Italy Cuts Fuel Taxes As Iran Crisis Drives Oil Higher; Germany Refuses Relief Despite Windfall

The US military has identified the third soldier killed by an Iranian missile attack in Jordan on July 17 as Iran continues targeting US bases across the region, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it inflicted more US casualties. The soldier, Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, was initially reported […]

Hamas Announces Dissolution Of Gaza Government, But Israel Warns It's A Sham Hamas formally announced Monday the final dissolution of its government in Gaza amid preparations to hand power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of a Trump-brokered ceasefire deal. The hardline Islamist group, which has fought Israel in a war for survival - especially since its brutal Oct.7 2023 terror attacks on southern Israel - has not indicated whether it will fully disarm, however. There's as yet no indication it will comply with handing over...

Pentagon Conducts First Military Drill In Venezuela Since Maduro Overthrow On Saturday, the US military conducted a highly visible drill right in the heart of Caracas, marking the first known American military exercise on Venezuelan soil since the chaotic January 3rd operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The show of force involved two US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft touching down near the recently reopened US Embassy in Caracas, which went operational only two months ago, in March. via Reuters "The drill, which the Venezuelan government said it had authorized as an evacuation...