[ad_1] People gather next to the Christmas tree at Manger Square in Bethlehem (Pictur credit: AP) BETHLEHEM: Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Hamas war returned Wednesday, overlooking a parade of scouts […]
[ad_1] President Donald Trump signs an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) For decades, marijuana has occupied a strange place in American politics. It is widely used and culturally mainstream, yet under federal law it […]
[ad_1] Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson made a startling claim that President Donald Trump may use his upcoming televised address to announce war with Venezuela.Carlson was speaking on the online show Judging Freedom. The right-winger said he was told by a member of Congress that lawmakers had been briefed ahead of Trump’s planned 9 pm address. […]
[ad_1] A British journalist has alleged that while travelling through conflict zones over the past two decades, he was offered the opportunity to shoot civilians, describing the practice as neither “dark tourism” nor adventurism, but “murder”. His claims sit alongside a separate, ongoing investigation in Italy into allegations that wealthy Westerners paid to shoot civilians […]
[ad_1] US president Donald Trump on Monday said a peace deal to end the four-year-long war between Ukraine and Russia is “closer than ever,” citing ongoing talks between European leaders and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin.Trump said the United States is receiving “tremendous support” from European countries, including Germany, Italy, France, the UK, Poland, […]
[ad_1] UVB-76 transmitted clustered coded signals in December as NATO–Russia tensions intensified In the second week of December, a Cold War–era Russian shortwave radio station broke from its usual pattern. Over the course of several days, UVB-76, better known as “The Buzzer,” transmitted an unusually high number of coded messages, including clusters of words, strings […]
[ad_1] When Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she was resigning from Congress, Brian Glenn was where he usually is: outside the White House with a microphone in hand, preparing for his next live shot. What was unusual was the deliberate distance he kept from the building. There were no Oval Office drop-ins, no questions at the […]
[ad_1] A Myanmar military air strike killed at least 31 people and wounded 68 at the general hospital in Mrauk-U in western Rakhine state on Thursday evening, said on-site aid worker Wai Hun Aung.The strike occurred as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month, AFP news agency reported.Conflict monitors say […]
[ad_1] Representative photo (AP) A railway hub near Kyiv was hit in a large-scale Russian drone and missile strike, damaging a depot and several rail carriages, Ukrainian state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said on Saturday. The overnight attack targeted the town of Fastiv, with no casualties reported.“Russia continues to disregard any peace efforts and instead strikes […]
[ad_1] Michigan Democrat leader, Indian-origin Rep Shri Thanedar announced he would file articles of impeachment against Defense secretary Pete Hegseth who is under major scrutiny over his order to strike a small boat off the coast of Venezuela allegedly carrying narcotics. According to reports, during the September strike, Hegseth allegedly issued a verbal order to […]
