of preparing a major war against Russia during a UN Security Council meeting on April 13, 2026.
The meeting was the annual session on UN-EU cooperation. Nebenzia used it to deliver sharp criticism of the bloc and also took the time to address the EU Chief Foreign Affairs… Continue reading
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Apr 15 2026 
Michael Hudson : An Excerpt
This is an excerpt from a slightly older interview that Prof Hudson had with Glen Diesen. It is termed the ‘oil grab doctrine’. The full video and transcript is on Michael-Hudson.com
The excerpt gives a solid overview of the current situation and I’ve bolded some sentences as the economic damage so far and ongoing cannot be… Continue reading
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Apr 15 2026 
FM Lavrov : Opening Remarks & answers to media questions – China Visit
Opening remarks (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2094722/) by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping:
📍 April 15, 2026, Beijing
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Mr President, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your warm words addressed to us and for this meeting.
It underscores your personal attention to the development… Continue reading
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Apr 14 2026 
Pepe Escobar: China Blockades the American Blockade of Iran
The whole planet is asking the same question: Will CENTCOM dare to go to war against China?
Sputnik
This is not a wild hypothetical anymore.
According to MarineTraffic data, the Chinese-owned Rich Starry tanker, sailing under the Malawi flag, linked to Shanghai Xianrun, and departing from Sharjah in the UAE carrying roughly 250,000 barrels of metanol, crossed the… Continue reading
