Iran Says US Bombed Cargo Vessels, Not IRGC Boats, and Killed Five Civilians

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s candidacy to return to the position was meant to have been vetoed last month by President Trump, who denounced Maliki as “insane” and threatened to withhold all US support if he returned to office. There was talk of a Sunday ultimatum for him to step down. Monday morning, Maliki […]

A Property Tax Rebellion Is Emerging In America Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, At a petition table inside a Cleveland area gun show on a drizzly Saturday afternoon, citizens talk of an American Dream derailed. There’s the elderly couple who paid off their mortgage decades ago but can’t afford the property taxes on their home. Their local government, theoretically, can seize the property and auction it off to someone else if the annual bills remain unpaid. Then there’s the recent retiree who took a part-time job at Lowe’s to pay...

Hurricane Polo Disrupts Mexican Ports, Puts Key Asia Trade Gateways At Risk Hurricane Polo weakened to a Category 4 storm early Wednesday after strengthening into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm and churning 210 miles south of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean. The storm risks disrupting critical maritime shipping lanes along Mexico's Pacific coast. FreightWaves reports that Mexico's Navy restricted major container port Manzanillo to ships of at least 500 gross tonnage beginning Tuesday morning, allowing container ships to continue operating while barring smaller craft. Ships already docked at the...