There’s a famous story, probably apocryphal, that goes like this: at the height of the Second World War, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt hold a summit in Tehran to discuss strategy. Stalin makes some proposal concerning Poland—the…
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Category: 4. World
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Taiwan holds controversial vote targeting ‘pro-China’ lawmakers
Tessa WongBBC News, Asia Digital Reporter
BBC / Tessa WongSeveral of the Kuomintang lawmakers facing the recall vote appeared at an anti-recall rally last weekend Thousands of Taiwanese are heading to the polls in an unprecedented and controversial…
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Lebanese terrorist freed in France celebrated in Beirut
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese terrorist who served 41 years in a French prison for planning the 1982 murder of Israeli diplomat Yaacov Bar-Simantov in Paris and plotting to kill American diplomat Charles Ray in the same year, was released…Continue Reading
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Lebanese pro-Palestinian militant returns home after 40 years in French prison
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant returned to his hometown in Lebanon on Friday following his release after more than 40 years in prison in France.
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, 74,…
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Russia to crack down on what it deems ‘extremist’ content – DW – 07/25/2025
On July 25, Russia’s upper house approved a new censorship law that introduces fines for anyone caught searching for or accessing content officially labeled as “extremist.” The law will take effect once signed by Russia’s president Vladimir…
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