Author: Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not “monitor the fate” of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a senior Kremlin aide claimed after friends of the dissident announced his disappearance. “We have neither the intention nor the ability to monitor the fate of prisoners and the process of their stay in their respective institutions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

The political standoff that threatens U.S. aid to Ukraine is in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s wishes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “Let me be frank with you, friends: If there’s anyone inspired by unresolved issues on Capitol Hill, it’s just Putin and his sick clique,” Zelensky told a National Defense University audience at…

U.S. lawmakers should agree to a funding bill for aid to Ukraine or risk making a mistake comparable to the British act of appeasement that empowered Adolf Hitler before World War II, according to the United Kingdom’s top diplomat. “You know, in the 1930s, we didn’t act fast enough to deal with the evil dictator…

Chinese officials have access to a vast range of sensitive American technology due to lax federal implementation of export restrictions, according to a new congressional review. “We need to get back into a state of mind where we are actively trying to keep technology from the PRC because we don’t trust where they will put…

Italy has decided to exit China‘s Belt and Road Initiative after just four years of alignment, a milestone reversal that points to growing Western wariness of Beijing’s economic influence in leading democratic economies. “We have seen that [it] has not had the desired results and indeed those countries who have not taken part have had…

Israel’s forces are attacking a major Hamas stronghold, according to security officials, in a bid to catch or kill the masterminds of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack that ignited the war in Gaza. “What happened in Gaza City is happening now in Khan Younis … with impressive results,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday.…

A number of Israeli settlers culpable for violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank will be banned from entering the United States, the State Department announced Tuesday. “Today, the State Department is implementing a new visa restriction policy targeting individuals believed to have been involved in undermining peace, security, or stability in the West…

Hamas broke a humanitarian truce last week in order to avoid releasing Israeli women who endured rape or other atrocities in its custody, Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s spokesman has suggested. “It seems one of the reasons they don’t want to turn women over that they’ve been holding hostage, and the reason this pause fell…

Iran intends to retaliate against Israel in response to an airstrike that killed two senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps generals in Syria on Saturday, according to a top diplomatic spokesman. “No action against Iran, its interests, or our advisory forces will go unanswered,” Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Nasser Kana’ani said Monday, per an Iranian…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s administration opened a new coast guard outpost station in the South China Sea in a bid to fortify Manila’s position in a high-stakes territorial dispute with China. “Its ability to collect real-time data, along with its coastal radars that can track the presence of vessels near the island, will certainly…