National Security

Grammy-Award-winning Palestinian-American producer DJ Khaled is facing mounting pressure from left-wing activists, fellow music artists, and his own cousin to express opposition to Israel’s self-defense operations in Gaza following the harrowing Hamas attacks of October 7.

Israel downplayed reported airstrikes against Iran that appeared to hit targets near that country’s suspected nuclear program on Friday, seeming to cast the operation as proof Israel could reach the sites, rather than a full-scale attack.

I marveled at the courage of these humble Christians who defied travel warnings and Iranian threats. Perhaps those prayers worked, because what transpired later that evening was miraculous.

Reports emerged early Friday morning local time that Israel had attacked several Iranian sites — including targets near the suspected locations of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

State Department Principal Deputy Press Secretary Vedant Patel confirmed Thursday that the U.S. will veto a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution that would have allowed Palestinians to achieve recognition of statehood.

Palestinians have been flocking to the beach in Gaza this week, as temperatures soared and families took advantage of a lull in fighting in most of the area.

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.

A senior official in the government of Qatar told reporters on Wednesday that the country is reconsidering acting as a mediator for talks between its neighbor Israel and Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization whose leaders live lavishly in the Qatari capital of Doha.

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

The House Freedom Caucus said that the path toward securing the border goes through killing Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid package.

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

President Joe Biden appeared to confuse the Israeli port city of Haifa with the Palestinian town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip during an interview on Wednesday in his home town Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Joe Biden’s DHS approved a work permit for Jose Antonio Ibarra, who is accused of murdering Laken Riley, knowing he had a criminal history.

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden reinstated oil and gas sanctions on Venezuela on Thursday, a recognition that lifting the sanctions did nothing to entice the socialist regime to host a free and fair election.

Rep. Thomas Massie said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is preparing to pass a rule for the foreign aid package using Democrats.

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.

Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in a speech to members of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Wednesday that he will host Hamas “political” leader Ismail Haniyeh this weekend in Turkey.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told regime media on Thursday that Tehran “told the Americans in messages clearly” that the rogue terrorist regime would bomb Israel this weekend.

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 state-owned oil company CNPC, the China National Petroleum Corporation, has signed a $400 million deal with the military junta that controls Niger, providing a much-needed infusion of cash after the coup damaged relations with Niger’s previous big oil customers, the United States and France.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro attempted to issue a message in English to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the upcoming expiration of Biden’s generous oil and gas sanctions relief package to his regime.

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich of Argentina warned that Hezbollah has greatly expanded its presence throughout South America.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) told Breitbart News that Congress must pass legislation to end the “unconstitutional sale of Americans’ data.”

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. 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held calls with the top diplomats of Iran and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in which he expressed support for Iran’s unprecedented bombing on Israel on Saturday and the Muslim world’s opposition to Israel generally.

Mike Johnson announced that the House will vote Saturday night on a foreign aid package that includes billions of dollars for Ukraine.

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.

The exact cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains opaque and hard to assess. Still, claims continue to vary wildly, from as little as 31,000 Ukrainian dead according to Kyiv, to as many as half a million Russian “casualties”. There

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, April 17.

Saudi Arabia is expecting “around a million guests a year” to visit its oil rig-themed “adventure tourism” park that will feature an underwater restaurant, “immersive theater,” and multiple hotels, the executive in charge of the project told the Emirati newspaper The National on Tuesday.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin praised Iran’s unprecedented, 300+ missile and drone assault against Israel on Tuesday in conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, claiming it was the “best way” for Tehran to address its tensions with Israel.

The pattern of Islamic terrorists hurting fellow Arabs and Muslims continues, with seven residents of the Bedouin Arab town of Arab Al-Aramshe in northern Israel hurt by a Hezbollah drone attack on Wednesday.

A member of Parliament in Georgia triggered a large altercation on Monday after interrupting a fellow lawmaker’s speech by punching him in the face.

Polling from the Heritage Foundation shows that swing-state voters are increasingly tired of America’s endless funding of Ukraine.