A delegation representing the nascent government of Syria under the jihadist terror organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began its first-ever international visit on Wednesday to Saudi Arabia, seeking financing and other support to rebuild the war-torn country.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) issued a statement this week pressuring China to “share data and access” to help investigate the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, which began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan five years ago.
Columbia University professor Joseph Massad will teach a spring semester class on the history of Zionism, the movement for Jewish self-determination, despite celebrating the October 7 attack and denying a Jewish link to Israel.
The raging cartel violence that has terrorized the state of Sinaloa for months led to the closing of IHOP restaurants in that region. The restaurant is one of numerous businesses that closed in that Mexican state, which continues to see brutal cartel fighting, targeted killings, abductions, and terror-style attacks. Public officials continue to claim public safety is improving.
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity” is a statement from the Holy Bible’s Book of Ecclesiastes. New York socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, widely known both for her embrace of extreme plastic surgery and record divorce settlement, has died after a life that seemingly embraced that credo.
Famed singer-songwriter Neil Young has dropped out of the lineup for this summer’s Glastonbury music festival.
At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl, officials said.
The number of illegal migrants who crossed the English Channel in 2024 increased by 25 per cent over the previous year, according to initial government figures.
Just how fragile is the modern world? More than most years, 2024 has seen a surge of headlines about the things that make civilisation work.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in New York City on New Year’s Day for “intifada,” blocking Sixth Avenue in Manhattan just hours after a terror attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, and an explosion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced Wednesday that it is banning the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network for “broadcasting inciteful content, spreading misinformation, and interfering in internal Palestinian affairs.”
Mexico’s plans for the mass deportation of migrants from the United States move into high gear as local and state officials prepare shelters and supplies.
A man was shot and killed by German police in the state of Baden-Württemberg on New Year’s Eve after stealing an excavator and going on a violent rampage with the vehicle.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced an open investigation by the country’s attorney general’s office against the mayor of Coalcoman, Michoacan, over a Christmas party. Government officials in attendance allegedly praised various drug kingpins from Cartel Jalisco New Generation for “their generosity” in giving a large number of gifts to local children.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed a recent series of New York Times reports about fentanyl production in Sinaloa, calling the stories “not very believable.” The reports, titled “This is What Makes Us Rich: Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Lab” and “How Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals,” were published one day earlier.
Abortion was the leading cause of death globally in 2024, with a record 45 million unborn babies killed in the womb, according to data provided by Worldometer.
The Iranian-backed terror group Hamas has decided to call President-elect Donald Trump’s bluff and abandon negotiations toward a hostage deal, waiting instead to see if it can get a better deal when he takes office January 20.
Despite nearly three years of war Russian energy has continued to transit unimpeded through Ukrainian territory until now.
A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers down as they patrolled on foot in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing one and seriously injuring the other, the country’s police chief said.
Violence reigned in the New Year in Brussels as miscreants attacked police and firefighters and set dozens of fires in the de-facto capital of the European Union.
Venezuela’s socialist regime and the Venezuelan opposition will each hold presidential inauguration ceremonies in Caracas on January 10, 2025 for the two men they claim are both president: longtime dictator Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González.
The world made dramatic political shifts in 2024, a year unusually full of game-changing federal elections, including in America.
The leftist governments of Latin America will begin 2025 with their once-vaunted unity strained and with many facing its own share of controversies at home.
President-elect Donald Trump celebrated New Year’s Eve on Tuesday at his estate and club at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, and issued a warning to Hamas terrorists: “They better let the hostages come back soon.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Big Money Show,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) argued that the Chinese-backed hacking of the U.S. Treasury Department needs to be responded to with an economic response that hits “China and its surrogates
An Argentine federal court on Monday ordered the arrest of Nicaragua’s communist dictator Daniel Ortega.
Saudi Arabia’s Neom project was meant to be the city of the future, the crowning achievement of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “Saudi Vision 2030” plan to diversify the national economy away from oil. Unfortunately, the construction site for the city of the future has been plagued by complaints of gang rape, drinking, drugs, and attempted suicide by the 100,000 workers assembled there.
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.
Five people in Argentina have reportedly been charged in connection with the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in October at the age of 31 after jumping from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.
Mexican authorities arrested three migrants for their alleged role in the murder of a decorated immigration agent. Two of the migrants are believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, while the third migrant is described as a Colombian national.
Speaking from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace and ancestral home of British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill, Nigel Farage acknowledged that the United Kingdom is facing many struggles, many of which self-imposed by both Westminster establishment parties, but also stressed that there signs of optimism heading into the new year.
Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones.
Xi Jinping urged his people to “work together to steadily improve social undertakings and governance” during his New Year’s Eve address.
A man has been arrested after several people were injured Tuesday in an apparent Berlin knife attack, which resulted in two people being hospitalised.
The head of a prominent Islamic organization in India propagated a fatwa, or religious edict, this weekend prohibiting Muslims from celebrating the new year.
