The US May Have Shot Down a Small Hobby Balloon With a Sidewinder Missile

The head of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) made a surprise visit to Venezuela to meet with the interim government. “SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan concluded a visit to Venezuela today for productive meetings with Venezuelan interim authorities,” a statement from SOUTHCOM posted on Thursday said. “SOUTHCOM is committed to advancing the National Security Strategy […]

According to Oxford Economics, an independent economic advisory firm, in late March the price of the two main fertilizer ingredients, ammonia and urea, spiked 20% and 50% respectively in response to disruptions in the Persian Gulf. Now that Iran has established a blockade and tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz in response to the United States […]

Key Russian Baltic Oil Port Of Primorsk Resumes Loading After Ukraine Attack Russia’s top oil port in the Baltic Sea, Primorsk, resumed loading days after it came under attack from Ukrainian drones, although Bloomberg notes that the company that pipes crude there said it is trying to divert barrels elsewhere because of the incidents. Ukraine attacked Russia’s largest oil port in the Baltic Sea to prevent it from benefiting from rising oil prices: about 60% of Russia’s maritime oil exports pass through the port of Primorsk. pic.twitter.com/M2ghU0o6i1 — Open Source Intel (@Osint613)...