National Security

The State Department said on Thursday that America is “comprehensively reviewing our relationship with the Government of Tanzania” due to concerns over the “ongoing repression of religious freedom and free speech.”

Taiwan announced it will block access to Communist China’s app RedNote due to a high volume of complaints about online shopping scams.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Thursday starred in a bizarre “comedy sketch” involving an antique rotary phone — apparently alluding to his recent phone call with President Donald Trump.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino bestowed the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize on President Donald Trump for his work to settle conflicts around the globe, including his historic Middle East peace deal.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Thursday that it would allow Israel to stay in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Former Honduran vice president and current presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla claimed to Reuters on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s “last-minute interference” in the still-undefined election “damaged” his chances of winning.

A top official in Nigeria condemned calls from prominent American and other human rights figures for the country to abolish the imposition of sharia, or Islamic law, on citizens regardless of religion, dismissively remarking, “we are not Venezuela.”

U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday that American forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four suspected narco‑terrorists and destroying their heavily laden smuggling vessel. The attack, directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth under Operation Southern Spear, marks the 22nd strike against cartel‑linked traffickers in international waters and brings the total number of narco‑terrorists killed to nearly 90. The strikes continue despite harsh criticism from some lawmakers in Congress.

U.S. Central Command has launched a new task force deploying America’s first one-way “suicide drone” squadron in the Middle East, saying the move “sets the conditions for using innovation as a deterrent” as Iran and its proxies escalate low-cost attacks across the region.

The office of President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that South Africa will take a “commercial break” from the Group of 20 (G20) forum over the coming year because the rotating precedency has passed to the United States under President Donald Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for meetings with top officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump, along with the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, and the president of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, signed a historic peace agreement dubbed the Washington Accords to officially bring an end to a decades-long conflict between the countries.

Taiwan thanked President Donald Trump for the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act, which mandates reviews of the U.S. relationship to Taipei.

President Donald Trump has ordered that American flags across the nation and on U.S. territory around the globe be flown at half-staff in honor of fallen National Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom, who was callously shot blocks away from the White House on Thanksgiving eve.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Jimena Romina Araya Navarro, a Venezuelan actress linked to the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization.

Conservative politician Nasry Asfura is back in the lead in Honduras’ ongoing presidential vote count as of Thursday morning.

The government of Malaysia announced on Wednesday that it would resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which famously went missing over a decade ago, as the Southern Hemisphere approaches the summer months.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin slammed Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) for ignoring that illegal alien rapists were released back onto the streets by New York authorities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that it would be possible to negotiate a non-aggression pact with Syria, as desired by President Donald Trump, if the Syrian government is willing to establish a “demilitarized buffer zone.”

The governments of both Japan and China claimed on Tuesday to have menaced each other’s ships out of the waters surrounding the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, accusing each other of violating their respective sovereign territory.

Indonesian officials said on Tuesday that the death toll from flooding and landslides, caused by months of heavy rain and multiple devastating typhoons, has exceeded 800. More than 700 of those casualties were reported on the island of Sumatra.

Wednesday marked the first anniversary in South Korea of the December 3, 2024, attempt by former president Yoon Suk-yeol to impose martial law.

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested maintaining economic pressure against Venezuela’s socialist regime as a means to promote change in the country.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian on Wednesday said that China opposes “external interference” in Venezuela’s affairs amid rising tensions between the South American country and the United States.

The Kremlin says talks between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff were “constructive.”

Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that the Russian government is extremely interested in helping India expand its use of nuclear power, indicating it will be a top priority for Vladimir Putin when he visits the country this week.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for ceasefire talks.

Chinese Communist Party official Chen Weijun, executive vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), on Sunday became the latest Chinese official in the homeland of the oppressed Uyghur Muslims to be purged on corruption charges.

Nearly 500 employees in Minnesota’s state government say Democrat Governor Tim Walz ignored their constant warnings about massive fraud by Somalis of the state’s aid programs.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday that the United States military has “only just begun” its campaign against suspected narco terrorists.

President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the now-halted presidential vote count in Honduras in a statement on Monday — stressing that there will be “hell to pay” if the results are altered.

Turkish officials said on Tuesday that the tanker Midvolga 2 was attacked in the Black Sea, about 80 nautical miles from the Turkish coast, after sailing from Russia.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Monday once again danced to the “Not War, Yes Peace” remix song of his past “English” messages to the United States.