Alexei Navalny, the most prominent Russian opposition leader to Russian President Vladimir Putin, collapsed and died on Friday at the age of 47. Summary Alexei Navalny, the most prominent Russian opposition leader to Russian President Vladimir Putin, collapsed and died on Friday at the age of 47. Navalny died at “Polar Wolf”, the Arctic prison where he had been sentenced to a thirty-year prison term. Navalny was the leading foe of Putin’s dictatorial regime, and his death robs pro-democracy Russians …
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President Joe Biden said the US “shall respond” to a drone attack by an Iran-backed militia group that killed three American troops and injured dozens more at a US base in Jordan. Summary President Joe Biden …
US and UK Launch Retaliatory Strikes Against the Iran-Backed Houthis After Attacks on US Naval Ships
American and British forces launched significant retaliatory airstrikes against 60 targets spread across 16 sites in Yemen used by the Houthis, a militant group backed by Iran, to target international shipping and US naval assets in …
Twin bomb blasts tore through a crowd in Iran on Wednesday at a ceremony honoring the architect of Iran’s international terrorist network. on the fourth anniversary of his death in a US drone strike. Who could …
Israel has reportedly agreed to delay its plans for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip at the Biden administration’s request so that the US can deploy air-defense systems throughout the Middle East to protect American …
American special operations forces evacuated U.S. embassy personnel from Sudan on Sunday. Special forces flew the diplomats out by helicopter and were on the ground for less than an hour, with “no major casualties” reported. Summary …
A Divided Independence Movement Elects Left-Winger Humza Yousaf to be Scotland’s First Muslim Leader
The governing Scottish National Party elected Humza Yousaf as its next leader on Monday after a bitter leadership campaign that exposed the deep divisions within Scotland’s independence movement. Summary The governing Scottish National Party elected Humza …