The Communist Party of Cuba announced a mass pardon of over 2,000 prisoners on Thursday, allegedly to mark the Christian holiday of Holy Week, but human rights groups have denounced the regime for neither freeing a single political prisoner nor clarifying who it is freeing.
The United Nations-backed security force in Haiti, which is staffed largely by police and military officers from Kenya, has been accused of four cases of sexual exploitation and abuse. U.N. investigators said all four of the allegations were “substantiated.”
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed on Thursday to have struck Tel Aviv, Israel, with a “barrage of ballistic missiles.”
Ruben Enaje, a Filipino carpenter and billboard maker, announced on Friday that he would retire from playing Jesus in a famous ceremony in Pampanga, the Philippines, after being crucified for the 37th time.
The government of Argentina declared the Iranian chargé d’affaires persona non grata and gave him 48 hours to leave the country.
Friends and family members of Russian men are coming forward to complain that their loved ones were recruited to fight in Ukraine while they were drunk. Some of the victims were so inebriated that they could not have given informed consent by any rational standard.
South Korea, France, and Ukraine discussed taking steps to ensure the Strait of Hormuz is safe for commercial ships.
President Donald Trump’s budget request calls for Congress to boost defense spending up to $1.5 trillion, the largest increase in decades and signals the administration’s interest in raising defense spending over domestic spending.
The disgusting scandal revolving around Bryon Noem’s indefensible behavior just got even more disgusting.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump ahead of his Iran address, arguing that he had brought the United States into an unwanted war, put U.S. troops in danger, and failed to address concerns at home.
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) on Tuesday announced it has detected an attack on a crucial software package called “axios” that connects local software applications with web services. The perpetrators appear to be a hacking group linked to the government of North Korea.
A community that lost over two dozen members to an invasion of unknown gunmen on Palm Sunday, the beginning of the holiest week of the year for Christians, experienced a resurgence of mob attacks on random locals on Wednesday following the lifting of a curfew, Nigerian government officials confirmed.
According to a Reuters report on Thursday, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has somehow managed to acquire Chinese and Turkish-made combat drones for his arsenal, even though Libya has been under a weapons embargo since 2011.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday announced that it lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez.
The American embassy in Baghdad warned U.S. citizens in Iraq on Wednesday that they should leave the country as soon as possible, in part due to the Iraqi government not doing enough to prevent attacks or protect victims.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgency in Yemen announced on Wednesday it has launched an operation called “Holy Jihad Battle” against Israel.
Michel Torres Corona, a propagandist on Cuban state television, complained on Wednesday that Cuban authorities allegedly censored a scathing condemnation he filmed against Sandro Castro, the “influencer” grandson of late Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro, for his recent interview with CNN and other antics involving President Donald Trump.
The FBI reportedly classified a China-linked effort to penetrate one of its surveillance systems this week as a “major cyber incident,” meaning it was a significant risk to U.S. national security.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian – who is technically subordinate to “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei – published a letter on Wednesday evening directly addressing the American people, a move apparently intended to portray himself as the most authoritative leader in the country at the moment.
An assessment from French intelligence has warned that the upcoming generation of teenagers represents an increased threat of Islamic terrorism compared to their predecessors.
President Donald Trump delivers a primetime address to the nation about the conflict with Iran on Wednesday, April 1.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been abducted in Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly by a group linked to an Iran-backed Shiite militia.
Ugandan military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Monday that his country “experienced numerous cyberattacks” after his public offer to assist Israel in its conflict with Iran.
Nicaraguan Catholics were once again prohibited from freely celebrating Holy Week this year after the communist regime, led by dictatorial husband-and-wife couple Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, banned all Catholic processions in the country for the third year in a row.
The Colombian news channel Red más on Tuesday aired an interview with Sandro Castro, the “influencer” grandson of late Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro, in which he dubious claimed he has no close ties with the inner circle of his great-uncle dictator Raúl Castro.
Chinese state media is fuming over Sen. Bernie Moreno’s (R-OH) plans to expand the U.S. ban on Chinese vehicles.
The Lebanese Army on Tuesday withdrew from four border villages, two of them Christian-majority towns whose residents have refused to follow instructions from Israel to evacuate the area while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battle the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is subordinate by law to the nation’s Islamic “supreme leader,” appeared on the streets of Tehran alongside Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday night to join celebrations for Islamic Republic Day.
China, in conjunction with its allies in Pakistan, published a “peace proposal” Tuesday to end the war between Iran and America.
President Donald Trump will address the nation on Wednesday night to give “an important update” regarding the ongoing war against Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Operation Epic Fury in Iran will come to an end in the next two or three weeks, or perhaps even sooner.
The Houthi insurgents of Yemen appear to have joined the Iran conflict on behalf of their arms dealers and paymasters in Tehran by launching missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday.
Clients of China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are asking Beijing for help with spiking energy costs due to the Iran conflict, but so far China has reportedly offered little assistance, instead shutting down fuel exports to conserve its own energy stockpiles and protect its own economy.
Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said on Tuesday that Israel is “prepared to keep operating for weeks to come,” even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that the war against Iran was “definitely beyond the halfway point” as it entered its fifth week.
ICE agents will conduct immigration status checks during family and graduation days for new U.S. Marines in SC this week, but will not be making arrests.
Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Monday demanded “explanations” from Jair Bolsonaro’s legal team after his son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, said that he would record a video at CPAC to show his father, who is presently under house arrest recovering from pneumonia.
Iran’s top diplomat at the United Nations accused Ukraine of “active participation” in the ongoing conflict between his country and the United States in a letter to U.N. chief Antonio Guterres this week – a response to Kyiv’s offer to help Gulf states protect themselves from Iranian drone attacks.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the NATO alliance will have to be “re-examined” given the failure of European powers during the Iran conflict.
The leftist American news outlet CNN aired a favorable interview on Monday night with Sandro Castro, the grandson of late Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro and one of the few people in communist Cuba wealthy enough to enjoy marginal fame as an Instagram influencer.
Christian communities throughout Syria limited or canceled Holy Week festivities, including Palm Sunday observances, after mobs of Muslim attackers targeted Christian communities this weekend, destroying Christian symbols and looting shops.
