Crowds of rioters have set police and public transport vehicles on fire in the Irish capital, Dublin, amid rumors that a man who stabbed three children and a woman at a city school was a foreign national. Protesters began to assemble in the center of the city on Thursday afternoon …
Read More »Canadian parliament speaker resigns after honoring Ukrainian Nazi veteran
Canadian House Speaker Anthony Rota stepped down on Tuesday after a Nazi veteran was his invited guest at a speech by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The invitation has faced widespread condemnation. Rota apologized on Monday for the presence of 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka at Zelensky’s address to Canadian lawmakers on Friday, but refused to resign. Although lawmakers …
Read More »Putin comments on grain deal after meeting with Erdogan
The West essentially forced Moscow to terminate its participation in the Black Sea grain initiative by failing to lift sanctions on Russian agricultural exports, President Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian leader was commenting after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Sochi on Monday. At a …
Read More »After Kiev’s failed summer counteroffensive, how do the Russian and Ukrainian armies stand as they approach new battles this fall?
Over the past three summer months, media all over the world has closely followed Ukraine’s much-hyped counteroffensive. However, nothing spectacular has happened. On reaching Russia’s line of defense, Kiev’s armed forces were able to capture several villages of no strategic value at the cost of significant casualties and destroyed Western …
Read More »Trump’s mugshot released after his surrender at Atlanta jail
Former US president Donald Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, as he faces criminal charges for allegedly trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. The billionaire-turned-politician was booked, arrested, and then quickly released thanks to a bail agreement secured …
Read More »Man shot by FBI after making threats toward Biden
US federal agents have fatally shot a Utah man accused of making threats against President Joe Biden and other public figures, the FBI said, just hours before the commander in chief arrived in the state for an official visit. The shooting unfolded early on Wednesday morning as FBI agents attempted …
Read More »Putin met Wagner chief after mutiny – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the Wagner private military company, Evgeny Prigozhin, several days after the group aborted a mutiny as part of a Belarus-mediated deal, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Speaking to journalists, Peskov confirmed a report by French newspaper Liberation, which claimed …
Read More »Henry Kissinger tried to end the Cold War. Why did those who came after him in Washington seek to restart the conflict?
A spy, a playboy, the holder of a doctorate, a diplomat, one of the most prominent political figures of the 20th century, and the man who defined American foreign policy during the Cold War. On May 27, 2023, Heinz (or Henry) Alfred Kissinger, a former National Security Adviser and Secretary …
Read More »Injuries after blast in Lugansk – acting governor
An explosion has rocked the central part of the Russian city of Lugansk, acting regional leader Leonid Pasechnik reported on Monday. The official said several people were injured in the blast, which appeared to be the result of a deliberate detonation. Unconfirmed media reports said the explosion injured as many …
Read More »Western sanctions will mean that more Syrians die after the earthquakes
Following the devastating earthquakes that rocked Türkiye, Syria and their neighboring countries on February 6, leaving more than 20,000 dead, Damascus is struggling to deal with this unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe as it remains under brutal Western sanctions that have brought the country to its knees. The West’s war on Syria …
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