Ancient city of Christ's birth somber & muted for second straight year...

Taleb A.’s X account was filled with anti-Islam themes and criticism of the religion, and he regularly congratulated former Muslims who had left the faith.

Most Westerners know nothing about India beyond vague ideas about Hinduism, yoga, gurus, and maybe a dash of Bollywood. To such people, this will be a rude awakening...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to utilize the BRI "to amass power and influence at the expense of the world’s democracies..."

no room for Kurdish militants in Syria's future...

Once designated a 'major non-NATO ally'... Pakistan now dubbed "an emerging threat to the US."

The kids won a victory to delay natural gas production with pathetic legal challenges making us more dependent on China...

Fico blasts Zelensky over refusal to extend Russian gas transit, warns of supply & price crisis...

unprepared for the intensity of drone warfare...

"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World..." 

"If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question."

Likely mistaken for a Houthi drone as projectiles were inbound...

...by controlling the extraction and refining of REMs, China can undermine and disrupt the production of semiconductors.

The state of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has worsened globally since 2021...

The Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency said at least four of the seven were found "in the vicinity of a military installation"...

“This sentence is an outrage,”

"The neocons are scared to death of Trump and really want to trap him in war before he takes office..."

"I didn't have 'Trump demands return of Panama Canal as early Christmas present' on my bingo card." 

The pretext is to jointly contain Russian and Iranian influence in the broader region amidst their recent setbacks in the Levant...

European self-defense depends on conservative parties, not liberal cowards...