Pentagon Weighing Permanent Smaller US Presence In Gulf (Just Don't Call It Retreat)

Iran Rejects Direct US Talks Amid Escalation As Israel Attacks Key Petrochemical Plant At South Pars Gas Field Summary:  A Sunday night Axios report on a US-proposed 45-day ceasefire has by Monday morning been rejected by Iran: diplomatic talks are "absolutely incompatible with ultimatums, crimes, and threats to commit war crimes," the Foreign Ministry said. Israel strikes large petrochemical plant at South Pars, which is responsible for half of the country’s petrochemical production. There's been another extension of what had been a 10-day deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz - a...

Coalition Unveils Plan To Dismantle Australia's Net Zero Goals Authored by Lucinda Garbutt-Young via The Epoch Times (AAP), Almost every aspect of Australia's climate and energy policy would be ditched under a Coalition plan leaning heavily on fossil fuels. Member for Wannon Dan Tehan speaks to the media at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 9, 2026. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty ImagesThe eight-point plan, released Sept. 23, includes removing four offshore wind zones, repealing the Climate Change Act to scrap net zero targets, and lifting prohibitions on nuclear energy. An existing carbon emissions policy...

President Donald Trump announced that the Board of Peace had received $5 billion in donations for Gaza aid and reconstruction. The President also repeated his demand that Hamas disarm.  Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday that the Board of Peace “will announce that Member States have pledged more than $5 BILLION DOLLARS toward the Gaza […]