Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Friday that Moscow continues to place a high priority on cooperation with Tehran and wishes to create a “new world order” in which the West and Israel no longer have a dominant position in global affairs.
The North Korean military announced on Wednesday that it will sever all road and rail links to South Korea and construct more fortifications on the border, deepening the chasm between the two peninsular governments.
Haitian gangs are bolstering their manpower by recruiting more young boys as child soldiers, while young girls become sex slaves.
Satellite images of the Ream naval base in Cambodia reveal what appear to be two 1,500-tonne Chinese corvettes docked alongside a Chinese-built pier that could handle much bigger warships, seemingly validating concerns that Cambodia would allow the Chinese to turn Ream into a base for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) despite constant denials from the Cambodian government.
A Russian court on Monday sentenced 72-year-old U.S. citizen Stephen James Hubbard to nearly seven years in prison for helping to defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said in a televised speech on Tuesday that he was ready to discuss a truce with Israel, without setting any conditions for an end to Israel’s operation against Hamas in Gaza.
U.S. Under-Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez on Monday accused China of over-producing lithium in a predatory scheme to push down market prices and drive competing suppliers out of business.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claims he has reached a “good understanding” with Qatar for access to the $6 billion windfall of cash paid by President Joe Biden after a prisoner exchange deal with the United States in September 2023.
Legendary Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the “Merchant of Death” freed in President Joe Biden’s lopsided December 2022 prisoner exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner, claimed on Monday that U.S. media reports of him returning to the arms trade were “fake news” and clickbait.
Iranian officials insisted on Monday that Esmail Qaani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, is in “good health.” Qaani has not been heard from since Israel’s airstrikes on Hezbollah in Beirut last week.
Haiti’s prime minister, Garry Conille, traveled to Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday to plead for security assistance after a vicious gang attack on the farming town of Pont-Sonde on Thursday killed at least 70 people and displaced 6,000 more.
Israeli media reported on Sunday that the Biden administration has offered Israel a “compensation package” in exchange for refraining from attacks on a list of specific targets in Iran.
Taiwan’s growing obsession with envisioning a Chinese invasion will soon extend to the realm of board games, as a crowdfunding drive raised $100,000 for a game called “2045” that will allow players to simulate a Chinese attack twenty years in the future.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that a decision has been “taken at the highest level” to remove the Taliban from Russia’s list of terrorist organizations.
Low-cost Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) have reportedly made major inroads into South Africa’s market, with industry analysts pointing to years of double-digit sales growth.
Tehran held a “symbolic” funeral with a large crowd on Friday for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last week, ending three decades of terrorist plotting and authoritarian rule.
The Dominican Republic plans to implement an “immediate” program to deport as many as 10,000 migrants per week, mostly Haitians.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday that it has rescued a 21-year-old Yazidi woman named Fawzia Amin Sido from captivity by the terrorists of Hamas.
Five Chinese nationals have been indicted for lying about their strange midnight visit to a Michigan Army National Guard base in August 2023.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was welcomed in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday for a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, where they reportedly discussed the dangers of regional escalation.
Four years after landmark reports by the Trump Department of Education and the Clarion Project revealed billions of dollars in foreign money were flowing into American universities — much of it from hostile powers such as China — a new study from the National Association of Scholars (NAS) revealed that the “flow of foreign money from adversarial countries into our universities” has continued.
Tuesday was the official beginning of National Day, a Chinese holiday marking the anniversary of Communist Party rule.
The government of Saudi Arabia will reportedly end an eight-year embargo on funding to the Palestinian Authority (PA) with millions of dollars in relief money for the “humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas.”
Iran’s “moderate” President Masoud Pezeshkian told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that his country’s failed missile barrage against Israel was a “great source of pride” that “proved the Israeli regime’s Iron Dome system is more fragile than glass.”
Russia, which has occupied Crimea for nearly 11 years and invaded the rest of Ukraine two years ago, on Tuesday demanded Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon less than 24 hours after they began their limited ground incursion.
Three people were killed and 15 injured on Monday night when a 37-year-old man with the surname “Lin” went on a knife rampage at a Walmart supermarket in Shanghai.
North Korea’s U.N. representative claims America’s “anti-DPRK war machine” has brought the Korean Peninsula to the brink of conflict.
The ruling council of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist organization announced on Sunday that Hashem Safieddine, cousin of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, has been chosen to replace him as secretary-general.
Australian police are investigating at least six instances of “prohibited symbols and chants” — specifically, chants and flags associated with the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah — after pro-Palestinian groups held angry protests in Melbourne and other cities on Sunday to protest the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that two targeted airstrikes in Syria eliminated 37 terrorists aligned with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, including several senior leaders.
A senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday that China’s latest nuclear-powered attack sub sank in May or June while sitting in a shipyard near Wuhan, a baffling and embarrassing disaster the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has kept secret until now.
Former defense minister Ishiba Shigeru won his bid for leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, all but guaranteeing he will become the next prime minister.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib blamed Israel for “war crimes” without mentioning Hamas or Hezbollah at the United Nations.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas demanded Israel be stripped of membership in the United Nations in his address to the 2024 General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday.
Prosecutors in Taiwan said on Thursday they have questioned four individuals as witnesses in their investigation of the Hezbollah pager explosions in Lebanon.
Australia and New Zealand are looking for an explanation from China on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) for its unusual test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
The central bank of Argentina reported on Monday foreign currency deposits have surged by about $8 billion under the policies of libertarian President Javier Milei.
European intelligence sources said on Wednesday that Russia has developed a new model of attack drone in China with the help of Chinese specialists, and will soon deploy that weapon on the battlefields of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed China’s peace proposals as insincere and even treacherous at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday, insisting only his own proposals can bring “real and just peace” to his people by ending Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China conducted an unusual ICBM test launch into the Pacific Ocean for the first time since 1980.
