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Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South Africa's ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, persona non grata and ordered him expelled from the United States. This immediately deprived him of diplomatic immunity and required him to leave the US in just a matter of days.Using X as his medium to announce the defenestration of Rasool, Rubio was blunt.South Africa's Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country. Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.The...

As The Telegraph’s Tom Whitehead reports, prisoners in the UK must be given the right to vote following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). If the British government complies with this ruling, it will do so in the face of huge parliamentary and public opposition, with MPs voting against such a measure by 243 to 22 last February. This is an appalling ruling from a supranational court in Strasbourg that does not possess an ounce of democratic credibility. Americans would never accept the judgment of a foreign court over their own domestic affairs, and nor should...

According to the Bible, Noah's Ark saved humanity and all the animals from certain annihilation during an ancient flood. Now, 5,000 years after those floodwaters supposedly receded, scientists claim to have discovered the location of the famous boat. An international team of researchers claims that a boat-shaped mound 18 miles (30km) south of Mount Ararat in Turkey is actually the fossilised remains of a wooden vessel. The Durupinar Formation is a 163-metre (538ft) geological structure made of a type of iron ore called limonite. It has long captivated researchers due to the fact that its shape and structure almost match...

Anatolian Archaeology reports that Turkish officials announced the discovery of a decorated rock-cut tomb that was hidden in the courtyard of a house in the Sanlıurfa's Eyyübiye neighborhood. The single-chamber structure is adorned with various relief sculptures, including a reclining male figure leaning on his left arm and a pair of winged women. In the past, excavations in Sanliurfa have uncovered more than 100 tombs that were carved into rock outcroppings at various times from the late Hittite period, from the ninth to seventh century b.c, through the Roman era of the first to fourth century a.d. Archaeologists have not...

ANKARA, March 6 (Reuters) - Turkey, with the second largest army in NATO after the United States, could contribute to a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Wednesday. "The issue of contributing to a mission will be considered if deemed necessary for establishing regional stability and peace, and will be assessed mutually with all relevant parties," the source told reporters in Ankara.

Turkey, with the second largest army in NATO after the United States, could contribute to a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Wednesday. "The issue of contributing to a mission will be considered if deemed necessary for establishing regional stability and peace, and will be assessed mutually with all relevant parties," the source told reporters in Ankara. -snip- Turkish media reported last week that President Tayyip Erdogan had discussed a possible deployment with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during separate meetings in Ankara last month. Turkey has maintained cordial...

Residents of the Greek island of Samos strongly opposed a proposition by the Greek Migration ministry to build a new refugee camp on their island. The residents gave a thundering “no” to the proposal. The heads of the local community in Mitilinious called an open community on the village square to discuss building a new refugee camp on the grounds of a local army camp. The local Syriza MP was invited to the gathering but he never appeared. Mr Michalis Aggelopoulos, declared their opposition on behalf of the local community, and their heads, including the mayor. Their opinion was cheered...

Excavations at Göbekli Tepe continue to yield findings. Researchers found living quarters of an ancient civilization, which disproved earlier theories that the site served solely as a ceremonial pilgrimage destination.Göbekli Tepe, a Neolithic archaeological site situated in the Germuş mountains of southeastern Anatolia, close to the border of Syria... its construction occurring up to 15,000 years ago.The enormous T-shaped pillars at Göbekli Tepe, some reaching heights of up to 5.5 meters, are the oldest examples of monumental architecture discovered to date. These pillars were carved from flint at a time when metal tools were not yet used, demonstrating architectural skills.So...

Russian and U.S. diplomats met in Turkey on Thursday for talks to resolve disputes over the work of their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow, a first test of their ability to reset wider relations and work towards ending the war in Ukraine. -snip- The Russian team arrived in a black Mercedes van for the start of the meeting at the gated residence of the U.S. consul general in Istanbul. Russian state TV said the talks were expected to last five to six hours.

Late tonight US Chief Justice John Roberts with an order...Trump Administration has been ordered... "Bloomberg" reporting that the US and Russia are discussing joint projects... "What you're going to see hopefully tomorrow is a lot of flight logs a lot of names a lot of information..." That's what Attorney General... US President Donald Trump proposing a "Gold Card" worth five million dollars to replace a previous "Investor Visa" program... In a bid to curb retail theft New Zealand's government proposing stronger arrest rights for retailers and citizens... Tonight, the transfer of the bodies of four Israeli hostages... The US Treasury...

The Portuguese coach, who once declared himself to be "the Special One," was fined and suspended earlier in the season for a tirade against local match officials and the league Turkish football club Galatasaray announced it would launch "criminal proceedings" against Jose Mourinho on Monday, accusing the manager of rival Istanbul club Fenerbahçe of making "racist comments" after a Turkish league game in which the clubs drew 0-0. Galatasaray hit out at Mourinho after the Portuguese coach made comments about Turkish referees and the Galatasaray bench during a post-match interview on Monday. During a press conference, 62-year-old Mourinho said he...

