The Israeli army on Monday ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent. The announcement complicated last-ditch efforts by international mediators, including the director of the CIA, to broker a cease-fire. Hamas and Qatar, a key mediator, have […]
LONDON—A man accused of brandishing a sword in a rampage in London that killed a teenage boy, severely injured two police officers and wounded two men appeared in court Thursday to face charges of murder and attempted murder. Marcus Arduini Monzo, 36, who has dual Spanish and Brazilian citizenship, is charged with murder in the […]
As May 3 marked World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its 2024 World Press Freedom Index. China ranked near the bottom—172nd among 180 countries and regions—while maintaining its title from the previous year as the world’s biggest jailer of journalists. RSF, the Paris-based international non-governmental organization dedicated to safeguarding freedom of information, […]
MEXICO CITY—Thieves apparently killed two Australians and an American on a surfing trip to Mexico in order to steal their truck because they wanted the tires, authorities said Sunday. Baja California state prosecutors released grisly details of the slayings, but have not yet officially confirmed the identification of the bodies. They said family members of […]
PORTO ALEGRE/CANOAS/SAO PAULO—The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday morning with most […]
GOP senators have demanded that the Biden administration stop its plans to accept Gazan refugees into the United States over concerns of possible terrorist ties. In a letter dated May 1 to President Joe Biden, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 34 other GOP senators raised national security concerns if the White House allows these refugees […]
Students protesting the ongoing war in Gaza left a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California (USC) early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they could face arrest if they didn’t go. The move, days before commencement was set to begin, came after the university said campus safety officers, assisted by […]
The Israeli government has voted to close Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, citing the risk the Qatari network poses to national security. The decision was passed in a unanimous vote by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet. The cabinet vote came after Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters […]
Universities and colleges are in turmoil but, with semesters drawing to a close and commencements underway, students—and the “outside agitators” orchestrating them—will soon be headed home, campuses emptied, and other urgencies will fill TV screens, fixating the nation’s attention on that until the next “crisis” comes along, repeat-and-rinse. That appears to be President Joe Biden’s […]
Michael Stumo, chief executive officer of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, spoke with NTD about the roughly 300 sanctions the United States imposed on entities supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, the effect of U.S. sanctions on China, and his insight into the push from some Midwestern Democrats for the Biden administration to raise former […]
KRIVELJ, Serbia—Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a barricade stopping trucks entering an open-pit copper mine that residents say is contaminating local land and water. Ms. Radivojevic is one of two dozen women who since January took shifts day and night […]
Dozens of former Google workers have filed a complaint after they were fired or put on leave for protesting against the company supplying technology to the Israeli government amid the Gaza war. Should employees be allowed to protest at their place of work? Here’s what one HR expert has to say.
A Moscow court on May 4 ordered the 2-month detention of a Falun Gong practitioner for her beliefs as an investigation is pending, the first such decision in the country as Russia increasingly leans toward communist China. Natalya Minenkova, 46, will be detained until June 27 under a controversial law against “carrying out the activities […]
The Japanese embassy on Friday rejected President Joe Biden’s recent comments that labeled Japan—along with three other countries—as “xenophobic,” calling the president’s remarks “unfortunate.” At a Washington fundraising event on May 1, President Biden grouped U.S. allies Japan and India with U.S. adversaries China and Russia, saying their economic challenges arise from their refusal to […]
Following demonstrations in support of Palestinians, France witnesses a growing wave of student protests, echoing similar actions in the United States. While the scale may be smaller, the unrest has spread to multiple universities across the country. Concerns are voiced by observers and the Student Union regarding the escalating situation, with some labeling protesters as […]
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen has issued a warning of escalation in response to potential Israeli ground operations in Rafah. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to return all the hostages from the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions Wednesday targeting suppliers of military equipment to Russia in its war against Ukraine. These entities are accused of supplying the Kremlin with military equipment, ranging from infra-red detectors, to drone components, to pressure sensors used in missiles. China is once again in the spotlight. Of nearly 300 targeted […]
The House this week passed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act with bipartisan support. Jonathan Hullihan, the general counsel and director of legal operations at Citizens Defending Freedom, tells NTD that he is skeptical about the bill giving the Department of Education more authority.
Moscow authorities on Friday raided the homes of Falun Gong practitioners—a group heavily persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party—amid Russia’s closer ties with communist China. Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, says targeting Falun Gong allows Russia to “get in the good graces” of the Chinese communist regime.
