US Should Start Removing Its Troops From Germany, Proposes AfD Co-Leader Chrupalla

The Shooting In The Strait Ain't Over, But... Authored by Larry Johnson via Sonar21.com A little over a week since the US and Iran signed the MoU, some ships that had been trapped in the Persian rushed to travel through the corridor, with many trying to use an alternative route on the southern side of the Strait along the Omani coast. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) had coordinated this alternative routing with Oman - hugging the UAE and Musandam Peninsula coastline, avoiding the central passage that Iran had mined. This route...

US Humanitarian Response Begins In Quake-Ravaged Venezuela, Are Hospital Ships Next? Summary US Phase One Of Humanitarian Response Begins Buildings collapsed in several districts of Caracas Venezuela declared a state of emergency after the earthquakes  Secretary of State Marco Rubio Deploys First Responders  Trump Says "U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help"  USGS Says Quakes May Prompt "International Response"  USGS Fears Death Toll Ranging Between 10k - 100k  Phase One Of Humanitarian Response Begins  Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio provided reporters with an update on America's efforts to help Venezuelans after two massive earthquakes rocked the Caracas metro...

Aluminum Supply Shock: Top Gulf Producer Halts Operations After Iran Strike, Price To Spike Over the weekend, both Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) - the largest aluminum producers in the Gulf - and Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) reported drone attacks damaging smelting facilities after hits on Iranian steel infrastructure last week. Neither company (at the time) confirmed whether supply will be impacted, but this morning the worst case appears to be confirmed with Reuters reporting that according to a Wednesday note by consultancy Wood Mackenzie "EGA's Al Taweelah facility in the United Arab Emirates halted...