40 years of Iranian threats against Israel and few pay any attention

Getty Images Last month a conference in Warsaw brought together high ranking officials from 60 countries, called to discuss the current chaos in the Middle East, and to zero in on the threat posed to the region by the regime in Tehran. … Read More

U.S., Russia Remain World’s Top Arms Exporters

posted in: News, Russia

WASHINGTON — The United States remained far and above the rest of the world as the globe’s leading arms exporter, with Russia a distant second, a leading research group says. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a March … Read More

India’s elections will be a struggle for the country’s soul

posted in: Far East, News

Congress party supporters hold party flags during the launch of the party’s campaign in Punjab ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, at a Congress rally in Killi Chahlan village near Moga on March 7, 2019. Source: Narinder Nanu/AFP INDIAN … Read More

New Poll Shows Netanyahu Gaining on Rivals, Likely to Form Next Government

posted in: Israel, News

Likud supporters hold a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an election campaign event in Ramat Gan, March 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen / File. A new poll of Israeli voters published on Sunday showed Prime … Read More

Damascus: Syria is ready for war with Israel

posted in: Israel, News

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad sent an official warning to Christine Lund, the Head of the UNTSO, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization between Israel on one side and Syria and Lebanon on the other. In his statement, Mekdad … Read More

Martin Selmayr’s ruthless rise

The top EU official was handed his job by illegal means. Martin Selmayr is one of the most powerful officials in the EU today, and yet nobody voted for him and most people have likely never heard of him. Now the European … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 March 2019

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, It is Friday afternoon and as we’ve learned, big news often drops sometime in the evening.   There will probably be something that should have been addressed in the update, but was intentionally kept until the evening … Read More

Planned Parenthood Sues Trump over Title X Funding

(Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The abortion provider and more than a dozen states object to the new rule because it distinguishes between family planning and abortion. Several weeks ago, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the finalization of its “Protect … Read More

Opinion: Universities are going after Free Speech – So Trump is right to go after universities

“I will be very soon signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars,” President Trump announced on Saturday. “If they want our dollars — and we give it to them … Read More

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