Saudi Airstrikes on Homes in Yemen’s Sanaa Province Massacre 40 Civilians: Health Ministry

UBS Warns El Nino May Intensify Food Inflation Across Asia By now, readers have a clear understanding that the Gulf-driven energy shock is on course to collide with a potential super El Niño weather event, creating what could be a dangerous second-order shock to food supply chains around the world. The concern is that extreme heat and disrupted rainfall patterns could hit top agricultural growing belts, dent harvest output, and amplify existing supply stress. Even before those weather-driven impacts fully materialize, global food prices are already rising, suggesting that...

President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia as routine engagement. He went on to dismiss the possibility that Russia could attack a NATO member.  On Thursday, Trump was asked by Axios reporter Barak Ravid if he was concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would authorize an attack on a NATO state. […]

Netanyahu Brings Ominous Prop To UN Speech, Blasts 'Moral Cowards' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday issued a fiery address to the UN General Assembly in New York, raging against his international critics and batting down genocide allegations. He slammed widespread accusations that the Israeli army conducted a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza as "the biggest lie of the century" while calling his decision to obliterate Hamas and wage war in the strip "one of the easiest decisions I've ever had to make." He added: "if we hadn't done...