In many parts of Europe and beyond, the end of the First World War did not mean an end to the fighting. >Russian Civil War 1917-1923 ... >Finnish Civil War 1918 Finland was a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire when the First World War broke out. The Russian Revolution in 1917 left a power vacuum in Finland and a struggle ensued between the conservative Whites who wanted independence from Soviet Russia and the socialist Reds who opposed the separation. >German Revolution 1918-1919 ... >Estonian-Soviet 1918-1920 Estonia was part of the Russian Empire when the First World War began. It...

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the closure of the U.S. military base in Alexandroupoli, Greece, according to the Greek newspaper Dimokratia. However, the reports remain unconfirmed by Greek defense officials. The reported decision from Trump may indicate a shift in U.S. military strategy in the region against Russia and has reportedly raised concerns among Greek officials. US military base in Alexandroupoli and Türkiye’s concerns. The U.S. base in the region was a major source of tension between the U.S. and Türkiye. However, U.S. officials repeatedly reassured Türkiye that the U.S. forces’ deployment in the area was not against the...

Sudan's civil war...seven killed in an air strike on a mosque... ...in South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol saying he is 'sincerely sorry'... The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying he supports the advance of the jihadist opposition forces into Syria... In Oregon an internal investigation...regarding sexual misconduct at St. Helen's High School... The US Department of Agriculture ordering bird flu testing...milk supply... Riot police in Tbilisi, Georgia pushing back the anti-government... The military government...Burkina Faso dismissing the interim prime minister and... ...the trial of Daniel Penny...the judge in the case deciding to dismiss... In Boston Democrat City Councilor Tania...

And now to the few conservative news sites re Israel. VS Islamofascistic: Iran, Turkey [Abadolu, TRT, etc.], Qatar [al-jazeera, MiddleEastEye, theNewArab] or jihad-apologetic-Haaretz and the likes. JNSINNAlgemeinerJfeedYnet and JPost are center left but TimesofIsrael is lefty. (Haaretz [Haaretzism] is radical liberal, pro-atheism, anti Israel and pro Arab Islamists plus much of fake news).

For the past three days, pilots flying in Istanbul airspace have reported unidentified flying objects (UFOs) on their radar, triggering widespread concern. According to Demiroren News Agency, pilots using Sabiha Gokcen Airport received traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) warnings, prompting an extensive search in the region. However, authorities have been unable to determine the source of these alerts. Upon receiving the warnings, pilots immediately informed air traffic controllers, leading to coordinated search efforts in the air, at sea, and on land. While some pilots speculated that the alerts could be caused by a drone or a ship at sea, search...

This week the European Union is expected to announce a complete import ban on Russian oil. Hungary, in its first real act of defiance, is threatening to veto this; Germany, after some hemming and hawing, has finally decided it can survive such a ban. Assuming Hungary’s objections are eventually overcome, at first blush this looks like yet another energy “own goal” by the people obsessed with soccer. The U.S. has already issued this ban. Because European industry is heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas, the conventional wisdom is that the EU Commission is just petulant and incompetent. Are they...

The Russia Hoax was never about Russia. It was always a cover story to unleash a legal assault on Team Trump, the sole aim of which was to look for, and create, secondary crimes (e.g., decades-old loan applications [Paul Manafort], a misremembered timeline [George Papadopoulos], raiding the son of a top-tier target [Michael Flynn] to compel a guilty plea, or the ever-reliable "lying" charge [Roger Stone]). That's it in the shell of a nut. A single sentence. And guess what: that single sentence is the current legal strategy for the Democrats, the Deep State, and the NeverTrump Republicans for the...

Confused about Putin's motives? Look at Ukraine Eighteen months ago, when Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, confusion prevailed in the West. Today, as Russia sends troops, armor, and aircraft to Syria, we are once again perplexed. On Monday President Vladimir Putin provided the explanation: Russia’s intervention is aimed to defeat ISIS and reduce the flow of refugees to Europe. A review of the last major Russian intervention, in Ukraine, might help us to evaluate this claim. The superficial links between the two conflicts are obvious. For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, a ceasefire is holding. This has allowed...

Netanyahu: ‘Hamas are the new Nazis’. "The core of new antisemitism is the attempt to ... undermine [Israel's] right to self-defense," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said. JNS Staff. (Jan. 27, 2025 / JNS). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called on the “civilized” world to up its effort to combat Jew-hatred, while labeling the Hamas terror group the “new Nazis.” “On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I call on all civilized nations to confront antisemitism wherever it appears—on college campuses, city streets or international forums like the [International Criminal Court],” Netanyahu tweeted. “Founded in the shadow of the Holocaust, the...