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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, June 11.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, June 11.

President Donald Trump told the New York Post in an interview published Wednesday that he is “much less confident” that the U.S. will be able to reach a nuclear agreement with the Iranian regime.

The Shaolin Temple in Henan province, China, confirmed on Tuesday that San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama was staying at the site for a ten-day retreat after photos of the NBA star wearing dressed as a monk and sporting a shaved head began circulating on Chinese social media.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday released its annual “State of World Population Report.” According to the report, the world is experiencing a fertility crisis and most of the policies implemented to fight it are ineffective.

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria, said in a Fox News interview published on Tuesday that his home village of Aondona was attacked by “terrorist jihadis” and over 20 of its residents were murdered after he testified at a U.S. congressional hearing on Christian persecution.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Monday to boost defense spending enough to hit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) target five years ahead of his country’s previous plan.

President Donald Trump speaks to U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Tuesday, June 10.

Doctors and public health experts in the past week have begun advocating for more vaccinations against the Wuhan coronavirus after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) designated a novel mutation of the virus as a “variant under monitoring.”

The U.S. government moved to freeze the assets and financially target one of the leading cartels responsible for the ongoing fentanyl crisis in America and the raging cartel violence throughout Mexico.

Multiple courts on Monday and Tuesday indefinitely suspended criminal cases against leftist President Lee Jae-myung in South Korea, citing presidential immunity.

Venezuelans Persecuted Politically in Exile (VEPPEX), a non-governmental organization (NGO), urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday to revoke the U.S. visa of Matías Lacava, son of socialist Venezuelan Governor Rafael Lacava.

A bill addressing the “outdated” security policies and staffing shortages at the U.S.-Canada border has been introduced by House Republicans.

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning entered Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Saturday, passing within 200 miles of the eastern island of Minamitori.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Monday acknowledged that the 14-year-old arrested for shooting conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was part of his administration’s struggling “Youth in Peace” social program

The attorney representing the family of conservative Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was shot in the head during a campaign event, revealed on Monday that the lawmaker had requested more security over 35 times in response to death threats, but the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro ignored them.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 10.

A majority of U.S. adult citizens believe the government should be allowed to monitor the social media accounts of applicants hoping to immigrate to the U.S., an Economist/YouGov survey found.

Iran recently expanded its ban on dog-walking to cities outside Tehran, while a growing number of Iranians are embracing dog ownership as an act of rebellion against their theocratic regime.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17.

The authoritarian regimes of Cuba and Venezuela over the weekend condemned specific U.S. travel restrictions recently imposed on their citizens by President Donald Trump, which went into effect on Monday.

The head of the International Atomic Nuclear Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Monday that the agency discovered three “undeclared nuclear sites” in Iran that the regime has never explained and actively “sought to sanitize.”

Colombian conservative Senator and presidential candidate hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head by a 14-year-old during a weekend campaign event.

Israeli forces seized a yacht bound for Gaza and made its crew of pro-Hamas activists watch footage of the October 7 massacre.

Law enforcement authorities in Bogotá, Colombia, identified the person responsible for shooting Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay at a campaign event and leaving him in critical condition as a 14-year-old boy.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with high-level Chinese officials in London on Monday to seek a resolution to the trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

Reports in Israeli media on Sunday revealed that documents uncovered in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) indicated a close, years-long relationship between the government of Qatar and the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, including the emir of the country fundraising for the jihadists.

The New York Times tried to defend the display of Mexico’s flag in Los Angeles riots, even as Mexico’s president denounced U.S. efforts to end violence in a city transformed by Mexican illegal migration.

A high-level Pakistani delegation to the United States, led by the former foreign minister and son of President Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, praised President Donald Trump for brokering a ceasefire with India as the two nuclear-armed countries lobby U.S. lawmakers for support.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg claimed early Monday that she and her shipmates had been “kidnapped” by the “Israeli occupational forces” that had intercepted their ship as they tried to reach Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted the Madleen, a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, who were trying to land in Gaza but were detained Monday local time without incident.

The Hamas terrorist group threatened U.S. aid workers from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) this weekend, as well as Palestinians who help them or use their services, while praising the United Nations (UN).

Australia has canceled a visa for Hillel Fuld, a pro-Israel activist who was scheduled to speak at fundraisers for Israeli medical services but has instead been banned from the country for three years for “Islamophobia.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published video on Sunday of the body of Hamas military leader Muhammad Sinwar being dragged from a cavern beneath a hospital in Gaza where terrorists had established their lair.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that the U.S. would impose sanctions on four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting the U.S. and Israel, though neither are signatories.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will leave southern Lebanon later this year after the United States votes against renewing its mandate in an upcoming United Nations Security Council vote.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas praised the Hamas terror attacks of October 7 in a recent interview that came to light this weekend, as European states continue to press for Palestinian statehood.

The pro-migration, foreign-flag riots in Los Angeles show the United States is facing an aggressive migration that should be recognized by judges as an “invasion,” deputies to President Donald Trump said.

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) reopened on Sunday after closing for the day on Saturday due to specific threats from Hamas, which opposes the project because it undermines its control over access to aid.

Christoph Schweizer, CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), apologized Friday under pressure from anti-Israel activists for his company’s past role in a U.S.-backed alternative to Hamas and the United Nations in Gaza.
