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Saudis Retaliate To "Oil Freeze" Fallout: Ban Transport Of Iranian Crude In Territorial Waters

Saudis Retaliate To "Oil Freeze" Fallout: Ban Transport Of Iranian Crude In Territorial Waters

At first, when it announced the terms of its "oil freeze" agreement with Russia one month ago, Saudi Arabia seemed willing to grant Iran a temporary exemption from the supply freeze, at least until it recovers its pre-embargo production levels. That however changed on Friday when the country's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, shocked Saudi Arabia's Arab allies in the Persian Gulf, telling Bloomberg his country would only join the freeze curbe Iran - and all other OPEC member nations - also joined.

Iceland PM Refuses To Resign, Faces No Confidence Vote Following "Panama Papers" Scandal

Iceland PM Refuses To Resign, Faces No Confidence Vote Following "Panama Papers" Scandal

As reported last night, one of the first politicians to suffer a career casualty will probably be Iceland's prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, who was exposed by the Panama Papers as secretly owning a company called Wintris set up in 2007 on the Caribbean island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, to hold investments with his wealthy partner, later wife, Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir.

Turkey Threatens Armenia With “Another Armenian Genocide”

Turkey are to begin military operations against the Republic of Armenia – just a century after they attempted to wipe the country off the face of the earth in the brutal killing of 1.5 million of its citizens in what is known today as the Armenian Genocide.  According to Russian intelligence sources Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced concerns that the 3 million population nation of Armenia has become the “greatest threat to world peace”, and has vowed to “do something about it”.

ISIS Uses Chicken Blood To Stage Fake Photographs

A new ISIS photograph purporting to show a young dead boy lying down in a pool of blood has been exposed as yet another fake in a growing collection of fake propaganda by the terrorist organisation.  It turns out the young boy in the photo was actually lying in a pool of chickens blood. Thesun.co.uk reports: The gory picture claimed to show a lad murdered by Iraqi soldiers. But the snap has been exposed as a LIE. Journalist Haidar Sumeri posted the original picture on Twitter, alongside one ISIS never wanted you to see.

UN Declares Israel As Having World’s Worst Human Rights

The U.N.’s top human rights body has officially declared Israel as the world’ worst human rights violator- beating Iran, North Korea, Russia and China for the number 1 spot.  Foxnews.com reports: The U.N. Human Rights Council wrapped up its latest session in Geneva on Friday, March 27 by adopting four resolutions condemning Israel.  That’s four times more than any of the other 192 UN member states. There were four resolutions on Israel.

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