From Porn Star To Politician: Amaranta Hank Sworn In To Colombia's Congress

Huge Provocation: Russia-Installed Official In Ukraine Hosts Talks With North Korean Envoy Both Kiev and Washington have been met with a new provocation related to North Korea's role in supporting Russia during the over four-year long Ukraine war, at a moment Russia continues to claim sovereignty over Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Ukraine and its Western backers have vehemently rejected Russia's hold on Ukrainian territory, and efforts to annex and politically normalize the occupation. But now, for the first time a Russian-installed official in Kherson is hosting North Korean diplomats in...

Israel’s escalation of their military operations in southwest Syria, as reported in recent weeks, reached a new level over the past 24 hours when the IDF was reported to have carried out multiple attacks on the Daraa and Quneitra Governorate, firing artillery into the area and sending ground troops into multiple towns in the area […]

WTI Holds Losses As Cushing Hits 'Tank Bottoms', US Production At Record Highs Oil prices are testing down to pre-war levels this morning as more tankers cross the Strait of Hormuz and signs of progress in US-Iran peace talks eased fears of an immediate supply crunch. Vessels are transiting Hormuz with their satellite signals switched on, indicating growing confidence among shipowners about safe passage of the chokepoint, through which about a fifth of global oil supplies transited before the war. The International Maritime Organization also said it had received safety guarantees allowing hundreds of...