Why Most Americans Couldn't Last 72 Hours In An Emergency

IRGC Says 3 Tankers On Fire In Hormuz, Challenges US Narrative Strait Is 'Demined' Three tankers exploded ​and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after attempting 'unauthorized' passage over the prior 24 hours, according to Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on Thursday.The trio of vessels are alleged to have ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy, having also switched off their radar and ‌navigation systems, apparently as part of US-backed operations to ferry crude out of the strait. Stocktrek/Photodisc/Getty Images British maritime agency UKMTO confirmed that at least one of the ships is...

The US Intelligence community estimates that Iran maintains nearly all its missiles used to control the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian military is nearly defeated.  Senior officials speaking with The New York Times are alarmed that US intelligence agencies have assessed that Iran has operational access to 30 of […]

In "Watershed Moment" China Orders Companies To Defy US Sanctions China ordered companies in the country not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, deploying for the first time a blocking measure introduced in 2021 that was aimed at protecting its firms from foreign laws it deemed unjustified.  Refiners - including Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery which was sanctioned last month and several other privately-owned processors - had been facing asset freezes and transaction bans. Hengli was the most ambitious target to date in China’s refining sector, and...