Kim Jong Un's Minister Who Worked On North Korea's Syria Relations Visits Iran Amid Festering Middle-East Tensions

benzinga.com A delegation from North Korea, led by the cabinet minister for international trade, is visiting Iran. This visit comes amid long-standing suspicions of covert military ties…

North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip

asia.nikkei.com A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday, in a rare public report of an…

‘Siwar’ Director Osama Alkhurayji on Juxtaposing Saudi and Turkish Cultures Within the Alula-Shot Drama

variety.com Saudi director and producer Osama Alkhurayji’s debut feature film “Siwar” recently wrapped principal photography in AlUla, the swathe of northwest Saudi Arabia comprising…

Geopolitics Point to a Strong Bullish Case for Shell (SHEL) Stock

investorplace.com It’s a combo of old and new While integrated hydrocarbon energy stalwart Shell stock (NYSE:SHEL) may seem an anachronistic enterprise, the current juncture bodes very well…

Syria's President Assad Confirms Rare Direct Talks With Washington

zerohedge.com Syria's President Assad Confirms Rare Direct Talks With Washington Via The Cradle Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Foreign Minister of the south Caucasus republic…

Iran-Linked Iraq Militia Says It Is Resuming Attacks On US Forces

zerohedge.com Iran-Linked Iraq Militia Says It Is Resuming Attacks On US Forces The prior period of constant attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria which corresponded with the opening…

Geopolitical Unrest Is Revealing a Golden Opportunity in Cryptos

investorplace.com This asset tends to soar in times of geopolitical conflict… Editor’s Note: With all the hype around the Bitcoin Halving, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about…

Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff

pbs.org An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has…

Geopolitical Unrest Is Revealing a Golden Opportunity

investorplace.com Bitcoin’s Fourth Halving is finally upon us. Editor’s Note: Eric here. I had my “fling” with crypto a few years ago, then tapped out. However, today InvestorPlace Senior…

Here Comes The Cavalry?

zerohedge.com Here Comes The Cavalry? By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank Here Comes The Cavalry? The risk of imminent hot war between Israel and Iran seems to have dissipated for the time…

Iran unveils new weapon capable of taking out America's stealth jets

newsweek.com Iran recently introduced a new, enhanced version of its Bavar-373 long-range air defense system that Tehran officials claim can intercept American stealth jet fighters. The…

'Best thing' is for everyone to stay 'puzzled' on last week's odd retaliation strike on Iran, Israeli president says

businessinsider.com An Israeli air force F-16 fighter jet takes off. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Israel last week responded to Iran's unprecedented attack earlier this month with a one-off…

Why A Powerful Silver Bull Market May Be Ahead

zerohedge.com Why A Powerful Silver Bull Market May Be Ahead By Jesse Colombo of BullionStar Since early-March, precious metals have launched one of their sharpest rallies in decades.…

US to withdraw troops from Niger

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Financial Times, Africa Defense Forum, and France 24 The News The U.S. will begin plans to withdraw its troops stationed in Niger,…

How are Iran’s Shahed drones used on Ukraine’s frontlines?

euronews.com Here’s a look at how Shahed drones, recently used by Iran amid mounting tensions with Israel, are being used by Russia on Ukraine’s frontlines. Major Ilya Yevlash said he…

SNL sketch goes viral amid Columbia protests: 'Predicted the future'

newsweek.com A 2015 Saturday Night Live sketch about ISIS has gone viral after it was posted by a Rabbi who said it "predicted the future", and commenters have linked it to the ongoing…

Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period

zerohedge.com Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as…

Israel planned a much bigger attack on Iran but scaled it back after intense pressure from its allies: report

businessinsider.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on June 25, 2023. Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP Israel…

Analysis: What stalled this year’s seemingly infallible stock market rally

cnn.com A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the…

Gold prices slide as M.East fears ease, rate jitters persist

investing.com Investing.com-- Gold prices fell in Asian trade on Monday as waning concerns over a bigger war in the Middle East sapped safe haven demand for the yellow metal, while bets…

Iran’s supreme leader tacitly acknowledges Tehran hit little in its attack on Israel

nbcnews.com JERUSALEM — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit…

Asia stocks edge up, oil and gold retreat on tempered Mideast fears

investing.com Asian stocks recovered some losses on Monday and bond yields rose as fears of a wider Middle East conflict ebbed, with investors gravitating back towards riskier assets.…

Oil prices dip as Iran-Israel fears cool, economic jitters persist By

investing.com Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Monday, extending losses from the prior week amid growing hopes that the Iran-Israel conflict will not escalate further,…

Rockets fired from Iraq towards US military base in Syria, security sources say

investing.com At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters. The…

Base of Iraqi military base struck, but by whom?

euronews.com One member of the anti-American Shiite militia group was killed in the attack and eight injured. It blames the US but Washington denies carrying it out. Iraqi authorities…

‘Environmental healing’: Syrians plant trees near oil-polluted rivers

euronews.com More than a decade of conflict has cost Syria at least 25 per cent of its forest coverage, while drought rages on. Oil slicks in the Khabur River in Syria, a major tributary…

Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died at 76

apnews.com Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon…

Artist Issam Kourbaj will not forget his homeland

ft.com Using old, abandoned objects to mourn the plight of his native Syria, Kourbaj creates works that speak with particular power to exiled author Hisham Matar

Investors are ‘a frog in boiling water’ after brushing off the Iran-Israel conflict too quickly, top economist says

aol.com There's a major disconnect between investors and security experts about how they view the risks from the Iran-Israel conflict, which could still deliver a major shock to…

Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children, hospital says

pbs.org An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued…

Investors are ‘a frog in boiling water’ after brushing off the Iran-Israel conflict, top economist says

fortune.com There’s a major disconnect between investors and security experts about how they view the risks from the Iran-Israel conflict, which could still deliver a major shock to…

Why the oil market shrugged as Iran and Israel appeared on the brink of war this week

cnbc.com If investors only looked at the price of oil at the end of this week, they wouldn't have known that Israel and Iran, OPEC's third-largest crude producer, briefly stood on…

Iran-allied militia coalition claims its base in Iraq was hit by an airstrike

pbs.org BAGHDAD — An airstrike early Saturday hit a base used by the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias in Iraq, the group said in a statement. The…

Why Israeli and Iranian officials downplayed apparent retaliatory strike in central Iran

pbs.org There is an uneasy calm across the Middle East after both Israeli and Iranian officials had muted responses to Israel's apparent retaliatory strike in central Iran. The…

Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article Iran's foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that…

Israel and Iran’s conflict enters a new, dangerous phase

vox.com A crowd carrying a model of Iran’s first-ever hypersonic missile, Fattah, past a mosque during a gathering to celebrate the IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in…

Why the Israel-Iran conflict isn't a reason to worry about a third World War

msnbc.com The tit-for-tat strike that had analysts and world leaders wringing their hands in worry that a World War III would fire up in the Middle East finally happened Thursday,…

‘The Landscape and the Fury,’ ‘Rising Up at Night,’ ‘My Memory Is Full of Ghosts’ Win Top Awards at Visions du Réel

variety.com “The Landscape and the Fury” by Switzerland’s Nicole Vögele took the Grand Jury Prize in the International Feature Film Competition at Swiss doc festival Visions du Réel on…

Stock Market Crash: S&P 500 Falls Below 5,000

investorplace.com While the benchmark S&P 500 index has consistently defied gravity, it may not be exempt from the golden rule: what goes up must eventually come down. Indeed, the loss of the…

Climate Worries Are Non-Credible, Luxury Beliefs That Harm Civilization Itself

zerohedge.com Climate Worries Are Non-Credible, Luxury Beliefs That Harm Civilization Itself Authored by Joakim Book via The Mises Institute, I live in a small village at the edge of…

This week in Bideonomics: A Middle East breather

aol.com If there’s a single number forecasting President Joe Biden’s reelection odds, it’s the price of gasoline. After a scare, it remains in the safe zone. Financial markets have…

Will Higher-for-Longer Rates Kill Nvidia (NVDA) Stock?

investorplace.com AI has a blind spot and it’s not the Fed Although technology juggernaut Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) continues to astound the market, rising fears exist that the party may be coming…

WATCH LIVE: White House holds briefing after Israel strikes Iran overnight

pbs.org White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a news briefing on Friday as reports are made of an apparent Israeli drone attack near a major air base and nuclear…

Milei Moneda presale challenges existing meme coins FLOKI and BONK: Which one has room for higher price?

coinjournal.net TLDR Milei Moneda ($MEDA) investors are forecast to gain 60% ROI at launch. FLOKI dips as the threat of war looms. BONK remains resilient despite sell pressure. Milei…

Mike Pence Praises Mike Johnson for ‘Moral Courage’ in the Face of MAGA Pressure Campaign

mediaite.com Former Vice President Mike Pence praised Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) for his “moral courage” in bringing up votes on foreign aid in spite of a pressure campaign…

China responds after Israel strikes Iran

newsweek.com China has spoken out on Israel's airstrike against Iran, a widely anticipated attack that had raised fears of open war between the nations. "China opposes any act that leads…

Top Russian officer killed in Ukrainian Storm Shadow strike

newsweek.com A top Russian colonel has been killed in Ukraine's occupied eastern Luhansk region after Kyiv's forces fired two long-range Storm Shadow missiles in the region, striking…

Shipping industry urges UN to protect vessels after Iran’s seizure of container vessel

theglobeandmail.com Merchant ships and seafarers are increasingly in peril at sea as attacks escalate in the Middle East and the United Nations must do more to protect supply chains, the…

Apparent Israeli attack drones near Iranian base and nuclear site activates air defenses

pbs.org DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack on a major air base near the central city of Isfahan activated Iranian air defenses early Friday. The…

Israel’s retaliation

reason.com Israel attacks Iran: Overnight, Israeli forces attacked near Isfahan, Iran, in retribution for Iran's barrage of drones and missiles that hit Israel roughly a week ago. This…

Israel downgraded by S&P on risk of military escalation with Iran

fortune.com Israel’s long-term credit rating is being downgraded by S&P, which cited the risk of military escalation with Iran. It is the second major U.S. credit ratings agency to do…

Iran, allies respond to Israel's "attack"

newsweek.com Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah partners appear to be dismissing the significance of Israel's reported overnight strike on targets inside the country, as the world again…

Israel's long-term credit rating is downgraded by S&P, 2nd major US agency to do so, citing conflict

aol.com Israel's long-term credit rating is being downgraded by S&P, which cited the risk of military escalation with Iran. It is the second major U.S. credit ratings agency to do…

What stalled this year’s seemingly infallible stock market rally

aol.com A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the…

Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base

asia.nikkei.com An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan, an…

Iran map reveals how close Israeli strikes were to hitting nuclear sites

newsweek.com Israel's retaliatory strikes inside Iran appeared to target nuclear sites on Friday, warning of increased dangers amid the ongoing shadow war between the two regional powers…