Israel Continues Relentless Attacks in Gaza, Killing Seven Palestinians in 24 Hours

Aramco CEO Says Energy Market May Not Normalize Until 2027 Amid Billion-Barrel Supply Shock From the Trump administration's recent Project Freedom push to mounting warnings from Wall Street analysts, security experts, energy strategists, and major oil company executives, there is a growing sense that the global energy market is quickly approaching a breaking point due to the heavily disrupted Strait of Hormuz. There was good news over the weekend, as a Qatari LNG tanker transited the Hormuz chokepoint. However, a second tanker from the energy-rich Gulf country abruptly made a U-turn...

Bessent Keeps Running Tally Of China As "Unreliable Global Partner" - Count Now Stands At Three Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters Tuesday that Beijing’s panic hoarding of crude and refined products, while refusing to join the rest of the world in releasing supplies to offset the Gulf energy shock, has now demonstrated for the third time in five years that China is an "unreliable global partner." "China has been an unreliable global partner three times in the past five years; once during COVID, when they hoarded healthcare products, second on...

US Sanctions Cambodian Senator Linked To Crypto Romance Scam Centers Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States on April 23 imposed sanctions on a wealthy Cambodian senator, Kok An, who allegedly ran crypto-romance scam centers that stole millions of dollars from U.S. citizens. Thai soldiers stand outside an abandoned scam center in O'Smach town on the border between Thailand and Cambodia on March 12, 2026. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images Kok, 71, is a political ally of Hun Sen, who served as Cambodian prime minister for 25...