Category: World News
Iran executes over 1K prisoners in 2024, highest total in 30 years report says
Fox News The Islamic Republic of Iran executed over 1,000 prisoners in 86 prisons across the country in 2024, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The report says the death toll is “an unprecedented figure in the past three decades,” and represents an increase of 16% from the…
Read MoreISIS increasingly unopposed following US withdrawal from Afghanistan, collapse of Syria
Fox News The threat posed by the Islamic State has once again hit the headlines following the New Year’s Day attack on a crowded street in New Orleans on Wednesday by a man who may have ties to the terrorist network. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S.-born citizen who lived in Texas and an Army Veteran, drove a…
Read MoreInspired by ISIS: From a Taylor Swift plot in Vienna to carnage in New Orleans
Washington Post In the Bourbon Street rampage, a foiled attack on a European pop concert and other attacks, a pattern of self-radicalization breeds terrorists influenced by ISIS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/03/taylor-swift-new-orleans-isis-terrorism/
Read MoreBrazil eliminated daylight saving time. It’s having second thoughts.
Washington Post Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, promised a “permanent” end to clock confusion. Climate change could scupper that plan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/03/brazil-daylight-savings-climate-change-bolsonaro/
Read MoreThe countries of Southeast Asia work together to quash dissent
Washington Post The countries of Southeast Asia are helping each other intimidate and extradite exiled government critics, according to a Post analysis of cases in the region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/03/southeast-asia-repression-exiles-cambodia-malaysia/
Read MoreLive Updates: South Korean Officials Thwarted in Attempt to Detain President After Standoff
New York Times Police officers and investigators tried to bring President Yoon Suk Yeol in for questioning about his declaration of martial law last month. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/02/world/south-korea-president-yoon-suk-yeol
Read MoreSouth Korea’s impeached president avoids arrest attempt after hourslong standoff
Fox News Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday fended off an arrest attempt Friday after a hourslong standoff between investigators with the country’s anti-corruption agency and presidential security. Investigators left the president’s official residence after the presidential security service blocked them from entering for nearly six hours due to concerns about their…
Read MoreClash breaks out in attempt to detain South Korean president over martial law
Washington Post Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated attempt to declare martial law last month plunged a key U.S. security ally into a leadership crisis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/south-korea-president-yoon-arrest/
Read MoreThe shadow of ISIS will loom over the Trump presidency
Washington Post In his first term, Donald Trump declared victory over the Islamic State. But still, an array of ISIS-linked or inspired attacks have struck major cities around the world this last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/isis-shadow-trump-islamic-state/
Read MoreAgnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who became Olympic gymnast, dies at 103
Washington Post With 10 medals, including five gold, she was one of the most decorated athletes in the history of her sport. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/02/agnes-keleti-holocaust-olympics-dead/
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