US To Issue Limited Passports With Trump's Image For America's 250th Anniversary

"It's Getting Worse": HSBC Warns Commodities Face Squeeze As Chokepoint Chaos Spreads The key takeaway heading into the weekend is that maritime chokepoint chaos has spread from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, while fighting across the Black Sea has intensified between Russia and Ukraine. The widening disruptions have prompted several institutional desks this week to warn that a potential squeeze on physical commodity markets could send prices from energy to agricultural goods higher. "The Middle East conflict has escalated, putting a substantial squeeze back into commodity markets,"...

Houthis Seize Yemen Parliament Speaker's Home, Cut Taiz-Aden Lifeline As All-Out War Erupts Iran-aligned Houthi forces have seized the home of Yemen's parliament speaker, Sultan al-Barakani, during a lightning advance south of Taiz that has also cut one of the government's most important remaining supply routes, according to reports.  Multiple Yemeni and regional outlets reported Sunday that Houthi fighters entered al-Barakani's residence in Wadi al-Barakani, south of Taiz, and established positions inside. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported the seizure citing field sources, while Al-Ain placed the property in the Al-Ma'afer district and said...

Escobar: How Trump Tried To Bribe The Head Of The IRGC Authored by Pepe Escobar, Empire of Chaos, Lies, Plunder, Piracy. And bribes. Mike Pompeo, former aspiring Tony Soprano, admitted: “We lie, we cheat, we steal.” And we bribe. A Transition Protocol source, as we revealed live, is unequivocal: The President of the United States – despite having “won” the war on Iran countless times, at least in the Vociferation stakes – made a major attempt to induce IRGC Commander-in-Chief Gen. Ahmad Vahidi and senior Iranian military leadership to break with the government in...