Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 19, 2025

Greetings from Tyler, Who’ll shed a tear for Jimmy Kimmel? I didn’t watch him anyway. He’s apparently mad as all get out about being fired. But his show was losing money. Maybe he didn’t know they were looking for an excuse to fire … Read More

Protesters in France target Paris Metro amid nationwide transport strikes

Protesters hit France with transport strikes, notably targeting the Paris Metro, blockades and demonstrations Thursday, pitting the power of the streets against President Emmanuel Macron’s government and its plans to cut funding for public services that underpin the French way … Read More

Syrian foreign minister heads to Washington for first official US trip

Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is due to arrive in Washington D.C. on Thursday for his first official trip to the US capital since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad in December last year. Talks between the top Syrian diplomat … Read More

Saudi Arabia–Pakistan defense pact will cause strategic ripples for India and Israel

By formalizing its alliance with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia is signaling to Iran, Israel, and the United States that it has alternative anchors of deterrence. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement in Riyadh on September 17, 2025. … Read More

Trump heads to UK for rare second state visit, then to Arizona for Charlie Kirk’s funeral

Trump will end his week traveling to Arizona to attend the funeral of conservative activist Charlie Kirk President Donald Trump will make a state visit to the U.K. this week, marking his second such stop during his presidency. Later in … Read More

Trump’s TikTok threat and Nvidia setback shape US-China trade talks

The future of TikTok in the US and regulatory pressure on Nvidia in China became central talking points in the ongoing negotiations between Washington and Beijing this week. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump’s willingness to let TikTok … Read More

IDF begins major Gaza City ground offensive targeting Hamas; dozens of Gazans said killed

Thousands flee amid intensive airstrikes; army uses explosive-laden remote-controlled APCs to hit infrastructure; Rubio: ‘Very short window of time’ for hostage-ceasefire deal The Israel Defense Forces confirmed Tuesday that it had launched a controversial  and long-expected major ground offensive in … Read More

U.S. Military Officers Visit Belarus to Observe Zapad-2025 Exercises

U.S. military officers visited Belarus to observe the Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, the country’s defense ministry said Monday. “We’ll show you whatever you’re interested in, whatever you want. You can go and see for yourself, talk to people,” Belarusian Defense … Read More

US destroys second Venezuelan boat: Update

The US Navy on Monday sunk a boat in international waters off Venezuela’s coast, killing three, President Donald Trump said, the second such operation so far this month that the US has justified as counter-narcotics enforcement. The “kinetic strike”, announced … Read More

Up to 150,000 people attend massive anti-immigration march in London, police say

More than 100,000 anti-immigration protesters marched in London Saturday at a rally organised by far-right figure Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, popularly known as Tommy Robinson. Police made 25 arrests after some of the attendees clashed with law enforcement officers, leaving more than two dozen … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 12, 2025

Greetings from Tyler, Everything is about Charlie Kirk, wherever you look. I don’t know what I did, but Charlie’s appearances on college campuses came regularly on my phone, and he was the nicest guy. He didn’t try to embarrass those who … Read More

Trump to meet Qatari PM days after Israeli strike on Doha kills six

Donald Trump is expected to meet Qatar’s prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Friday evening in New York, just days after US ally Israel carried out an unprecedented air strike on the Qatari capital Doha. The bombing is … Read More

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful … Read More

Tyler Robinson, 22-year-old from Utah, ID’d as Charlie Kirk shooting suspect after father ‘turned him in’ — Trump: ‘We have him’

President Trump announced early Friday that a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination was turned in by his father — with the suspect identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah student who allegedly wrote “Hey fascist! Catch!” on a bullet. “I think, with a high … Read More

Belarus Frees 52 Political Prisoners After Talks With US Envoy

The move follows a smaller release earlier this summer, when Lukashenko freed 14 detainees after meeting another Trump envoy, Keith Kellogg. Belarus has freed 52 political prisoners of different nationalities, the US Embassy in Vilnius said Thursday, in what appeared … Read More

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