Pakistan & Afghanistan Exchange Heavy Fire After Short-Lived Truce

Two Drones Shot Down Over NATO Airspace In Less Than 24 Hours This week has witnessed more dangerous Ukraine war spillover aerial activity in Eastern Europe. In a fresh instance, Romania's defense ministry is reporting that two drones entered the country's airspace in less than 24 hours. The military said that radar systems had earlier picked up a drone "operating in the vicinity of the Ukrainian border" Saturday morning - after which F-16 fighter jets were scrambled and successfully shot it down. Source: Romanian Air Force The NATO member state's defense ministry continued by...

The death toll in the September 7 Saudi strike on a prison in Yemen’s northern al-Jawf province has risen to 23 as rescue workers have pulled more bodies out of the rubble, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Initial reports said that at least seven people, including a child, were killed by the airstrike, but […]

Here's What's Happening Inside Convenience Stores As Gas And Diesel Spike We continue to track convenience store trends as an indicator of working-class sentiment, building on our coverage of the spending pullback that emerged early in the US-Iran conflict. That weakness persisted into late summer as August's fuel-price spike put further pressure on household budgets. The Gulf conflict and a global refining squeeze pushed regular gasoline above $4.50 a gallon and diesel above $5.50 in August, leaving consumers with less room for discretionary purchases. Jefferies food analyst Scott Marks published a...