Category: 1. Russia

Trump hails cancelation of award ceremony for Tom Hanks

By W.G. DUNLOP

Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2025

US President Donald Trump cheered Monday after a West Point military academy ceremony honoring “Saving Private Ryan” star and…

Deadly Israeli strikes targeting Hamas in Qatar earn Trump rebuke

By Jacqueline Penney with Alice Chancellor in Jerusalem

Doha (AFP) Sept 9, 2025

Deadly Israeli air strikes targeted senior Hamas leaders on Tuesday in US ally Qatar,…

Last Colombian soldiers freed from guerrilla-controlled zone

by AFP Staff Writers

Bogota (AFP) Sept 8, 2025

The remaining 45 soldiers from a group detained in guerrilla-controlled southwestern Colombia were freed on Monday, a…

Faced with US deployment, Brazil, Colombia reject ‘intervention’

by AFP Staff Writers

Manaus, Brazil Sept 9, 2025

The presidents of Brazil and Colombia spoke out against “foreign intervention and threats to our sovereignty” Tuesday…

U.S. Department of what? Are you serious?

by Harlan Ullman

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2025

April Fool’s Day has come early. Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

Why? Good…

Israel defends Qatar strikes after rebuke from Trump

By Alice CHANCELLOR

Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 10, 2025

Israel’s UN envoy defended targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar as the “right” decision on Wednesday, after the strikes on the US…

Colombia rescues 27 soldiers, dozens remain captive

by AFP Staff Writers

Bogota (AFP) Sept 8, 2025

Colombian authorities rescued 27 of 72 soldiers held captive Sunday in the country’s southwest, an area controlled by guerrillas and…

Ukraine strikes Russian chemical plant, oil refinery

by Adam Schrader

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2025

Ukraine launched large airstrikes late Saturday and into Sunday that hit a chemical plant and an oil refinery inside of Russia,…

Israeli military says it will act with ‘greater force’ in Gaza City

by AFP Staff Writers

Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 9, 2025

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it will act with “greater force” in Gaza City and warned residents to…