Erdogan's Ottoman Gambit: Turkey Prepares For New Regional Order

Republican Mayor Celebrates African Refugees As The "New Pioneers" A Republican mayor in Utah is catching heat for turning the state's traditional Pioneer Day into a celebration of African refugees, dubbing them the modern-day equivalents of the Mormon settlers who founded the Beehive State. Provo Mayor Marsha Judkins posted an Instagram message this week praising African migrants who have resettled in Utah's fourth-largest city. Judkins said that Utahns mark Pioneer Day to "recognize those who journeyed west in search of religious freedom and the opportunity to build a better future free from...

Tehran Doubles Down On Hormuz Demands As Hardline IRGC Commander Promoted To National Security Chief After President Trump said Sunday that the US is now "low-keying it" with Iran and only "semi-negotiating" following a top Iranian security official having laid out multiple stringent conditions for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, oil is edging higher on Monday. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money," Trump told Axios reporter Barak Ravid in comments we analyzed earlier, signaling his return to an...