Leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that he was hoping to improve Seoul’s relationship to communist North, and its patrons in China and Russia, in pursuit of a definitive state of peace on the peninsula.
The members of the South Korean boy band BTS – by many metrics the most internationally successful music acts in the history of their nation – announced this week that they would work on a new album in the United States, expected to be released in spring 2026.
The Taliban terrorist organization’s official ambassador to Moscow, Gul Hassan Hassan, assumed his position in the Russian capital this week in representation of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”
China, through its “China Tibetology Research Center,” published a screed on Wednesday condemning a declaration by the Dalai Lama that only his office will have power to find his successor after his passing, asserting that the Communist Party regime has final authority over the Buddhist leader.
The government of Turkey offered a warm welcome to a delegation representing the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas on Wednesday, expressing support for its cause and accusing the government of Israel of “genocide” for engaging in self-defense operations against the group.
The Chinese regime propaganda outlet Global Times published an article on Monday amplifying pro-China “green” energy personality Elon Musk’s increasingly hostile criticisms of President Donald Trump.
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, who is subordinate to elderly “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signed a parliamentary bill into law on Wednesday ending all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The president of Iceland’s National Broadcaster (RÚV), Stefán Jón Hafstein, published a commentary on Tuesday calling for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest – and suggested that, in the event that the ban was impossible, the contest could allow Israeli singers to participate without their national flags.
A report published by the World Health Organization on Monday found that as many as 871,000 deaths a year could be linked to loneliness, emphasizing that social connection has a direct correlation to increased positive health outcomes.
The Lebanon-based Iranian proxy terrorist organization Hezbollah held multiple events on Monday in solidarity with Tehran, declaring that it would continue in the “just and divinely inspired battle” against Israel and America.
North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un appeared on the nation’s state propaganda broadcasts on Monday at an event honoring the country’s soldiers killed in the ongoing Russia invasion of Ukraine, in which at least 15,000 North Koreans are estimated to be fighting.
The government of China published its annual Communist Party statistics on Monday, revealing a modest 1.1 percent increase in the number of official members and a decline in the number of members under 35.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the stalled nuclear deal talks with the United States, demanded in a letter to the United Nations on Sunday that the global body help Tehran seek “reparation” for the damage caused by American airstrikes on his country’s illicit nuclear sites.
An Iranian border governor revealed this week, Afghan news outlets relayed, that Iran has dramatically increased the rate of mass deportations of Afghans, resulting in over 8,000 repatriations a day.
A judge in Argentina ruled on Thursday that the country could place ten Iranian and Lebanese citizens – including the recently appointed head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – on trial in absentia for their suspected roles in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA).
South Korean police detained six Americans on Friday caught with over 1,000 bottles carrying rice, Bibles, and American money that they reportedly intended to send across the sea to North Korea.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested in an interview on Thursday that Iran will be demanding “compensation for damages” to its illicit nuclear development sites in any future diplomatic engagements with America after President Donald Trump approved airstrikes targeting the facilities.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) reintroduced a bill that would affirm that the W.H.O. pandemic agreement is a treaty subject to Senate approval.
The Islamic theocracy of Iran stated on Wednesday that it would work to preserve its illicit nuclear program “under any circumstances,” denying that the American airstrikes on key uranium enrichment facilities had marked an end to its nuclear ambitions.
China hosted the defense ministers of Russia and Iran – alongside Belarus, Pakistan, and Kyrgyzstan – on Wednesday for a meeting on global security in the aftermath of the most destructive military engagement against Tehran in recent memory.
Pope Leo XIV told Catholic believers during a weekly event on Wednesday that he welcomed the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran with “hope,” advising the nations to abandon plans for “revenge” and embrace a path to long-term peace.
Iran’s rubber-stamp parliament greenlit legislation banning the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from working with the country.
The South China Morning Post, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping will be skipping the upcoming BRICS summit in Brazil due to a “scheduling conflict,” the first time in the history of the coalition that Xi would be absent.
The Chinese Foreign Minister offered to “work with the international community” on Tuesday to help establish peace in the Middle East — after President Donald Trump announced that he had brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
The Islamist dictatorship of Iran is facing a potentially existential conflict after President Donald Trump approved airstrikes on Saturday targeting some of its most productive uranium enrichment facilities – and the BRICS coalition that it belongs to is facing the first geopolitical crisis truly challenging its relevance on the world stage.
The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, threatened “foolish and ignorant” President Donald Trump with an attack on the U.S. on Tuesday, a message at odds with Trump’s announcement Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire.
The Chinese Communist Party, alongside Russia and Pakistan, spearheaded efforts on Sunday to pass a resolution at the United Nations Security Council condemning attacks on Iran’s illicit nuclear facilities.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, who condemned the ongoing campaign against Iran’s illicit nuclear program as an “unprovoked aggression” by Israel and America.
The genocidal jihadist terror organization Hamas issued a statement late on Saturday condemning President Donald Trump for greenlighting a series of airstrikes on Iran’s largest uranium enrichment sites, calling it a “dangerous escalation.”
President Donald Trump announced in a White House address on Saturday night that the United States had conducted “massive precision strikes” to destroy Iran’s three key nuclear enrichment sites, declaring them “completely and totally obliterated.”
A senior United Nations human rights official told Reuters on Friday that communist North Korea has yet to lift some key civil rights restrictions imposed on its citizens in the aftermath of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly warned in a conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday that Europe could face a new mass migration wave and “nuclear leakage” if the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi insisted in comments on Thursday his country had no interest in ceasing missile barrages against Israel, maintaining the Iranian military would “continue to pummel the criminals who target our people.”
The Foreign Ministry of North Korea issued an enraged statement on Thursday in defense of its allies in Iran, declaring Israel a “cancer-like entity… destroying global peace and security” for its recent military operation hindering illicit nuclear development in neighboring Iran.
The Emirati newspaper the National reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources, that Hezbollah is not planning to aid Iran.
China’s state propaganda outlet Global Times declared in a commentary on Thursday that “the U.S. bears responsibility for the Iranian nuclear issue,” exonerating its ally Iran entirely for developing an illicit nuclear program and escalating enrichment activities against United Nations standards.
Pope Leo XIV addressed the eruption of active hostilities between Iran and Israel for the first time on Wednesday, urging the world to facilitate peace and reject “scientific weapons of all kinds,” an apparent reference to Iran’s illicit nuclear program.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a visit to Canada on Tuesday with a meeting with his host, Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared in comments on Wednesday that his Islamist regime would “resolutely” oppose peace with Israel, America, or any of Israel’s allies if Iran considers the terms of peace to be “imposed” from abroad.
Iran’s technology security heads have ordered regime officials not to use any devices that can connect to public internet networks.
