Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed on Wednesday that Ukrainian anti-drone personnel were deployed to the Middle East nations attacked by Iran during Operation Epic Fury, and were able to counter Iran’s Shahed drones with their own interceptor technology.
Cuba’s figurehead “President” Miguel Díaz-Canel said he is “not stepping down” in an interview with NBC News.
Israeli national Ami Gaydarov, 22, has been charged with participating in an Iran-backed bomb plot to murder a high-ranking Israeli official – most likely former prime minister Naftali Bennett.
The government of Ecuador announced Thursday that it is raising tariffs on Colombian imports from 50 to 100 percent on May 1.
Indonesian Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said Thursday that Google’s YouTube platform has not complied with Jakarta’s ban on social media accounts for children under 16 and could face “sanctions” if it does not begin meeting its obligations under the law.
Nicaragua’s communist Daniel Ortega regime is concealing from its official statistics the nearly 30 percent Gross Domestic Product (GPD) contribution that remittances add to the nation’s ailing economy, the newspaper Confidencial reported.
A drone strike in the town of Kutum, located in the north of Sudan’s Darfur region, killed at least 30 civilians on Wednesday. According to the United Nations, both women and children were among the victims.
Officials from Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Police (PNB) on Thursday blocked a peaceful protest that attempted to march towards the Miraflores presidential palace to demand higher wages and pensions from the Venezuelan socialist regime.
Ship-tracking services reported on Thursday that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at less than 10 percent of its normal level, despite Iran ostensibly promising to halt terror attacks on civilian vessels as part of its ceasefire agreement with the U.S. and Israel.
Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, resurfaced on Thursday with a message to his forces, after an absence that led to speculation he was killed by a U.S. or Israeli airstrike.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that his government will implement a ban on social media for children under 15, beginning on January 1, 2027.
“Acting president” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday evening acknowledged that the Venezuelan socialist regime committed “errors in the past” that led to the nation’s unprecedented hyperinflation spiral and exodus of millions of Venezuelans.
The governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia confirmed on Thursday that their respective foreign ministers held a phone conversation the night before, the first known direct contact between the two countries since Iran began a sustained bombing campaign against Saudi Arabia and its allies in March.
Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) believes attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives is akin to directly attacking the United States of America, making the remarks during a National Action Network speech this week.
Undaunted by Iran’s claim that its ceasefire agreement was conditioned on Israel halting its operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched another round of airstrikes in Lebanon on Thursday.
Foreign Minister of Panama Javier Martínez-Acha on Wednesday called for China to respect Panama’s legal sovereignty amid a series of arbitrary detentions of Panama-flagged vessels by Chinese authorities after Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison lost control of two key Canal ports.
The Islamist ruling regime of Iran hosted mourning events nationwide on Thursday for longtime dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei marking 40 days since his elimination, organizing large crowds to honor him but notably failing to attract the public presence of his son, current “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei.
The Trump administration is reportedly considering plans to “punish” NATO nations deemed to have failed to stand by America during the military operation against the Islamist regime of Iran.
The Brazilian Ministry of Labor on Tuesday added Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD to a “dirty list” of employers who inflict slave labor conditions on their workers.
The Chinese Communist Party proclaimed that it would “continue playing a constructive role” in peace in the Middle East following President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announcing a ceasefire on Wednesday.
American multinational energy corporation Chevron is now importing an average of 250,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude oil per day into the United States, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz just a few hours into the ceasefire agreement due to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday denounced Cuba’s communist regime for running a massive healthcare fraud operation in South Florida.
Iran-backed Shiite militants in Iraq released captive American journalist Shelly Kittleson, and Iran released two French nationals.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday the ceasefire agreement his government mediated between the United States and Iran would also cover Lebanon, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly stated that operations against the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon would continue.
Iran “begged” for a ceasefire agreement, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced during a press conference Wednesday morning.
Senate Democrats are essentially declaring victory for Iran following the ceasefire agreement, with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) deeming it a “disaster.”
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait reported on Wednesday that they had documented airstrikes, mostly on their energy facilities, that they attributed to Iran, hours after Iran and the United States announced they had agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
President Donald Trump is placing a 50 percent tariff on all goods from countries that sell weapons to Iran on the heels of the two-week ceasefire announced Tuesday night.
Reports suggested that Iran’s “ten-point plan” to end hostilities with the U.S. demands “compensation” and the lifting of all sanctions.
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and former Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) pushed back on President Donald Trump, rejecting his statement that Iran’s “whole civilization will die tonight,” as at least 70 House Democrats called for impeachment or invocation of the 25th Amendment.
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Mohammed Eslami accused the IAEA of ignoring the danger from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
Locals dispute a claim by the Nigerian Army that its troops stormed a church and freed 31 hostages from the clutches of an armed gang.
In early March, Russia accused Ukrainian forces of launching a devastating drone attack against a tanker from secret bases on the coast of Libya. French media outlet RFI on Monday published a report that said Ukraine is indeed operating out of western Libya, with over 200 personnel deployed to three locations.
House Intel Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) last Friday said that he was “not aware” of the National Security Agency (NSA) purchasing Americans’ private communications despite years of reporting about the intelligence community purchasing Americans’ private information.
Britain’s Royal Navy has been forced to return its only warship deployed for the Iranian conflict to port for a “maintenance period”, the government admitted on Tuesday.
House Democrat leadership released a statement on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to come back into session “immediately” and vote to end the war in Iran, following President Donald Trump’s sharp warning to the Islamic country.
Indian refiner Reliance Industries has begun loading a 2-million barrel cargo of Venezuelan crude oil directly bought from the state-owned oil company PDVSA, Reuters reported on Monday.
The UK Times reported on Monday that Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is “incapacitated and receiving medical treatment in the holy city of Qom.”
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her rift with President Donald Trump by calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against him as voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District headed to the polls in the special election to replace her following her January resignation.
