Trump Claims ‘Total Control’ Over Strait of Hormuz

US Futures Resume Rally As Iran Optimism Returns The optimism that helped list the S&P on 11 of the prior 12 days, and the Nasdaq on 13 consecutive days until Monday's modest pullback, is back - because one can apparently draw the same exact event for 3 weeks now - and sending US equity futures higher again on signs that Iran will attend talks with the US, while the US president said it’s “highly unlikely” that he’d extend the truce. As of 8:00am, S&P 500 futures rose 0.4%, rebounding from Monday’s...

Following President Donald Trump’s announcement that a deal to disarm Hamas had been reached, Israeli officials said Tel Aviv has no intention of withdrawing its forces from Gaza.  “Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza,” the President wrote on Truth […]

Following a series of new evacuation orders in southern Lebanon, Israeli forces carried out a flurry of airstrikes against east and southeastern Lebanon, including the Bekaa Valley, killing at least 12 people, including women and children. The largest attack was against the village of Mashghara, and killed 11 people, wounding 15 others, according to the […]