Dollars and Sense
Right now, a meaningful share of the oil that keeps the global economy moving is not being pumped from the ground. It is being...
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Ukraine War
A Fox report details a 'dangerous new front': the executives and engineers behind drone technology are being hunted. A Russian FPV-drone boss was critically...
Dollars and Sense
The EIA raised its oil forecast as the Hormuz disruption drains global inventories, with July's shut-in topping one in every twenty barrels the world...
The Treaty
Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...
The Treaty
Trump calls it a chess game and says he's only semi-negotiating. Meanwhile the demands Iran once reserved for nuclear talks are attached to the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine Might Have Found A Sneaky Way To Slowdown Russia’s Missile Attacks on Kyiv Night After Night
During his meeting with the head of Ukraine’s diplomatic posts abroad, Zelensky called out for closer coordination of sanctions among allied countries.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Water utilities in at least seven states have reported cyberattacks since late July, with thirty-plus Minnesota systems hit in a two-day campaign — pumps...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Reuters sources say Iran is set to receive up to four hundred Chinese shoulder-fired anti-air missiles through a Hong Kong intermediary — a deal...
Ukraine War
Moscow is rerouting to the Baltic, the Caspian and overland — but the Azov route was already restricted in July, and Novorossiysk had stopped...
Ukraine War
The company was founded after the 2022 invasion and claims responsibility for around three-fifths of Ukraine's long-range strikes. It is also behind Freyja, the...
Ukraine War
Moscow is rerouting cargo to the Baltic and Caspian and calling the campaign an attack on world food markets. Kyiv frames it as long-range...
The Treaty
Pakistan again says a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape — but the author notes Islamabad was optimistic before the last deal, which collapsed days...
The Treaty
A rebel missile strike on a commercial vessel at Bab el-Mandeb killed crew members and rescuers Wednesday — a turn the AP says risks...
The Treaty
Pakistan and Qatar say a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape, with Iran and Oman reportedly agreed on coordinates for a temporary Hormuz navigation system....
Dollars and Sense
Gulf governments are no longer waiting for an answer. A new crude line at Fujairah, an $8.2 billion gas expansion in Abu Dhabi, an...
Dollars and Sense
Pakistani officials say both sides agreed to give diplomacy more time under the expiring Islamabad memorandum — and within hours a senior Iranian official...
Dollars and Sense
A US MH-60 put two Hellfires into the steering gear of the Panama-flagged Vela Nova as it tried to run the Hormuz blockade —...
North Korea Talk
Ukraine's defense intelligence says Russian missile factories exceeded July's production targets across the board, even as Moscow leans on ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and,...
North Korea Talk
More than 120 Shahed-style drones flew as well, and Kyiv says they were upgraded jet-powered versions of the Iranian design. Russia has now taken...
North Korea Talk
Through its long war against Ukraine, Russia has received reinforcements from North Korea. Now, more of that is on the way. According to The...
The Treaty
The Biggest Threat to Trump’s Iran Deal Isn’t in Tehran — It’s Several Hundred Miles West, in Beirut
Summary and Key Points: For weeks, the story has been sanctions, enrichment, and inspections. But the thing most likely to sink Trump’s Iran diplomacy...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It sounds impossible: the U.S. pumps more oil than any country ever has, and is a net exporter — yet...