Frances Martel

Genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping proclaimed that the Chinese oppressed by his Communist Party and the nation of Taiwan “share a bond of blood and kinship,” insisting that China’s colonization of Taiwan was “unstoppable” in an address to mark the new year.

The South Korean Ministry of Education revealed this week that over 4,000 schools have shut down nationwide between 1980 and March 2025, responding to the rapid collapse of the child population in the past generation.

Multiple news outlets noted at the end of the year that the communist government of North Korea is prominently featuring the Wonsan Kalma Tourist Area on its official calendars, including those meant for Chinese tourists – an indication that it will be heavily promoting travel to the beach resort region in the next year.

The government of Turkey confirmed that it had arrested 357 people on Tuesday in nationwide operations against Islamic State terrorists suspected of plotting attacks on New Year’s Eve – following a multi-hour operation on Monday that killed three police officers.

The State Department and the United Nations jointly announced on Monday that they have agreed to a new framework for processing American funding for the global body, streamlining funds directly to countries in need and potentially saving billions in needless bureaucracy.

The Islamist government of Syria and independent human rights groups reported on Monday that three people were killed and dozens injured at an Alawite-led protest calling for Damascus to implement a less centrally controlled, federalist system.

Argentine President Javier Milei emphasized his admiration and support for American counterpart Donald Trump in an interview with the British Telegraph on Monday, praising Trump as a peacemaker and clear-minded leader.

The head of the largest organization representing the Tiv people of central Nigeria told local media he sent a letter to President Donald Trump this weekend thanking him for approving airstrikes against jihadists exterminating Christian communities nationwide.

One of China’s oldest and most reliable business partners in Latin America, the nation of Chile, just elected a hardline conservative who supports a military overthrow of the Venezuelan socialist regime, a core Chinese ally, as its president.

Nigerian activists and leaders at the front lines of the jihadist mass killings in the country denounced attempts to erase the religious aspect of the persecution in the country during a recent online press briefing alongside the human rights organization Open Doors, noting the overwhelming evidence that the killers are seeking to eliminate Christianity entirely.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), now under the control of Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has published weeks of content showing throngs of jubilant Christians in the country enjoying Christmas tree lightings, holiday markets, and other celebrations – a nod to the White House that Sharaa will respect religious tolerance.

Nigerians speaking to the newspaper Daily Trust expressed extreme hesitation in traveling out of the capital city of Abuja to spend Christmas this week with family, citing the “insecurity” crisis caused by a growing wave of systematic attacks by jihadists against Christian communities nationwide.

Pope Leo XIV issued messages on Monday to the clergy in anticipation of the Christmas holiday, emphasizing the importance of friendship and community to sustain the work of the Church.

The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has created a government office to support the candidates of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi to become the next United Nations secretary-general, the newspaper La Nación reported on Tuesday.

Hu Haitao, a former associate professor of microbiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), revealed in an interview with the South China Morning Post published on Monday that he is leaving the United States to return to his native China, where he will work for the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, organized a Christmas celebration on Sunday featuring a child nativity play during a visit by Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa to the war-torn territory.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday for operations to stop Venezuela’s illicit trafficking of sanctioned oil, claiming that the seizures, and not the trafficking, were the true international crime.

The Islamic State terrorist organization published a statement on Thursday celebrating the killing of three Americans, two servicemen and a civilian, in Syria last week, but stopped short of taking responsibility for the attack.

Socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil confirmed on Thursday he will veto a bill passing both chambers of the Brazilian Congress that reduces the sentence of conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, currently serving 27 years in prison on dubious “coup” charges.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin claimed during his traditional end-of-year press conference on Friday that Russia was “ready” for a peace agreement to end its invasion of Ukraine, but peace talks were impossible as “we truly do not see such readiness” from Kyiv.

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that his country would be welcoming members of the United States Air Force for a temporary joint operation intended to fight drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) urged Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday to use the federal government to protect worshippers in the face of expected increased jihadist attacks during the Christmas season.

The governments of China and Russia issued impassioned statements in support of Nicolás Maduro’s narco-terrorist regime in Venezuela on Wednesday and Thursday, urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his regional actions protecting America’s national security.

The national broadcaster responsible for hosting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest announced on Wednesday that audience members will be allowed to bring “all official flags,” presumably including the Palestinian flag, and that booing will not be censored out of the live event, emboldening pro-Hamas protesters who have made the non-political event a major target.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin praised North Korean troops for fighting “valiantly and bravely” against Ukrainians in Kursk, a Russian region Ukraine counter-invaded last year, during a Defense Ministry meeting on Wednesday.

José Antonio Kast, the conservative president-elect of Chile, told reporters on Tuesday that he would support “any situation that ends a dictatorship,” referring to a potential American military operation to oust Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Communist dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus suggested in an interview published on Tuesday that his country would happily welcome his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro to live there should he have to flee his country.

The State Department will announce the designation of the Clan del Golfo, a cocaine- and human-trafficking organized criminal militia in Colombia, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on Tuesday, Breitbart News learned.

Communist dictator Kim Jong-un of North Korea held a welcome back ceremony for soldiers serving in the battlefield of the Russian invasion of Ukraine this weekend, acknowledging a regiment believed to have been helping clear landmines in which at least nine soldiers died.

A spokesman for the Syrian Interior Ministry appeared to confirm this weekend that the man who killed two American soldiers and an interpreter in Palmyra was employed with the jihadist government’s security forces, but claimed that he was “under review” for “extremist” opinions.

The High Court of Hong Kong found Jimmy Lai, the proprietor of the anti-communist newspaper Apple Daily and several other free journalism outlets, guilty of violating various provisions of the Chinese “national security law” imposed on the country in 2020 to crush dissent.

An unnamed World Health Organization (W.H.O.) spokesperson insisted in remarks published on Thursday that the agency is not seeking to change its current, meager relationship with Taiwan after a senior Japanese government official claimed this week that W.H.O. chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus promised more cooperation with Taipei.

The U.S.-based Cuban news outlet Martí Noticias reported on Thursday that the Communist Party on the island has ordered the expulsion of Father José Ramírez, a priest stationed in Havana who rang the bells of his church on Monday in solidarity with protesters who had taken to the streets that night.