Biden's Middle East Policy Puts Americans at Risk
The situation in the Middle East is growing more and more dangerous for the Americans stationed there. Two Navy SEALs are dead after being lost at sea off the coast of Somalia while searching a boat that was allegedly carrying weapons bound for Yemen. And many US troops have suffered concussions…#middleeast #navy #somalia #yemen #iraq #syria #iran #israeli #lebanon #hezbollah (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cost Of Carrying Fuel from Mid East to Asia Grows 182%
The cost of carrying some fuels from the Middle East to Asia has jumped by 182% since January 12, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, as the disrupted flow of traffic through the Red Sea continues to spook carriers. The rates that some vessels are now commanding to transport naphtha from the Middle…#middleeast #redsea #singapore #eastafrica #saudiarabia #iraq #africa #houthi #yemen #q4 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Group and Its Facilities in Iraq
The Kataib Hezbollah militia group has launched a series of attacks against U.S. bases and personnel since November. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US strikes three facilities in Iraq used by Iranian-backed militias
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US Strikes Iran-Backed Militia in Iraq After Attack on Base
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Iran, not Gaza, is at the center of the Middle East chaos, experts say
Semafor Signals Insights from Semafor, The New Yorker, Reuters, and Haaretz The News Multiple military escalations and airstrikes across the Middle East are amplifying concerns about the region edging closer to a larger war. At the center of the chaos is Iran which is using its military proxies in…#newyorker #haaretznewsmultiple #middleeast #iran #yemen #lebanon #israel #pakistan #iraq #syria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. sanctions Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad, its CEO and Hamas cryptocurrency financiers
The U.S. on Monday hit Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad and its CEO with sanctions, alleging assistance to Iran’s military wing, and imposed a fifth round of sanctions on the militant group Hamas for abuse of cryptocurrency since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The sanctions come as Israel’s bombing…#iraqi #baghdad #iran #hamas #israel #gazastrip #palestinians #iranian #iraq #syria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Who Has Won the Asian Cup?
Little more than a year after Argentina were crowned champions at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar is once again playing host to a major international football tournament, the AFC Asian Cup. Since its inauguration in 1956, the quadrennial tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation has…#argentina #worldcup #qatar #afcasiancup #asiancup #asianconfederation #lusailstadium #iran #saudiarabia #iraq (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

China defies sanctions to make Russia its biggest oil supplier in 2023
Russia held its spot as China's top oil supplier for a third month in July, data showed. Seen here is an oil pumping unit at Huabei oil field on the outskirts of Hejian city, Hebei province, China. Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China's top crude oil supplier in 2023, data showed on…#huabei #hejian #hebeiprovince #saudiarabia #iraq #middleeast #russian #kremlin #ukraine #groupofseven (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Iran ups the ante against US, proxies strike Iraq military base with ballistic missiles
Mike Pence delivers remarks to US troops at Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, in 2019. REUTERS US personnel in Iraq are undergoing traumatic brain injury evaluations. The evaluations follow a missile barrage launched by Iran-back militias on the Al-Asad airbase. Regional tensions have been escalating, with…#mikepence #alasadairbase #iraq #iran #iranian #alasad #uscentralcommand #baghdad #centcom #iraqi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Links 1/21/2024
Why aren’t there giant animals anymore? New study explains evolutionary shrinkage ZME Science These Tiny Creatures Become Cannibals After Sex Turns Deadly Science Alert Astronomers Discover the Oldest Known Black Hole, Breaking a Record Set Last Year Smithsonian As Houthis vow to fight on, U.S.…#iraq #afghanistan #syria #yemenis #iran #gordonhahn (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Attacks in Iraq and Syria raise tensions for a region on edge
The U.S. air force has carried out another attack against a Houthi anti-ship missile yesterday, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said, the seventh strike against Houthi rebels this month. Centcom said that that the missile was aimed into the Gulf of Aden and that it “struck and destroyed the…#houthi #uscentralcommand #centcom #gulfofaden #usnavy #israeli #gaza #gazastrip #idf #tuffah (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Comedy ’s truthiness problem
In October 2005, Stephen Colbert invented a new word: truthiness. In a short monologue for The Colbert Report, a satirical show where the comedian played a caricature of a conservative blowhard cable news anchor, he took issue with an approach to news that relied on facts and credible sources. "I…#stephencolbert #colbertreport #georgewbush #colbert #iraq #deadpan #republicanparty #democrats #spotify #joerogan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

David Frum And The Axis Of Errors
Authored by Francis P. Sempa via RealClear Wire, Writing in The Atlantic, David Frum, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and cheerleader for endless wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Global War on Terror, warns us that if Donald Trump wins the 2024…#davidfrum #axisoferrorsauthored #francispsempa #realclearwire #atlantic #georgewbush #iraq #afghanistan #globalwaronterror #donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US Central Command: Base Air Defense Systems Intercept Most Missiles, Assessing Damage; 1 Iraqi Service Member Injured
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news