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vlgr Oct 2, 2026

'Hero' Pilot Successfully Lands Routine Flight From Abu Dhabi to Qatar

On Thursday, Lufthansa flight LH 1234 from Abu Dhabi to Doha landed in light rain, eight minutes late. Captain Hoffmann, 44, blond, from Hanover, reported no injuries, no diversion and, crucially, no terrorist stabbing him at 34,000 feet. He is being hailed as a hero.

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vlgr Sep 29, 2026

The UN celebrates the 25th anniversary of the famous Durban Conference in New York

Israel and other 44 countries, including the US, Germany, the UK, Argentina, Colombia, Czechia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Micronesia, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, South Sudan, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Samoa, Venezuela, Greece, Armenia, Palau, Moldova, Monaco, Bolivia, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Denmark, Ukraine and Estonia thought they had better things to do.

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vlgr Sep 23, 2026

Did the career liberal from a neutral Austria find a soft spot for terror states?

Austria’s incoming UN Security Council member Beate Meinl-Reisinger met Iran’s foreign minister on the sidelines of the General Assembly and, by her own account, delivered a masterclass in international law. She didn’t wear the Ukrainian vyshyvanka this time. Austria’s politics is going wild in the international structures.

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vlgr Aug 23, 2026

Turkey Has a Price. Was Syria the Deal, the US the Dealmaker and the EU the Financier?

Before Israel and the United States went to war with Iran, Turkish companies had already begun appearing inside major Syrian infrastructure projects. Was Syria the price of Turkish restraint, and did Washington mistake a transaction for an alliance? Was this a strategic error?

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vlgr Aug 19, 2026

The West Is Paying to Rebuild Nuclear Syria. Does It Know What It Is Buying?

Ahmed al-Sharaa cannot turn a few tonnes of legacy nuclear material into a serious nuclear programme. He can turn it into sovereignty, leverage and another carefully staged demonstration that Damascus should now be treated as a responsible member of the international community.

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vlgr Aug 11, 2026

US Cowboys, Middle Eastern Airspace and Reliable Partners

Y’all remember that awkward Ankara summit where everybody was promised everything, nobody got much of anything, Turkey was once again declared a reliable partner without getting its F-35s, and Trump supposedly flew home on the older Air Force One because the new Qatari jet wasn’t quite sophisticated enough yet? Turns out there weren’t two planes involved. There were three.

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vlgr Aug 3, 2026

Trump Cancels Iran War Again. War Expected to Resume After Brief Commercial Break

President Trump has once again cancelled a planned attack on Iran, citing progress toward negotiations and the outlines of a possible agreement.

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vlgr Jul 23, 2026

Turkish Sultanate supports their Turkish Cypriot brothers with an illegal bidirectional pipeline - escalation imminent?

Turkey has once again demonstrated its boundless generosity toward the Turkish Cypriots. After occupying the northern third of Cyprus for over half a century, Ankara has decided the best way to help its “brothers” is to build them a 101-kilometre undersea natural gas pipeline - without asking the internationally recognised government of the island. Wanna know why? Read here.

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vlgr Jul 22, 2026

The "Cypriot issue"

Kaja Kallas and other EU officials have discovered a new favourite phrase: “the Cyprus issue.” It is an exceptionally useful expression. It removes the Turkish invasion, the occupation of more than a third of an EU member state, the displaced Greek Cypriots, the settlers, the troops and the unrecognised regime.

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vlgr Jul 9, 2026

Post-Summit Announcement – Attention, Terran Workers!

We have observed surface developments from our permanent facilities beneath the Antarctic ice and within the Agartha network for an extended period. Continued instability in multiple theatres, combined with inefficient coordination during the recent corrective actions against the Iranian element, necessitated direct intervention. Clone deployment was authorised to restore proper order.