Los Angeles is counting on a significant Canadian presence in its firefighting forces this week as multiple blazes ravage the city, forcing tens of thousands out of their homes. The government of Quebec, in particular, confirmed on Wednesday that its aircraft are currently operating to try to put out the fires in Los Angeles.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) issued statements to the Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times on Wednesday stating that its experts do not believe the surge in respiratory infection cases at Chinese hospitals is unusual and no emergency declarations have been issued.
The ancient Christian community of Syria is facing an existential threat, particularly in Aleppo, under the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Advocacy groups condemned Indian authorities this week for an alleged brutal crackdown on Christians, including particularly severe episodes of violence against Christian women, by “security forces” in northern Manipur, where anti-Christian mob violence has displaced thousands.
A Dairy Queen restaurant in British Columbia began offering “Trudeau Resignation Burgers’ on Monday – at the discounted price of $2 each – to celebrate leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he would soon vacate the position.
The victories of “Emilia Pérez,” a French musical about a Mexican transgender drug lord, at the Golden Globe Awards this weekend have prompted a wave of outrage and disgust in Mexico and throughout Latin America from critics who say the film trivializes the mass death caused by the drug war in that country.
Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre began a campaign to hold a general election in the country as soon as possible.
Multiple international reports in the past week have indicated that hospitals in China are experiencing a surge in the number of patients facing pneumonia or other respiratory conditions, prompting the Chinese government to issue a public notice that traveling to the country is “safe” and the situation is typical for the dead of winter.
Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre condemned radical leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would relinquish leadership of his country and the Liberal Party, dismissing it as a “trick” for the Liberals to stay in power and continue Trudeau’s policies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented the hesitation on the part of outgoing President Joe Biden to preventatively sanction Russia before the 2022 full-scale invasion of his country in an interview published on Sunday, describing threats to sanction Moscow only after an invasion “bullshit.”
Tens of thousands of South Koreans braved frigid temperatures and snow this weekend for days-long rallies both in favor and against impeaching President Yoon Suk-yeol, facing constitutional ouster following his failed attempt to impose martial law on the country in December.
The Chinese Communist Party is “intent on rooting out every pocket of independent religious thought” and persecutes Christians by shutting down house churches, stripping children from Christian families, and monitoring every detail of Christian citizens’ lives, International Christian Concern (ICC) announced on Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed interest on Thursday in growing ties with Syria following the collapse of the Russia-friendly regime of deposed dictator Bashar Assad, stating that Kyiv would “support all efforts to stabilize” the country.
Multiple reports from northern Syria on Thursday indicated that the U.S. military is reinforcing its presence in Syrian Kurdistan, or Rojava, potentially building a new base in the city of Kobani.
Law enforcement authorities in South Korea raided the Muan International Airport and the Seoul offices of Jeju Air on Thursday in connection with the deadliest plane crash in the nation’s history, killing 179 people on Sunday.
A delegation representing the nascent government of Syria under the jihadist terror organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began its first-ever international visit on Wednesday to Saudi Arabia, seeking financing and other support to rebuild the war-torn country.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) issued a statement this week pressuring China to “share data and access” to help investigate the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, which began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan five years ago.
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Xi Jinping urged his people to “work together to steadily improve social undertakings and governance” during his New Year’s Eve address.
The head of a prominent Islamic organization in India propagated a fatwa, or religious edict, this weekend prohibiting Muslims from celebrating the new year.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un ordered the communist nation to prepare its “toughest anti-U.S. counteraction to be launched aggressively” during an end-of-year party meeting, state propaganda ordered on Sunday, an apparent attempt to be ready for major foreign policy changes under incoming American President Donald Trump.
The Taliban terrorist organization running Afghanistan published a decree this weekend banning buildings from having windows overlooking places “used by women,” a measure to protect Afghans from potentially seeing a woman inside her own home.
The head of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now running Syria, told Saudi media on Sunday that he expects it could take the jihadists up to three years to write a new constitution and four to hold elections.
Health providers in Canada have expressed concern in the weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year that the country’s overburdened healthcare system could see a dangerous surge in the number of patients in emergency rooms, encouraging prospective patients to exhaust other available options before going to hospitals.
A study published this month by the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed that global demand for coal, and global coal production, broke records in 2024, largely as a result of both supply and demand coming from communist China.
The administration of outgoing President Joe Biden stopped offering on Friday a reward for information leading to the capture of Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani), the de facto leader of Syria.
The government of Malaysia announced on Friday that it had tentatively agreed to a deal with an American research organization to launch a new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), which vanished in March 2014 and has not been found.
Bar owners in Syria fear that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seizing power will lead to a nationwide ban on the consumption of alcohol.
Hundreds of people convened in the heart of Damascus on Thursday demanding the regime replacing ousted longtime dictator Bashar Assad respect women and the basic civil rights of all.
One of two men arrested for running an illegal Chinese police station to persecute anti-communists in New York City pleaded guilty.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin insisted on Thursday that Russia achieved its strategic goals with its military presence in Syria even with the collapsed of the regime of ally Bashar Assad – who has since fled to Moscow, where Putin promised to meet with him soon.
An unnamed American official reportedly told the British newspaper the Guardian on Tuesday that communist North Korea has documented hundreds of casualties in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
China’s envoy to the United Nations declared on Tuesday that Beijing is seeking to “play a constructive role” in the future of Syria following the fall of Chinese ally Bashar Assad.
The terrorist formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the head of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), rebranded himself as a Western-friendly statesman in an interview published by France 24 on Tuesday, shortly after his group ousted Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
President-elect Donald Trump described the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime as the culmination of years of interference by Turkey.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia allied with America, confirmed on Monday that a short-lived truce with Islamist Turkish proxies in the country had collapsed due to Turkey’s intransigence.
The Ukrainian state outlet Ukrinform, citing government sources, reported on Tuesday that the State Security Service (SBU) of Ukraine was responsible for the assassination of Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov in Moscow that morning.
The new rulers of Syria are reportedly attempting to capture members of former dictator Bashar Assad’s “Shabiha” repressive force, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.
A statement purportedly from former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad appeared on social media on Monday.
