Month: June 2019

Foreign interference in other people’s elections is rightly abhorred by all who care about national sovereignty and the principle of non-interference in other people’s internal affairs. More so surely when the country in question is not just your ally but, as expressed repeatedly by US President Donald Trump on his recent state visit to the…

Former US President Bill Clinton and top diplomat Madeleine Albright are among Western leaders flocking to Kosovo to receive honors by ethnic Albanian militants they backed in the 1999 NATO war against Yugoslavia. Falsely claiming that Yugoslavia was committing “genocide” against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, NATO launched an air war in March that year, violating…

Pro-life outfit Live Action has had quite the week on social media. After appealing Pinterest’s decision to flag the group’s website as porn, the platform hit back and banned the group altogether, citing “medical misinformation.” Live Action’s director of external affairs, Alison Centofante, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce the suspension. “Your account was…

A BBC presenter has been left red-faced after becoming the latest victim to embarrassingly mispronounce British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s name and drop the C-bomb live on air to the hilarity of many on social media. Victoria Derbyshire, who presents her self-titled show on BBC2 was chairing a debate with assembled guests, including Conservative MPs,…

There are questions that need to be answered in the controversial case of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, a Kremlin spokesman said. This includes an explanation of whether there were any violations by the police, he added. Golunov was detained last week by police in Moscow and accused of being a drug dealer. He says officers…

An overnight attack on Sunday targeting an ethnic Dogon village in Mali left 95 people dead, local mayor Moulaye Guindo told Reuters. “Armed men, apparently Fulanis, fired at the population and burnt the village,” a local official elaborated. The current death toll is expected to rise as authorities continue to search for bodies. Click Here:…

Singer Justin Bieber has challenged actor Tom Cruise to an Octagon battle via a bizarrely taunting tweet. Then, in a peculiar plot twist, MMA legend Conor McGregor offered to host the star-studded fight. In what would be one of the strangest Hollywood showdowns in history, Bieber, 25, challenged the 56-year-old actor to a bout, boldly…

Thought you’d seen the weirdest, most wonderful new sport in Russia with the Male Slapping Championships? Meet the ‘Butt-slapping Championships’ – a competition where women strike each other on the backside until one falls over. Back in March, a big, bearded, pot-bellied farmer from Siberia named Vasily ‘Dumpling’ became an internet hit when a clip of…

Steps must be taken to avoid war between Tehran and Washington, Germany’s foreign minister warned, echoing broader concern in Europe over the fallout of the new standoff in the Middle East. Following stops in Jordan and Iraq, German FM Heiko Maas met with his counterpart in Iran on Monday to discuss ways to breathe new…

One person has died after a helicopter crash-landed onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan building and caught fire, New York Fire Department officials have confirmed. The helicopter crashed into a 54-story office building on New York’s 7th avenue, north of the Theater District and Times Square, just before 2pm. Emergency responders continue to work at…