What Does Iran Think of the Deal with the US?
The American, Arab, Israeli, and Iranian airways are drunk on speculation over what this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed…
Author: Andy Corbley
BRICS Summit 2026 to Reveal the Long-Awaited Alternative Payment System, BRICS Pay
What has long been foreseen as the most important raison d’être of the BRICS organization may finally make its debut…
Armenia’s Pashinyan Comfortably Wins Parliamentary Elections Described as ‘a Vote for Peace’
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan watched as his party comfortably won parliamentary elections with a hair short of 50%…
06/26 End of the Empire: The Illusion of US Hegemony in the Middle East Shatters
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Central Banks Return to Net Buying of Gold Despite Turkish Sale and Hormuz Stalemate
Central banks returned to being net purchasers of gold in April, recording 19 metric tonnes of reserve additions. Poland,…
Ukraine War Updates: Congress Commits Billions in Aid, Zelenskyy’s Letter to Putin, Kostiantynivka
On June 4th, the US House of Representatives voted 226-195 to approve $1 billion in Ukraine aid money and…
Quest to Sustain Divestment from Israel Continues Worldwide-Italy, Norway, North Carolina, Michigan
Under pressure from activists and those of conscience, millions of dollars are flowing out of the US-based Development Corporation…
Iran Strike Injures 5 Americans, Showing the Cost of Trump’s Failure to Negotiate Seriously
On May 28th, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. (IRGC) struck an American air base in Kuwait, destroying 1, potential…
As US Doubles Down on Militarism in the Pacific, What Can its Defeat to Iran Teach an Observant China?
Springtime saw Beijing security officials presented with two valuable datasets that would inform potentialities in a conflict between China…
Indonesian Tin Sees a Banner Quarter While Worldwide Developers Move Projects Forward
Continuing WaL’s coverage of the global tin market, Q1 performance by the state-owned Indonesian tin producer PT Timah came in…
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns After Her Office Contradicted Trump, Pentagon’s Claims on Iran Missile Capabilities
Tulsi Gabbard announced on Friday, May 22nd, her resignation from the position as Director of National Intelligence (DNI),…
What’s Behind Predictions of Gold Prices Continuing to Soar? Institutions Hold the Answer
Pierre Lassonde, the famous Canadian gold mining investor and executive, recently said in an interview that he believes gold…
Residents of Turkiye’s Flooded, 5,000-Year-Old Town Struggle to Reinvent Their Lives
In July, 2020, rising waters from a newly constructed dam in Anatolia flooded a small historic town that had…
Gold Jewelry Market Suffers Stiff Downturn Amid High Prices–a Potentially-Terminal Trend
This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the changing use-cases for gold and silver in the modern…
How Data Centers and Debasement Are Changing Millennia-old Use-Cases for Gold and Silver
This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the changing use-cases for gold and silver in the modern…
Intelligence Agencies Claims Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities: Will Trump Ignore Them Again
One week before President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, US intelligence officials found no evidence to suggest that Iran…
Record Debt Levels are Everywhere – Auto Loans, Credit Cards, Public Finance, Private Credit
Debt of all kinds in the US is reaching levels that seem impossible to manage to any normal set…
When a River on Your Map Rises To Block Your Path—Notes on the Euphrates
For days, I knew I was heading toward the Euphrates River; every kilometer eastward brought it closer and closer.…
Go and Experience Turkish Kurdistan, the Crossroads of Tolerance in Eastern Turkey
From the prophecies of Sanliurfa to the stunning Lake Van, Turkish Kurdistan is like visiting a country in and…
At the Foot of the Poetissima and his Dervishes
My trip began in Konya, where I was surprised to discover that here lay the body of one Jelal…