U.S. invited all NATO allies to join Washington-led maritime security initiative The U.S. has invited all NATO allies to join a Washington-led maritime security initiative in the Strait of Hormuz as Britain and France move ahead with their own effort to secure the chokepoint, statements provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation show. The dueling…
Mali is experiencing a major escalation in violence, with jihadist groups advancing and the defense minister assassinated. The crisis threatens to destabilize the Sahel region. Mali has seen an unprecedented advance by armed groups in recent days, and among the groups involved are Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), considered a jihadist organization, and the Azawad…
Prosecutors say the charges against alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, span more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, including a weekend that was El Salvador‘s bloodiest since its civil war. A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 22 (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants riding motorbikes stormed two villages in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, a local official said on Wednesday. The assaults are part of a surge by Boko Haram and its Islamic State splinter ISWAP, who have stepped up deadly attacks on military bases and…
The defense ministers of Japan and Australia have confirmed their countries will strengthen bilateral defense cooperation. The two sides had signed contracts to jointly develop new frigates to be introduced in Australia. Koizumi Shinjiro and Richard Marles met for about an hour in Melbourne on Saturday. Koizumi welcomed the contracts to jointly develop Australia’s new…
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 Vatican has outlined guidelines for transplanting of organs or tissues from one species to another The Vatican has announced that Catholics are permitted to receive transplants of animal tissues to address medical conditions, as advancements in procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs continue. An 88-page document, outlining ethical guidelines for such transplants,…
HOUSTON, March 20 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose almost $2 in choppy trading on Friday, as the three-week-old Iran war showed no signs of abating and the U.S. prepared to send thousands of additional troops to the Middle East in coming weeks. Brent futures for May rose $1.90, or 1.75%, to $110.55 a barrel as…
Major wars often trigger geopolitical realignments that reshape regional balances of power and, over time, the global order. This will happen again, whether the United States achieves regime change in Iran, succeeds only partially, or if the Iranian regime survives the war, though with its nuclear and missile programs significantly degraded. And regardless of whether…
A week after uninterrupted nightly blackouts, Cubans in Morón, a city in central Cuba, took to the streets banging pots and pans Friday night chanting “Down with communism” as some of the protesters broke into the local Communist Party building and tried to set it on fire. At least one person was appeared to have…