Sunni Arabs, Kurds Agree to Share Power in Syria
2025-03-12
Al Qaeda offshoot HTS and the Kurdish-led SDF have agreed to put aside differences and form a coalition government in Syria.Continue Reading
Zelensky’s Big Adventure
2025-03-03
Ukraine’s President Volodmyr Zelensky’s meeting with President Trump at the White House Friday turned contentious.
Kurds in the Way
2025-01-08
Türkiye’s foreign minister said Monday it’s a “matter of time” before Kurdish militants—US allies—are driven out of Syria. That puts the new US base in northern Syria in the middle of a potential war zone.Continue Reading
Canada’s PM Trudeau Resigns
2025-01-07
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he’s stepping down as head of the ruling Liberal Party, effectively resigning as the country’s prime minister.Continue Reading
The Friday Five: Disease X Breaks Out in Congo
2024-12-13
A respiratory illness dubbed “Disease X” by the Africa Center for Disease Control has killed more than 30 people in Congo, more than half of them children.
Destroying Syria’s Stockpiles
2024-12-10
Israel’s air force has flown 350 missions over the last 48 hours to destroy weapons left behind by the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Disease X
2024-01-20
ONE OF THE ISSUES discussed by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week is preparing for “Disease X.”
The Friday Five – An FBI Coup
2022-07-29
The FBI’s efforts to interfere in the last two presidential elections on behalf of Democrats brings to mind the Praetorian Guard in the Roman Empire. Once the Guard realized it had the power to make and break emperors, who learned to play ball—or else.Continue Reading
Whistleblowers Say FBI Covered for Hunter Biden
2022-07-28
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says FBI whistleblowers allege a widespread effort inside the bureau to downplay or discredit negative information about Hunter Biden in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.Continue Reading
Rockets for Ukraine
2022-06-02
Reversing a statement he made Monday, President Biden is sending a precision rocket artillery system to Ukraine on the condition that it not be used against targets inside Russia. The problem is that the US has very little control over weapons in Ukraine.Continue Reading