Iran Reportedly Sends Large Ballistic Missile Salvo On Jordan, After US Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers

Trump Didn't Politicize The Smithsonian; He's Responding To Those Who Did... Authored by Jody Edward Ginn via The Epoch Times, Museums have long occupied a rare and enviable position in American life: they have been trusted. While confidence in nearly every other major institution has cratered, museums have quietly held the line. The numbers tell the story. Fewer than one in five Americans express confidence in newspapers, television news, big business, or Congress, which bottoms out at 8 percent. Trust in the mass media sits at a record low of 31 percent. Museums, by...

China Firmly Rejects US Demand To Back Its 'Most Crushing Economic Operation' Against Iran China has firmly rejected Washington's call to join in implementing US sanctions to "squash" Iran's economy, pushing back against Trump administration pressure to be part of the "toughest sanctions in history" which has marked a new phase of conflict focused on extended economic warfare, as a military solution is seen as increasingly unrealistic and unlikely. "Regarding the Iran issue, sanctions and pressure do not help resolve the problem," Reuters quoted a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Washington...

Kazakhstan Restarts CPC Oil Exports After Week-Long Black Sea Shutdown Kazakhstan has resumed crude exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) on Monday after the operator reopened its Black Sea marine terminal and resumed accepting crude from producers following a week-long suspension triggered by drone attacks, Kazakhstan’s Astana Times reported.  Two tankers were loading crude from the Chevron-led Tengizchevroil project at the Novorossiysk terminal, while producers resumed delivering oil into the CPC pipeline system, Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry said according to OilPrice.com. The ministry added that export operations would continue subject to...