The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will hold five strategic posts inside southern Lebanon to maintain security and surveillance even after withdrawing from the region on Tuesday in accordance with the ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Monday’s meeting in Paris appears to have validated the Trump administration’s reluctance to include European leaders in Ukraine peace talks as deep divides remain on Europe’s role in the peace process.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday with his wife Olena Zelenska, seeking assistance with recovering Ukrainian prisoners from Russia, a “large humanitarian program” for suffering civilians, and “investments and economic partnership” that could help Ukraine rebuild after the war.
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared in a speech on Sunday that Canada and the United States “stand proudly together” and insisted that “Americans are our friends” after a hockey game between the two countries this weekend erupted in multiple brawls.
The African Union (AU), which unites countries across the African continent, declared its theme for 2025 to be the “Year of Reparations” at its conference this weekend in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Chinese companies linked to Shein and Temu are “contending with the chaos” after President Donald Trump ended the de minimis loophole.
The Communist leadership of China pressured the government of Israel to consider a “two-state solution” to the ongoing war against jihadist terrorists in Gaza and claiming Beijing was “committed” to a “constructive role” in the Middle East during talks this weekend with Israeli leaders.
Top Russian and U.S. officials are readying to meet Tuesday to address a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine and preparing a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration has reportedly called on European nations to outline the number of troops and weapons they are willing to commit to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine amid growing complaints from the continent of being sidelined from negotiations.
Leaders from key European countries will gather Monday to discuss the continent’s security in a rushed meeting as U.S. efforts to end the Ukraine war pick up speed. France’s President Emmanuel Macron will lead the hastily convened meeting in Paris.
The heavy precision-guided bombs that then-President Joe Biden withheld from Israel last year arrived in Israel on Saturday night after being released by President Donald Trump.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would “finish the job” of ending the threat of a nuclear Iran, as he stood next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first visit to the Middle East in his new role.
A group of about 1,500 Afrikaners gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday to present a petition supporting U.S. President Donald Trump and thanking him for his support in his recent executive order.
A Syrian allegedly stabbed six people in the Austrian town of Villach in a suspected Islamist terror attack that left a 14-year-old boy dead.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel late Saturday night for his first trip to the Middle East in his new role.
A 2-year-old girl and her mother have died two days after being injured as a man rammed a car into a labor union demonstration in Munich, police said Saturday.
Russia said Saturday its forces had captured the village of Berezivka in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenses are creaking.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the formation of an “Armed Forces of Europe” in a speech delivered before the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.
M23 insurgents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) captured two more towns and reached the airport in the provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster and criminal abuse of civilians.
The leader of Ansarallah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, threatened “military intervention” on Thursday against America if President Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to rehabilitate the war-torn Gaza Strip.
Chinese officials have evicted over a thousand Tibetan monks and nuns from a 45-year-old Buddhist academy, ostensibly because they lacked the necessary residency documentation.
Egypt is reportedly pushing for a special meeting of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to solidify opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposal for moving the Palestinians out of Gaza to facilitate reconstruction.
Newly-sworn Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard took to the stage at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday to highlight President Donald Trump’s promise to be a “peacemaker and unifier.”
The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina announced that the inflation rate during January was 2.2 percent.
Cuba’s communist regime suspended all education and work activities for Friday and Saturday in a last ditch desperate effort to “save power” in the face of Cuba’s barely functional power grid.
A recently released United Nations agency report compiles evidence that China has dramatically expanded its state-sponsored slavery program.
President Trump said after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday that India will increase its purchases of American oil and military hardware, culminating in India’s purchase of the advanced F-35 fighter jet.
The Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday it is interested in hosting a summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the near future after Trump floated the possibility.
Keith Siegel, 65, an American and Israeli citizen who was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza two weeks ago, released a video on Friday thanking President Donald Trump and urging him to bring other hostages home.
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Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Yusuf Sharif told Russian media on Wednesday that an agreement first proposed in 2017 to give Russia a naval base on the Red Sea coast will finally proceed, giving Moscow an opportunity to replace the base it lost in Syria with the fall of dictator Bashar Assad.
North Korea published a screed on Wednesday condemning President Donald Trump – without naming him – for his plan to rehabilitate the destitute Gaza Strip, accusing America of operating on “jungle law.”
The Trump administration is preparing to designate a series of Mexican drug cartels and two from Central and South America as foreign terrorist organizations. The move comes as Mexico continues to experience unprecedented levels of violence, including the widespread use of landmines and improvised explosive devices, despite empty government claims that crime has decreased and impunity has ended.
President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, February 13.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss a minerals deal and Ukraine war funding.
Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Tuesday that China has jailed Gu Wanming, a former bureau chief for the state-run Xinhua news service who dared to question the official account of Premier Li Keqiang’s death in 2023.
Vice President JD Vance made a visit to Nazi Germany’s longest-operating concentration camp on Thursday, a day ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the current ongoing conflict in Europe.
Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Mohamed Hegazy on Wednesday unveiled his country’s proposal for rebuilding Gaza – and, implicitly, Egypt’s counter to President Donald Trump’s plan to take over the territory and rebuild it as “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
Members of Panama’s Suntracs construction workers’ union staged intense violent riots in Panama City on Wednesday, leaving 17 injured police officers and more than 500 people arrested by local law enforcement agents.
Senior Trump administration officials say President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss defense, energy, infrastructure, trade, and regional partnerships on Thursday.
