It has been assessed by American and Four Pillars defense officials that the Russian advance on Kharkiv is ‘all but over,’ indicating that Russia has yet again failed to make major advances since 2022, or last year if one counts their gains in the Donbas regions. It...
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! I greet the President of the Focolare Movement, to whom I say that I am praying very much for your country which is suffering at this time. I also warmly welcome all the participants in this Interreligious Conference. I express...
A view toward the beaches of Cannes. Mayor David Lisnard of the famous Riviera resort city of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis on its beaches, in an obvious rejection of a Muslim tradition that scares many non-Muslims because of the current link in many...
The Washington Post reported on a story that worries Turkey's NATO allies: "The leaders of Turkey and Russia pledged on Aug. 9 to restart key energy projects and roll back sanctions, seeking to rebuild ties as Turkey looks beyond its NATO partners for support...
In the resort of Yalta, in Crimea. In what mean more Russian military attacks against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered naval war games in the Black Sea after he accused Ukraine of sending saboteurs into Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in...
The Guardian and Reuters passed on not totally confirmed reports that Vietnam has fortified several islands it controls in the South China Sea with mobile rocket launchers so that it can strike Chinese military bases in the region. This would be one of the...
In the sort of mass public protest that is increasingly unusual under Russia's authoritarian government, hundreds of critics of the Russian government of President Vladimir Putin armed with a rare demonstration gathered in Moscow on Aug. 9 to protest a new set of...
Rodrigo Duterte, the new president of the Philippines, has called the U.S. ambassador to the country, Philip Goldberg, a ‘'gay son of a whore'’. He made the comments Aug. 5 during an address to Filipino military officials, sparking, of course, a diplomatic row. To...