China’s state-run Global Times on Monday argued that China’s menacing combat exercises over the weekend — including a simulated rocket attack on Taiwan that would cause massive civilian casualties if conducted for real — would have a “profound impact on the progress of national reunification.”
Vietnamese lawmaker Nguyen Anh Tri on Monday introduced a proposal for a “Law on Gender Identity” to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the parliamentary body of the Communist country.
A child, reportedly either 12 or 13 years old, in Brazil attacked two fellow students and a teacher with a knife at the Adventist Institute of Manaus on Monday. All three victims suffered superficial injuries according to the Secretary of Public Security of Amazonas State.
The people of Taiwan, both active military and civilians, are rushing to buy an unofficial air force patch that depicts a Formosan black bear punching Winnie-the-Pooh in the face.
The Chinese National Health Commission debuted a new timeline for Wuhan coronavirus vaccination on Monday, demanding that citizens over 18 receive a booster shot three months after their first vaccination or after a confirmed coronavirus infection.
Brazil’s radical socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva departed his country for Shanghai on Tuesday, potentially preparing to engage in “cooperation” with the Chinese Communist Party under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to Chinese state media.
The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol told reporters on Tuesday that a “significant number” of documents alleging to be American intelligence information were “forged” and did not represent authentic classified information, but did not specify which documents were “forged” and which may be real.
Biden is to push a pro-Brexit party in Northern Ireland into rejoining power-sharing after he arrives in Ireland today.
The Pentagon appears to be in full damage control mode after the discovery of leaked intelligence that revealed closely guarded details regarding the Ukraine War as well as potentially politically embarrassing assertions about close allies.
Uganda’s independent Nile Post on Monday reported the “worrying development” that parents are hiding their children to keep health officials from discovering they have contracted measles.
Last weekend saw a rash of mass casualty attacks in Africa, with atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, and Nigeria claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) and other terrorist groups.
Local and international journalist groups demanded the release of Nicaraguan reporter Victor Ticay this weekend after communist authorities arrested him on Thursday for covering a traditional Catholic Holy Week procession.
The Houthi-run Saba Yemen News Agency revealed on Sunday that a delegation from Saudi Arabia, accompanied by diplomats from Oman, met senior Houthi leaders in the occupied capital, Sana’a, for peace talks.
Alleged confidential U.S. government leaks to left-wing media over the weekend included information from documents, allegedly sourced from intercepting conversations among South Korean officials, indicating that the conservative government of President Yoon Suk-yeol was concerned that leftist President Joe Biden would drag Seoul into the ongoing war in Ukraine.
China responded to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen by conducting three days of aggressive military drills off the coast of Taiwan over the weekend.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, who has led protests against judicial reform in his country, flew to the U.S. Monday to meet with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who has proposed the most radical reforms in U.S. history.
Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, apologized on Monday after a viral video of him inviting a young boy to “suck my tongue” caused surprise and anger across the world. The Dalai Lama’s office insisted the incident was “innocent and playful.”
The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, implemented a full ban this weekend on carrying firearms on the streets of Mogadishu, the nation’s violent capital.
Scientists from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a press conference this weekend to condemn the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) for requesting more information regarding the early spread of novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the origin city of the ongoing pandemic.
Thousands of Israelis gathered Sunday afternoon to bury two British-born sisters, Maia Dee (20) and Rina Dee (15), who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists on Friday. Their mother Lucy, 48, is still in critical condition.
Bomb threats ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit show that peace is “fragile” in post-Brexit Ireland, the UK’s Northern Ireland Secretary has said.
French President Emmanuel Macron argued for European “strategic autonomy” from America, including from the dollar and avoiding conflict with China.
A number of major bomb threats against Chinese embassies were made in a journalist’s name after she published an article detailing the intimidation faced by critics of the Chinese Communist Party.
Iran is staging an attack on all fronts against Israel through its terrorist proxies, taking advantage of Israel’s internal dissent and the Biden administration’s attempt to isolate the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward Iran following recent tensions.
China’s state-run Global Times pumped out editorials on Thursday and Friday accusing U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of using his “sneaky” meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Reagan Library in California on Wednesday to “create the illusion” of influence for a “weak” United States.
The Pentagon is investigating the alleged leak of classified U.S. documents about Ukraine’s war effort and military strength, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
The Chinese government recently published a draft version of the 2023 “Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues,” a set of restrictions on religion that are even tighter than the 2005 rules they will supersede.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Police in Barquisimeto, Lara state, reportedly seized an effigy meant to be burned of Súper Bigote (“Super Mustache”), socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s superhero alter ego, on Wednesday.
Rwanda marked on Friday the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, a nationwide massacre that lasted 100 days and killed over 1 million people.
Schools in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong suspended classes on Thursday due to an influenza outbreak, an uncomfortable reminder of the punishing lockdowns that were used across the country during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Christians are still facing serious persecution in India in 2023, including attempts by Hindu mobs to drive Christian residents completely out of some villages.
Senior World Health Organization (W.H.O.) leaders, including Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, once again complained in a press conference on Thursday that the Chinese Communist Party was withholding critical data that could help the agency understand the origin of the Wuhan coronavirus.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow’s exports remained.
The city of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines, held its first unrestricted Good Friday crucifixion ceremony since the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic began in 2020 this week, nailing eight people to crosses as a form of penance for sin.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday night Hamas terrorists based in Lebanon fired nearly three dozen rockets into Israel over the previous 24-hour period.
The Philippine government hinted on Tuesday that it would welcome a permanent defense attaché from India, a sign of growing military cooperation between the two countries against the common menace of Communist China.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday said that Russia’s partner China has “impressive potential for mediation” in the Ukraine war, as “eloquently demonstrated” by China’s recent brokering of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday that the government of China is considering banning the export of technology used to create rare-earth fueled high-performance magnets, often used in electric vehicles and other advanced technology.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday said he wrote a letter to Chinese dictator Xi Jinping pleading for his help in slowing down the flood of deadly fentanyl passing from China into Mexico, and then over President Joe Biden’s open borders into the United States. Lopez Obrador got his answer on Thursday when the Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted there was no illegal fentanyl traffic from China into Mexico.
