US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia as Bombing Campaign Continues Amid Media Blackout

First Loaded Crude Supertanker Clears Hormuz Without Using Larak Channel Summary:  Idemitsu Maru did not use Larak Channel Loaded Idemitsu Maru crude supertanker exited Hormuz this afternoon, marking the first such crude transit since the conflict began. Loaded Mubaraz LNG tanker exited Hormuz earlier this month, also marking the first such LNG transit since the conflict began. Polymarket  First Crude Supertanker Exits Hormuz Following the Mubaraz LNG tanker's exit from the Hormuz chokepoint in recent weeks, the first such transit since the conflict began, new ship-tracking data from Bloomberg late Tuesday afternoon show that the first...

Stalemate, Not Checkmate Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Stalemate, not checkmate CIA Chief Ratcliffe’s 15-minute dialogue in Moscow was reportedly an elevator pitch warning Russia not to support Iran, and not to attack NATO. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are at a dead end, and Ukrainian attacks on Russian economic infrastructure – including refineries and large online retailers – are increasingly putting pressure on President Putin. So, Moscow is preparing to escalate its assaults on the country. Russian military presence in Belarus is building up, which could reopen a...

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