1. Political uncertainty and volatile oil prices are weighing heavily on economic growth in the Middle East this year, according to a new report released...
      


  2. Global military expenditure reached its highest level last year since the end of the Cold War, fueled by increased spending in the United States...
      


  3. An exchange of polite welcomes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even managed to match Russian President Vladimir Putin’s manspreading — the two sat...
      


  4. https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Middle-East/A-New-Middle-East-Mega-War-Is-Unfolding-Right-Before-Our-Eyes.html Kind of surprised no one on this forum has commented on this Oil Price.com article yet. If the author of this article is correct...


  5. Russia will start delivering its S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey in July, the head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said, according to...
      


  6. A Kremlin adviser says that President Vladimir Putin will meet the North Korean leader in Russia’s Far East on Thursday. Yuri Ushakov told Russian...
      


  7. Reuters' journalists are making a big and investigative report about China as a military superpower .... among other things ...  "Chinese leader Xi Jinping has...
      


  8. Iran and Pakistan will form a joint quick reaction force to combat militant activity on their shared border, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on...
      


  9. U.S. to announce end to sanctions waivers for Iran oil imports: source There goes my hope for $40 oil. And a few other things.
      


  10. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/19/european-parliaments-own-prediction-sees-populist-surge-in-may-elections/ Populist, anti-mass migration, and Eurosceptic political parties have been predicted to make advances in the next European Parliament, according to an analysis of polling...
      


  11. From Page 158, of Volume Two, of the Mueller Report:   "The President's effort to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely...


  12. The return of conservatives to power in oil-rich Alberta adds another province to a growing bloc of opposition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of...
      


  13. "Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will seek to annul an $8.7 billion arbitration award to U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips as he moves to preserve...
      


  14. Excellent scanning of Libya's geopolitical-criminal-military scene... After this analysis it’s pretty clear why Libya is where it is: nowhere. HIFTER’S ARMY The self-styled Libyan National Army,...
      


  15. Switzerland will sign an accord backing China’s Belt and Road Initiative when President Ueli Maurer visits China this month, cementing ties with a major...
      


  16. I'd appreciate input from anyone on site, so to speak. I read the conservatives are in the lead.
      


  17. What will happen to Total (FRA) Investments in venezuela? Petrocedeno is at all unemployed. 
      


  18. Sergey Karaganov is dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations at the HSE.  (Higher School of Economy in Moscow) He is also...


  19. Populists Lead Ranking of Most Influential EU Parliament Politicians 143 https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/11/populists-lead-ranking-of-most-influential-eu-parliament-politicians/ New European Union Party expected to garner one third of votes. 
      


  20. Ecuador has suspended Julian Assange’s citizenship and accused him and members of his WikiLeaks group of collaborating in attempts to destabilize the Andean nation’s...
      


  21. The irony of the Mueller investigation that was demanded by Democrats because they thought it would show Trump colluded with Russia to win the...
      


  22.   According to agencies, Libya is on the brink of a new war. Deaths and displacements mounted in splintered Libya on Monday as eastern forces...
      


  23. Eastern Libyan forces on Thursday took full control of Gharyan, a town about 100 km (60 miles) south of the capital Tripoli, bringing their...
      


  24. According to AP agency, Maduro loyalists stripped Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó of immunity Tuesday, paving the way for the opposition leader’s prosecution and potential arrest for...
      


  25. According to AP agency, Turkey’s opposition dealt President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a symbolic blow by gaining ground in key cities in the country’s local elections....
      


  26. I won't bother commenting, I'll just leave this here. 
      


  27. Arab leaders meeting in Tunisia on Sunday hope to project unified opposition to the Trump administration’s acceptance of Israeli control over the Golan Heights...
      


  28. The reason I'm posting this is: Australia is seeking to repair its relationship with its largest trading partner, China, following a deterioration in ties after...
      


  29. Juan Guaido has been banned from running for public office in Venezuela by the country's embattled government, for inconsistencies in his personal financial disclosures...


  30. Starting next week the Muslim sultanate of Brunei will make gay sex and adultery punishable by death. Theft will be punished by amputation of the...