Communist Cuba, a regime that has for decades used sports competitions to elevate its geopolitical profile, has faced a series of embarrassments in the first days of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics – including a high-profile defection before the Games even began and a loss in boxing to a Cuban exile.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday he will put the finishing touches on an “action plan for peace” by the end of November. He added that he cannot discuss a ceasefire while Russian forces occupy Ukrainian territory.
The International Olympic Committee apologized to the nation of South Korea for incorrectly identifying its delegation as North Korea’s.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a five-day visit intended to “relaunch” relations between Italy and China.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an avowed Islamist and one of the loudest world leaders supporting the Hamas jihadist terror organization, threatened to invade Israel on Sunday.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) declared socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro the “winner” of Sunday’s sham presidential election, granting him a six-year term.
Israelis wonder how much longer the internal exile can continue, as tens of thousands of refugees languish in hotels across the country.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents reportedly apprehended three suspected Palestinian terrorists after they illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. The suspected terrorists illegally crossed the Mexican border into California, according to a news report.
Ukraine on Sunday said it struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russia struck Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
Hundreds of Druze Israeli Arabs filled the streets of the town of Majdal Shams on Sunday in the northern Golan Heights for the funerals of eleven of the 12 children killed Saturday in a Hezbollah rocket attack.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi rushed to the scene of Saturday evening’s Hezbollah attack on the Druze Arab town of Majdal Shams to comfort the community and assure them that Israel would respond powerfully.
Former President Donald Trump condemned a rocket attack by Hezbollah on Saturday that killed 12 Israeli Arab children in the Golan Heights, blaming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their weakness.
Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, said Saturday that Israel faces “all-out war” after a rocket fired by Hezbollah at the Israeli Druze Arab village of Majdal Shams killed at least 11 people, including children, on Saturday evening.
A brush fire appeared near the Christian holy site of the Church of the Beatitudes near the Sea of Galilee after Iran-backed Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at northern Israel on Saturday evening.
The wildfire threatening Canada’s historic town of Jasper has quadrupled in size to more than 36,000 hectares and damaged up to half of the structures in town as of Friday.
Venezuela’s socialist regime began distributing a $4.50 stipend bonus this week, days before the upcoming July 28 sham presidential election.
Two staffers with the Olympic broadcast team for Australia’s Nine Entertainment were reportedly attacked during an attempted robbery.
The government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confirmed that it had taken out a billion dollar loan owed to Chinese banks.
North Korea’s latest anti-American propaganda video includes a brief image of Donald Trump as a predatory “U.S. imperialist” enemy.
The Canadian government of Justin Trudeau has notified the Jewish National Fund (JNF) that it will be losing its charitable status because the group raises money for projects in Israel that also happen to help the Israeli military.
The U.S. State Department on Thursday offered a $10 million bounty for “information leading to the identification or location” of a dangerous North Korean hacker known as Rim Jong-hyok.
Venezuela will hold a sham presidential “election” on Sunday expected to grant dictator Nicolas Maduro another six years in power, starting in January 2025.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a statement to reporters after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in which she criticized Israel, and not Hamas, for “the scale of human suffering” in Gaza.
Yeonmi Park discusses learning about freedom after escaping from Communist North Korea at the Young America’s Foundation National Conservative Student Conference.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for a six-nation tour of Asia, derisively described by Chinese state media as his “farewell tour.”
Two members of the Canadian Olympic team were dismissed and “sent home immediately” on Wednesday after they were caught using a drone to “record the New Zealand women’s football [soccer] team during practice.”
Ugandan police arrested at least 42 young protesters and charged them with disorderly conduct on Tuesday after they gathered outside the parliament building in Kampala to demonstrate against government corruption.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and relevant Utah officials effectively stop questioning the legitimacy of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) probes into Chinese athletes, National Public Radio (NPR) reported on Wednesday.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin welcomed longtime Syrian dictator Bashar Assad to Syria on Wednesday evening, holding talks he claimed covered “the entire range of our relations” but focused specifically on the current situation in the Middle East.
Cuba announced on Wednesday that three vessels from Russia’s Baltic Fleet will visit the island nation starting Saturday.
Leftist Latin American governments with friendly ties to Venezuela’s regime decided not to send election observers to Sunday’s sham election.
The United States and Canada scrambled fighters on Wednesday as Chinese and Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew off the coast of Alaska.
The Kremlin responded to comments by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in which he claimed Kyiv is “willing and ready” to dialogue with Russia, stating on Thursday that the regime was “generally open” to negotiation.
French police on Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old Russian man suspected of planning to “organize events likely to cause destabilization during the Olympic Games.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced Thursday that they had rescued four bodies from Gaza, including the bodies of three captive soldiers and one hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz.
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) trashed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a special joint session of Congress on Wednesday, calling it the “worst” speech by any foreign leader to the legislature.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is running for chancellor of Oxford University despite being imprisoned in Pakistan.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told top Chinese diplomats in Beijing that his country is “willing and ready” to talk to Russia.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) mounted a silent protest during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Wednesday, holding up signs that said “Guilty of Genocide” and “War Criminal” during his address.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful speech to a special joint session of Congress on Wednesday, reminding the chamber that the U.S. has a stake in Israel’s fight against Hamas and Hezbollah terror.
