National Security

President Donald Trump announced the establishment of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition alongside heads of state from the Western Hemisphere at the inaugural Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National in Doral, Florida.

Marc Lee became the first Navy SEAL to lose his life in Operation Iraqi Freedom when he was killed on August 2, 2006. His mother, Debbie, and Scottsdale Gun Club, celebrate his birthday each year as a way to eulogize and celebrate his service to God and country.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Shield of Americas Summit in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, March 7.

Swedish authorities are investigating a cargo ship sailing in the Baltic Sea that they believe is a stateless vessel.

Israel continues its strikes in Lebanon, Tehran vows to keep fighting the U.S., and President Trump has promised to hit Iran “very hard”.

A significant number of House Democrats voted “no” on declaring the Islamic Republic of Iran a “state sponsor of terrorism.”

Indonesian Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said in a video statement on Friday that her government will “delay access” to social media for children under 16, following in the footsteps of Australia’s unprecedented ban on accounts for young people. On the same day, India’s southern tech-heavy state of Karnataka announced a similar ban. 

The U.N. said on Friday that over 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which has been running at a tempo close to open warfare for the past week with no end in sight.

The Economist on Wednesday cited Israeli intelligence sources who suggested “there are signs of Iranian soldiers, police officers and IRGC members failing to show up for duty.”

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced it would send its special envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, on a tour to the region.

China’s big “Two Sessions” annual meeting of its rubber-stamp legislature produced a report on Friday that revised GDP growth projections down to a “range” of 4.5 to 5 percent, a significant downgrade from the 4.9 to 5 percent projection for 2025.

Cuba’s communist Castro regime on Thursday reaffirmed its support of Iran’s Islamic regime amid the United States and Israel’s ongoing military operations in Iran, which the rogue communists described as a “violation of all norms of international law and human dignity.”

In a week that has seen precious little normal activity in Israel, at least one aspect of regular civilian life will begin to return.

President Donald Trump told multiple news outlets on Thursday that the United States must participate in the process to choose the next leader of Iran to prevent a repeat of the current war.

The United States and Venezuela on Thursday agreed to restore diplomatic ties between both countries after seven years, both countries announced.

QatarEnergy, the national petroleum company of Qatar, stunned global energy markets on Wednesday by declaring force majeure and canceling its contracts to deliver liquid natural gas (LNG) to customers around the world due to attacks from Iran on its energy infrastructure.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered some 250,000 residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate on Wednesday ahead of major military action against the terrorists of Hezbollah.

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation.

President Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace Kristi Noem as chief of the Department of Homeland Security. 

A laser is reportedly being deployed against Iran’s Islamic regime as the United States continues Operation Epic Fury.

The government of Ecuador on Wednesday expelled all diplomatic personnel of Cuba’s communist regime from the country.

Seemingly under intense pressure from China, Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) modified its threats to close the vital Strait of Hormuz to worldwide oil shipping, claiming that it would only attack American, Israeli, and European ships.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Wednesday announced that America will be working together with Venezuela to tap into the country’s mining sector after meeting with “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq categorically denied that its Peshmerga were preparing an invasion of Iran alongside the United States on Thursday, following rumors that some Iranian Kurdish groups are planning ground operations on what remains of the Iranian terror state.

You’ll be sorry. That was the warning from Iran to the U.S. on Thursday as it responded to the torpedoing of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, with a Muslim leader adding a call for “Trump’s blood.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on Australia to work with Canada as middle-power “strategic cousins” rather than as competitors in negotiations with the world’s superpowers.

Washington, DC — The U.S. military killed an Iranian leader who led an attempted assassination plot against President Donald Trump, War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed on Wednesday.

China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times declared on Tuesday that First Lady Melania Trump’s leadership at a U.N. Security Council meeting the day before — an unprecedented act for a presidential spouse — drew “backlash from international society” for alleged hypocrisy amid the ongoing war with Iran.

Qatar said on Tuesday it disrupted two sleeper cells working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The Cuban communist regime on Tuesday announced that its Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the six individuals arrested aboard a speedboat that allegedly sought to plot against the regime.

An Israeli pilot in a U.S. built F-35 stealth fighter took out a manned Russian-made Iranian fighter jet over Tehran early Wednesday, reportedly a historic “world first” during Operation Epic Fury.

Venezuelan courts are demanding U.S.-dollar cash payments to sign off documents for the release of political prisoners under the socialist regime’s new “Amnesty” law, relatives of the prisoners denounced on Tuesday.