Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of several Iranian politicians vying for influence following the elimination of “supreme leader” Ali Khamenei, disparaged American Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as a “failed TV host” in commentary on Friday following a successful visit by President Donald Trump to Iranian ally China.
The glitteriest night of the year in Eurasia and Australia will soon be upon us: the Eurovision Song Contest, a now 70-year-old music extravaganza beloved around the world for its shameless embrace of feather boas, sequins, pyrotechnics, and all brands of kitsch.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is facing a “global health financing emergency” in the latest edition of the agency’s World Health Statistics report, published on Wednesday.
Uyghur human rights activists and organizations have asked President Donald Trump this week to use his visit to Beijing, China, to raise the issue of the Communist Party’s ongoing genocide against their people, which is linked deeply to the Chinese economy through state-sponsored slavery.
President Donald Trump reportedly invited his Chinese counterpart, genocidal dictator Xi Jinping, to visit the White House in September during a banquet in Beijing in Thursday.
A report released this week by researchers at Conflict Armament Research (CAR) revealed that the Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni terrorist organization, has been rapidly rebuilding its weapons arsenal through shipments of components, including for missiles and underwater weapons.
China’s foreign affairs arms gloated on Monday about Beijing’s successful attempt to block the democratic nation of Taiwan from participating in next week’s World Health Assembly (WHA).
Iranian Ambassador to Beijing Abulreza Rahmani Fazli showered the Chinese Communist Party with compliments in an interview published in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s travel to China on Tuesday, celebrating China’s allegedly “key role” in navigating out of conflict in the Middle East.
Chinese regime newspaper the Global Times approving touted the partnership between British actor Daniel Craig and the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand BYD this weekend, scolding Europeans questioning his promotion of a Chinese competitor for European EV brands as “contradictory” and retrograde.
China made it official on Monday: President Donald Trump is expected in Beijing for a series of meetings with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping and his minions on Wednesday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Beijing expects President Donald Trump to visit from May 13 to 15, spending much of that time in personal exchanges with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping.
Iran’s state media outlets reported on Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei, the alleged “supreme leader” of the country, had “issued new directives” to the armed forces, including the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Israeli singer Noam Bettan and his entourage received a warm welcome in Vienna, Austria, during the opening event for this week’s Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday — a radical departure from the throngs of pro-Hamas protesters wearing keffiyehs and threatening Israeli contestants that had become the norm in the past two years.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday new sanctions against Grupo de Administración Empresarial (GAESA), the Cuban corporation the Communist Party uses to control the nation’s tourist industry.
A spokesman for Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) condemned the United States on Friday for conducting what U.S. Central Command referred to as “self-defense strikes” to protect American assets in the region, claiming that it had responded and caused “significant damage.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed this week that it was investigating the context of an image appearing to show one of its soldiers mocking a statue of the Virgin Mary by holding a cigarette to her mouth and smoking in her face.
Iran reportedly aired a broadcast this week in which President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed to have met “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei.
The Chinese news outlet Caixin reported that a Chinese-owned ship, openly marked as such, was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
Pope Leo XIV received American Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on Thursday morning.
The Interior Ministry of Syria revealed on Tuesday nearly a dozen arrests linked to an alleged assassination plot by the Iranian proxy terrorist organization Hezbollah targeting its senior leaders.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced this week that the process to allow countries to sign onto its pandemic treaty would likely be stalled through 2027 after a negotiating team working on a “benefit sharing” system failed to reach consensus.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was flying to Beijing for a meeting “upon invitation” with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on May 6.
Data released this weekend by America’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request suggest that someone on board China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 chose to cut off its fuel supply shortly before it nosedived and killed everyone onboard in 2022.
South Korea appeared to have become the first victim of Iranian terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday since President Donald Trump announced a U.S. naval operation to escort ships safely, hours after reports suggested Seoul was considering joining the American mission itself.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed a report this weekend that they had “operated” on a convent in Southern Lebanon, claiming that the jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah had used the compound to which it belonged to attack Israel and that the building did not have overt religious symbols on it.
The Holy See Press Office issued a statement on Monday confirming that Pope Leo XIV has scheduled an audience with visiting American Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take place on May 7.
Horrific images of women apparently stripped naked and molested on the street by hordes of men during a “fertility festival” in Nigeria prompted outrage globally this weekend — but when the incidents occurred, local Nigerian leaders justified the festival as a traditional practice and chided women for being outside at all.
Cubans in nearly two dozen churches of different denominations nationwide joined a global prayer effort on April 26 calling on God to bless the island and free it from communist tyranny.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared in conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae on Thursday that his country is ready for new negotiations to end hostilities with the United States – provided Washington drops its priority issues.
The Chinese Communist Party announced on Wednesday that it had dramatically expanded the scope of the country’s known oil and gas reserves, claiming to have found 225 “large and medium-sized crude oil and natural gas fields” between 2021 and 2025.
The U.N.’s top nuclear energy official dismissed the possibility of using the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, as a basis for any new agreement in comments at a press conference on Wednesday.
The alleged, but missing, “supreme leader” of Iran Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly issued a written message on Thursday declaring that his country will impose a “new legal framework and management system for the Strait of Hormuz” that will result in a future “free of America” in the waterway.
North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un celebrated the untold numbers of his citizens dying in battle to support the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine in remarks on Monday, especially acknowledging soldiers who committed suicide to avoid capture.
A poll released on Tuesday found that incumbent President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would trail his top challenger, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, by 0.3 percent in a runoff between them, without enough support in the first round of voting to prevent a runoff.
Following a turbulent two years in which open hostility to the existence of the state of Israel became almost synonymous with it, the Eurovision Song Contest, through an international boycott movement, has shaken off some of its most belligerent leftist fans – and its quality may have risen markedly as a result.
Multiple reports published on Monday and Tuesday indicate that President Donald Trump did not respond favorably to a proposal from what remains of the Iranian Islamist regime to commit to formally ending hostilities before any negotiations to stop Iran’s illicit nuclear development.
A research study published by the human rights organization Prisoners Defenders on Monday estimated — based on documented evidence of meals, eyewitness testimony, and scientific estimates — that the Cuban Communist Party is feeding its male prisoners between 250 to 353 calories.
A large crowd of Cuban-Americans and supporters – according to Univisión, in the thousands – gathered on Sunday in Miami, Florida’s Bayside Park for a unique event to pray for divine intervention to end communism in Cuba.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow, Russia, on Monday and is expected to meet dictator Vladimir Putin for discussions on his country’s ongoing conflict with America.
The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times lamented in its coverage on Sunday that the shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was a result of “radicalization of international political divisions in America.”
