Category: World News
Trump golf course suspect’s search for Ukraine volunteers was ‘no help,’ official says
Washington Post Ryan Routh has described himself as a defender of Ukraine and Taiwan. Ukraine’s International Legion said it asked him to cease his recruiting efforts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/16/ryan-routh-ukraine-recruit-taiwan/
Read MoreChina frees US pastor after nearly 20 years of wrongful detainment
Fox News China on Sunday released U.S. pastor David Lin, who has been in jail since 2006 in what the State Department has deemed was a wrongful detainment. The now 68-year-old pastor was formally arrested in 2009 for “contract fraud” and sentenced to life in prison after allegedly aiding a non-government sanctioned house church. His…
Read MoreWorld sees muted response to 2nd Trump assassination attempt, some condemn political violence
Fox News While some world leaders have once again reacted to another assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the response from other nation leaders this time around has been slow to nonexistent just a mere nine weeks following the first attempt on the former president’s life. Leaders from top U.S. allied nations, like Australia,…
Read MoreBrazilian mayoral candidate hits opponent with chair during live TV debate
Washington Post José Luiz Datena slammed a chair into opponent Pablo Marçal at the São Paulo mayoral debate. Marçal’s aides said he was diagnosed with a fractured rib. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/16/brazil-politician-chair-attack-mayor-debate/
Read MoreIsrael’s UN ambassador slams world body, says UNRWA taken over by Hamas terrorists in Gaza
Fox News JERUSALEM – Israel’s ambassador to the world body, Danny Danon, issued a scathing indictment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), declaring Hamas terrorists are running the organization in the Gaza Strip. Danon’s remarks came after last week’s Israeli air strike that hit the UNRWA al-Jaouni school in a…
Read MoreGripped by despair, Israel’s hostage families try to keep hope alive
Washington Post “There is a rope hanging over my son’s head,” said Yehuda Cohen, father of hostage Nimrod Cohen. He says the U.S. must pressure Netanyahu into a cease-fire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/16/israel-gaza-hostage-cohen/
Read MoreChina frees U.S. pastor after nearly two decades, State Department says
Washington Post California pastor David Lin was charged with fraud by Chinese authorities while active in a religious movement. The United States says that he was wrongfully detained. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/15/david-lin-release-china/
Read More‘Sprinkled with our blood’: Why so many Ukrainians resist land for peace
Washington Post Ukraine is under pressure to cut a deal to end the war, especially if Trump wins, but these soldiers in the east are not ready to give up land. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/16/ukraine-donbas-war-land-peace-russia/
Read MoreRussian military aircraft detected off Alaskan coast for 4th time since 9/11
Fox News The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said it detected Russian military aircraft off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, marking the fourth time since 9/11 amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia. Two Russian IL-38 military planes operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, were detected and…
Read MoreHunger still stalks Gaza
Washington Post “I’ve never seen a crisis like this in my 25 years in humanitarian work,” a U.N. World Food Program regional director said of the increasingly insecure situation in Gaza. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/16/gaza-hunger-humanitarian-world-food-program/
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