Mehrangiz Imenpour, artiste peintre, a perdu la vie à la suite des bombardements israéliens sur la prison d'Evin à Téhéran, le lundi 23 juin. Son domicile était situé à proximité de la prison. #FemmeVieLiberte

Trump takes a question from a Ukrainian reporter and asks her a series of questions about her life and about her husband, who she says is a Ukrainian soldier. He ends up saying he's going to "see" if he can make Patriot missiles available for Ukraine.

Yep. We just totally overreacted.

Numerous casualties reported after a suicide bombing at Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria.

1/6 The Russia’s Economy Minister Reshetnikov just admitted the country is “on the verge of recession.” But economic decline is only half the story. Moscow’s geopolitical alliances are also unraveling, from Armenia and Syria to now even uncertainty with Iran.

This article details how Trump has sidelined two of his worst cabinet choices—Hegseth and Gabbard—during deliberations over Iran. Everyone knew they should never have been appointed. But Trump did it anyway and now it would be embarrassing to fire them. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Dans cet océan de tristesse qu'est le monde aujourd'hui, une bien triste nouvelle, celle de la mort d'Alfred #Brendel On ne peut plus écouter les #Impromptus de #Schubert sans que surgissent ses versions à la mémoire. Elles sont immortelles

(from the archives)

Everything about the Syrian president and his story is mind-boggling. Take this, for example: Exactly 20 years ago today, he was captured by the Americans in Iraq and jailed. Today he met (and impressed) the US president in Riyadh. His life reads like a ready-made Hollywood script.

www.lemonde.fr/internationa... C'est bien la première fois que je suis d'accord avec Donald #Trump #Syrie

#Syria: another attempt to smuggle weapons into Lebanon was thwarted by the Security forces. Raid took place in area of Serghaya (near Zabadani, W. #Damascus). For the first time, the shipment included an anti-drone weapon.

Pour la première fois depuis sa création en 2023, les enquêteurs de l'Institution indépendante des Nations Unies pour les personnes disparues ont pu accéder à la Syrie, après la chute du régime d'Assad. « L’ampleur du problème est accablante… tout le monde connaît quelqu’un qui manque à l’appel »

C'est un risque politique & un pas de plus vers une levée plus importante des sanctions au profit des Syriens, mais aussi un gain diplo. pour la France qui est un acteur majeur du processus de stabilisation, ceci dans l'intérêt régional et européen www.bfmtv.com/internationa...

We are choosing ignorance and poverty www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Quand le peuple prend la place du juge, c'est la vérité qu'on crucifie. Prédication du vendredi saint au temple saint Jean. espritdeliberte.leswoody.net/2025/04/18/l...

"Trump has an obvious weakness that makes America weak. He places the American economy at risk for the sake of a personal foible, a visible vulnerability." snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-psy...

🇨🇳China accounts for 3/4 of US imports of smartphones & laptops. 🇺🇸Trump’s retention of 125% tariff on China will, on its own, significantly raise US prices & probably inflation expectations (though some offset from oil price weakness) 📉 it’s far from over 🤷‍♂️

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Excellente et sarcastique tribune dans @lemonde.fr de Charles #Wyplosz sur la redécouverte "sans le savoir" par #Trump du mercantilisme dont la faillite a donné naissance à l'économie

Tribune de @firask.bsky.social sur l'extrême pauvreté de la Syrie post-Assad et la nécessité de la part de l'UE de faire beaucoup plus et vite, qui plus est dans un contexte où les sanctions américaines sur la banque centrale syrienne sont parties pour durer. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Lizzie Porter talks to Syrian sources about Turkey’s plans to base forces in Palmyra and at Tiyas @lcmporter.bsky.social @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

"He did not hide his intentions. He campaigned on them. He made them the central thrust of his election. He told Americans that he would betray our allies and give up our leadership position in the world."

"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order" from @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

If implemented it would likely make India and China think twice (or 10 times) about doing business with Russia. Essentially - this is the "sanctions from hell"

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Hoping president #Trump will read this piece from Marc A Thiessen in @postopinions.bsky.social

Israel, France, Brazil - the courts are now right at the centre of politics

This one is has nothing to do with peace talks. Putin signs those twice a year. Every year

Une note à compléter très vite - au grès des humeurs de Trump face à un Poutine qui ne bouge pas et à un Zelinski qui ne se laisse pas intimider - mais les fondamentaux sont bien là.

L'otage israélien libéré Yarden Bibas, dont la femme et leurs deux garçons ont été tués en captivité à Gaza, a appelé sur CBS le président américain Donald Trump à faire cesser les combats dans le territoire palestinien, rejetant le recours d'Israël à la pression militaire pour libérer les otages

Putin has signed a decree for the spring military draft, yet Trump still believes that the Russian dictator will agree to end the war.

Marine Le Pen inéligible : ce ne sont pas les juges qui décident, c’est bien la loi qui l’impose Sa condamnation révèle la plus stricte application du droit commun, sans aucun déni de démocratie ni «gouvernement des juges», estime le professeur de droit public Jean-Philippe Derosier. Tribune :

That’s the one logic that makes it all make sense. There is no conception of US interests, including an imperial one, in which this makes sense. (3/3)

It’s America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases, making a Russian nuclear first strike on the US easier, opening Arctic territories that were once safe to Russian expansion. (2/3)

Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3)

"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain." snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Very funny chat between the usual Trump guys about the imminent invasion of Greenland thanks to Drew Goins

Trump policies are causing tourists around the globe to either cancel or reconsider travel to the United States as they say they feel unwelcome or unsafe and are reluctant to support the economy of a country destabilizing its allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/t...

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

@timothysnyder.bsky.social: Trump making ‘ethical and strategic mistake’ with Putin www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

The 47 on Trump’s hat means 47th oblast.

Residents in southern #Syria are being forced to flee their homes in fear of intensified attacks by the Israeli occupation. At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured so far in Koya, in Yarmouk basin in western Daraa, as the Israeli army carried out a military incursion into the town.

One thing that can get lost in all this is that Jeff Goldberg knows much, much more about national security than the principals who were on that text chain.

5. Witkoff was in Moscow… why did he join such a highly sensitive group on a civilian phone while INSIDE RUSSIA? Is that considered OPSEC? (The answer is no)

BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner is one of the UK’s most experienced & knowledgable journalists. His disdain for Witkoff is a joy: “Steve Witkoff isn't a professional negotiator, he knows very little about foreign affairs. He’s a New York property tycoon who plays golf with Donald Trump.”

Putin has sent hundreds of thousands of his own people to die in a pointless war, has kidnapped 20k Ukrainian children, murdered his political opponents - and Witkoff thinks he sincerely prays for Trump?

🇨🇦🇪🇺 Canada plans to sign military security and defense contracts with the EU, - Financial Post and Bloomberg ❗️Canada is interested in purchasing a dozen submarines, aircraft and tanks that could potentially be supplied by the EU.