Day: April 8, 2023

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Late in the evening on February 28, Tatyana Balazeikina received a phone call from the police informing her that her 16-year-old son, Yegor, had been arrested. She was told he had confessed to throwing a bottle full of liquid at…

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul is warning that the US may have to send troops to Taiwan should China invade the island nation. “If communist China invaded Taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by Congress and with the American people,” the Texas Republican told Fox…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Saturday that he is seeking a pardon for a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for shooting an armed protester during a 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Yousef Huneiti on Tuesday visited the King Hussein Bin Ali Brigade Command, where Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Omar Shkeirat briefed him on operational, training and administrative issues and future plans. Huneiti toured various facilities of the brigade and examined an exhibition of the latest weapons, machinery and equipment used…

David Satter, a former Moscow-based journalist who has since been expelled, is ringing alarm bells over the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who is being charged with espionage by the Russian regime.  (Video Credit: Fox News) Gershkovich is American born, the son of Russian immigrants. He has covered the country’s politics…

China Sanctions Reagan Library After For McCarthy’s Meeting With Taiwan President Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China retaliated against Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan’s president this week by announcing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organizations, heightening tensions over the self-governed island that…

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Almost all the claimants in the South China Sea are moving forward with new oil and gas exploration projects this year, heightening the risk of confrontations and even clashes in disputed waters, a new report said. The new report by the Asia Maritime…

Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.

US Blindsided By Saudi-Iran Normalization: CIA Director Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, CIA Director William Burns visited Saudi Arabia earlier this week to express frustration over Riyadh’s surprise normalization deal with Tehran that was brokered by Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the Journal, Burns told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that the US “has…

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. The U.S. government has charged an Estonian national with conspiracy related to the receipt of U.S.-made electronics by Russia’s government and military that endangered citizens in Ukraine and the United States. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of…