The European financial settlement mechanism (INSTEX), aimed at circumventing US sanctions against Iran, is working and transactions are already happening, according to Iran’s JCPOA envoy. The payments mechanism was established by the European Union to keep trading with Tehran despite US sanctions in order to keep the nuclear deal with Iran alive. The US re-imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic... 

Tensions between the two countries rose dramatically last week after an Iranian air defence missile shot down a US drone in what Iran said was its airspace. Washington claimed the drone was downed over international waters, with President Trump later saying that he nearly ordered a ‘retaliatory’ strike which would have killed 150 Iranians. The US military will get an even “stronger”... 

The US defense secretary is trying to “internationalize” the US stand-off with Iran by convincing NATO allies to help. France reportedly rebuked his advances, saying the alliance shouldn’t be dragged into war in the Gulf, RT.com reports. Mark Esper is meeting his NATO counterparts in Brussels this week, attempting to bring NATO members onto Washington’s side as its confrontation with Tehran... 

Washington previously imposed restrictions on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and “those closely affiliated with him”. US President Donald Trump has said he is responsible for “the hostile conduct” of Tehran towards the United States. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stated that the sanctions against Tehran show the US administration’s “despair”, calling... 

Offensive cyber-strikes against Iran reportedly disabled its computer systems that control rocket and missile launches on Thursday night, when the military attack was called off by President Donald Trump. President Trump approved the cyber offensive against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Although the attack came after Iran... 

The Chinese company is in the middle of a trade war between Washington and Beijing. The US claims Huawei equipment can be exploited for spying, while the company denies the allegations. Chinese tech company Huawei filed a lawsuit against the US Commerce Department on Friday over seized Chinese telecom equipment that was due to be returned to China, according to Reuters. According to the court filing,... 

Wow this country is simply out of control then they go around calling everyone “rogue states” well now look who is behaving as the rogue state threatening everyone with wars left and right, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, Syria and others. Now those lunatics go as far as threatening to sabotage Russia’s power grid. Sorry guys but this behavior is the textbook definition of a terrorist... 

The warning comes on the heels of US accusations that Iran was behind the attacks on two Japanese oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on 13 June – just one month after a similar incident near Fujairah was likewise blamed on the Islamic Republic. The Iranian mission to the United Nations has urged the United States and its allies in the Middle East to “stop warmongering” and false flag... 

Britain’s Home Secretary has revealed he has signed a request for the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Sajid Javid said that he signed and certified the papers on Wednesday, with the order going before the UK courts on Friday. He’s rightly behind bars. There’s an extradition... 

If the U.S. economy was heading into a recession, we would expect to see a slowdown in the employment numbers, and that is precisely what is happening. According to payroll processing firm ADP, the U.S. economy only added 27,000 new jobs in May, and that is way below the number that is needed just to keep up with population growth. Of course, some in the mainstream media are attempting to put a positive... 

By CCN: When you’ve got a target on your back, the best strategy is to give your enemy more arrows. At least, that’s what Google seems to think. Just days after the government launched its antitrust crackdown against the tech titans, Google decided to put more blood in the water. It announced that it is buying fast-growing cloud data analytics company Looker for $2.6 billion. In December, Looker... 

Welp, this doesn’t come as unexpected at all. After America took tens of millions of Hispanic invaders who now do all sorts of crimes, what would you expect? Then you also have those sickos with their mass shootings and on top of it Trump is literally at war with China. Its not really a loss for America that it’s not being invaded by Chinese anymore, if anything this is a win but the whole... 

The legislation would make it so 2.1 million immigrants “would be eligible under the measures for Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children.” The House passed a vote Tuesday that would grant protection from deportation to illegal immigrants and give millions a path to permanent citizenship status. The American Dream and Promise Act passed the House with a vote... 

The Trump administration is planning a large-scale deportation operation of illegal aliens, including those who have refused to show for their asylum court hearings. Now this is a Trump which we can support, love and cherish! The strategy is meant to “disincentivize” economic migrants who crossed into the U.S. illegally without legitimate asylum claims, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement... 

Holy mother of Jesus!!! Trump is finally doing something against the Mexican invasion… Unbelievable! This is shocking, we all gave up hope that this man will ever do anything yet when all hope was lost, he finally did it. Mexico might actually do something about the invasion now even though its only a tiny 5% tariff which might not be enough, its a start. He might need to apply more sanctions....