Iraqi Father Arrested In Sweden For Beating, Imprisoning Daughter In Italy Over Forced Marriage Plot

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday threatened to “aggressively” target Oman with sanctions if it was involved in “facilitating tolls” in the Strait of Hormuz, a warning that came after President Trump threatened to “blow up” the country. “The United States Government will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the […]

When Global Order Begins To Fracture Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup blog, There are moments in history when the world changes with noise — sirens, speeches, falling statues. And then there are moments when it changes so quietly that almost nobody realizes it is happening. We are living through the second kind. No formal announcement marked the transition. No historic summit collapsed on live television. No leader stepped forward to say: the old rules no longer apply. And yet, somewhere between the war in Ukraine, the tightening strategic alignment between Russia and China, and the silent...

Logic, Logistics, And At Least Another 10 Days... By Michael Every of Rabobank Thursday was a rocky day in markets ahead of today’s deadline for the US to shift from bombing Iran’s nuclear, missile, drone, military-industrial, and regime sites to destroying its electricity grid, potentially taking out its power generation for a generation, and unleashing an Iranian response against the broader region’s power, water, and energy infrastructure. Given that backdrop, some TACO the view it was logical Trump subsequently extended the deadline to 8PM EST on Monday 6 April, because “talks are...