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Gulf Crude Exports Top a Pre-War Baseline as Iranian Loadings Stop
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 2, 2026

Gulf Crude Exports Top a Pre-War Baseline as Iranian Loadings Stop

By Tommy Flynn

Gulf crude exports climbed back above a pre-war baseline in the final week of September, while Iranian loadings have effectively stopped, according to tanker-tracking data from Kpler. Kpler figures cited by CNBC and Gulf News put regional crude exports at about 16.5 million...

A gas station in Los Angeles shows a price of $8.99 for diesel.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 1, 2026

U.S. Tells France and Germany to Release Diesel Stocks or Face Export Ban

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration has told France and Germany to draw down emergency diesel stocks or face a possible U.S. ban on diesel exports. The warning, reported Thursday by Reuters from three people close to the talks, is aimed at record American diesel prices ahead of the Nov. 3...

Governor Ron DeSantis speaking with the media during his Presidential campaign
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 1, 2026

Florida Labels CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood Domestic Terrorist Groups

By Tommy Flynn

Florida’s Cabinet voted Tuesday to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Brotherhood, and about 90 other groups as domestic terrorist organizations, expanding a foreign-terrorist label the state placed on CAIR and the Brotherhood last year. Gov. Ron...

FlyDubai Captain Smit Machchhar, who was injured in the attack, on right, an injured passenger and what appears to be a crew member on left. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RealBababanaras X page.
World NewsSeptember 30, 2026

Passengers Stop Omani Co-Pilot After He Stabs Captain, Tries to Bring Down Tel Aviv-Bound Jet

By Tommy Flynn

Israeli officials say an Omani co-pilot stabbed the Indian captain of a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flydubai jet Wednesday morning and tried to crash the aircraft with more than 170 people aboard. Passengers and extra crew overpowered him in the cockpit after the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged...

American military equipment was seen being removed from Iraq in video circulating on social media.
US NewsWorld NewsSeptember 30, 2026

U.S. Completes Iraq Withdrawal as Iran-Backed Militias Keep Their Arms

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. military said Wednesday it has finished pulling the last American troops and equipment out of Iraq, closing the Iraq chapter of Operation Inherent Resolve after 12 years of the anti-ISIS campaign and more than two decades after the 2003 invasion. Pentagon spokesman Sean...

 Ambassador Mike Huckabee Meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in his Office on July 2, 2026. -- Image: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem
US NewsWorld NewsSeptember 29, 2026

Huckabee: U.S. Will Break Ground on Permanent Jerusalem Embassy

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Sunday the United States will soon break ground at the Allenby Compound in southern Jerusalem for a permanent embassy complex, consolidating operations now spread across multiple sites. He made the announcement at a Sukkot reception...

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in July 2025.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsSeptember 28, 2026

Bessent: Iran’s Last Oil Cargoes to China Run Out in Two Weeks

By Tommy Flynn

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Iran will finish delivering the last barrels of oil still at sea to China within about two weeks and then have “nothing left to trade for anything.” He spoke on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Larry Kudlow. The same...

President Trump salutes as the Star-Spangled Banner is played after greeting Xi at his arrival. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RapidResponse47 X page.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsSeptember 28, 2026

U.S. and China Publish Product Lists Under Planned $30 Billion Tariff Arrangement

By Tommy Flynn

The United States and China have published product lists tied to a planned approximately $30 billion tariff arrangement. The U.S. list of goods entering the country contains 77 entries, including fireworks, household products, sporting equipment, and toys, according to documents...

President Trump commenting on the UK arrests.
National SecurityWorld NewsSeptember 27, 2026

Five Arrested Near RAF Fairford After Vans Head Toward U.S. Bomber Base; Trump Says Plotters Sought “Big Damage”

By Tommy Flynn

British counterterrorism police said Sunday they are leading an investigation after five men were arrested near RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire air base used by the U.S. Air Force for strikes on Iran. The men were first held on suspicion of Explosives Act offenses, then further...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo: Daniel Torok / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work
US NewsWorld NewsSeptember 27, 2026

Trump Predicts U.S.-Cuba Agreement, Sees No Need for Military Action

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump predicted Saturday that the United States and Cuba will make a deal and that military action will not be required. “I would say that Cuba and us will make a deal. I don’t think we’ll need the military,” he told reporters at the White House before departing...

President Trump watches the start of Operation Epic from Mar-a-Lago.
US NewsWorld NewsSeptember 26, 2026

Trump Rejects Iranian Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz in Seven Days

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause regional fighting within seven days, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing U.S. officials. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters at the United Nations on...

CIA Director John Ratcliffe listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025. Image: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok
National SecurityWorld NewsSeptember 25, 2026

Danish Intel Flags Rising Risk of Limited Russian Strike on NATO; CIA Had Already Warned Moscow

By Tommy Flynn

Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service said Thursday that Russia is likely to intensify hybrid attacks on the West in the coming months and that there is a “low but growing risk” of a limited military attack on one or more NATO countries that border Russia. A full-scale invasion...