German lawmakers approve huge 2026 budget with billions in new debt
Germany’s budget for 2026 was approved by lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Friday, with expenditure of €525 billion ($608 billion). The plans include more than €180 billion in borrowing, greater than at any time in German history … Read More
Cyclone Ditwah highlights: PM Modi calls Lankan president, expresses condolences; rain continues in TN, Andhra
Cyclone Ditwah highlights: Cyclone Ditwah has weakened into a deep depression and now lies over the southwest Bay of Bengal, off the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast, and south coastal Andhra Pradesh, IMD Amaravati director Stella Samuel told ANI news agency. … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 28, 2025
Greetings from Tyler, An Afghani ambushed and killed one girl. She’d only joined lately, and probably thought that it would be a routine mission. Another man was shot and is in critical condition. These monsters don’t belong in the United … Read More
Realpolitik not rhetoric: Witkoff’s Ukraine peace plan is generous to Kiev
It didn’t take long for the predictable chorus of indignation to make itself heard. Steve Witkoff’s 28-point peace proposal for the Ukrainian War said far more about just how detached Kiev and its diehard supporters in the European establishment are … Read More
Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students escape captors in Nigeria, more than 250 still being held
Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school on Friday have escaped and been reunited with their parents, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Catholic church. But about 253 kidnapped students … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 24, 2025
Greetings, The hurricanes have passed, and didn’t do any favors to the islands. We can’t even imagine the degradation. That goes for the rest of the world too. I’ve traveled, and can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be. If … Read More
Who voted against releasing the Epstein files? Rep. Clay Higgins explains his opposition to the House’s bill
Washington — Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana was the only House member to vote against a bill that would require the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The bill passed the House on Tuesday in a … Read More
Underground Christian pastors arrested in China during latest religious crackdown
The crime carries a prison sentence of up to three years Eighteen leaders of a prominent Chinese underground church have been formally arrested, an advocate for a Christian NGO has confirmed, meaning they will now face trial and potential prison … Read More
Russian spy ship is spotted ‘on edge of UK waters’ with LASERS aimed at RAF pilots – as defence secretary John Healey warns Putin, ‘we see you, we are ready’
A Russian spy ship designed to ‘gather intelligence’ shone lasers at RAF pilots who flew overhead to surveil it as it arrived on the edge of British waters, the Defence Secretary has said. Hours after a report claimed the UK … Read More
Trump pulls out all the pomp and circumstance for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to seal $1T investment
WASHINGTON — In a display of pageantry fit for a king, President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House with full-dress military honors and a dramatic flyover of military to celebrate a $1 … Read More
Poland says blast on rail line to Ukraine ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’
Poland’s prime minister has said an explosion on a railway line leading to the Ukraine border this weekend was caused by “an unprecedented act of sabotage”, and vowed to catch those responsible “regardless of who their backers are”. Visiting the … Read More
US President Trump confirms United States will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia
Trump confirmed the sale during a press conference in the White House ahead of an upcoming meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. United States President Donald Trump said he plans to approve the sale of US-made F-35 fighter … Read More
Texas raid targeting Tren de Aragua gang leads to arrest of 140 illegal immigrants
The San Antonio raid was part of a joint federal, state, and local effort to dismantle transnational criminal networks operating across the southern border A raid at a sex and human trafficking operation in San Antonio operated by members of … Read More
Japan diplomat arrives in Beijing amid row over PM Takaichi’s Taiwan remark
A senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official has arrived in China amid a row over comments Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae made in relation to Taiwan. The director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kanai Masaaki, arrived in … Read More
Landslides in Indonesia’s Central Java leave at least 18 dead and dozens missing
A landslide in the city of Cilacap has killed at least 16 people, officials said, while two people died in a landslide in another region of Central Java province. JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rain-triggered landslides in two regions in Indonesia’s Central … Read More










