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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – August 14, 2026
Greetings from Tyler, The Strait of Hormuz is a long ways away. Some reports say we have control and the others, who knows? We’re involved in two wars, or slightly involved. We know why. The Gulf is essential for a good bit of the oil out of the Middle East. Zelensky, well that’s another story altogether. I don’t…
Europe Must Create Its Own Future The EU is slowly waking up from its stupor.
It is too easy to succumb to despair about Europe’s future, as the Ukraine war continues and the continent faces two unfriendly global superpowers, China and the United States. The EU, built in more idealistic times, is adapting at a glacial pace to the new reality. Besides the bloc’s notorious incrementalism, European governments face a…
Breaking News | Israel | NewsIsrael could destroy Hamas tunnels with flood of seawater
Israel is planning to force Hamas to abandon the tunnels beneath Gaza by flooding them with seawater, it has been reported. US officials told the Wall Street Journal that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) hoped to destroy the terror group’s vast subterranean network by pumping water from the Mediterranean Sea into it. The IDF is…
Breaking News | Iran | NewsBlasts hit a natural gas pipeline in Iran and an official says it was an act of sabotage
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran early on Wednesday, with an official blaming the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the country as tensions remain high in the Middle East amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Details were scarce, though the blasts…
Breaking News | Iran | NewsIranian students clash with pro-government groups at defiant protests
A video showed rows of marchers at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology condemning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a “murderous leader.” Students held protests at several Iranian universities at the start of a new semester on Saturday, some clashing with pro-government groups, according to local news agencies and posts on social media. The protests…
Canada’s Alberta blanketed by smoke as wildfire battle continues
May 17 (Reuters) – Smoke blanketed the skies over much of Alberta on Wednesday as firefighters from Canada and the U.S. battled raging wildfires that have prompted evacuations, disrupted rail service and shut energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province. Hot and dry conditions have triggered an intense and early start to wildfire season in…


