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- Boots-on-the-ground talk as Trump says Iran to ‘be hit very hard’
on March 7, 2026A report that US President Donald Trump is more bullish in private about putting American soldiers on the ground in Iran than he has been publicly stirred immediate condemnation among lawmakers opposed to the illegal military attack, now entering its second week of destructive and deadly operations. “This is madness,” declared Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) in response to NBC News reporting late Friday, The post Boots-on-the-ground talk as Trump says Iran to ‘be hit very hard’ appeared first on Asia Times.
- Iran drives $104B surge in sanctions-busting crypto flows
on March 7, 2026Sanctions evasion has traditionally been viewed as a game of financial shell companies and hidden bank accounts. While those opaque traditional structures remain the bedrock of illicit finance, the mechanism has expanded to the blockchain at scale. Nation-states have upgraded their capabilities not just to launder on-chain, but also to execute cross-border trade. The data The post Iran drives $104B surge in sanctions-busting crypto flows appeared first on Asia Times.
- Claims Russia helping Iran target US assets are credible
on March 7, 2026The Washington Post, AP and others have reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces, including the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East. This is plausible even if the disclosure is part of a broader gambit to rally public support for the war the US and Israel are waging on The post Claims Russia helping Iran target US assets are credible appeared first on Asia Times.
- China quietly eclipsing a weakened Russia in Central Asia
on March 7, 2026For much of the post–Cold War period, Central Asia operated as a “managed condominium”—a geopolitical arrangement where Russia supplied the hard-security umbrella and China functioned as the dominant economic partner. The war in Ukraine has not broken this Sino-Russian partnership, but it has fundamentally altered its internal balance. The condominium has evolved into an asymmetric The post China quietly eclipsing a weakened Russia in Central Asia appeared first on Asia Times.
- BELARUS: Praying daily for "speedy and honest restoration" of Red Church
on March 8, 2026Two regime religious affairs officials have refused absolutely to say if the iconic Catholic Church of Saints Simon and Helena (known locally due to its brickwork as the Red Church) in central Minsk will be handed back for worship once renovations are complete. "I won't give comments," Deputy Plenipotentiary for Religious and Ethnic Affairs Sergei Gerasimenya told Forum 18. "I can't comment," the Head of the Ideology, Rel
- The Iran war risks sucking in more countries who benefitson March 7, 2026
What the US and Israel likely envisioned as a short and decisive conflict threatens to spill over other borders perhaps not accidentallyIn the early hours of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, a certain kind of strategic storytelling almost wrote itself. In Washington and in West Jerusalem, the operation looked designed to behave like a demonstration of overwhelming control, brief in duration, sharp
- 5.2-magnitude quake hits Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan -- GFZon March 7, 2026
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at 1824 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 205.7 km, was initially determined to be at 36.51 degrees north latitude and 70.21 degrees east longitude.
- Xiconomics: How China's green drive powers global sustainable developmenton March 7, 2026
China has made remarkable strides in its green drive and will continue to contribute its wisdom and efforts to global sustainable developmentBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- As the year 2026 marks the beginning of China's 15th Five-Year Plan period, global attention is on how China will advance its comprehensive green transition to promote development, improve people's well-being and contribute to a
