During the Biden administration’s tenure, multiple conflagrations have pushed the world to its most unstable point since the end of the Cold War. Conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza have been instigated by regimes and terrorists who reject the foundational premises of the Western world: freedom, fair trade, religious liberty and respect for the sovereignty of other nations. Our adversaries reject …
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Security will be tight during next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in the southern Sweden city of Malmo, police said Wednesday, citing demonstrations that could lead to unrests and a heightened threat of terrorism in the Scandinavian country. “The security is going to be rigorous,” Petra Stenkula, head of police area in Malmo, said according to Swedish broadcaster TV4. Pro-Palestinian activists …
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Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 14 people, authorities said. At least 61 people, including two children, were wounded in the morning attack, Ukrainian emergency services said. Chernihiv lies about 90 miles north of the capital, Kyiv, near the border …
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On April 10, stars in Hollywoodjoinedpoliticians in D.C. indemandingthat Congress take up a war aid bill authorizing $60 billion in new assistance for Ukraine. But they’re all wrong. The war is lost. In fact, 90% of people in Europe believe that to be true. If that comes as a surprise, it shouldn’t. In late February, the Times of London publishedthe …
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Croatia is voting Wednesday in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centered on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister of the country. The ballot pits the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, against an alliance of centrist and left-wing parties informally led by populist President Zoran Milanovic and his …
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The Ukrainian infantryman, call sign “Ray”, said he quickly pulled on his gas mask after a Russian drone flying above his trench on the eastern front dropped a tear gas grenade. “It’s like pepper spray, it makes your eyes tear up. It’s not lethal, but it disturbs and knocks you out. It makes it very difficult to carry out your …
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Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the Italian resort island of Capri, with calls for new sanctions against Iran over its attack against Israel and more aid to Ukraine to fight Russia’s war topping the agenda. Under Italy’s rotating stewardship, the G7 leaders are expected to issue a united call for Israel to exercise restraint after Iran’s unprecedented …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings in June, the French organizers said, although some Russian representatives would be welcome in recognition of the country’s wartime sacrifice. “For more than two years now, the Russian Federation has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, which France condemns in the …
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If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. The pain that followed was the price Yevgeny paid for a new chance at life. Like thousands of …
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The foreign aid plan Speaker Johnson, R-La., unveiled on Monday night is already facing a growing red wave of opposition from his own colleagues as of Tuesday morning, making it likely he will have to seek House Democratic support to get the proposal passed. Under Johnson’s tentative plan, aid for Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel would all be considered as separate …
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