In Scramble To Open Up Hormuz, France & Italy Open Talks With Iran After India's Request

Iryna Zarutska's Accused Killer Found Incompetent To Stand Trial In Charlotte Stabbing In a development that has reignited outrage over North Carolina’s handling of violent repeat offenders and the mentally ill, the man accused of savagely murdering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train - saying "I got that white girl" - has been declared “incapable to proceed” with his state murder trial. Decarlos Brown Jr., a 35-year-old homeless man with a long criminal history and diagnosed schizophrenia, was evaluated at Central Regional Hospital on December 29, 2025. Court...

US Launches Third Round Of Strikes On Iran After IRGC Closes Hormuz, Attacks Containership Update 8:40pm ET. At 7:15pm ET, the US launched its third round of strikes on Iran this week after Tehran declared that it’s closing the Strait of Hormuz “until further notice", and Iranian forces attacked a Cyprus-flagged container ship, the M/V GFS Galaxy, transiting the Strait of Hormuz.  US Central Command said that President Donald Trump ordered the fresh strikes, which targeted Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels, after the latest Iranian attack on the Hormuz-crossing vessel. Central Command said...

UK Jet Fuel Rationing Risks Emerge As Goldman Warns Of "Extreme Physical Tightness" Brent crude futures briefly tumbled below $100 a barrel on Wednesday morning after an Axios report indicated the Trump administration and Tehran were working toward a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Still, any near-term peace deal would not immediately normalize the badly fractured global energy supply chains. Crude products markets remain physically tight, and the damage from months of disrupted tanker flows will take time to unwind. Some countries...