Despite the Freedom Party's victory in the Austrian elections, leaders of other parties and the Federal President are trying to exclude the winners from participating in a government.

Pertaining to the “Israel-Ukraine dilemma”, the Jewish state is clearly the winner. The US goal thus far has been to contain the Islamic Republic of Iran without actually going to war - and it has therefore worked hard to curb the Israelis. This tension management policy is risky and may end up untenable.

As all of its other programs failed, the US is now desperate to at least match regional powers such as North Korea and Iran. What's more, the latter very likely also gave its hypersonic missiles to allies in the Middle East (specifically in Yemen), making America's embarrassment all the worse.

Kiev would never be allowed to have such weapons, neither by the West or Russia.

Zelensky’s “Victory Plan” receives mixed reactions from allies.

The BRICS summit will be held in Kazan, Russia on October 22-24, in which an important meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected. There has been no direct conversation between the two leaders after the Galwan conflict of 2020. Russia's mediation may be important in this summit