The pullout of American forces begun by President Trump and accelerated under President Biden was the “single most important factor” in the rapid collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan and the takeover of the country by the radical Islam…
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North Korea, once officially COVID-free, reports rising ‘fever’ cases, deaths
North Korea on Sunday acknowledged it was facing a spreading outbreak of COVID-19, after denying for more than a year that the virus had reached its shore.
Turkish leader Erdogan pours cold water on NATO membership for Finland, Sweden
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he opposed plans by Finland, and possibly Sweden, to apply to join NATO – an application which must be unanimously endorsed by the 27 countries of the Western military alliance to be approved.
Boris Johnson fined for breaking COVID rules in Britain’s ‘Partygate’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a top Cabinet aide are being fined for a series of social events that violated the Johnson government’s own protocols at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a scandal that has come to be known as &ldqu…
Lawmakers press intelligence agencies to document Russian war crimes in Ukraine fight
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee is calling on the nation’s intelligence agencies to ramp up their work with “Ukrainian and international partners” to document possible Russian military war crimes as the invasion of U…
Ukraine says third round of talks with Russia set for Monday
Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet for a third round of direct talks Monday to discuss a possible cease-fire in the 10-day-old war launched by the Kremlin. The push for a cease-fire suffered a major blow Saturday as plans for a “humanitarian cor…
D.C. braced, uncertain as trucker convoy puts the hammer down
The nation’s capital was braced for it was not quite clear what as a sizable convoy of truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other causes bore down on the city from the north. Hundreds of trucks and other vehicles are reportedly set to depa…
Pence escalates break with Trump with attack on Putin praise
Former Vice President Mike Pence is broadening the breach with his former boss, taking a barely veiled shot at former President Donald Trump for offering mixed praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin even as the Kremlin’s 10-day invasion of Ukraine gr…
Putin offered heads-up, protection guarantee ahead of invasion: Belarus’ Lukashenko
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin gave him a heads-up that Moscow was about to invade neighboring Ukraine and promised Russian forces would help defend Belarus against any blowback from the op…
Putin’s friends in Europe turn on him after invasion
Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s few sympathetic partners in Europe turned on him sharply Thursday in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, dimming further the Kremlin’s hopes of creating new divides in the West as it responds to the crisis. “…