Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 1, 2025

US-Ukrainian talks reportedly continued in Florida on December 1 ahead of US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 2 to present the US-Ukrainian peace proposal. US Special Envoy to the … Read More

Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela

US president sent a ‘blunt message’ to his South American counterpart, sources say Donald Trump reportedly gave Nicolás Maduro an ultimatum to relinquish power immediately during their recent call – but Venezuela’s authoritarian leader declined, demanding a “global amnesty” for … Read More

The War in Ukraine: Lots of Questions and a Few Answers

Putin gambled on Western hesitation, and now a war born of miscalculation grinds on because neither Moscow nor NATO is willing—or able—to force a decisive end. Why did the war in Ukraine start in 2021? As in 2008 and 2012, … Read More

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

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