National Security

An Australian company is claiming that it has found debris that could have potentially come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly two months since the plane initially disappeared. The Malaysian government confirmed that it is investigating the report. The

Chinese media outlet Xinhua has ramped up coverage on what it calls “anti-decadence momentum” in the nation. A report this week claims that more than 800 officials were “busted” in April for crimes such as throwing lavish weddings and “disobeying

Ukraine’s interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said Kyiv is “helpless” against the pro-Russian forces in east Ukraine. These forces seized government buildings, kidnapped journalists and politicians, and attacked peaceful pro-Ukrainian rallies. At first, Kyiv started an anti-terrorist operation for the east,

BEIJING (AP) — China has rejected a World Bank report that suggests it might pass the United States this year to become the biggest economy measured by its currency’s purchasing power. China is on track to become the No. 1

Renowned Saudi columnist Mamdouh Al-Muhaini of Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat has endorsed Jeb Bush for president. Writing that the Republican establishment has rallied around the candidate, Al-Muhaini declares Bush’s appeal to be his moderate approach, “distant from all those rigid

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates says preparations for the Rio Olympics are the “worst” he has ever seen.  He said, “The situation is critical on the ground.” According to the BBC, this assessment comes as Brazil faces

Blame the video, not the president’s foreign policy. That was the White House’s advice to Susan Rice as she prepared to appear on Sunday morning talk shows after the terrorist attack in Benghazi. A newly released email collected by Judicial

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has conducted searches in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec as part of an investigation into a Muslim charity organization. Canadian federal auditors accuse the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN-Canada)

Barack Obama’s chickens are coming home to roost in Asia. During his ongoing trip to America’s most important allies in the region, he has been buffeted by ill-concealed anxieties at every stop that, these days, it is better to be

Gunmen stormed Libya’s National Parliament Tuesday and started shooting, forcing lawmakers to abandon a vote on the country’s next prime minister.  Parliamentary spokesman Omar Hmeidan told Reuters that rioters armed with knives and guns stormed the legislature building, torching furniture,

On April 29th North Korea “conducted a live fire drill” near the disputed maritime border with South Korea, “but no shells fell in South Korean waters.” According to the BBC, this is “the second time in a month that Pyongyang

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the new US sanctions against Russia are similar to the Iron Curtain policies put in place during the Cold War. Mr Ryabkov told the online newspaper Gazeta.ru that the US sanctions were “a

PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat released a statement Tuesday claiming that the Israeli contingent at the recently concluded round of peace talks “never gave the negotiations a chance to succeed” and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the talks to “consolidate

When Sen. Marco Rubio told the Senate last month that Venezuelan government officials were buying “golden iPhones” while living in Miami mansions, he was not joking. An América TV report uncovers the lavish mansions of the Chavista elite, while the

A car bomb was used to kill at least 37 people in the Syrian city of Homs. “Another nine [were] killed by a rocket that followed” the car bomb. This follows an earlier attack “on a technical institute in central

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the powers of Turkey’s secret service and granted agents immunity, while the government plans to pass a bill that would sentence journalists to ten years in prison for publishing leaks. The moves come as

It’s so predictable: When Pope Francis reminds the world that he is pro-life, the right cheers and the left sulks. But when the Pope reminds people that he is on the economic left, the left cheers and the right sulks.

A year ago, Ed Lasky of the American Thinker speculated that White House security official Ben Rhodes – a speechwriter with no prior national security experience or expertise – was at the heart of the Benghazi scandal, specifically the false talking points spouted on

As a result of talks with the Mexican government, vigilante groups patrolling the state of Michoacán have agreed to “disband by May 10” and will be allowed to become part of a “rural police force” in exchange.  According to Fox News

The mayor of the suburban Dutch town of Amstelveen has become the target of a national scandal after video surfaced that showed his hand grazing the behind of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Mayor Fred de Graaf has denied that

Former Polish President Lech Walesa honored Pope John Paul II in Rome this week, where he noted that is was “the value of God and the Spirit” that won the war against communism. In his statements, he compared Poland to

An official report published in the Baltic state of Latvia reveals the new Russian understanding of war and how Vladimir Putin can expand the territory of the Russian Federation without triggering the collective defense mechanism of NATO. Familiarity is said

The tragic sinking of a South Korean ferry that may have killed more than 200, most high school students, has become a national scandal that has already claimed the career of South Korea’s prime minister. Now, new video has surfaced,