HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the pardons were a “humanitarian gesture” in connection with Holy Week and didn’t mention mounting pressures with the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – treatment intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity – for young people back to the lower courts for them to apply a new standard. By a vote of 8-1, the justices agreed with Kaley Chiles, the licensed…
Ships attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will need secret codes and to pay up to $2 million in Chinese yuan or cryptocurrencies to avoid being attacked by Iran, according to a new report. After Iran’s lawmakers approved a bill to impose fees on the safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz this…
Donald Trump has announced that Iran‘s new leadership is requesting a ceasefire, but warned any truce is contingent on the Strait of Hormuz reopening. The President claimed that the ‘new regime president’ was ‘much less radicalized and far more intelligent that his predecessors’, without revealing with whom the US was negotiating, in a post on…
The Kremlin on Monday welcomed the arrival of a Russian-flagged oil tanker to Cuba, saying energy supplies to the fuel-starved island had been discussed with the U.S. ahead of its delivery. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow considered it its duty to help Cuba, according to Russian state news outlet RIA Novosti. He added that…
Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson. We’re concluding the third week of the Israeli-United States effort to emasculate Iran, and we’re, sort of, in a standoff period. I think people have compared Iran to the black knight in the old Monty Python movie. The more that he loses a leg and arm, the more he…
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is pushing for a return to Russian energy imports, using rising fuel prices and economic concerns to strengthen its support after recent election gains. Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has renewed its call for a return to Russian energy supplies, capitalising on rising fuel prices and economic concerns…
The terrorists, the military claimed, systematically used ambulances to transfer weapons across the country, in order to launch attacks against Israel and IDF soldiers. The IDF said Monday it struck a Hezbollah cell in southern Lebanon over the weekend that was operating an ambulance while posing as paramedics. The terrorists, the military claimed, systematically used…
Greetings from Tyler, We’d hardly know there was a war going on, thanks to our blessed belief in the Almighty. There’s trouble all over the world, but we’d hardly know it if we didn’t read the news. They’ve killed all the mullah’s two or three sections down, so who are we negotiating with? I wouldn’t…
A senior IRGC official in Tehran told state television that children over 12 can join armed patrols and checkpoints. Tehran, Iran – Heavily armed state forces continue to control Iran’s streets, despite the United States and Israel launching more strikes and preparing for a potential ground attack, as the nearly one-month war proceeds with no…