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U.S. military commanders have reportedly been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric to push war on Iran, selling the conflict to American troops as an existential “holy war” in apocalyptic language that experts fear could exacerbate the violence and death toll of military operations. Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom…
Markets settled after Trump claimed US-Israel war with Iran is ‘very complete’, bringing oil prices down to $85 a barrelHow high could oil prices go – and what might the global economic fallout be?US stock markets closed on a high after oil prices swung wildly on Monday, reaching a four-year high in the morning that rattled Asian and European markets…
Oil prices soared, with the global Brent benchmark climbing as high as $119.50 a barrel before paring gains. Reports that G-7 finance ministers will hold a call later Monday to discuss a possible joint release of oil reserves helped curb the rally. (Source: Bloomberg)
On Monday, the U.S.–Israel war with Iran pushed oil prices to their highest level since July 2022. Since the war...
Public focus on Iran has allowed the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to continue unabated, says journalist Orly Noy.
President Trump on Sunday said that the decision to end the war in Iran will be a “mutual” decision with Israel. “I think it’s mutual…a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,” Trump told the Times of Israel newspaper in a…
The Pentagon identified a servicemember Monday who died of wounds from an Iranian attack during the initial stages of Operation Epic Fury. Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26,…
Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington died of wounds sustained on March 1.
