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🇿🇦 South Africa has appointed Pitso Mosimane as national team coach, replacing Hugo Broos ahead of the 2027 AFCON qualifiers. Mosimane, one of Africa’s most successful club coaches, returns for a second spell with Bafana Bafana and has just 23 days to prepare for the Guinea qualifier. Source: Al Jazeera

NEW: Türkiye's Pegasus cancelled 12 flights to/from Moscow Vnukovo today, citing "airspace situation." Multiple Turkish carrier flights turned back mid-air one over Lithuania. This came hours after Zelensky warned Russian skies are "becoming completely unsafe" for civil aviation. 77 flights delayed or cancelled across Moscow's three airports in 24 hours. Source: Clash Report

US Central Command reports strikes against Iranian military targets in ‘response’ to attacks on commercial shipping and personnel in the region. #Iran #US #War

🇪🇬🇫🇷 Egypt seeks 24 more Rafale fighter jets, report says Egypt may be preparing to acquire 24 additional Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation, according to La Tribune. Cairo has reportedly sent Dassault a formal request for proposal (RFP), seeking technical and commercial terms for the potential purchase. Dassault has declined to comment on the report. Egypt already has 54 Rafales on order, with the fleet expected to reach that number by the end of 2026 following deals signed in 2015 and 2021. A new 24-jet purchase would potentially bring Egypt’s Rafale fleet to 78 aircraft. However, an RFP does not represent a finalized contract, meaning the reported deal remains under consideration. Source: La Tribune #Egypt #France #Rafale #Defense

🇷🇺🇩🇪 MOSCOW DISMISSES GERMAN "DRONE" ALLEGATIONS – "No Evidence, Just a Pretext to Escalate" Russia has rejected German claims that it was behind a suspected drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, calling the allegations "fabricated" and "far-fetched." Berlin has failed to provide any evidence, Moscow says – and the timing is suspicious. · 🗣️ Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: "Germany has failed to present any even remotely convincing or serious evidence. There is none and there cannot be any." · 🏛️ Germany's real goal: Berlin has long sought to target the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin – and is using the drone incident as a pretext. · ⚠️ Zakharova warned: Berlin "will get a fitting response." #Russia 🇷🇺 #Germany 🇩🇪 #EU 🇪🇺 #BRICS

🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU TO CHINA: "Please Curb Your Exports" – The Empire's Begging Bowl Brussels wants Beijing to voluntarily limit exports to the EU to close a €1 billion-a-day trade deficit. The empire's "strategic autonomy" is a farce – it is begging China to save its economy. · 💰 The EU has a €1 billion-a-day trade deficit with China. European chemical and car manufacturers are closing plants and cutting jobs – they cannot compete with cheaper Chinese imports. · 🗣️ EU trade chief Šefčovič: "The most efficient way would be if this problem is tackled from both sides." · 🛡️ The EU is considering "safeguards" and a "diversification instrument" to reduce dependence on Chinese products – but that would increase prices and fuel inflation. #EU 🇪🇺 #China 🇨🇳 #Trade #Deficit #BRICS

🇺🇸💥 US "PRECISION" MISSILES KILL CIVILIANS IN IRAN – Tungsten Pellets Rain on Homes and Children A new investigation by Airwars reveals that US "precision" missiles killed multiple civilians in southern Iran, including a two‑year‑old girl playing outside her home. The weapons scattered deadly tungsten pellets across populated areas – far beyond the apparent blast zone. · 🎯 The US used Lockheed Martin's Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) – weapons that explode above ground, spraying tens of thousands of dense tungsten pellets in all directions. · 💥 February 28 strikes in Lamerd – three missiles exploded over residential neighbourhoods and a sports centre, killing at least 21 civilians, including seven children. · 📏 Civilians were killed at least 50 meters from the estimated detonation points. Damage extended as far as 150 meters. #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #WarCrimes #PrecisionStrike #PrSM #BRICS

🇷🇺💬 PUTIN: "NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH TERRORISTS" – Zelensky's Threat to Civil Aviation Crosses a Red Line In a stark warning at the SCO summit in Bishkek, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Ukraine's threat to target civilian aviation over Russia is an act of "state terrorism" – and ruled out any negotiations with Ukraine's leadership. What Putin said: · 🗣️ "If this was said out loud, then it is simply a move toward state terrorism." · 🚫 "There are no negotiations with terrorists." · ⚠️ Putin added that Moscow would find a way to respond if Ukraine's threats resulted in any tragedies: "Let no one doubt that." #Russia 🇷🇺 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Putin #Zelensky #BRICS #GlobalSouth #NoToEscalation #Geopolitics

Ekaterinburg to host 10,000 participants for 2026 International Festival of Youth and BRICS+ mentoring programme Ekaterinburg will host 10,000 participants for the International Festival of Youth from Sept. 11 to 17, serving as the primary venue for the BRICS+ International Youth Mentoring Program and the III BRICS Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum. The festival, part of the Youth and Children national project, will feature special sessions for young professionals and entrepreneurs. The III BRICS Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum, scheduled for Sept. 15 to 16, will convene more than 200 participants, including b...  Read more »

ICE agents detained a Muslim man reportedly accused of being in the US illegally while he was praying in a parking lot. The exact location has not been confirmed, though some reports claim the footage was filmed in a parking lot at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. #ICE #Muslim #migrant #prayer Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

