Iran Phones Russia Immediately On Heels Of Trump's Announcement Of US-Iran Talks

Watch Live: Rubio, Bessent Convene 65 Nations For Global Crackdown On "Far-Left Political Terrorism" Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host delegations from 65 countries in Washington on Thursday morning to coordinate a specialized international response to combat what the Trump administration describes as a "resurgence" of far-left political terrorism. Watch Live here (due to start at 0910ET): CNN cited a senior State Department official who said the delegations will come from "across the Western Hemisphere, Asia, Europe, and beyond." The meeting will focus on countering the spread of far-left political violence...

Gulf Oil Is Available Again, But Asian Refiners Balk At Soaring Tanker Rates Iran and the US have a peace deal? check (for 60 days, allegedly).  Strait of Hormuz open? check (for 60 days, allegedly). Ships transiting freely? check (not really) Massive build up of Gulf oil desperate to reach Asian refiners? check. All great news, which means that oil should now flow freely and in huge amounts, right? Wrong: two of Asia's largest refiners, PetroChina and Indian Oil, failed to secure very large crude carriers to lift Iraqi Basrah crude in late June, Reuters reported, while...

Against the odds, the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the US and Iran appears to be holding, after threats and counter-threats. It may collapse, but it has survived a first round of talks between the two sides in Switzerland over the weekend. President Trump started a war on Iran against all sober guidance and in […]