As Israel battles Iran-backed conflict on multiple fronts, Tehran has intensified its use of proxy terrorist groups to attack US forces in Syria and Iraq, the Jerusalem Post reports. The already-notable attacks by Iranian proxies on US bases have seen a marked uptick since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas.
Tensions rose Monday after Venezuela’s incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, 61, was declared the winner with just over half of the overall vote against Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Fiber optic networks have been sabotaged in six areas in France just days after high-speed train travel was impacted by attacks around the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, police confirmed Monday.
Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized to Christians who were offended by a scene in the Friday opening ceremony, where drag queens portrayed artist Leonardo da Vinci’s famous mural, The Last Supper. The depiction was seen by critics as a direct affront to over 2 billion Christians worldwide.
In what is seen as another warning to the United States and its allies, at least three Russian warships have arrived in Cuban waters, Moscow’s second such maritime voyage in as many months.
Ukrainian athletes are participating in the Summer Olympics while leaving behind a nation in turmoil.
Ethiopia plunged into mourning Saturday as diggers continued their search for bodies of victims of a mudslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has dissolved the Middle East nation’s lower house of parliament ahead of new legislative elections scheduled for September at a time of growing concerns that neighboring Israel’s war against Hamas will turn into a broader regional armed conflict.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Friday that the “intelligence services are mobilized” after authorities said train services in France, including the international Eurostar service, were disrupted in a “coordinated sabotage effort.”
Russian and Chinese fighter jets tested American weaknesses and nearly violated U.S. airspace as the visibly frail U.S. President Joe Biden announced he was passing the torch of power to the next generation.
Tehran has condemned a decision by the German government to ban an Iran-linked Islamic group over “extremism” and to close one of Germany’s oldest mosques.
n a move unthinkable decades ago, former World War Two foes Britain and Germany have signed a defense cooperation declaration.
Archaeologists in the Middle Eastern country of Bahrain have unearthed an ancient residence built by the ‘long-lost’ Nestorian Church – a Christian community that thrived in the area from the 4th Century AD until Islam spread and took root 300 years later, Crosswalk reports.
A plane crash in Nepal has killed 18 people on board while leaving the pilot injured, police said Wednesday.
Faced with mounting losses at the frontlines, Ukraine’s embattled president told the Vatican on Tuesday that he understands the need to end the war against Russia “as soon as possible.”
French authorities say they have detained a Russian man for allegedly plotting acts of “destabilization” during the Paris Olympics, just hours after a separate video emerged promising “rivers of blood” in Paris.
A new survey shows that the October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel and the outpouring of global antisemitism that followed the Israeli response to Hamas’ aggression has left 78% of Jewish community leaders across Europe feeling isolated and fearful for their safety.
As modern slavery increasingly makes headlines in Europe, the government of the United Kingdom stated in a report earlier this year that the country saw 17,004 potential victims of modern slavery in 2023, with the numbers for child and female potential victims at their highest on record.
Russian and Ukrainian leaders are among European government representatives reacting to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek reelection. His decision has added to uncertainty in Europe, which faces its biggest armed conflict since the Second World War.
According to a recent audit, the Biden Administration states it cannot determine whether $293 million in aid to Afghanistan has ended up in the hands of the Taliban.