USA - President Trump late Sunday tweeted out to Iranian President Rouhani to never threaten the US again or face historic consequences. The tweet came on the heels of Rouhani’s warning to Trump that hostile policies could lead to the “mother of all wars" with Iran. Trump called for Rouhani to stop the rhetoric or - in caps lock - “suffer the consequences the like of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. We are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. Be cautious!” Sources told Reuters that US officials have launched an effort to foment unrest in Tehran and put pressure on the country’s leaders to end its nuclear program.

IRAN - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that no country in the region will export oil if Iran’s exports are stopped.

The same threat was earlier voiced by President Hassan Rouhani.

Speaking to Iranian ambassadors and senior diplomats on Saturday, Khamenei backed Rouhani’s earlier warning to close the Strait of Hormuz, thus blocking all oil shipments from the Persian Gulf. “[These] were important remarks that reflect Islamic Republic’s approach,” the Ayatollah said, according to his official website. He added that Iran’s Foreign Ministry must closely follow the approach. The statement comes in response to anti-Iran rhetoric by the US, which is currently pressing allies to cut off Iranian crude exports. During a recent tour, a senior State Department official warned that those failing to reduce Iranian oil imports to “zero” by early November would face US sanctions.

GERMANY - Looking at a recent cover of the German news magazine Der Spiegel, one might be forgiven for thinking that all is lost for the Fatherland. A dismal performance of the German national football team (Die Mannschaft) is seen as the consequence of a general malaise. “Haggard”, “exhausted”, “tired” are not only words used to describe the football coach Joachim Löw but also Germany’s long-serving chancellor, Angela Merkel.  In the Der Spiegel article, Merkel is depicted as a spent force.

ISRAEL - Israel and the Palestinian authority Hamas have agreed to restore calm after a day of armed confrontation, which saw one Israeli soldier killed and dozens of airstrikes launched by Israel, killing four Palestinians. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum has attributed the armistice to the mediation of Egypt and the UN. "With Egyptian and United Nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between (Israel) and Palestinian factions," he said, as cited by Reuters. Israel did not immediately issue any official reaction to the news of the ceasefire.

USA - As LGBT activists continue to push their agenda into schools, parents are starting to wake up to the assault taking place on their children. But now, LGBT activists have switched gears to a new tactic which makes things even worse. And even more horrific, they are deliberately keeping parents in the dark at what is taking place behind closed doors. LGBT activists have figured out the mass public doesn’t buy the “transgender” propaganda they are trying to sell.

USA - Three-year-old twins Zyler and Kadyn Sharpe scurried around the boys and girls clothing racks of a narrow consignment store filled with toys. Zyler, wearing rainbow leggings, scrutinized a pair of hot-pink-and-purple sneakers. Kadyn, in a T-Rex shirt, fixated on a musical cube that flashed colorful lights. At a glance, the only discernible difference between these fraternal twins is their hair — Zyler’s is brown and Kadyn’s is blond.

USA - This week, MSM screamed “Russia, Russia, Russia” in unison - and called Trump a traitor for meeting Putin… Meanwhile, Boeing executives quietly signed about $40 billion in contracts with Russian companies. “Russia Russia Russia!!!” is all we’ve heard for the past few days – how many members of the media or former defense/intelligence officials are screaming about Boeing executives signing about $40 billion in contracts with Russian companies over the same period? The US also criticized Germany for their NordStream2 pipeline – but Boeing is selling Russian companies freight jets which will primarily be used to transport oil equipment. Notice you must visit 2 Russian sites (RT and Sputnik) to piece the deals together to get the $39 billion total… no US MSM has covered these deals in their totality.

GREECE - At least 50 people are feared dead in wildfires burning in the Attica region around Athens, in Greece's worst fire crisis in more than a decade. According to the Red Cross, 26 bodies were found in the yard of a villa in the seaside village of Mati, which is at the centre of the disaster. Before news of the grim discovery, the official death toll stood at 24. As part of a huge rescue effort, emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate a beach. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes and the authorities are seeking international assistance. At least 104 people were injured, 11 seriously, with 16 children among the casualties. "Mati doesn't even exist as a settlement anymore," one woman was quoted by Reuters as telling Greece's Skai TV.

VIETNAM/PHILIPPINES - Heavy rain brought about by tropical storms have claimed more than 20 lives in Vietnam and the Philippines, while India and Myanmar are bracing for more rain in the coming days. Flash floods in Vietnam have now claimed at least 19 lives, the government said yesterday, as residents in affected areas sought safety in higher ground. An additional 13 people were unaccounted for. In the Philippines, tropical depression Josie is on its way out of the country but will continue to induce heavy rain over the western sections of Luzon and Visayas today. At least five people have died and more than 700,000 were affected by days of heavy rain, which caused flooding and landslides, the Philippine authorities said yesterday.

USA - President Donald Trump has multiple reasons as to why he should take control of the Federal Reserve. He will do so both because he can and because his broader policies argue that he should do so. The president is anti-overregulating American industry.

USA - Will President Trump’s meeting with Putin lead to a coup by “shadow government” operatives of the CIA, State Department, and other federal agencies and departments? That’s what a former top-level Deep State official ominously seemed to be hinting at — and promoting — in a blistering CNN “analysis.” President Trump’s recent European tour, culminating in his summit with Vladimir Putin, sent the Deep State’s political and media operatives into Trump Derangement Syndrome overdrive.

USA - The frenzied furor and fomented outrage over President Donald Trump’s reluctance to express blind trust for our “intelligence community” defy reason and reality. In their choreographed cries of contempt for Mr Trump, the “left’s” increasingly shrill proclamations of political apocalypse make “Chicken Little” look rational. At least we’ve moved on from the impending annihilation from the nuclear war with North Korea.

USA - Wall Street has fretted over the risks of a trade war for months even while economic data continued to pour in showing the US economy is accelerating while the rest of the world slows down. Despite a lot of furrowed brows and fleece-vested flagellation about tariffs, however, the markets for stocks, bonds, and just about everything that can be priced show no signs of stress.

RUSSIA – The Russian government has drastically reduced their holdings of United States Treasury bonds, with Russian ownership of US bonds declining from $96.1 billion in March to $48.7 billion in April — and then further reducing their holdings to just $14.9 billion in May; an 11-year low. A gradual Russian sell-off of US sovereign debt began in 2011 and has intensified over the years as Washington has continued to impose sanctions against Russia. To put the massive sell-off into perspective, in 2010, Russia was among the top 10 holders of US Treasuries at $176.3 billion.

EUROPE - Europe should stop feeling compelled to fight the wasteful wars the United States starts. It should make its own decisions about how much money to spend on its militaries and it should stop subsidizing America’s global footprint through a network of military bases from Ireland to Turkey. Together, Europe has enough firepower to deal with any external threat. France and Germany together spend nearly twice what Russia does on the military. And without the persistent pressure of NATO’s eastern ambitions, Europe might well be able to negotiate a more cooperative set of relationships with Russia. In other words, Europe should take advantage of Trump’s overtly hostile attitude to get out of a relationship that has brought more drawbacks than benefits. It’s time for Europe to call Donald Trump’s bluff and strike off on its own.