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Happy Republic Day, India #RepublicDay #RepublicDayIndia I'm going to share pics from last 2 months which are saved on my phone to show how #farmers have been protesting peacefully + sleeping in the cold, on roads since months. Some reminders needed. #FarmersProtests

@RailMinIndia ? x.com/archimags/stat…

Hello @RailMinIndia what's up with Mumbai locals on the Central line today? 2:38 p.m. local arrives at 3:20 p.m. and is still standing on the platform. On the platform for over 5 mins. Unbelievable! #Mumbai #MumbaiLocal #SuburbanTrain #MumbaiTrain

OMG. These people have killed #MumbaiLocal Suburban rail service. The destination on the indicator is different from the actual destination of the train. Train is Belapur - indicator says Panvel. 11:51 train left. Then they put up the 12:02. Then cancelled that n put 11:43! 🙄

There is a surprising level of surprise in the West that Iran was serious about its demand for a region-wide ceasefire and that it would act against Israel if it continued attacking Lebanon. I explain here: tritaparsi.substack.com/p/a-new-region… ...why Tehran was dead serious about forcing Israel to stop its attacks on Lebanon and how it might respond. Part of the reason Iran's insistence on defending Lebanon has surprised Western observers may lie in their erroneous belief that Hezbollah is nothing but an Iranian proxy. Indeed, Hezbollah is consistently described in the Western discourse as an Iranian proxy. And it appears that this statement was genuinely believed by Western observers. So if the belief is that Hezbollah is no more than a proxy, it also becomes more difficult to take Iranian threats that it will defend Lebanon seriously. A proxy, after all, is a piece on the chessboard whose fate almost invariably is to be sacrificed or consumed. Iran would surely risk regional war to defend its queen on the chessboard, but would it do the same for a pawn, Western observers ask themselves? But if from the outset the nuanced relationship between Hezbollah and Iran was more properly understood - a mutually beneficial alliance in which Tehran clearly is the bigger party but not one that can simply issue dictats for Hezbollah to follow - Iran's warnings against continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon would likely have been taken more seriously. Yet another example of how the simplistic and unnuanced understanding of Iran's geopolitical calculations and perspectives perpetuated in the Washington discourse ultimately undermines US interests and America's ability to calibrate optimal moves in the region.

The European Commission has cautioned Albania against actions that may impact its EU accession path, amid ongoing national protests over a Jared Kushner-linked development project on the country’s southern coast. politico.eu/article/eu-war…

Plane BOUNCES hard then ERUPTS into giant fireball Massive explosion rips across Dominican Republic runway

🚨BREAKING: Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza and halted the entry of humanitarian aid following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel, cutting off supplies to roughly 2 million Palestinians in the territory. Israel has imposed similar blanket closures during previous periods of regional escalation, including immediately after the outbreak of war in late February, collectively punishing Gaza’s civilian population.

"The White House said the US had no part in the attack; however, strangely, American tanker planes were seen in the air. Refueling whom?"

If you put "I love Ram" posters in Ayodhya, will the temple be sealed?

A male doctor raped a patient who was a young girl, so the government is yelling at a bunch of women doctors

Israel has now responded militarily to Iran, defying Trump’s publicly expressed wishes. Israeli commentators have been explicit that Israel could not allow Iran to establish a new regional equation—one in which Tehran successfully extended deterrence over Lebanon. But by defying Trump, Israel has done more than challenge Iran’s new equation; it has also undermined Trump’s credibility. The ball is now back in both Tehran’s and Trump’s court. If Israel’s defiance carries no consequences, it will reinforce the view in Iran that Trump either cannot or will not restrain Israel. From Tehran’s perspective, a deal with Washington has little value if the United States is unable—or unwilling—to curb Israeli actions. An unconstrained Israel would only increase the likelihood of renewed conflict and continued efforts to draw the United States back into war. Trump, meanwhile, appears unwilling to spend the political capital necessary to rein in Netanyahu—beyond angry phone calls and tough public statements— unless he knows that he has a deal with Iran. Taking on Israel is no easy task in Washington. From Trump’s perspective, it is only worth doing if an agreement with Iran is already secured. In short, Trump is willing to restrain Israel to preserve a deal, but not to obtain one. Read the full analysis here: tritaparsi.substack.com/p/netanyahu-de…

🚨 Israel Strikes Targets Across Iran The Israeli Air Force has struck sites in western and central Iran, with explosions reported across multiple cities. ➤ The IDF said in an initial statement that it had struck “military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” adding that details would follow. ➤ Iranian state broadcasting confirmed multiple explosions in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan. The scale and impact of the strikes remain unclear.

#BREAKING The initial footage x.com/i/status/20638…

India is facing some seriously unpaletable choices, according to the data presented by the Reserve Bank of India. More featured on today's Chartbook Top Links in the comment below.

Spoke with President Trump. We'll have more on Fox News in a few minutes. "What I would suggest to Iran: You've shot your missiles, that's enough. Get back to the table and make a deal," President Trump told Fox News.

A RESPONSE TO OUR RESPONSE WILL BE A HARSH LESSON.

What this leaves out is that it’s a response to Israel’s earlier attack on Beirut, which Iran said it would respond to. Trump said he stopped Israel from attacking Beirut last week for this exact reason. Israel ignored him because they want war, not ceasefires or peace.

There's only one thing I find more appaling than the discriminatory treatment of the Iranian football team by the US in the upcoming World Cup 2026 and it isn't that corrupt FIFA allows it. It's the collective silence of 47 other nations that are participating.

BreakingNews: Iran said it will bomb Israel for 7 consecutive days and warned Israel not to retaliate, otherwise it will be an unlimited open war.

Loud sirens in Amman, just witnessed a streak of missiles overhead!!