John Hayward

Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted at least five times, prompting a high-level alert for more eruptions and a tsunami warning.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall this week, bringing flash floods that caused at least four fatalities and virtually shut down the city of Dubai.

The United Nations on Thursday was accused of spreading pro-Hamas propaganda through one of its online newsletters, including links to websites that organized protests to block roads in American cities on April 15 in violation of U.S. law.

Canadian and American officials announced the arrest of six suspects in a $16 million robbery that stands as Canada’s largest gold heist.

Indian police killed at least 29 suspected Maoist rebels in a furious gun battle in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.

Haiti finally announced the membership of its “presidential transition council” on Tuesday, taking an important step toward removing unelected and wildly unpopular Prime Minister Ariel Henry from power and possibly ending the massive gangster insurrection that has plagued the country since February.

A delegation from Ukraine arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, hoping to secure assistance from Taiwanese firms to rebuild in the aftermath of the Russian invasion.

China’s latest medical scandal involves a woman who spent a fortune on cosmetic breast augmentation, only to discover her implants contained “filler” tissue from camels, bats, and chimpanzees. 

The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed media reports from Azerbaijan that Russia will withdraw all of its utterly useless “peacekeepers” from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Russians did nothing while Azerbaijan used force to seize control of the area last year and ruthlessly conducted an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Armenian Christians who lived there.

Iran’s apologists in the United States parrot the regime talking point that its attack on Israel was a legitimate act of “self-defense.”

A leaked confidential letter from a high-ranking officer in Iran’s IRGC reveals Iranian support for anti-Israel protests around the world.

The White House on Monday denied reports that Iran gave President Joe Biden advance warning of its massive weekend attack on Israel, and even obtained Biden’s tacit approval for a limited assault on a vital U.S. ally.

The Daily Caller on Thursday published a report that found Chinese military companies have spent over $24 million on lobbying the U.S. government since 2020. 

Much like when California’s far-left Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made a politically useful visit to China in October, Chinese state media on Sunday fawned over visiting San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D).

Iran’s state-controlled PressTV on Monday quoted officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who claimed they launched “hypersonic missiles” at Israel on Saturday night and that the fast-moving weapons were able to evade Israel, the U.S., and all of their allies to strike their targets in Israel.

A Saudi royal official says Iran “engineered the war in Gaza to destroy the progress in relations” between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) praised Iran on Sunday for attacking Israel, describing the massive but largely ineffectual wave of drones and missiles as “brave,” “legal,” and “natural.”

Iran’s mission to the United Nations released a statement about the attack on Israel on Saturday evening, saying that Iran’s retaliation “can be deemed concluded,” unless Israel or the United States escalates further.

The AUKUS military alliance, whose founding members are Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is reportedly considering Japan as a fourth member.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave an interview to China’s state-run Global Times on Friday in which the erratic leader trashed the United States as “antagonistic and hostile” and advised his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., to adopt a more conciliatory posture toward China.

Two masked gunmen entered St. Patrick Catholic Church in the town of Mohnyin, Myanmar, on Friday morning during services and fired a volley of bullets at the parish priest, Father Paul Hkwi Shane Aung. Aung was hit three times but survived the attack.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a probe into foreign election interference on Wednesday that China’s meddling in the past two elections did not change the outcomes.

Justice for All, a human rights group based in Chicago, called for a boycott of Chinese online retail giant Shein to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden hosted visiting Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at a glitzy White House state dinner on Wednesday night, with a host of celebrities and business leaders in attendance.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is reportedly ready to normalize relations with Israel as a condition of OECD membership.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City rushed on Thursday to sentence real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, one of the richest women in the world, to death for her part in a $12.5 billion fraud case.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio pledged closer cooperation with the United States on artificial intelligence research.

The latest oil price-tracking data suggests Russian crude oil is selling far above price caps imposed by the G7 nations in 2022.

South Africa’s top election court on Tuesday overturned an election commission ban on former President Jacob Zuma, clearing the way for Zuma to run in the May 29 election despite having been jailed in 2021 for refusing to testify in a corruption probe.

Exit polls in South Korea’s midterm elections on Wednesday predicted a landslide win for the left-wing Democratic Party (DP) and its “sister party,” the Democratic United Party (DUP).

Protesters in Manila marched against Chinese “aggression” in the South China Sea on Tuesday, gathering outside the Chinese consulate to wave banners and march across a giant replica of Chinese dictator Xi Jinping’s face.

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), a think tank based in Washington, DC. issued a report on Monday that advised the U.S. to develop stronger trade relationships with African countries in order to become less dependent on Communist China for vital minerals.

Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq claimed responsibility for five drone and missile attacks against targets in Israel.

A Canadian intelligence commission concludes China “clandestinely and deceptively interfered” in both the 2019 and 2021 elections.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told China that the Biden administration will “not accept” a flood of cheap industry-destroying exports.

The Philippines joined the U.S., Japan, and Australia on Sunday for a large-scale joint air and naval exercise in the South China Sea.