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...The Turkish foreign ministry called on both parties to "exercise common sense and refrain from unilateral actions."They added, "We expect that measures will be taken to reduce tensions in the region as soon as possible and that the necessary mechanisms, including in the field of counter-terrorism, will be put in place to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents. We also support Pakistan's call for an investigation into the 22 April terrorist attack."...Azerbaijan also issued a statement soon after the attack, condemning violence against Pakistan.In their statement they said, "The Republic of Azerbaijan expresses its concern over the further escalation of...

Citizens from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia would all have their claims fast-tracked within three months on the assumption that they were likely to fail. Markus Lammert of the European Commission said it would be a "dynamic list" that could be expanded or reviewed, with countries suspended or removed if they were no longer seen as safe. Ever since EU countries saw an influx of irregular migrants in 2015-16, they have sought to reform asylum rules. A pact on migration and asylum was agreed last year, but the EU says as it does not come into force...

Bangkok -- Search teams in Myanmar recovered more bodies from the ruins of buildings on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake killed more than 3,100 people, as the focus turns toward the urgent humanitarian needs in a country already devastated by a continuing civil war. United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher, who is also the emergency relief coordinator, will visit the area on Friday in an effort to spur action following the March 28 quake. Ahead of the visit, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community to immediately step up funding for quake victims “to match the...

Columbia University’s radical protest leaders, including Khalil, aren’t just anti-Israel — they want America to fall and are taking steps to make it happen. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are demanding the release of Columbia University student and pro-Hamas protester Mahmoud Khalil. While House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is accusing the Trump administration of “authoritarianism,” the Democrats are about to be embarrassed. Khalil is a leader of Columbia University Apartheid Divest, one of more than 150 pro-terrorism groups I identified in my comprehensive study for the Capital Research Center, “Marching Toward Violence: The Domestic Anti-Israeli Protest Movement.”...

President Trump said after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday that India will increase its purchases of American oil and military hardware, culminating in India’s purchase of the advanced F-35 fighter jet. “We’ll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We’re also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Modi. Trump also said the U.S. will become “a leading supplier of oil and gas to India” under a new agreement that will help reduce America’s trade deficit with India. The...

And you thought that USAID was all about distributing rice, beans, and medicine, didn't you? Well, not quite. There's also fomenting "color revolutions," funding Hamas, al Qaeda, ISIS, and the censorship complex. Oh, and destabilizing Romania, and...how about a coup in Bangladesh? Nothing like a good coup to brighten your day. All credit here to @TheGrayzoneNews for obtaining these internal files and their excellent detailed report here:https://t.co/lrVNlygRsf— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) February 7, 2025I don't know much about Bangladeshi politics outside the fact that Bangladeshis seem to be fond of raping young English girls, but apparently the US government wasn't so...

ALBANY -- The spiritual leader of an Albany mosque repeatedly called a phone number in Syria that an FBI report indicates had been used to gather terrorist intelligence for Osama bin Laden, according to classified documents unsealed late Tuesday in U.S. District Court. The FBI report, which was based on information from a confidential informant, was among several once-secret documents that federal authorities say raise questions about Yassin Aref's connections to terrorist organizations across the Middle East. Aref, 35, a Kurdish refugee who moved to Albany with his family in 1999, is in jail without bond while awaiting trial on...

Businesses are already shutting down over the new law. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state celebrated the passage of a massive minimum-wage hike in the city of Seattle, but many on social media responded with ridicule and mockery. The far-left government in Seattle jacked up the minimum wage on all businesses beginning the first of January. Some businesses are already shutting down after calculating that the law would force them into insolvency. 'Leftists are blocking opportunity. Again. It's what you authoritarian thugs do best.' "Yesterday, Seattle’s minimum wage officially rose to $20.76 per hour — one of the highest...

Gabriel, B. (2008). They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It. United States: St. Martin's Press, p.38By 1905 the West had liberated its territory previously conquered and savaged by Islam, and declared an economic and military victory, thus marking the end of 1400 years of Islamic rule and Jihad. During this period, Muslims had killed 270 million people across the globe: 120 million Africans, 60 million Christians, 80 million Hindus and 10 million Buddhists. * Arabia: (Some state:) 'It is estimated that as many as 400,000 people, including women and children, were...

And can you guess what Bangladeshi authorities did? After Dhaka, Comilla and Chittagong, rabid jihadists have again attacked minorities in Bangladesh, this time in Sylhet, and under the centuries-old, tried and tested pretext of “blasphemy.” The rise of social media has made the job of these religious fanatics even easier, as they have to put little imagination or effort into making up a marketable story. They just allege that someone belonging to a non-Muslim community has made a random Facebook post, and within seconds, they assemble into crowds of hundreds and charge through non-Muslim areas, destroying everything that gets in...

