Foreign Affairs
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Mexican Drug Cartels Violently Retaliate After Military Kills Head Of Cartel
By Mark Tanos The Mexican military killed the leader of one of the Western Hemisphere’s most dangerous drug trafficking organizations…
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Both sides loot capital city in bloody civil war
Seven million people once lived in and around the capital city of Sudan, Khartoum. But much of the population left…
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Ousted South Korean President Learns Fate For Deploying Troops To Country’s Legislature
By Mark Tanos Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will spend the rest of his life behind bars after…
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Major labor reforms are likely in Argentina
Argentina is one of the world’s more regulated countries (although less so now than it was a few years ago),…
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Drones kill dozens in towns and villages across Sudan
Drones sent by Sudan’s army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, killed dozens of people in towns across Sudan…
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US Military Strikes Sites In Syria
By Alexander Pease The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) announced that American forces carried out a series of strikes against…
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Argentine economy grows as imports rise
Imports can be good. They can provide cheap raw materials you need to manufacture something, or give you access to…
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US To Pay United Nations Billions
By Mark Tanos The Trump administration will send an initial payment toward billions in overdue United Nations dues within weeks.…
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Massive numbers of Indians now have tap water, which they lacked just a few years ago
“82 percent of rural Indian households now have access to tap water, up from just 17 percent in 2019, representing…
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Starmer’s Implosion Could Hand Britain Its First Muslim Prime Minister
By Thomas English British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life, and speculation about his replacement has…
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Japan Prime Minister’s Political Gamble Pays Off As Voters Overwhelmingly Embrace Tough Stance On China, Immigration
By Mark Tanos Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a commanding supermajority in Sunday’s snap election after voters rallied behind…
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Suicide bomber kills 31 at mosque in Pakistan’s capital
“A suicide bomber killed 31 people at a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad and injured at least 150 others,”…
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Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
“President Donald Trump last month told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that he would be willing to unfreeze $16…
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Ukraine war takes toll on Russian economy
“Russia accounts for just 2 percent of global GDP, roughly equivalent to New York state’s contribution in 1990. As we…
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The middle class now outnumbers the poor in Mexico
“According to World Bank data, the middle class now outnumbers the poor in Mexico. The calculation is based on World…
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Off-grid power takes off in Africa, even in the nation labeled ‘the dead heart of Africa’
Chad is an African country so backward that people refer to it as the “dead heart of Africa.” Only 4%…
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U.S. terminates partnership with WHO
“The United States has terminated its partnership with the World Health Organization,” reports NBC News. “The move follows an executive…
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Drones kill hundreds in attacks on major city
Hundreds of people have been killed by drones in and around the city of El-Obeid, which has around 600,000 people.…
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Buying Greenland would likely be a bad investment, experts say
Most of the minerals in Greenland are too costly to access, even with advances in mining, because of how remote…
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Trump Suggests US Is Owed Greenland, Cites Nobel Snub In Private Warning To Europe
By Melissa O’Rourke President Donald Trump warned European leaders that he no longer feels bound to prioritize peace, linking his…
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8 police officers killed in retaliatory attacks in Guatemala after prison crackdown on gangs
Gangs killed eight cops today in Guatemala, in retaliation for the Guatemalan government’s refusal to transfer gang leaders to a…
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US Forces Eliminate Terrorist Leader Linked To Deaths Of American National Guardsmen
By Anthony Iafrate American military forces carried out a strike in Syria which killed an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist. The terrorist is…
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Trump imposes tariffs on Europe to pressure our ally Denmark to give up Greenland
“President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight…
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Greenlander Opposes America Taking Over His Island Because He Hunts ‘Cute’ Whales, Seals
By Anthony Iafrate A Greenlander interviewed by The New York Times said he opposes the U.S. gaining control of the…
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U.S. public overwhelmingly opposes U.S. acquiring Greenland
“President Donald Trump’s push to seize Greenland might be the least popular idea in American political history,” reports Reason Magazine. “A…
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African economy finally growing faster than Asian economy
Before African countries became independent in the 1960s, they were richer than much of Asia. Now, China is richer than…
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Quebec Premier Bails As Province Flirts With Leaving Canada Entirely
By Mark Tanos Quebec Premier François Legault resigned Wednesday as a separatist party surges in the polls and threatens to…
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81-Year-Old Ugandan Dictator Cuts Internet, Arrests Priests Ahead Of 7th ‘Election’
By Derek Vanbuskirk Ugandan religious leaders and opposition party members face arrests, heightened security and an internet blackout heading into…
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Iranians Burn Down Mosques
By Hudson Crozier Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video…
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Europe and South America reach massive freer-trade deal
“After 25 years of negotiations, EU member states have approved a trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc (Argentina,…
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U.S. Strikes ISIS Targets In Syria
By Anthony Iafrate The Defense Department carried out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday…
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Ethiopia begins work on Africa’s biggest airport, despite having less tourism than many other African nations
Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday officially began the construction of a $12.5 billion airport, which will be Africa’s biggest when it…
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Iran’s Capital In Flames As Leader Blames Trump For Fiery Protests
By Melissa O’Rourke Iran’s capital descended into chaos as anti-government protests set parts of Tehran ablaze, with the country’s Supreme…
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Greenland is a costly white elephant. Why does Trump want it?
If Greenland, the world’s largest island, were a state in the United States, it would send two Democrats to the…
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Trump Says Venezuela Turning Over Huge Stockpile Of Oil To US
By Mariane Angela President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that interim authorities in Venezuela will transfer tens of millions of barrels…
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Trump Kept Venezuela Under Maduro Loyalists After CIA Flagged Opposition Risks: REPORT
By Melissa O’Rourke A classified U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that top figures within Nicolás Maduro’s regime would be best positioned…
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