Pentagon Designates Confucius Institutes A National Security Threat

Amid 'Compromise' Chaos, Analyst Sees 90% Chance Of Iran War Round 3 As Hegseth Makes 'Secretive' Israel Visit The Monday surprise visit of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to Israel where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set off an avalanche of speculation regarding the likelihood of another major round of fighting in the Iran war. The trip has been presented by Axios as happening under some degree of secrecy, with talks having taken place at the Ovda Air Base in southern Israel, which plays host to US refueling planes and...

WTI Surges Back Near War Highs: Gasoline Inventories Surge, US Production Rebounds To Record High Oil prices rose Wednesday as traders focused on renewed threats to Middle East energy supplies after Yemen's Houthi militants said they targeted Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery.The Houthis said Tuesday that they struck Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery in the Eastern Province with a ballistic missile.Prospects for diplomatic talks have failed to generate significant selling interest in oil as traders increasingly focus on developments on the ground, analysts at ANZ Research said Wednesday. The analysts...

Turkey Proposes $1.2B Fuel Pipeline To Reboot NATO's Eastern Flank Logistics Just when it seemed as if the European energy landscape couldn't get any more fractured, Ankara is stepping up with a massive, off-grid proposal. Bloomberg reports Friday that Turkey has "proposed building a $1.2 billion (€1 billion) fuel pipeline for military use to help meet the energy needs of allies on NATO's eastern European flank, according to people familiar with the matter." "Following a push by the alliance to expand its military pipeline network, Ankara is proposing that the new...