Author: Mike Brest

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Tuesday that authorities have detained 32 individuals accused of working with Russia to carry out acts of sabotage in Poland. Speaking ahead of a Cabinet meeting, Tusk said the suspects include Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian nationals, and one individual from Colombia. “Destabilizing our borders, attempting to paralyze…

Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday outside an aid distribution center in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli-backed humanitarian group leading the humanitarian effort. Exact details of what took place outside the aid site in Khan Younis are still unknown, though the Gaza Humanitarian Fund said it had “credible reason to believe that the elements within…

Russia’s abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children could amount to the crime of genocide, according to the special rapporteur for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly. “Yes, I think we could speak about genocide,” Carina Odebrink, the special rapporteur, said in a recent interview with Ukrinform. Since Russia’s full-scale…

The deputy head of Russia’s Navy, Major General Mikhail Gudkov, was killed in a Ukrainian missile attack, the military announced on Thursday. Gudkov was killed “during combat work in one of the border districts of Kursk region” along with other service members in an attack on a command post, the defense ministry said. He was…

President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk have reignited their feud that they had supposedly worked past, with the president now threatening Musk’s companies’ government contracts. It’s unclear how serious the president is about possibly canceling government contracts with Musk’s companies, but the legal complexities involved in a complete disentanglement would presumably be extensive…

Israel‘s decision to begin arming an anti-Hamas militia in Gaza poses long-term risks, the primary of which is the possibility that they could be used against Israeli soldiers and civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday that Israel has begun arming the militia known as the Popular Force, which is led by Yasser Abu…

Six hundred days ago, Hamas fighters launched one of the most devastating raids into southern Israel in the country’s history, leaving a scar on the country’s psyche that is still reverberating throughout the region. Israel’s leaders have ordered the military to fight several enemies, to dismantle the network of Iranian-supported proxies seeking the destruction of…

President Donald Trump honored fallen troops and Gold Star families during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. “This morning, we pay tribute to their immortal deeds. We share in the sorrow of their beloved families, and as one nation, we give thanks for the ultimate gift they have so selflessly given…

French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel’s blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza is “unacceptable” and “shameful” in comments that were quickly denounced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It’s terrible. … There’s no water. There are no medicines. They can no longer evacuate the injured,” Macron said in an interview on the French television channel TF1.…

EXCLUSIVE — The House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman has asked the Department of Justice to review a VA funding snafu that occurred under the previous administration. In July 2024, the VA requested an additional $3 billion in funding to ensure no veterans would miss out on any benefits as the department faced a financial shortfall.…