In the streets of Bangladesh, Muslim mobs openly chant for the slaughter of Hindus, targeting the peaceful followers of the Hindu faith. Their chilling slogans include, “There will be no place for ISKCON here” and “We will peel off the skins of ISKCON devotees.”... These aren’t just threats—they’re calls for genocide. ISKCON devotees, a branch of Hinduism rooted in spiritual devotion and non-violence, are being hunted simply for their beliefs. Temples are desecrated, Hindu boys are lynched in broad daylight, and Hindu spiritual leaders are imprisoned on fabricated charges while terrorists roam free. This is not random violence; it is...

CV NEWS FEED // Results show that Arab and Muslim voters in Michigan played a significant role in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the crucial battleground state this week. As CatholicVote previously noted, “Michigan has the highest percentage of Arab-American residents out of all the states (2.1%),” with the community’s estimated population in the state being between 220,000 and 400,000. For decades before the 2024 election, Arab and Muslim Americans voted heavily for the Democratic Party. However, two Detroit suburbs – in majority-Arab Dearborn and majority-Muslim Hamtramck – dramatically swung toward Trump and away from Kamala Harris, with the president-elect...

In Lebanon Hezbollah says it's transitioning to 'a new and escalatory phase' in the conflict with Israel... A judge in Texas agreeing to a request from state legislators to pause the execution of Robert Roberson... US federal charges against a former Indian intelligence officer over an alleged assassination plot involving a Sikh... Russian Aerospace Forces continuing attacks in Syria on jihadists... The United States sanctioning two Chinese companies along with a Russian company and its leader...linked to... Five Israeli soldiers killed, three others seriously wounded in fighting with Hezbollah... A 52-page report saying the United States Secret Service has "deep...

Wherever one looks, socialism leaves behind a legacy of suffering and death on a mass scale, and Bangladesh’s socialist experiment was no exception. In 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led his country, Bangladesh, to independence from Pakistan. Afterward, he ruled as a brutal tyrant, turned to communist economics, and starved to death over one million people. Then he was assassinated. However, his surviving daughter, Sheikh Hasina, later rose to power in Bangladesh, establishing a cronyist, leftist dictatorship. Her regime never reinstated her father’s communist economic policies, but it did create a personality cult of Mujibur Rahman, commonly known in the region...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister has been ousted from power, and the parliament has been dissolved. What ripple effects will this have?

When it was convenient, she pretended to be the "first Indian-American senator". Last week we had the big loud debate over what race Kamala Harris is. As I’ve said before, I don’t think she’s anything. Her identity is as negotiable as anything else. And like Obama, it doesn’t fit the American identity politics calculus anyway. Like a lot of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, she’s a member of a high-achieving minority group (who is admittedly a lot dumber than the average Indian and Jamaican immigrant) with some family ties, but little sense of belonging to anything beyond a social class. Kamala’s...

Dozens of Ultra-Orthodox protesters broke into an Israeli military base before being cleared by police... US Central Command reporting destruction of a Houthi drone and two Houthi missiles launched from Yemen... US F-22 Raptor stealth fighters are moving closer to the Middle East arriving at Royal Air Force...About a dozen US F-18 warplanes flown off the carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" to land at a base in the Middle East... Hamas naming Yahya Sinwar as its new leader... Late word tonight that Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government in Bangladesh... "There are battles on the border" Part of...

US Central Command reports destruction of seven drones. drone boats or ballistic missiles in and around... A federal judge in the US ruling that Google illegally monopolizes online searches... US military personnel hurt in a rocket attack on a US military base in Iraq...five military members hurt one seriously... Rioting on the Dutch island of St. Martin in the Carribean. A Dutch soldier hurt... Russian security official Sergei Shoigu visiting Iran amid tensions... Military forces from the US and Romania in the nation of Moldova.... Tonight video said to be of armed mobs of Muslims roaming the streets of Plymouth,...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence.

"wicked people who have used the courts as their personal collection agency"...In the face of the 53 million dollar judgement against him...activist Ammon Bundy filing bankruptcy.... There are reports Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Joe Biden staying in the race... In Bangladesh police firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters... Senators briefed about last Saturday's assassination attempt on Donald Trump telling media outlets... Word that Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID... California Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff the US Senate candidate there this fall wants Joe Biden to "pass the...