National Security

Pope Francis has appointed Jesuit Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan to be the new Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong as the latest elevation of members of his order to positions of influence.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen urged people in Taiwan not to hoard food and masks on Saturday after a recent Chinese coronavirus lockdown order in Taipei and its surrounding area caused residents to panic buy basic household supplies. Taiwan’s government raised

Police in India’s national capital territory, Delhi, arrested 25 people as of Sunday for placing posters with a message critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the walls of public buildings across a dozen separate locations in the capital.

J Street, the George Soros-backed radical left-wing Jewish group that often opposes the Israeli government, called for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas on Monday — despite the fact that Hamas says a ceasefire would mean victory.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday that an international Muslim “protection force,” supported by “military and financial contributions from willing countries,” should be deployed in Gaza.

The Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker on Monday released a memo outlining his efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the Navy.

Chinese public health officials identified two outbreaks of Chinese coronavirus in the eastern provinces of Liaoning and Anhui — about 900 miles away from each other — on Sunday, once again calling into question Beijing’s claims that it has subdued the pandemic.

China’s Global Times state-run newspaper lamented in a column Sunday that a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan would pose “grave challenges” to China’s ruling Communist Party, whereas U.S. investment in Afghanistan’s economic stability could yield economic benefits to China.

Blinken also said he had asked Israel for any evidence for its claim that Hamas was operating in a Gaza office building housing The Associated Press and Al Jazeera news bureaus that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike over the weekend. But he said that he personally has “not seen any information provided.”

Police in Peru opened a “preliminary” police investigation against presidential election frontrunner Pedro Castillo, a far-leftist, this weekend in response to accusations that he lied about holding a second job when filing paperwork to run for office.

The government of Sierra Leone appears to have concluded a deal this month with China to convert 250 acres of beachfront property and protected rainforest into a fishing plant and harbor.

ROME — U.S. climate czar John Kerry met with Pope Francis in the Vatican this weekend in preparation for the upcoming U.N. climate conference in Glasgow.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released dramatic video Monday detailing a precision missile strike that targeted Islamic Jihad Northern Division Commander in Gaza, Hussam Abu Harbid.

The sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel has been approved by the Biden administration as the nation continues its daily battle against Hamas terror rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.

Conservative lawmakers in Colombia have found renewed interest in a proposal to significantly expand gun rights for civilians in light of a left-wing terrorism campaign entering its third week, the nation’s El Tiempo reported on Sunday.

SuperJob.ru, a Russian jobs portal similar to LinkedIn, published a survey on Sunday that found 42 percent of Russians are unwilling to be vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus under any circumstances, while another 20 percent said they found it difficult to decide if they should be inoculated.

The Israeli military unleashed a series of precision airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday morning, destroying nine miles of terrorist tunnels and the homes of Hamas commanders.

Sam Brownback, the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, has urged the Vatican to rethink its appeasement policy toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

A synagogue in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon that was hit Sunday by a rocket fired by Palestinian Hamas terrorists was cleaned up and ready two hours later for the start of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

Israel reportedly showed U.S. officials “smoking gun” intelligence Sunday indicating that the Palestinian Hamas terrorist organization was using the Jala Tower in Gaza, which also housed the Associated Press, Al Jazeera, and other international news outlets.

Pope Francis denounced escalating violence in Israel Sunday, especially the “unacceptable” killing of children.

Not one Arab country that signed peace and normalization agreements with Israel under the Abraham Accords has withdrawn those commitments.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation opened an emergency meeting Sunday over the heavy fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s militant Hamas rulers, the first major move among Mideast nations still grappling with how to address the conflict.

Pope Francis urged Myanmar Catholics Sunday to be steadfast in faith in the midst of “violence, conflict, and repression.”

The Associated Press (AP) denied any knowledge that the building housing its offices in Gaza was also shared by Hamas terrorists, as claimed by the Israeli military and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the office block was bombed on Saturday.

Russia’s space agency announced plans on Thursday to send a film crew to the International Space Station (ISS) in October as part of its efforts to become the first nation to shoot a fictional movie in space.

Ontario, Canada’s government on Thursday extended a Chinese coronavirus stay-at-home order through June 2 that includes a ban on outdoor recreational activity.

Hong Kong Express Airways placed a limited number of galley boxes and waste trolleys used on its flights for sale on its website this week as the budget airline struggles to offset the financial losses suffered over the past year due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said Friday that President Joe Biden had failed to show leadership on a variety of fronts, and had misplaced foreign policy priorities, doing more to appease America’s enemies than to defend America’s allies.

The government of Japan completed an investigation Thursday that found a disturbing number of Chinese-funded land purchases near Japanese defense facilities, including the Japanese Self-Defense Force (SDF), coast guard, and space research laboratories, as well as bases used by the American military.