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Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint
Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint An anti-ship cruise missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea near a key maritime chokepoint known as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where nearly 10% of all crude traded at sea passes through. Reuters quoted Houthi military […]
3,000 US Troops Enter Gulf Region In Latest Escalation With Iran
3,000 US Troops Enter Gulf Region In Latest Escalation With Iran Two American warships with over 3,000 newly deployed US military personnel between them have entered the Red Sea, new statements confirm Monday, as part of the Pentagon’s efforts to thwart Iranian seizures of international vessels in regional waters. The US Fifth Fleet announced Monday the ships have transited […]
Desertification: An Existential Crisis For Iran
Desertification: An Existential Crisis For Iran Iran is grappling with severe desertification and water scarcity, leading to potentially uninhabitable territories, contributing to internal migration and posing a threat of mass exodus. Tehran’s attempts to mitigate water scarcity have led to dam-building and water-intensive irrigation projects that have contributed to the drying up of rivers and […]
BRICS Nations Developing “New Currency” as Quest for Global De-Dollarization Accelerates
BRICS Nations Developing “New Currency” as Quest for Global De-Dollarization Accelerates China and Brazil recently finalized a trade deal in their own currencies completely bypassing the dollar, but that’s not the only bad news for the world’s reserve currency. Last week, a Russian official announced that the BRICS nations are working to develop a “new currency,” […]
Iran-Saudi Rapprochement Will Deal A Deathblow To The Dollar
Iran-Saudi Rapprochement Will Deal A Deathblow To The Dollar Jacob Lawrence Struggle: From the History of the American People, Panel 8 1954Eurasia’s geo-economic integration took a great leap forward as a result of the Iranian–Saudi rapprochement, which unlocks the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) trade potential with Russia and China. Its wealthy members can now tap into two series of […]
Iran, Russia integrate banking systems
Iran, Russia integrate banking systems 52 Iranian and 106 Russian banks integrated their interbank communication and transfer systems for trade and financial operations (Photo Credit : Atta Kenare/AFP) A top Iranian official announced on 30 January that Iran and Russia had integrated their interbank communication and transfer systems to help enhance trade and financial operations […]
Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle
Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey (AP) — Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says. He’s already […]
Crude Prices Jump After Israeli Tanker Hit By Iranian Drone Off Oman Coast
Crude Prices Jump After Israeli Tanker Hit By Iranian Drone Off Oman Coast Crude prices are higher Wednesday morning after a bomb-carrying drone on Tuesday evening struck an oil tanker owned by an Israeli billionaire, The Associated Press reported. The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon was approximately 150 miles off the Omani coast at 730 pm local […]
Saudis Arabia, US On High Alert After Warning Of Imminent Iranian Attack; US Prepared To Respond
Saudis Arabia, US On High Alert After Warning Of Imminent Iranian Attack; US Prepared To Respond With oil prices set to soar after the midterms as the SPR drain ends and markets no longer have desperate democrats to help fulfill their immediate energy needs, moments ago the WSJ unveiled another potential oil price powder keg, so to […]
Advocating World War Three Is Just Mainstream Punditry Now
Advocating World War Three Is Just Mainstream Punditry Now Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Mainstream punditry in the latter half of 2022 is rife with op-eds arguing that the US needs to vastly increase military spending because a world war is about to erupt, and they always frame it as though this would […]
War with Iran
War with Iran The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran. Biden at Bat – by Mr. Fish The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 […]
Food Riots In Sri Lanka Turn Deadly As Protesters Beat Up Police, Burn Down Politicians’ Houses
Food Riots In Sri Lanka Turn Deadly As Protesters Beat Up Police, Burn Down Politicians’ Houses Two months ago, we noted the first Arab Spring 2.0 incident when, as a result of soaring food, energy (and everything else) prices, thousands of angry Iraqis took to the street to protest. Needless to say, their complaints did not get much […]
Falling oil inventories is what matters, not geopolitics: Eric Nuttall
Falling oil inventories is what matters, not geopolitics: Eric Nuttall Video: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/falling-oil-inventories-is-what-matters-not-geopolitics-eric-nuttall~2382581?fbclid=IwAR35n9dgxwTWlZkX2bEYyy72SOGJR0eQM3MkFzRENmj9S8oDz0xkI9XfP8o Oil prices are retreating as tensions between Russia and Ukraine ease and investors grow more concerned about an Iran nuclear deal, so what does it all mean for the oil market long-term? Eric Nuttall, partner and senior portfolio manager of Ninepoint Partners, joins […]
