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Jerusalem CNN  —  Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be on course for a bigger victory in Israel’s fifth election in less than four years than initial exit polls suggested, all three of the country’s main television channels projected Wednesday morning. His Likud party and its natural allies are currently projected to win 65 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, with 86% of …

The Paris-based dissident organization National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) accused the Iranian regime of furnishing Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s army with more than 3,500 drones for his scorched-earth war against Ukraine. According to reports from the social network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside the Islamic Republic, “Iran’s UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] sale contract to …

U.S. military forces in Ukraine are reportedly carrying out onsite inspections to ensure money and weapons provided to Ukrainian troops are being properly accounted for.  A senior U.S. defense official relayed the information to Pentagon reporters on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was not clear where the inspections were taking place or how close U.S. troops were to …

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman warned this week that the migrant crisis in the United Kingdom has reached the level of an “invasion,” which drew both criticism and support from local politicians, with some calling for her resignation.  “The British people deserve to know which party is serious about stopping the invasion on our southern coast and which party is …

Authorities in Iran have announced they will hold public trials for at least 1,000 of the protesters detained in the country for their participation in anti-government demonstrations following the death of a woman who died in police custody after being arrested for improperly wearing her head covering. The mass indictments, which will put at least 1,000 people on trial, marks …

JERUSALEM – Tuesday could be a big day for former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As Israelis returned to the polls for a fifth time in less than four years, the former Israeli leader is growing increasingly hopeful that a whirlwind election campaign and more than a year in opposition will be enough to propel him back into power. However, …

The single, white rose is sheathed in plastic. The flower is affixed to a stucco wall next to an automated cash machine on Shankill Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Frizzell’s Fish Shop once stood here. Once stood here. It just so happened that I visited this spot 29 years to the day after two Provisional Irish Republican Army members walked …

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday to try to broker a settlement to a longstanding conflict between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. The peace talks took place as Putin’s military delivered a new missile barrage targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in the conflict that has entered its ninth month. In an initial meeting with Armenian …

A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit has unveiled a report outlining a “maximum pressure” strategy the Biden administration could take to support anti-government demonstrators protesting the Iranian regime.  The steps announced by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) come as Iran, according to the Associated Press, said Monday it will hold public trials in Tehran for 1,000 people detained during the demonstrations, …

iran A shocking new report from the British government details that the violent persecution of the Christian minority population continues unabated in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Simply being a Christian is enough to get you arrested” in the Muslim-majority country, noted the United Kingdom’s study on Christians and Christian converts in Iran. The report said that “many arrests reportedly …