Frances Martel

Frances Martel

Articles by Frances Martel

Saudi Arabia Plans Oil Rig ‘Adventure Tourism’ Theme Park

Saudi Arabia is expecting “around a million guests a year” to visit its oil rig-themed “adventure tourism” park that will feature an underwater restaurant, “immersive theater,” and multiple hotels, the executive in charge of the project told the Emirati newspaper The National on Tuesday.

An offshore drilling platform stands in shallow waters at the Manifa offshore oilfield, op

Biden Let U.N. Sanctions on Iran Missiles Expire Before Unprecedented Israel Attack

The administration of leftist President Joe Biden did not move to restore expiring sanctions in Iran’s drone and ballistic missile production at the United Nations in October, shortly after the Iran-backed massacre of an estimated 1,200 people in Israel and Saturday’s unprecedented direct missile assault by Iran on the country.

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) armed military personnel is monitoring an area

Report: Temu Encouraged Suppliers to Use Chinese Cotton, Ignoring Slavery Risk

Chinese cheap goods e-marketplace Temu “encouraged” suppliers to use Chinese cotton in their products despite the vast majority of that cotton being produced in occupied East Turkistan, the technology news site The Information alleged in a report published on Thursday, apparently disregarding the risk of using materials tainted by slave labor.

A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey, holds an anti-China placard during

Exclusive – China Expert Steven Mosher: Xi Jinping a ‘Son of Mao’s Spirit’ Leading a War Against the Free World that China Is Winning

The bloodiest man in the history of “the most deadly idea ever conceived in the history of the world,” communist mass murderer Mao Zedong, “embraced evil in all respects” – and successor Xi Jinping is faithfully following in his footsteps, acclaimed scholar Steven W. Mosher affirms in his new book, The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi.

This photo taken on September 19, 2017 shows painted portraits of Chinese President Xi Jin

Experts to Congress: China Is Hijacking Key U.N. Agencies to Advance Communist Agenda

Experts, including two former diplomats representing America at the United Nations, warned Congress in a hearing on Wednesday that China is amassing power within the U.N. structure to “blunt criticism, shut out and stigmatize Taiwan, plug its Belt and Road Initiative, and dilute norms that might be used to hold it accountable.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Resignations Rock South Korea’s Conservatives After Landslide Midterm Loss

Multiple senior members of conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration and the head of his People Power Party (PPP) tendered their resignations on Thursday after vote counts confirmed that the left-wing Democratic Party decisively took over the National Assembly in Wednesday’s midterm election.

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Republicans Debut Bill Challenging Qatar’s U.S. Alliance over Ties to Hamas

Three Republican senators introduced a bill on Tuesday challenging the elite status of Qatar as a “major non-NATO ally” of the United States, citing the Islamist state’s close relationship with Hamas and its failure to use those ties to help free hostages taken in the unprecedented October 7 siege of Israel.

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Russia Sends Top Diplomat to China Between Yellen, Blinken Visits

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Tuesday, paving the way for a meeting between the top Communist Party leader and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and arriving in between expected visits from American officials Janet Yellen and Antony Blinken.

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Mini

Russia Confirms It Is Considering Delisting Taliban as Terrorists

The top Kremlin spokesman told reporters on Tuesday that Russia is considering removing the Afghan Taliban from its official terrorist organization list, paving the way to recognize the jihadists as the official government of Afghanistan and establish diplomatic ties.

Taliban mark the second anniversary of their takeover of the country in Kabul, Afghanistan

20,000 Christians Watch Live Crucifixions to Mark Good Friday in Philippines

A crowd of an estimated 20,000 people convened in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines on Friday to observe the tradition of live crucifixions to mark the occasion of Good Friday, when Christians around the world observe the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in anticipation of his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Philippine Christian devotees take part in the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Ch

Houthis Finally Admit to Bombing Chinese Ship, Claim It Is British

A spokesman for the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization identified the Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned-and-operated Huang Pu as one of several ships it attempted to bomb in the past 24 hours, incorrectly identifying it as “British.”

Houthis