Trump Says ‘We Make a Lot of Money’ When Oil Prices Go Up as His Iran War Makes Americans Pay More at the Pump

Azerbaijan's "Multi-Vector Alignment" Poses A Serious Challenge To Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko, The “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” is poised to become a military-logistics corridor for expanding NATO influence along Russia’s southern periphery and could thus force Putin into the zero-sum dilemma of accepting this or authorizing military action in an attempt to preempt it. Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev recently published an insightful piece asking whether former Soviet Republics are moving “Towards Genuine Multi-Vector Alignment?” This is described as “systematic efforts to create and maintain, insofar as...

US, Iran Deal 'Closer' Means 'Framework' Still Being Hammered Out For 'Monthlong' Talks Summary Axios reports that the White House is nearing a preliminary deal with Iran to end the war, as Trump post appears to offer olive branch. Other reports say just hammering out at 'framework' for 'monthlong' talks. White House says it expects a response to the latest offer within 48 hours. Iran's initial response via media & national security spox: US demands are unrealistic & do not reflect reality, & Axios report based on too much 'speculation'. A key caveat of...

US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia as the Trump administration continues an escalated bombing campaign in the country that receives virtually no media coverage in the US. AFRICOM said the strike was launched on April 21 and that it targeted al-Shabaab near a […]