Foreign Affairs
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Norway seizes Russian ship
This week, “Norwegian security services had been tracking a Russian research ship. It was cruising around Svalbard, an icy archipelago…
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Oil producing countries work to bypass the Iran war
Gulf oil producers are attempting to bypass the dangerous Strait of Hormuz. Oil tankers have to pass through that narrow…
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Asia’s Sex Capital Braces For US Navy Sailors Who Spent Over 270 Days At Sea
By Mr. Right Asia’s sex tourism capital is bracing for the arrival of U.S. Navy sailors who were aboard the…
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US Resumes Striking Iran After Observing Preparations To Mine Hormuz Strait
By Jack Cowhick The United States resumed strikes on Iran Sunday after Iranian forces were observed preparing to mine the…
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UN Agency Tells Merchants Not To Arm Against Pirates Despite 90 Sailors Being Held Hostage
By Harold Hutchison A United Nations agency told countries to “strongly discourage” merchant ship crews from acquiring firearms to defend…
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As gold prices spike, illegal gold mining is spreading rapidly in the Amazon rainforest
“Peru Is Losing a Battle Against Illegal Gold Mining in Its Rainforests,” reports Bloomberg News: As a military helicopter roared…
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Drones fight malaria in picturesque islands
“The government of Zanzibar is using drones as part of its efforts to fully eliminate malaria from the archipelago. Conventional…
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U.S. Tankers Leave Bulgaria After Iran Threatens Bulgaria Over Their Presence
By Francis Kapper U.S. refueling aircraft left Bulgaria after Iranian officials made statements condemning the deployment of the American aircraft.…
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Trump Administration Defies UN With Oil Drilling Site
By Derek Vanbuskirk The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to extract oil and gas near United Nations-designated historic…
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New Arctic shipping route avoids terrorism
Ships passing through the Red Sea risk being attacked by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia. But now there is a way…
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US-Canada Trade Deal Falls Apart In Potential Blow To Auto Industry
By Spencer Lombardo The last-minute collapse of a trade deal between the United States and Canada threatens key industries and…
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Trump Admin Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Chief
By Derek Vanbuskirk U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane and…
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Floods and violence displace residents of desert country
Civil war forced 14 million people in Sudan to flee their homes. Sudan is mostly desert, but in the short…
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Australian PM Anthony Albanese Mad States Aren’t Forking Over Guns Like He Wants
By Harold Hutchison Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticized states Saturday who he claimed were standing in the way of…
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Growing oil production in South America limits gas price increases due to Iran War
Argentina’s biggest exports used to be beef and grains. But not anymore. “Argentina is transforming from an energy importer into…
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Beijing’s Voyage Through Frozen Waters Could Change Shipping Forever
By Francis Kapper China is preparing to establish a regular commercial shipping route through the Arctic, potentially giving Beijing a…
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Americans travel overseas more, but foreigners visit America less
“Americans are traveling more as they get richer. US residents took 24 million trips to Europe in 2025, up from…
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Trump orders Navy to tear out jet-launch system, at cost of billions of dollars
It’s costly to tear out a useful jet-launch system in the middle of the Iran War, when the Pentagon’s resources…
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Rocket Critical To China’s Space Program Blows Up Just 85 Seconds After Launch
By Ann Rodgers China’s space program suffered a major setback Monday when a Long March 7A rocket carrying an unknown…
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How China Seemingly Weathered The Iran War Oil Storm
By Paris Apodaca China played the long game, and now that strategy is seemingly paying off as the rest of…
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Ethiopia keeps arresting journalists and bloggers, contrary to its constitution
Many countries have constitutions that are not followed. Ethiopia is a classic example. Its constitution guarantees free expression more explicitly…
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Ebola outbreak contained in major African country
The African nation of Uganda “has contained an Ebola outbreak imported from Congo after all identified contacts completed quarantine without…
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Children born with no legal identity, due to their mother being raped
In Sudan’s civil war, thousands of women and teenage girls have been raped. Some of them give birth, only to…
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FBI, DEA Withhold Court-Ordered Files On Nigerian President’s Alleged Drug Trafficking Ahead Of Trump Meeting
By Derek Vanbuskirk Records about connections between Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and a heroin trafficking network in the U.S. remain…
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The Oil Cartel Is Disintegrating: When OPEC Production Quotas Don’t Matter Anymore
By David Blackmon Lost in much of the discussion about the current global deficit of crude oil is a new…
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U.S. bans imports of foreign-made humanoid robots in move aimed at China
“The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks,…
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Trump Is Considering Strikes On Another African Nation
By Derek Vanbuskirk The Trump administration is weighing direct military action against terrorists in Mali. Such intervention would likely be…
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Study finds tariffs historically harmed the U.S. economy, did not help its manufacturing sector
Manufacturers make their products out of raw materials and components, some of which are imported. So if America imposes tariffs…
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ICE Deports Illegal Alien Child Rapist Previously Pardoned By Gov Tim Walz
By Lucy Spence A convicted child rapist formerly pardoned by Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was deported by immigration authorities…
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Warning Signs Flash As America’s Oil Reserves Bleed For Iran War
By Francis Kapper Just when you thought gas prices could not get any higher, the real oil crisis is beginning…
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Restrictions on foreign students will shrink U.S. economy
The Department of Homeland Security recently imposed restrictions on foreign students at U.S. universities, preventing many of them from even…
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More people have electricity, fewer old women are accused of witchcraft in African villages
“The latest Energy Progress Report, jointly produced by five international agencies, contains some impressive figures: 92 percent of the world’s…
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Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke
By Mark Tanos President Donald Trump wants to increase tariffs on Canada to punish America’s northern neighbor for fouling our…
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Britain Picks Died-In-The-Wool Socialist To Replace Deeply Unpopular Leader
By Dylan Kresak Andy Burnham will become British prime minister Monday after the ruling left-wing Labour Party formally declared him…
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Trump Can Bomb Iran. He Still Can’t Reopen The Strait Of Hormuz.
By Brandon Weichert and Dylan Kresak A wave of attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz this…
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Thousands of refugees are being expelled into a war-torn country
“Thousands of Sudanese refugees in Libya are facing severe hardships following a government crackdown on undocumented foreigners that has restricted…
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