Reports a cargo ship has been attacked south of Bab al-Mandab Strait. Second front opening

This is the second large commercial vessel in the past week have now been hijacked my Somali pirates.

Trump’s assertion that the war is nearly done:

• Trump: Iran war will come very soon and it will be victorious

In a moment of rare candour last week Trump compared it to the decade+ Vietnam war.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.