While pursuing a legal challenge to the November 3 election results, President Donald Trump has nominated three loyalist officials to senior Defense Ministry posts, the Voice of America reports. The nominations were made Wednesday, a day after the President fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
The head of a leading Christian advocacy group has urgently called for political reform that would protect Lebanese society – and its Christian community – from power-hungry actors like the leaders of Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, Real Clear Religion (RCR) reports.
Hundreds of Russian peacekeeping troops have arrived in the contested enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, after Russia brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russia has brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, ending a six-week war between the two former Soviet republics that has killed and displaced thousands.
The United States is facing its first review in five years at the UN’s main human rights body, with the detentions of migrant children and the killings of unarmed Black people during the Trump administration’s tenure among issues high on minds.
Anger over an election moved far beyond U.S. borders Sunday with police in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, firing tear gas and water cannon at crowds protesting the results of last week’s parliamentary vote.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has resigned from U.S. investigative publication The Intercept, citing “censorship” by editors supporting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating the latest ceasefire over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where a historic church is among the many damaged targets. The accusations came minutes after it came into effect on Monday with the support of the United States.
In an action that may delay its outcome until after the Nov. 3 election, a federal judge gave prosecutors in the case against Michael Flynn until Monday to swear under penalty of perjury that evidence they have filed is accurate, the Hill reports. Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the order after former FBI agent Peter Strzok accused the prosecution of altering documents pertaining to notes he had made.
Turkey’s president on Friday confirmed the country tested its Russian-made S-400 missile defense system, despite objections from the United States.
Despite the raging coronavirus pandemic, polls opened Sunday for elections that could impact government leaders’ future in the East European nations Lithuania and Ukraine.
Russian hackers have targeted dozens of government computer networks in recent weeks, the FBI warned Thursday, adding that there’s no indication the efforts have disrupted the U.S. elections process.
A new report has shown that the proportion of Jews living in Europe is at its lowest level in 900 years, Israel National News reports. The report was published Thursday by the European Jewish Demography Unit at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR).
The European Union has awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. They received the Sakharov Prize for their challenge to what EU leaders view as Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s long, hard-line reign.
Iran and Russia have obtained U.S. voter registration information and Iran is already using it to “intimidate” voters and “damage President Trump,” Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Wednesday night.
Federal law enforcement agencies do not believe the contents on Hunter Biden’s laptop are part of a foreign election interference effort.
The United States and Russia moved closer Tuesday to reaching a deal on nuclear arms control that would freeze both nations’ nuclear warheads.
President Trump’s spy chief repeatedly shot down claims by Democrats such as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff that the purported emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop published by the New York Post were part of a Russian disinformation effort.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a conflict that has killed hundreds in recent weeks. The clashes are rapidly escalating into an all-out war, with civilians caught in the middle.
The United States says Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend the New START nuclear disarmament treaty without freezing nuclear warheads is a “nonstarter.”