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The Ukrainian mid-strike drone campaign is ruining Russian life and business in occupied Ukrainian territories.
In Dagestan, Russia, 3 large explosions occurred on a 1,200 mm gas pipeline 🔥🔥🔥
Comer: "What we're seeing especially in the blue states is there is rampant fraud, especially in the minority communities"
The Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, Russia, has been severely struck this morning, as well.
Trump on an Iran deal: "Two or three days…We have a good chance of doing it. We should be able to do it in one hour, if you want to know the truth. I don't think there are any sticking points. We're very close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal."
Fifa and Gianni Infantino have questions to answer after the scandalous treatment of Omar Abdulkadir Artan
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After Somalian referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan had his ‘dream’ of officiating at the World Cup denied by the host nation on the eve of the tournament, Fifa is forgetting its own rules, and values. By Miguel Delaney
⚓️🔥 Drone operators of the 1st Azov Corps have rendered the Port of Mariupol inoperable.
Electrical substations, radar equipment, repair facilities, the port control tower, fuel storage tanks, tugs and the sanctioned cargo vessel Lady Augusta were hit during the operation.
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A few days before the start of the World Cup, the US denies Africa's best referee entry to the country. Also, Omar Artan is from Somalia.
America welcomes the world, zei FIFA-baas Infantino over het WK. Dat blijkt nergens uit: met racistische en andere haatdragende uitlatingen schoffeert Trump bijna dagelijks landen, volkeren en bevolkingsgroepen. Hij promoot álles behalve Amerikaanse gastvrijheid. @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
'Trump has put the USA in an ever-weakening position, with decreasing leverage and a military performing poorly, as he tries desperately to get a deal with Iran that will let him end this ludicrous war that he started.' @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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'The transparent frontline zone may now be 20 miles wide, but as drone technology improves, it could soon be 30 or even 40 miles wide. At some point the front line will become not just a no-man’s-land but a de facto demilitarized zone.' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Somali referee Omar Artan has been denied entry to the United States for the World Cup, according to a Somali government official.
Artan was named as a match official for the tournament in April and had been set to become the first Somali to referee at a World Cup.
Somali referee Omar Artan has been denied entry to the United States for the World Cup.
