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Turkey has threatened to launch unilateral “operations” on Syrian soil allegedly against ISIS and amid long-running speculations on Ankara’s covert plans for a military intervention in Syria Last week the Turkish prime minister said that that Ankara was in a position to send ground troops to Syria if necessary Press TV reports: On Thursday, Turkish President Erdogan said Ankara “is doing all the necessary preparations to clean the other side of the border because of the problems in” Kilis Province near the southeastern frontier with Syria, which has come under several rocket attacks since J

It appears that being around Donald Trump for almost two decades gives one a tendency to speak boldly and off the cuff...

As the NY Daily News reports, Trump's butler of 17 years Anthony Senecal, has given both Trump and Facebook more bad press, this time by posted that president Obama should be shot as an "enemy agent".

Here is a screen grab of the post, which appears to have been taken down.

Outspoken U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed in a book that he would be willing to bomb North Korea’s nuclear facilities if he became president. Trump said he would advocate a surgical strike if negotiations failed to negate the threat of a nuclear attack by the rogue nation on U.S. cities. Trump is a successful business man in the real estate market and is recognized for his art of negotiating a deal. He also has experience as a judge on the TV reality show, The Apprentice.

U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has confirmed with reporters that he will visit Israel after the Republican convention in July and before November’s general election. Israel National News reports: His confirmation came after the Trump campaign on Monday denied an Ma’ariv report last Friday, according to which he will visit Israel, Russia and Germany after the convention. A close adviser to Trump was cited in the report as saying the trip was meant to improve his image and to keep him more abreast of foreign affairs.

The oil headline scanning algos have completely lost it. While in the past it used to be just oil "production freeze" headlines that sent crude surging, now any old headline will do. Case in point, the price action since noon today.

Just around 12:37pm Eastern, Bloomberg blasted the following machine-readable headlines:

• IRAQ DEP. MIN. SEES CRUDE PRICE RISING ON INCREASE IN DEMAND
• IRAQ SEES RENEWED TALKS ABOUT OUTPUT FREEZE AT OPEC MEETING

Which as we promptly noted, pushed oil instantly from $46 some 20 cents higher.