India vetoed Algeria BRICS+ entry at France's request: Report (new.thecradle.co)
Xi, Modi agree to 'de-escalate' tensions on disputed Himalayan border (new.thecradle.co)
Yemen Peace Talks Collapse Due To US Interference (new.thecradle.co)
The once-hopeful April peace talks failed following a dispute over the payment of civil servant salaries and Saudi-looting of Yemeni oil.
US to deploy 2,500 troops to Syria: Report (new.thecradle.co)
US deploys destroyer to Persian Gulf as it readies for showdown with Iran, Russia (new.thecradle.co)
How the Taliban crushed the CIA's heroin bonanza in Afghanistan (new.thecradle.co)
The Taliban has not once, but twice eradicated Afghanistan’s poppy cultivation, the world’s largest source of heroin. Despite western accusations, it has never been The Taliban behind the Afghan drug industry, but only ever the US and its allies, with billions in profits breezily laundered through the global financial...