In The Hindu today, I write about the opportunities and challenges the centrality of #ChabaharPort presents for both India and Iran, and why US is misreading the importance of this play, which is Delhi's neighbourhood thinking and not West Asia policy. thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

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Two Tajiks arrested in Belarus for reportedly planning a terrorist attack in Tajikistan ria.ru/20240524/minsk…

How Kyiv foiled plot by rogue colonels to assassinate spy chief

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US expected to lift ban on sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia on.ft.com/4aw9bzD

Canadian ISIS: Toronto-area ISIS fundraising network members murdered victim who was about to report them to police, according to prosecutor. globalnews.ca/news/10523629/…

Inside the Decision to Kill Iran’s Qassem Soleimani theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

#Germany
Two men from #Stuttgart and #Weinheim , respectively, in custody on suspicion of plotting a stabbing attack against synagogue visitors in #Heidelberg with intent to provoke a lethal response from police.
Joint DA and Landeskriminalamt BW press release (🇩🇪):
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Call for the public to 'ACT Early' following arrest of 14-year-old boy for terrorism offence - boy arrested “on suspicion of possessing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism” news.met.police.uk/news/call-for-…

Man charged with terrorism offence linked to travel to Syria - 31 y/o Isa Giga had reportedly fought with ‘Jaysh Al Fath’ news.met.police.uk/news/man-charg…

Are These Drones Too Chinese to Pass U.S. Muster in an Anti-China Moment? nytimes.com/2024/05/24/bus…

Jailed Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Says He Doesn’t Want a Pardon: ‘I Have No Regrets’ - a letter from a supporter “from Three Rivers, Mich.: “We are pulling for you. Lift weights. Don’t get a prison TAT…unless it’s a MAGA.”” wsj.com/us-news/law/pe…

How Putin hijacked Austria’s spy service — and is now gunning for its government politico.eu/article/vladim…

Chad names its China envoy as new prime minister reut.rs/3yAy7sn

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Malaysia’s Anwar Says Hamas Sees Him as Friend Amid Peace Talks bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Jake Sullivan, within hours, contradicts Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP’ claim this morning that China has sent or will soon send lethal aid to Russia. “We have not seen that to date. I look forward to speaking with the UK to make sure that we have a common operating picture.”

Foreign Purchase of U.S. Ammo Maker Sparks National-Security Battle wsj.com/politics/natio…