US Launches Airstrikes in Nigeria for Third Day in a Row

S&P Futures Jump To Record, Oil Tumbles On Report Iran Foreign Minister Going To Pakistan US equity futures jumped to a new all time high, reversing modest overnight losses, and oil tumbled to session lows on reports that Iran is sending a delegation to Pakistan today for talks, boosting hopes of ceasefire extension or more. Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi is expected to arrive in Islamabad at 22:00 local time (1:00pm ET), the NY Post reports. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures rallied as much a 0.6% to a new all...

Israeli forces continue to be active south of the Yellow Line established last week in Lebanon, destroying villages and building up a command structure to support an open ended military occupation of that territory. The IDF is said to envision not only occupying the southern-most “buffer zone” inside Lebanon, but also to create what Israeli […]

As The Worms Turn... Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "They’re holed up in a bank demanding three large pizzas, a helicopter, and a personal phone call from Sydney Sweeney..." - Greg Gutfeld on Iran’s negotiating position The Russians have a phrase for it: negotiation-incapable (ne peregovorosposobny). That is what the Iran delegation demonstrated during a long day of talks with the US team over the weekend in Islamabad. What part of “no nukes” didn’t they understand? All of it, apparently. The corollary question on the table — arguably more pressing for Iran — was:...