Author: Victor I. Nava, Washington Examiner

An alleged Haitian gang leader was charged in federal court Tuesday with orchestrating the kidnapping of 16 American Christian missionaries in Haiti last year. Joly Germine, 29, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., and is accused of conspiracy to commit hostage taking for his role in the armed kidnapping of the…

South Carolina police believe a man died of a heart attack while burying a woman he had just strangled to death. Police in Edgefield County discovered the body of Joseph Anthony McKinnon, 60, in his yard on Saturday, and during their investigation, they found the woman he lived with, Patricia Ruth Dent, 65, in a…

A reporter for Al Jazeera was killed by gunfire on Wednesday during a clash between the Israeli army and Palestinian gunmen. Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was reporting on a raid by Israeli forces in the city of Jenin when she was killed. The Qatar-based media outlet said that the lethal shot was fired by the…

Russian-flagged ships filled with stolen Ukrainian grain are transporting the looted cargo to Syria, according to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. The ships have already reached the Mediterranean Sea, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s main intelligence directorate said on Tuesday, and from Syria, the grain may be smuggled to other countries in the Middle East. The report…

At least 100 civilians remain inside Ukraine’s Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern city of Mariupol, according to a city official. The claim made by Mariupol’s adviser to the mayor on Tuesday comes after reports over the weekend that all women, children, and elderly civilians trapped in the steel plant’s underground bunkers had been rescued.…

Three hypersonic missiles fired by Russia destroyed five buildings in southern Ukraine on Monday night, according to Ukrainian authorities. The Kinzhal missiles, fired from a Russian Tu-22 supersonic bomber, struck “tourist infrastructure” in the city of Odesa, according to city government officials. The hotel airstrike reportedly left two people wounded. A similar airstrike on a…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday that “immediate measures” must be taken to unblock the country’s ports in order to prevent a global food crisis. Zelensky’s comments came after speaking with European Council President Charles Michel, who visited the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, where Zelensky said that for the first time since World…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s much anticipated Victory Day speech in Moscow on Monday did not include an announcement of victory in Ukraine or any declarations of further troop mobilizations. The Russian leader spoke for about 10 minutes at a military parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, using his time at…

A Ukrainian bomb-sniffing dog and his owner were awarded a service medal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday during a ceremony in Kyiv alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Jack Russell terrier, named “Patron,” has been credited with sniffing out more than 200 explosive devices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Patron has become…

A Russian airstrike on a school in eastern Ukraine over the weekend has killed at least 60 people, according to Ukrainian authorities. The attack happened Saturday in the village of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region. The governor of the region said about 90 people were using the school as a shelter when it was hit,…