Last week, the UK chief of defence, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, warned us that we are at the dawn of a third nuclear age. He misses the point. The nuclear threat is deadly, but it is our conventional weakness which will invite attack by Russia. We must recognise that Russia’s war in Ukraine is more…
Top Senate Democrat warns mass deportations ‘would damage our economy and separate American families’ Democratic Senate judiciary committee chair Dick Durbin kicked off the hearing into Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportations by warning that such an effort would inhumane, prohibitively expensive and harmful to the US military. Trump and his advisers have proposed using…
Kyiv, Ukraine – On a freezing drizzly day in central Kyiv, Evhen Lomsky hobbled uneasily on crutches near a subway exit wearing a sign that read: “I’m starving.” The bearded 48-year-old war veteran, who has lost his right leg below the knee, hails from Mariupol, a Russian-speaking southeastern city where he worked at a steel plant….
CNN — Accompanying his selection as Time’s Person of the Year, President-elect Donald Trump sat down with the magazine for a wide-ranging interview that published on Thursday. The president-elect, fresh off his election victory and recognized by the magazine as its Person of the Year for the second time, touched upon a series of topics,…
Democrats have lost ground with the working class for a simple reason: They became “globalist shills.” Under Bill Clinton’s leadership, the party enacted the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and normalized trade relations with China, policies that had devastating consequences for the American worker. Barack Obama had a chance to chart a different course,…
This article contains spoilers for the film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. When the film The Seed of the Sacred Fig begins, an Iranian lawyer named Iman (played by Missagh Zareh) has just been promoted to “investigating judge.” The position gets him a higher salary, promises him a luxurious three-bedroom home—and arms him with…
This brief was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on Dec. 5, 2024. The surprise rebel offensive that has seized Aleppo and threatens other regime-held territories could mark a further weakening of Iran’s regional sway but also spur a new cycle of violence and instability. WATCH: Syrian rebels capture city of Hama, dealing…
MALIBU, Calif. — (AP) — Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders and warnings Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities’ seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, where students watched as flames raced down hillsides and the sky turned deep red. The stubborn fire is 0%…
WASHINGTON — The stunning overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad by Islamist rebels half a century after his family took power raises an old question when it comes to regime change in the Middle East: Will the new governing forces behave any better than those that have been deposed? “The Assad regime has fallen,” President Biden…
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have said yes to spending “forever” together. On Wednesday night, Gomez, 32, shared an Instagram post of a large engagement ring on that finger and captioned the post, “Forever begins now..” The “Only Murders in the Building” star also shared photos of herself admiring the new accessory on her left…