China has stripped six senior military officers, former financial regulator Li Yunze and recently investigated former Politburo member Ma Xingrui of their positions as lawmakers in the National People’s Congress (NPC), in the latest sign that President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign continues to target the country’s political and military establishment.According to a notice issued…
South Korea claims Chinese, Russian warplanes enter its air defence zone (AI image, for representative purposes only) South Korea deployed fighter jets on Saturday after over 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ), prompting the military to take precautionary measures amid heightened regional tensions, Seoul said.“South Korea’s military detected…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said Israel would maintain its military presence in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is fully disarmed, even as Israel, Lebanon and the United States signed a trilateral framework aimed at ending decades of conflict and laying the groundwork for a broader peace agreement.“The most important thing is, first of…
US, Iran blame each other for ceasefire violation Barely a week after the United States and Iran announced an interim ceasefire aimed at halting nearly four months of conflict, both sides accused each other of violating the agreement, raising fresh doubts over its durability on late Friday (local time).The latest escalation began after a cargo…
Polygamous sect leader, Samuel Bateman, convicted on three accounts of child abuse A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison term for child sex crimes was found guilty on Friday of state child abuse charges linked to three young girls discovered in a trailer he was towing through Arizona.Authorities were alerted to the…
Hezbollah warns of ‘civil war’ over ‘disarmament of non-state armed groups’ (AP) The US-Israel-Lebanon trilateral framework unveiled on Saturday (local time) calls for the complete and verified disarmament of all “non-state armed groups” across Lebanon as part of a roadmap towards ending decades of conflict, but Hezbollah swiftly rejected the agreement, warning that attempts to…
Candace Owens has released previously unseen photos from the SUV that transported Charlie Kirk to the hospital after he was fatally shot, claiming they raise new questions about the events following the attack. She pointed to shattered glass, a blood-stained bag, and Kirk’s damaged microphone, while questioning how evidence was handled. Owens also highlighted alleged…
US military conducts strikes on Iran hours after Trump’s ‘foolish violation’ warning over Hormuz attack The US military on Friday carried out fresh strikes on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump accused Tehran of a ‘foolish violation’ of the ceasefire agreement following a drone attack on a commercial cargo ship transiting through the Strait of…
Korean proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) A word seems like such a small, weightless thing. You say it, it disappears into the air, and that should be the end of it. An old Korean proverb warns that it is not nearly so simple. Words have no wings, it says, but they…
Texas education officials have approved a plan that will require public school students to read selected Bible passages as part of their classroom instruction beginning in the 2030–2031 school year.The Texas State Board of Education voted to adopt a statewide literary reading list that includes passages from the Christian Bible along with other classic texts….
Japanese proverb of the day (AI-generated image) A thousand years against one hour. That’s the strange arithmetic at the heart of this Japanese proverb, and it’s worth pausing on. The reputation of a thousand years, it says, may be determined by the conduct of one hour. Sit with that for a second. A good name…
An Indian-origin man was injured after a shooting in the Cidade Nova area of Odivelas, Portugal. This led to a police investigation and a wave of unverified claims circulating on social media.The victim has been identified as Kishore Gujarati. He was shot in Odivelas, a city in the Lisbon metropolitan region, and was taken for…
