Even before missiles flew out of America’s warships to bomb Syrian military bases, gold was slowly increasing in value in anticipation of the Trump-Xi summit. After the bombs landed, gold has hit a 5 month peak as investors look for safe havens. Other safe havens such as the Japanese Yen …

ISIS reportedly used the haze of the United States’ airstrike against Syria to launch an assault at nearby checkpoints and bases. Citing a military source, Al-Masdar reported that ISIS fighters in the eastern part of the Homs Governorate in Syria launched a massive offensive Friday morning, shortly after President Donald …

President Putin “regards the strikes as aggression against a sovereign nation,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, noting that the president believes the strikes were carried out “in violation of international law, and also under an invented pretext.” Peskov also insisted that “the Syrian army doesn’t have chemical weapons,” saying this …

The U.S. military has launched 59 missiles into Syria, an official has confirmed to NBC. The target of the strikes was a Syrian government-controlled airfield in Homs, Syria. According to a Statement from the Department of Defense: “At the direction of the president, U.S. forces conducted a cruise missile strike against …

Marine Le Pen accused Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis of wanting war “at all costs” during a tense interview ahead of the French election. Following a series of questions about Le Pen’s relationship with Vladimir Putin and Russia’s role in the world, Ms Maitlis asked whether France would defend the Baltic …

WikiLeaks has released new documents that indicate the CIA has developed the capability to mislead anyone investigating its hacking exploits into thinking the hackers came from other countries, including Russia. The CIA’s Marble software can forensically disguise viruses, trojans and hacking attacks, WikiLeaks said, so that no one will place the blame for …

US Senator John McCain said on Friday that the world desperately needs the US and Europe to unite once more to preserve globalism. The current chairman of the armed services committee in the US Senate said that Washington should restore cooperation with the EU — long one of America’s “most important alliances.” The remarks came …

Over a mere two decades, the Pentagon lost track of a mind-numbing $10 trillion — that’s trillion, with a fat, taxpayer-funded “T” — and no one, not even the Department of Defense, really knows where it went or on what it was spent. Even though audits of all federal agencies …

A fascinating exchange in which French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen informs a reporter that no one trusts the media highlights how incredibly disconnected from reality the establishment press really is. The reporter tells Le Pen her advice that people “turn away from the traditional media, (and) go and find …

The price of WTI crude oil and Brent crude oil rose on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. There was a significant reduction in US crude oil inventories, helping to spur price rises in the process. At last count, WTI crude oil was trading at $48.48 per barrel (+1.59%) while Brent crude …