Trump: Hezbollah Agrees Shooting Will Stop & Israel Will Avert Attack On Beirut

Pakistan Uses Diplomacy To Secure LNG Supply from Hormuz Submitted by Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Pakistan has negotiated the passage of vessels laden with Qatari LNG out of the Strait of Hormuz in a diplomatic feat that no other energy buyer has managed so far in the Iran war. Pakistan, which was the mediator of the U.S.-Iran talks and is passing messages from one to the other, appears to have used well its close ties with both Qatar and Iran to negotiate the successful imports of two tankers with Qatari LNG. Pakistan has...

Cuba Says US Waging A 'War Without Bombs' Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com Lianys Torres Rivera, Cuba’s top diplomat in the US, has told Bloomberg that the Trump administration is unwilling to continue talks with the island nation and described the ramped-up US oil embargo, which has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis in the country, as a "war without bombs." "The channel for dialogue is at a complete standstill," Torres Rivera told the outlet, adding that the two sides are unable to set a basic agenda. SOPA Images via Reuters Connect Since the US attack...

Which Countries Think They're On The Right Track? Public confidence in national direction varies dramatically around the world. Respondents in several Asian countries are broadly optimistic, while majorities across much of Europe and the Americas believe their countries are on the wrong track. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks 30 countries by the percentage of adults ages 16 to 74 who believe their country is moving in the right or wrong direction. The visualization uses 2026 survey data from Ipsos Global Opinion Polls and covers 25,709 respondents. Asian Optimism in 2026 Asian countries dominate...