A man was arrested Thursday night after aiming a handgun at Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, at point-blank range. The assassination attempt failed because the gun did not fire. “A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger,” the president said in a… Continue reading →
Prior to the Oct. 2 election, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead over the far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro shrank one percentage point, from 19 to 18 points, according to a poll released on Thursday by pollster Datafolha. In the poll, the leftist leader received 47% of… Continue reading →
According to The Jerusalem Post, Theophilos III of Jerusalem, the current patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, warned US President Joe Biden when he met with him that extremist Israeli forces are escalating tensions in Jerusalem’s Old City, straining daily life and endangering worshipers, according to Channel 12’s Yaron… Continue reading →
After more than a year-long investigation, the Treasury Department has frozen a billion-dollar fund owned by a Russian government official that was invested in American public companies, reports The Hill. A blocked property notice was issued by the Treasury Department to Heritage Trust, a Delaware-based fund that the department claims… Continue reading →
The front-runner in the polls for the October presidential election in Brazil, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, declared on Saturday that he will not tolerate threats against institutions and that the armed forces must commit to democracy. “It is necessary to overcome authoritarianism and anti-democratic threats. We will not… Continue reading →
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is up against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, in Latin America’s most important election this year. However, an even bigger challenge may come from a Supreme Court judge. Justice Alexandre de Moraes is in charge of a broad investigation into disinformation involving… Continue reading →
After talks with Turkey and ahead of Biden’s meeting with Erdogan on Wednesday, Sweden and Finland have been cleared to join NATO. The leaders of Turkey, Sweden, and Finland have signed a trilateral agreement that will pave the way for the two Nordic countries to join NATO and removes Istanbul’s… Continue reading →
A year after President Kais Saied’s power grab upended Tunisia’s Arab Spring-born democracy, opposition to him is growing as he prepares a constitutional referendum to solidify his one-man rule. Saied will hold a referendum on July 25 to formalize his remaking of the country’s political institutions, one year after seizing… Continue reading →
Now that Vladimir Putin is running out of senior officers, an obese Russian retired general has been sent to fight on the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine. According to the Daily Star, the 67-year-old 20-stone general is now said to be in command of Russian special forces operating in the region,… Continue reading →
A new front in the conflict between Russia and NATO has opened up after one of the Western military alliance’s members, Lithuania, banned the transit of some Russian goods to its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad. Russia has vowed retaliation for Lithuania’s “hostile actions,” threatening “serious” consequences, while NATO members… Continue reading →
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