Trump Backtracks on 20% Hormuz Strait Fee, Says He Wants ‘Trade and Investment Deals’ From Gulf States

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...

Teacher Exposes Chaos: Violence, Drugs, & Prostitution At 75% Migrant School In Germany Via Remix News, A German teacher has described a secondary school in the Rhineland where violence, drug dealing, and severe behavioral problems have become part of everyday life, including one case in which a 15-year-old girl allegedly prostituted herself in the school toilets for drugs and money. Speaking anonymously to Bild, special education teacher “Carola S.” said around 75 percent of students at her school have a migrant background, with many having arrived from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan or Ukraine. “It’s all...

Treasury Department Alerts US Banks To Suspected Iranian Money Laundering Efforts Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes ​Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on May 11 issued an alert to financial institutions warning them of efforts by ​the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to evade sanctions. The U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington on June 30, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times FinCEN said in a statement that the IRGC has been facilitating and laundering the proceeds of illicit oil sales using networks of financial facilitators...