[caption id="attachment_55257375" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] People protest outside of the New York Stock Exchange October 13, 2008 in New York City. (Getty)[/caption] by Adam Tooze …

The Trump Administration has now snapped back the first round of sanctions on Iran. Cars, planes, precious metals and currency are effected. The harsher sanctions designed to preclude the buying of…

Earlier this week in Tehran, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made comments placing blame on Hassan Rouhani for the present economic crisis in his country. Rouhani had crossed “red lines…

[caption id="attachment_55257280" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrives at the Wusong military port on November 16, 2015 in Shanghai, China…

[caption id="attachment_55257234" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] An airplane makes a fire retardant drop on a large hill-top home that had caught fire near Cal State San Marcos as crews battle a…

[caption id="attachment_55257108" align="aligncenter" width="501"] Light/Power- Fiddlers Ferry powerstation in Warrington,UK (Getty Images).[/caption] by Doyle Rice Rising temperatures due to human…

[caption id="attachment_55256995" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A worker scans items with a handheld device, then puts them in storage pods maneuvered by robots. (Seattle Times)[/caption] by…