Deadlocked At Square Zero: Very First Line Of Iran's Latest Proposal 'Unacceptable,' Trump Says

President Donald Trump said that he was cutting engagement in the Pakistani-hosted talks with Iran.  “If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines,” the President told Fox News on Sunday. “They know what has to be in […]

China's Teapot Refiners Poised to Ramp Up Iranian Oil Buying By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com China’s independent refiners are likely to return to buying higher volumes of Iran’s crude oil this month as stockpiles in Shandong, home to the independent Chinese refiners, have dropped to the lowest level this year after the biggest estimated monthly draw in a decade. For most of the Middle East conflict, now in its sixth month, China’s independent refiners, the so-called teapots, have drawn on their reserves and limited purchases and imports amid spiking international crude oil...

US Africa Command announced on Friday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on February 13 targeting the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region, marking at least the 31st US airstrike in the country this year. AFRICOM offered no details on the strike other than saying it was launched about 30 miles southeast […]