'Punish Iran': Saudi Arabia & UAE Inch Closer To Joining US-Israeli War

New California DMV Rules Allow Autonomous Vehicles To Be Cited Authored by Lear Zhou via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), SAN FRANCISCO—Driverless vehicles such as Waymo robotaxis could be ticketed for moving violations, according to updated autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on April 28, to enhance safety, oversight, and enforcement requirements. Waymo driverless vehicles charge at a Waymo charging station in Santa Monica, Calif., on May 30, 2025. Daniel Cole/Reuters The new rules allow law enforcement agencies to cite the companies that own the AVs...

US Africa Command announced on Friday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on February 13 targeting the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region, marking at least the 31st US airstrike in the country this year. AFRICOM offered no details on the strike other than saying it was launched about 30 miles southeast […]

Iraq Tells Buyers To Collect Crude Which Can Now Cross Hormuz, While US Boosts Ship Reinsurance Guarantees To $40BN Over the long weekend, we reported that with traffic across the Hormuz strait continuing to rise, and reaching the highest since the war began, one particularly favorable development was Iran's permission for Iraqi ships to use the Strait. We also noted that this declaration had the potential to unleash as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes. That said, there was the caveat that it was not immediately clear...