Report: Turkey Preparing for Influx of Refugees From Iran if US Attacks

Iran To Grant China, 'Friendly' Countries 'Special Consideration' On Hormuz Fees Via The Cradle Iran's ambassador to China stated on Saturday that the Islamic Republic would impose service fees on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, but that China and other "friendly" countries would be granted "special considerations." During a speech at the World Peace Forum in Beijing on Saturday, Iranian Ambassador Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli affirmed that Iran was working in "collaboration and cooperation" with Oman on "new arrangements" for the strait. via Associated Press Ships passing through Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world's oil...

Brazil's Socialist Lula Cries 'Foreign Interference' At UN As Bolsonaro Ties Him In Runoff Polls "Flávio Bolsonaro has moved marginally ahead of Lula in a potential run-off, with the race effectively tied," Daniel Lavarda, HSBC's head of Brazil macroeconomic research, wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.  Lavarda said, "Worsening approval ratings weigh on Lula's prospects, reducing probability of re-election to 18% (per to our model)," adding, "With the race tied up, the outcome will hinge on late-campaign developments, turnout and ability to mobilize voters."  Lavarda's latest note on the Brazilian election...

D.C. Feds Launch "Summer Surge" To Crack Down On Youth Crime U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and federal law enforcement officials held a press conference around midday Friday to announce a "Summer Surge" under the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force ahead of America 250 events across the Capital Beltway. The urgency reflects a decades-long, disturbing pattern of elevated summer violent crime by youths, worsened by failed progressive policies from left-wing officials in the D.C. area and extending into the Baltimore metro area, which have allowed juveniles to terrorize law-abiding citizens...