In case your plate wasn’t already full enough with hot wars in Ukraine and Gaza and another one potentially brewing in the Straits of Taiwan, would you care for yet another flareup for dessert? It would appear that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is growing tired of being ignored in the midst of all that […]
In case your plate wasn’t already full enough with hot wars in Ukraine and Gaza and another one potentially brewing in the Straits of Taiwan, would you care for yet another flareup for dessert? It would appear that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is growing tired of being ignored in the midst of all that […]
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak politicians have called for calm in the Central European country after Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times by a would-be assassin on Wednesday, a rare instance of political violence that came as a shock despite deep political polarization. Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India urged pro-China Maldives on Thursday to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship. The foreign ministers of India and Maldives met in New Delhi a day ahead of a deadline set by the Maldives’ new president, Mohamed Muizzu, for India to withdraw dozens of its soldiers from the archipelago nation. […]
The protesters at Columbia University escalated the situation on campus dramatically when several hundred pro-Palestinian students occupied Hamilton Hall, an administration building used by the dean and other school officials. After negotiations (finally) broke down between the students and the administration on Sunday, Columbia’s embattled President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik […]
Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday and police arrested several dozen protesters at Yale University as tensions on U.S. college campuses continue to grow over the war in the Middle East. The moves at the two Ivy League schools came hours before the Jewish holiday of Passover was set to begin Monday evening. Police officers […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. Army is introducing a joint battlefield training in the Philippines to improve combat readiness including by ensuring an adequate supply of ammunition and other needs in difficult conditions in tropical jungles and on scattered islands, a U.S. general said. The Biden administration has been strengthening an arc of military […]
Hamakom synagogue, a conservative congregation in Los Angeles, has just gotten a bracing introduction to the reality beneath the surface of efforts at “outreach” and “dialogue”: it leased its facility to a local Muslim group, only to have it host a viciously anti-Israel speaker who has refused to condemn Hamas and likened the Jewish […]
BEIJING — China on Tuesday announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget, which is already the world’s second-highest behind the United States at 1.6 trillion yuan ($222 billion), roughly mirroring the rise of the last year. Tensions with the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and neighbors who share claims to the crucial South China Sea are […]
Tensions between the White House and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government neared the boiling point Monday as Biden administration officials ramped up public pressure on the Jewish state over “intolerable” humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip while embracing one of Mr. Netanyahu’s most popular political rivals. In what seems to be a politically calculated […]
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