Beijing Cries Foul Over Chinese Scientist's Death Following Alleged US Interrogation - Feds Tight-Lipped

The US-Israeli war against Iran is already expanding into Lebanon with an Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon, but Reuters is now reporting that the Trump Administration is keen to drag Syria into the conflict as well, encouraging its Islamist government to invade Lebanon and fight Hezbollah. Citing multiple Syrian officials familiar with the situation, […]

BOJ Keeps Rates On Hold In Rare 6-3 Vote Split As It Warns Of Looming Stagflation In the first G5 central bank announcement of the week, overnight the Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate in a 6-3 vote, despite forecasting a sharp rise in inflation as the war in the Middle East sends commodity prices higher and clouds the global economic outlook while testing Japan's given its exposure to rising energy prices. While the decision on Tuesday to keep rates at about 0.75% was in line with market expectations,...

Iran fired missiles at Israel in response to the IDF bombing Beirut. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that it will not tolerate violations of the ceasefire and aggression against Lebanon. Tonight, the aggressors received their response,” Mohsen Rezaee, the military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, wrote on X. “This response is a warning […]