Trump Says No Talks Scheduled With Iran, Claims Strait of Hormuz Is Open Despite Ship Attacks

German Parliament Moves To Criminalize Denying Israel's "Right To Exist" Various European initiatives and policies which criminalize "holocaust denial" have for years dominated headlines and driven immense controversy over freedom of speech and public debate. But Germany is now taking it a big step further, with the Bundesrat, Germany's upper house of parliament, having just approved a bill that would criminalize publicly denying Israel's "right to exist" or calling for its abolition. via Reuters If passed into law, a conviction would bring up to five years in prison, according to the proposed legal change. The...

Russia Buying Gasoline From India To Tackle Shortages Russia, whose refining capacity has come under significant strain in recent months, has started seaborne imports of gasoline from India (the same country it exports millions of barrels of oil to), Reuters reported citing industry ​sources, in an effort to mitigate fuel shortages triggered by ‌Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure. Fuel shortages are being felt across Russia's 11 time zones with rationing, long queues at filling stations and a record gasoline price increase, as a result of relentless Ukraine strikes on the...

America’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, has left the Middle East and is at a Greek port. The Department of War says the ship sustained damage from a laundry fire.  President Donald Trump ordered the Ford aircraft carrier strike group to relocate from Latin America, where it was involved in operations against […]