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📜 TRUMP SMILES AND GESTURES AWAY IN CASUAL VIDEO CHAT Trump shows up relaxed and smiling in the video, chatting lightheartedly while waving his hands around like it's no big deal. He's seated indoors with others nearby, in what looks like some informal hangout or public mingle. No location or real context given. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRGC READY TO LAUNCH MISSILES AND DRONES AT US BASES AND ENEMY SHIPS IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Maj. Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi says their missiles and drones are locked on American bases in the region and enemy aggressor ships, primed for launch on orders. This comes after IRGC Navy warnings that attacks on Iran's oil tankers or commercial vessels will trigger heavy strikes on U.S. bases and enemy ships. All signaling ramped-up readiness amid the usual regional tensions. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 US OFFICIALS HUSTLE IN MIAMI TO COOK UP DEAL FOR POSSIBLE WAR WITH IRAN U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House envoy Steve Witkoff sat down with Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Miami on Saturday. They hashed out efforts for a deal tied to a potential war with Iran. This comes as regional tensions spike, with recent IRGC warnings of missile and drone strikes on U.S. targets and ships. @TheBabylonTimes

UPDATE:📜 BAHRAIN AL KHALIFA REGIME ARRESTS PROMINENT SHIA SCHOLARS AND SHEIKHS Bahrain's Al Khalifa regime rounded up prominent religious scholars and sheikhs from the Shia community. Detainees include leading "sayyids" and "mashayikh," hit in a crackdown on opposition voices. This fits their ongoing pattern of silencing Bahraini Shia leaders critical of the ruling family's policies. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRAN EMBASSY CONGRATULATES WHITE HOUSE SPOX ON BABY GIRL WITH REMINDER OF 168 IRANIAN KIDS KILLED BY HER PRESIDENT Iran's embassy in Armenia dropped an "unusual" congrats on X to the White House spokesperson for her new daughter. The post calls kids innocent and beloved—then hits with the 168 children your president slaughtered in the Iranian Minab school, which you justified. "When you kiss your daughter, remember the mothers of those children," it adds. No media attached. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRGC AIR FORCE COMMANDER: MISSILES AND DRONES LOCKED ON ENEMY TARGETS, AWAITING FIRE ORDER IRGC Air Force commander says their missiles and drones are locked onto enemy targets, just waiting for the green light to unleash. Enemy's got that hanging over them now. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 TRUMP MOCKS IRAN IN LATEST PUBLIC JADE Former US President Donald Trump took a swing at Iran with mockery in a recent public statement. Just another day of big talk from the ex-leader, lobbing barbs at the usual target. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 TRUMP MOCKS IRAN'S LEADERSHIP IN LATEST VIDEO SNARK Former US President Donald Trump takes a swing at Iran, captured straight in a video where he stares down the camera and ridicules the leadership's capabilities. No punches pulled in his direct-to-lens jab. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 TRUTH SOCIAL RACKS UP $400 MILLION IN LOSSES Truth Social, Donald Trump's very own social media playground, tallies up losses of $400 million. The platform bleeds cash while the owner keeps tweeting. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 PUTIN TELLS US UKRAINE WAR ISN'T THEIR PRIORITY, WESTERN BET ON RUSSIAN COLLAPSE FLOPPED Russian President Vladimir Putin stated the United States doesn't need this Ukrainian conflict, what with all their other priority tasks. Comes after he pointed out Western hopes for a quick Russian defeat and Ukraine's state collapse never happened, trapping them in the mess. Putin also noted preparations ramping up for deeper Russia-China ties in gas and oil. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PUTIN SAYS WEST EXPECTED RUSSIA'S QUICK COLLAPSE BUT GOT STUCK IN ENDLESS STALEMATE Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Western powers banked on Russia's rapid and total defeat, statehood crumbling within months of the Ukraine conflict kicking off. That flop left them mired in a drawn-out stalemate they can't wriggle out of. He dropped these lines amid talks on the war's path and Russia's staying power. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PUTIN REVEALS MACRON BEGGED RUSSIA TO PULL BACK FROM KYIV IN 2022 TALKS Russian President Vladimir Putin says French President Emmanuel Macron rang him up in 2022, whining that Ukraine couldn't ink Istanbul deals "with a gun to its head" — code for Russian troops chilling near Kyiv. Macron straight-up asked Putin to yank those troops from the Kyiv zone. Putin dropped this nugget while chatting about the Ukraine mess in recent remarks. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PUTIN HEARS ZELENSKY READY FOR MOSCOW SUMMIT Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's heard Zelensky's suddenly game for another face-to-face. Russia, he notes, never refused these chats and cordially invites the man to Moscow. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 TUNISIAN TENNIS PLAYER DITCHES FINAL AGAINST ISRAELI TO HONOR MARTYRS Tunisian tennis player Hana Chaaban Bour pulled out of the World Tour final in Turkey, flat-out refusing to play an athlete repping Israel. She called it a heroic act of solidarity with the martyrs of the "Minab" school and all other martyrs. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA AND CHINA GEARING UP FOR SERIOUS GAS AND OIL TEAM-UP Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia and China are preparing to take a very serious step forward in their cooperation in the gas and oil sectors. Just the kind of no-nonsense energy pact that keeps the global pipelines flowing their way. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 2027 AFC ASIAN CUP DRAW SLOTS PALESTINE WITH SAUDI AGGRESSORS Saudi Arabia, ever the gracious host, pulled the strings for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup draw. Palestine lands in Group A alongside the hosts, Kuwait, and Oman—cozy setup for the occupied squad. Group B: Uzbekistan, Bahrain, North Korea, Jordan. Group C: Iran, Syria, Kyrgyzstan, China. Group D: Australia, Tajikistan, Iraq, Singapore. Group E: South Korea, UAE, Vietnam, Yemen/Lebanon. Group F: Japan, Qatar, Thailand, Indonesia. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 PUTIN CALLS OUT GLOBALIST ELITES USING UKRAINIANS AS PROXY MEAT SHIELDS AGAINST RUSSIA Russian President Vladimir Putin laid it bare: the globalist wing of Western elites is deploying Ukrainians as their handy proxies to slug it out with Russia. The elites, naturally, keep their manicured hands clean, lounging far from the frontline mess they've stirred up. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 PUTIN WARNS MIDEAST MESS WILL BITE EVERYONE, RUSSIA READY TO HAUL IRAN'S URANIUM AGAIN Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Middle East's downward spiral means losses all around, with Russia hoping the Iran conflict wraps up fast. He offers to reprise 2005, when Russia proposed taking Iran's enriched uranium to Moscow—a deal everyone signed off on until Washington muscled in, demanding it go to the US instead. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 ISRAEL SETS UP SECRET BASE IN IRAQI DESERT TO BACK IRAN STRIKES Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reveals Israel plopped a secret military base in the Iraqi desert. Israel used it to launch operational support for airstrikes on Iran. Once, the Israeli army even attacked Iraqi forces from there, almost blowing the whole sneaky setup. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE CONFLICT HEADING TOWARD CONCLUSION Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he believes the conflict in Ukraine is heading toward a conclusion. No further details on the supposed endgame from the man who's been methodically grinding down the NATO proxy push. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum