14+ hour, 34+ min ago  (150+ words) The UK's top diplomat on Thursday rejected Iran's toll plan for the Strait of Hormuz, characterizing the effort as a "hijacking" of the crucial transit route. The UK's top diplomat on Thursday rejected Iran's toll plan for the Strait of…...

17+ hour, 13+ min ago  (497+ words) Following the US-Iran Ceasefire, Iran announced a closing of the international traffic separation scheme by mining the area and re-routing ships through a new traffic pattern within the territorial waters of Iran and under jurisdiction and control. Per the above,…...

21+ hour, 15+ min ago  (945+ words) The security cabinet approved the establishment of 34 new West Bank settlements in a meeting two weeks ago, The Times of Israel has confirmed. The approval of the new settlements " brand new settlements as well as illegal ones retroactively legalized " constitutes…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago  (295+ words) April 9 (Reuters) " Dozens of states issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday condemning "unacceptable aggressive behavior" toward U. N. peacekeepers in Lebanon and "calling for increased protections after the deaths there "of three Indonesian soldiers. The 63 countries and the…...

21+ hour, 27+ min ago  (690+ words) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/TAYASIR, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) " Israel has approved the establishment of dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an Israeli watchdog group said on Thursday, amid a rise in settler attacks…...

1+ day, 59+ min ago  (469+ words) The ceasefire deal in the six-week US-Iran conflict remained in doubt by late week, as Israel intensified its bombardment of Beirut, Tehran kept the Hormuz chokepoint closed, and negotiators prepared to meet on Friday even as both sides declared victory....

20+ hour, 55+ min ago  (46+ words) Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please visit'Ask-Socrates. com. https: //ask-socrates. com/ PRIVATE BLOG " Will the Ceasefire Hold? Posted Apr 9, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |...

23+ hour, 44+ min ago  (304+ words) A Village of Winifred resident worries that the U. S. is remaking the classic film, "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight." I didn't realize our government was making a remake of "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight," but in recent weeks I…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (213+ words) The Left and some on the Right went crazy over a recent Trump tweet. He warned that if the Iranian regime did not cease blocking the international Strait of Hormuz, he would hit its dual. .. By All Means, Let the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (280+ words) And they breaking of My people easily, saying, Peace, peace," but there is no peace," Jeremiah 6: 14 Everyone who is anyone is calling for peace. The calls for peace, Pope Leo's "Vigil for Peace' and the protests of peace might have…...