Futures Drop, Yields And Oil Rise On Latest Middle East Hostilities

Oil Spikes As Iran Denies Progress Despite Hasty Lebanon Truce: US Talks Halted For 'At Least A Few Days' Summary: Washington has seen the Lebanon partial truce as opportunity enough to press forward on broader talks, with Trump saying he expects a broader Iran deal "over the next week". But Fars denies this Tuesday: "exchange of messages between Iran & the US has been stopped for at least a few days" on MOU. In Lebanon, "While the ceasefire appears to be largely holding, there was further violence overnight," reports BBC, with more dead & wounded...

Rubio Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court President & Top Lawyer Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday new sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as tensions flare between the court and the Trump administration. “These individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction,” his statement said. The ICC, he added, has attempted to “assert authority over” over U.S. citizens and nationals of other nations that have not consented to...

5 Future Scenarios For Post-Conflict Iran Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times, There likely are more than five scenarios that Iranians could opt for as hostilities unwind, but the following five visions represent the paths Iran could take this year. Will 2026 onward become the Third Islamic Republic, following the first (1979-1989) and the second (1989-2026)? We can only speculate on the outcome of this third evolution, which might or might not be powered by clerics. First, in the fluid situation on the ground in Iran, There are many forces...