🇮🇩📉 INDONESIA'S CURRENCY SHOCK – A Sovereign Stress Test or a Crisis in the Making? The rupiah broke past 18,000 per dollar. Foreign exchange reserves fell by $11 billion. Bank Indonesia hiked rates. Yet the economy is still growing at 5%. This is not a simple collapse – it is a high-stakes transition. · 💰 Sovereignty vs. Stability: Indonesia is trying to change the terms of its integration into the global economy – controlling its resources, capturing value, and holding the foreign exchange its exports generate. · 🏦 Danantara: A state super-holding managing ~$900 billion in assets across 1,000 entities. The ambition is enormous – but it has yet to publish its first consolidated financial statements. · 🔒 Export proceeds rules: Exporters must keep 100% of foreign-currency earnings onshore for 12 months – a move that has created real liquidity and corporate cash flow concerns. 👉 Read the full analysis: https://substack.com/@thinkbrics/note/p-213067019 #Indonesia 🇮🇩 #BRICS #Economy #GlobalSouth

🇮🇷💥 IRGC: "REGRET-INDUCING RESPONSE" UNDERWAY – US MQ-9 Drone Shot Down The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed that Iranian forces are delivering a "regret-inducing response" to US strikes along Iran's southern coast. The IRGC also announced it shot down an advanced US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz. · 🛡️ US attacks on multiple locations along Iran's southern coast – including civilian sites – have "strengthened Iran's resolve to secure the Strait of Hormuz." · 🎯 IRGC fighters have begun delivering a "regret-inducing response" to the US, declaring that the American attacks had "exhausted and disheartened" the enemy and "frustrated the leaders of the White House." · 🛩️ Iran's air defenses shot down an advanced US MQ-9 drone using its "latest air defense system." · 📢 The IRGC said the results of its ongoing operation would be announced "in due course." #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #IRGC #MQ9 #StraitOfHormuz #BRICS

The so-called "isolation" that the west wants us to believe. Putin met with Xi, Modi, Erdogan, Lukashenko on the sidelines of the SCO. #Putin #SCO #GlobalSouth #BRICS

🇺🇸🇮🇷 US LAUNCHES MAJOR STRIKES ON IRAN – Explosions Across Hormozgan as CENTCOM Targets IRGC Assets The United States has launched a large-scale military operation against Iranian targets, with explosions reported across multiple cities in Hormozgan Province. · 💥 Explosions reported across multiple locations: Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Jask, Sirik, Konarak, and Minab – all in Iran's strategic Hormozgan Province, overlooking the Strait of Hormuz. · ✈️ US CENTCOM confirmed strikes on Iranian targets, describing them as a response to "recent attacks on commercial shipping." · 🎯 US official described the operation as "mowing the lawn" – a term used to describe periodic strikes to degrade Iranian capabilities, rather than a decisive campaign. · 🌍 US embassies across Jordan, Oman, Qatar, UAE, and Jerusalem issued security alerts urging Americans to "exercise heightened vigilance." #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #StraitOfHormuz #CENTCOM

On September 9, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., the BRICS Policy Center / PUC-Rio is hosting the in-person event “BRICS 2026: Perspectives for the New Delhi Summit” at the IRI 2 auditorium at PUC-Rio At a particularly significant moment for the BRICS group—marking two decades since the first BRIC ministerial meeting and undergoing major transformations driven by its expansion and shifts in the international... O post On September 9, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., the BRICS Policy Center...  Read more »

🇩🇪🚫 GERMANY ESCALATES: Consulate Closed, Russian House Shuttered – EU & NATO Rally Behind Berlin Germany has announced the closure of Russia's consulate general in Bonn and the Russian House cultural center in Berlin, blaming Moscow for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport. · 🏛️ Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House cultural center in Berlin will be closed. · 🗣️ Interior Minister cited evidence of Russian involvement in the August 4 drone incident – calling it part of Russia's "broader pattern of hybrid warfare." · 🇪🇺 EU Commission President von der Leyen expressed "full solidarity" – foreign ministers will discuss additional sanctions. · 🛡️ NATO Secretary General Rutte: "NATO stands in full solidarity with Germany. The evidence is clear." · 🧠 Evidence remains unproven. Germany is acting on "suspicion," not hard proof. The same playbook used to justify previous escalations. #Germany 🇩🇪 #Russia 🇷🇺 #NATO #EU

Chengdu Metro Line 13 is fully automated and doesn’t actually need a driver — yet one employee still has to stand in the open front cab for the entire journey, fully visible to passengers. Officially, he’s a rolling stock maintenance and operations observer, responsible for monitoring tunnels, train data and signals, and stepping in during emergencies. Unofficially, the internet has dubbed him ‘the most melancholic train driver’ and ‘the subway hostage.’ No phone. No chatting. Just sitting there while an entire carriage watches you exist. Chengdu Metro says the employee is there for safety and to reassure passengers uneasy about fully driverless trains — and has asked people not to disturb staff while they’re on duty. Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

The BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio is hosting the lecture “From Investor to Industrial Partner: The New Role of Chinese Companies in Brazil,” featuring visiting researcher Dr. Yang Qian On August 27, 2026, the BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio hosted the lecture “From Investor to Industrial Partner: The New Role of Chinese Companies in Brazil,” delivered by Dr. Yang Qian, a... O post The BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio is hosting the lecture “From Investor to Industria...  Read more »