Israel Launches Overnight Attacks on South Syrian Army Camps

EU Is Launching A Mission To Board Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers In The Indian Ocean The European Union has authorized its naval mission in the Indian Ocean (apparently there is one) to stop and board Russian shadow fleet tankers suspected of operating under false flags, the bloc announced on Wednesday. The Spanish Navy frigate Santa María F81, deployed as part of the European Union Naval Force Operation ATALANTA, seen off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 24, 2025. EU member states have authorized Operation Atalanta, the union’s counter-piracy naval mission off...

Shale Giant Diamondback Is Boosting Oil Output "Immediately" On Soaring Prices With oil prices soaring to multi-year highs, it was only a matter of time: Diamondback Energy, one of the largest shale oil producers, announced it is boosting crude output in response to rising prices caused by the Iran war. The company that operates in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico is pumping more than 520,000 barrels a day, 3% more than its original full-year guidance, and plans to sustains those levels, Chief Executive Officer Kaes Van’t Hof...

LA County Steals $5M Fire Relief For ICE-Raid Checks Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, In bombshell findings, Los Angeles County sliced a wildfire housing fund in half and steered the cash toward households claiming income loss from ICE raids, detentions, and deportations - without requiring anyone to disclose immigration status. Taxpayers who watched entire neighborhoods burn in January 2025 now watch the same government treat federal immigration enforcement as another "emergency" worthy of six-figure rent wipeouts. After the Eaton and Palisades fires, supervisors approved $10 million to help tenants and...