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Anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado confirmed she intends to run for president in an eventual free and fair election.

The United States and several U.S.-allied Latin American and Caribbean nations on Tuesday released a joint statement in support of Panama amid the Chinese regime’s ongoing retaliatory campaign after Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison lost control of two key Canal ports.

The shots that rang through the ballroom at the Washington Hilton last week bounced off the same walls as when President Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed 45 years ago. But the reaction to the two events shows how much our culture has degraded.

Secretary of War and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, April 29.

The United States strenuously objected when the United Nations gave Iran a vice-presidential role in a nuclear non-proliferation conference.

Greek police said on Tuesday that an 89-year-old man has been taken into custody for a mass shooting in Athens that injured five people.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae on Monday inaugurated a panel to review Japan’s defense posture in a time of growing threats from China, North Korea, and Russia.

CNN reported on Tuesday that the Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey for a second time.

A Wisconsin teacher who made disturbing online comments about presidential assassins after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has been placed on leave.

Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) is upping his rhetoric against President Donald Trump, referring to the duly elected commander-in-chief as “America’s chief insurrectionist” just days after yet another failed assassination attempt.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that its 59 years of membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will come to an end, effective May 1.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Marxist terrorist group unleashed a deadly wave of 31 different terrorist attacks over the weekend — including a deadly highway bomb blast on Saturday that killed 21 civilians in what is now being described as the worst terrorist attack Colombia has suffered in decades.

Radio Programas del Perú (RPP) on Monday denounced the existence of a network trafficking Peruvian men to the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with false work promises.

Multiple reports published on Monday and Tuesday indicate that President Donald Trump did not respond favorably to a proposal from what remains of the Iranian Islamist regime to commit to formally ending hostilities before any negotiations to stop Iran’s illicit nuclear development.

A research study published by the human rights organization Prisoners Defenders on Monday estimated — based on documented evidence of meals, eyewitness testimony, and scientific estimates — that the Cuban Communist Party is feeding its male prisoners between 250 to 353 calories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted legislation to once again extend the decree of martial law, which has been used to suspend elections, ban opposition parties, and shut down media organisations.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions against one of China’s “teapot refineries,” run by a company called Hengli Petrochemical in the port city of Dalian, for buying Iranian oil.

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Sunday that U.S. forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” against a drug-trafficking vessel in Eastern Pacific waters, killing three male narco-terrorists.

The defense minister of Mali, Gen. Sadio Camara, was killed on Saturday during a major offensive by insurgents linked to al-Qaeda.

A large crowd of Cuban-Americans and supporters – according to Univisión, in the thousands – gathered on Sunday in Miami, Florida’s Bayside Park for a unique event to pray for divine intervention to end communism in Cuba.

In the wake of surviving a third assassination attempt at the hands of a left-winger, President Trump appeared on the disgraced, far-left 60 Minutes and blasted aging ratings-failure Norah O’Donnell for publicizing the wannabe assassin’s manifesto.

Defense analysts and security officials told The National on Monday that Iran is “relying on Chinese and Russian-made guidance chips” to improve the accuracy of its drone and missile attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Russia of practicing “nuclear terrorism” with its “reckless attacks” on Chernobyl, site of history’s worst nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986.

“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez condemned Saturday’s apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Poland’s globalist Prime Minsiter Donald Tusk is facing criticism over his unfounded accusation that the United States would not remain “loyal” and come to Europe’s defence in the case of a war.

House Freedom Caucus lawmakers have offered amendments that would bar intelligence agencies from searching Americans’ communications and prevent the creation of a central bank digital, which Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) has described as the “ultimate surveillance tool.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow, Russia, on Monday and is expected to meet dictator Vladimir Putin for discussions on his country’s ongoing conflict with America.

The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times lamented in its coverage on Sunday that the shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was a result of “radicalization of international political divisions in America.”

The mysterious list of dead and missing aerospace scientists and experts continues to grow as it has been learned that an Air Force veteran who agreed to testify before Congress about UFO programs died of a what was ruled an “accidental drug overdose” just months before the hearings.

The suspected White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooter donated money to ActBlue, the Democrat fundraising arm, according to reports.

At least 16 people have been killed in strikes over the weekend across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia.

Intense video footage shows White House Correspondents Dinner attendees ducking for cover Saturday not far from where President Donald Trump had been seated onstage.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has canceled a planned trip by U.S. representatives, including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner, to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials, citing time wasted on traveling and work and describing what he called “infighting” and “confusion” within Iran’s so-called “leadership.”

rench President Emmanuel Macron has suggested that Europe needs to strengthen its defence posture, claiming that China, Russia, and the United States are all opposed to the interests of the old continent.

The far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) paid a member of a white nationalist group over $1 million to be an informant, even after the nonprofit said the group had become “almost irrelevant,” according to reports.