2019

Russia and Ukraine recently reached a deal on gas flowing from Russia through Ukraine to Europe. Per FT, a major gas transit deal has been reached between Ukraine and Russia “in principle” and will likely be imminently signed into effect…

Syrian air defenses have intercepted missiles over the capital city of Damascus, according to state media. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Venezuelan army trooper has been killed in an attack on the military unit, carried out by “extremist sectors of the opposition” on Sunday morning, Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said on Twitter. Read Full Article at…

The New Yorker’s editor has said our planet’s future, no less, depends on President Donald Trump’s removal, voicing dismay not everybody is falling for the “facts.” He was swiftly reminded about pushing lies about Iraq, however. Read Full…

China’s finance ministry has announced that it would lower or nix import tariffs on a range of products to “optimize” the country’s trade structure and spur economic development. The new rules start coming into effect next month. Read…

The nation’s illegal and legal immigration system will help shift 26 congressional seats, primarily from red states, and redistribute them to mostly blue states next year, according to new analysis. Every year, the United States imports…

Pentagon leaders at a press conference on Friday pushed back against the idea that the department’s leaders have not been transparent on progress in the Afghanistan War, following the publish of interviews that showed that officials claimed…

The U.S. establishment media is running away from a lucrative click-bait debate on sex and science, which is sponsored by the wealthy and famous author of the Harry Potter franchise, J.K. Rowling. The December 19 offer came when Rowling…

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon and US Ambassador Kelly Craft lit a first candle for the holiday of Hanukkah on Sunday evening in New York and discussed how to collaborate at the UN as well as Craft’s visit to Israel in January.…

In honor of Hanukkah, politicians and celebrities from across the world posted messages and videos of support on social media. Everyone from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Beatles singer Paul McCartney took to Twitter to celebrate the…