Barnacle Scrapers Cash In As Persian Gulf Shipping Bottleneck Eases

In the wake of the US and Iran announcing a Memorandum of Understanding to end the conflict between the two nations that includes a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israeli ministers have said Israel isn’t bound by the agreement. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed that the IDF will not withdraw from its so-called “security zones” in […]

President Trump said on Friday that the US Navy was acting “like pirates” while enforcing the blockade against Iran, comments that affirm Tehran’s characterization of the US military action, which has involved seizing ships and Iranian oil. “We … land on top of it and we took over the ship,” Trump told a crowd of […]

Pro-EU Ruling Party Wins Armenia Election In Landslide, Kremlin Blasts Western Interference Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party has won parliamentary elections, according to Monday's result, after a vote which has signified the small Caucasus nation's major pro-Western shift. His Civil Contract party secured 49.81 percent of the vote, while the main opposition party Strong Armenia - seen as pro-Moscow, finished a distant second with 23.29 percent. National turnout in the country of three million people was close to 60%. Pashinyan claimed a "historic victory that will ensure Armenia’s eternity and development" while...