Category: 4. World

 New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. First signed in… Continue Reading

The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern for the human rights of Palestinians in Gaza. Seventy-nine of the 100 senators opposed a… Continue Reading

Ukraine struck targets inside Russia with British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles for the first time, according to reporting from Bloomberg on Wednesday. The Storm Shadow missiles are the latest new Western weapon Ukraine has been permitted… Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Israel “has been afraid of Putin” in an interview in Kyiv with Fox News’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst on Wednesday and stressed that they “made a mistake on a political level”… Continue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is expected to consider formally recognizing Somaliland’s independence, a former UK defense secretary indicated, following successful elections in the self-declared republic on Tuesday.

The Hilton Hotel in Houston Westchase is hosting an event featuring two speakers with reported ties to terror organizations, including Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. The event – named “From horror to hope: A benefit event for Gaza aid.” -… Continue Reading

A veteran Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya at the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in the capital, his wife said on Wednesday. Kizza Besigye has run against Ugandan… Continue Reading

The US embassy in Kyiv has received information of a potential significant air attack on Wednesday and will be closed, the US Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be… Continue Reading

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed abolishing. “For the past four years, as the Chair of the Board at the… Continue Reading

Back in 2011, a new arrival to Jerusalem drew international attention: The rapper Shyne had become an Orthodox Jew in prison and landed in Israel after being deported following his release. But Shyne soon disappeared from the holy city,… Continue Reading