Frances Martel

In an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the crisis in Ukraine as “a global problem concerning Asia,” one which he intends his government to be heavily involved in solving. Abe, who is in Spain

The eleven suspects arrested and questioned over a potential al Qaeda link to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are alleged to be part of a new terror ring in Malaysia and have denied any involvement in the mystery

The Ukrainian government’s new initiative against pro-Russian militants in the east of the nation is beginning to yield results, according to a BBC report claiming that militants are beginning to retreat from Sloviansk after the government regained control of nine

The United Nations has warned that ongoing conflict in South Sudan could become “another Rwanda;” that, as the threat of famine looms over the country, millions may face certain death should leaders not arrive at peace. Secretary of State John

The disastrous policies of President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in Venezuela are beginning to significantly impact American corporations. Corporations like Clorox, Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola, and others are finding their quarterly earnings diminished by the rapid devaluation of Venezuela’s currency. According to

A long-anticipated preliminary report reviewing the actions surrounding the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 shows that Malaysia Airlines relayed incorrect information about the location of the plane to Vietnam in the early hours of its disappearance, waiting four

International human rights groups are once again calling for improved working conditions at construction sites for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, as the alarmingly high rates of migrant worker deaths and a litany of human rights abuses continue in

While previously in a five-year decline, terrorist activity increased significantly in 2013, from the work of Islamist extremists to Greek anarchists to lone wolf attackers in America. According to a new report released by the United States Department of State

Wikileaks appears to have inadvertently disclosed on its Twitter account Thursday that the group had intended for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to remain in Russia since his departure from the United States – a declaration that disputes earlier claims

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at a joint press conference in Berlin Wednesday that the nations stand united against further Russian invasion into Ukrainian territory and that they fully expected unanimous cooperation among the

Australian Health Minister Peter Dutton declared in a speech on Thursday that his nation’s universal healthcare program is unsustainable at its current rates, and advocates are incensed at the possibility of the government slowly backing away from providing free health

The Chinese government is blaming suicide bombers tied to religious extremists for a bombing in the northwestern region of Xinjiang this week that killed three and injured dozens. The explosion followed a knife attack by a group of individuals at

The ongoing civil war in South Sudan has resulted in the recruitment of 9,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict, the United Nations announced this week. In a special report on the war, UN officials warned that threats

NEW YORK, New York–The Archdiocese of New York is planning a significant realignment that could result in the closing of “dozens” of parishes, according to new reports. The realignment is part of a broader plan that would expand the consolidation

Apparently, upward of ​100,000 Russians, many waving signs in support of President Vladimir Putin and the Russian annexation of Crimea, flooded Red Square today for the nation’s annual May Day parade. It was the first time since the fall of

North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency unleashed a torrent of wild accusations and even wilder grammatical errors at the United States this week, accusing President Obama of ‘indulging in luxury’ and crowning the nation a ‘kingdom of racial discrimination’ over

Fourteen people have died, and Islamist militants threaten to attack as many others as they can, but the national elections go on nonetheless in Iraq today, as voters return to the polls for the first time since the United States

“It’s like hearing of the return of the slave trade,” the father of two girls abducted by Islamist terror group Boko Haram said of the ordeal. As more than two hundred girls remain missing after a kidnapping this month, reports

The ties that bind communist Cuba to socialist Venezuela grow stronger and stronger, as President Nicolás Maduro orders the delivery of twenty million communist textbooks from Cuba to Venezuelan schools. The books teach that a Cuban woman breastfed founding father

James Kottak, drummer for the legendary hair metal band The Scorpions, has been arrested in Dubai for a number of charges stemming from several drinks in which he partook at Dubai’s airport on the way to Bahrain: insulting Islam, raising

Americans no longer trust President Obama’s “lackadaisical” approach to foreign policy and would rather the United States diminish its presence in global affairs, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Forty-seven percent of Americans responded to the poll

An Australian company is claiming that it has found debris that could have potentially come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly two months since the plane initially disappeared. The Malaysian government confirmed that it is investigating the report. The

Chinese media outlet Xinhua has ramped up coverage on what it calls “anti-decadence momentum” in the nation. A report this week claims that more than 800 officials were “busted” in April for crimes such as throwing lavish weddings and “disobeying

Renowned Saudi columnist Mamdouh Al-Muhaini of Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat has endorsed Jeb Bush for president. Writing that the Republican establishment has rallied around the candidate, Al-Muhaini declares Bush’s appeal to be his moderate approach, “distant from all those rigid