Last month’s rapid collapse and fall of Syria’s Assad dynasty surprised the world, starting with Bashar Assad himself. Led by the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al Sham and likely galvanized by Israel’s mauling of Hamas and Hezbollah, the rebel victory represents Iran’s third catastrophic defeat in trying to implement its anti-Israel “ring of fire” strategy. […]
Mao Zedong of China was only partly right when he said that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” He should have added that true national power depends on a strong economy to provide the military with the resources necessary to defeat deadly adversaries. Arguably, Gen. Ulysses Grant was the first modern […]
Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing charges against as many as 200 more people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including some 60 individuals suspected of assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The new figures, announced on Monday, mark the first time the Justice Department has revealed how many cases it believes are...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riots, said the Jan. 6 protesters were not “peace-loving individuals.” “The thugs who were part of the violence mob on January 6 desecrated the Capitol, threatened to hang the Vice President, assassinate the Speaker of the House and hunt down Members of...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempted martial law declaration sparked a wave of collective resistance from citizens, who used protests, social media, and cultural works to express their outrage and demand accountability from the government.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned on Monday, ahead of general elections later this year in which the ruling Liberal party is polling badly, and amid tensions with President-elect Trump who has threatened steep tariffs on the country over border policies. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister,” Trudeau said. “Last night,...
China slammed the U.S. on Monday for sanctioning a Beijing-based cybersecurity firm allegedly behind a botnet targeting American infrastructure, accusing Washington of “using the issue of cybersecurity to vilify and smear China.” “On the so-called issue of cyberattacks, China has made clear our position more than once,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation as Canada's Liberal Party leader Monday, after nine years in the country's top office. The reports from Canadian news outlets come as Trudeau and the Liberals trail Conservatives in polls heading into the next general election, to be held by October at the latest....
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger is questioning what message would be sent to officers across the country if rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are pardoned. “What message does that send?” Manger told The Washington Post on Sunday, a day before the fourth anniversary of the attack. “What message does that...