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 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
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.
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.
ONE OF THE ISSUES discussed by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week is preparing for “Disease X.”
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
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
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
Ukraine apparently used cluster munitions for the first time in the war with Russia, a type of weapon banned by an international treaty of more than 100 nations—although Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. are not among them.Continue Reading
China announced that it conducted marine landing drills directly across the strait from Taiwan, while Turkey’s President Erdogan has declared that he intends to eliminate US-backed Kurdish forces in northern Syria.Continue Reading