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Vian Dakhil, Iraq’s only Yazidi member of parliament, denounced the use of Yazidi children as child soldiers by the Islamic State, telling the Iraqi news agency Al Sumaria this week that the victims were “brainwashed” into jihad.

byFrances Martel20 Mar 2018, 2:50 PM PDT0

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman conducts a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May with other members of their delegations, inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Wednesday March 7, 2018. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a royal welcome with high level political talks to begin his three day visit to Britain, although protesters criticised the visit. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP)

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) of spreading “amateurish lies” by saying that Iran is harboring al-Qaeda terrorists, including the late Osama bin Laden’s son, to mask the kingdom’s role in 9/11.

byAdelle Nazarian20 Mar 2018, 2:14 PM PDT0

Talks to modernize NAFTA were originally scheduled to wrap up by the end of 2017. But the US, Canada and Mexico have agreed to continue negotiating until March

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders emphasized that President Trump is interested in making “good” deals when asked during a Tuesday press briefing about the progress of NAFTA negotiations.

byMichelle Moons20 Mar 2018, 1:57 PM PDT0

Family members gather for a road naming ceremony with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, centre, his son Hunter Biden, left, and his sister Valerie Biden Owens, right, joined by other family members during a ceremony to name a national road after his late son Joseph R.

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, joined SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight co-hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on Monday to explain how politicians corruptly monetize political power as detailed in his latest book, Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.

byRobert Kraychik20 Mar 2018, 1:08 PM PDT0

Chinese President Xi Jinping during a joint press briefing with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People on January 9, 2018 in Beijing, China. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron will pay a state visit to China from January 8th to 10th. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein - Pool/Getty Images)

Chinese Communist leader Xi Jinping concluded the nation’s annual meeting of its legislature, the National People’s Congress, with an extensive speech on Tuesday warning “separatists” – in reference to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang – that their “actions will be met with the condemnation of the people an the punishment of history.”

byFrances Martel20 Mar 2018, 12:40 PM PDT0

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, buys an ice-cream at a shop as he tours a Hutong alley with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden, right, and son Hunter Biden, left, in Beijing, China Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and author of the new book Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, joined SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight on Monday to detail the involvement of Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden’s second son, in a China-backed private equity firm’s investment in a Chinese atomic energy company indicted for “nuclear power conspiracy against the United States.”

byRobert Kraychik20 Mar 2018, 11:54 AM PDT0

South Korean K-Pop singers to perform in North Korea

South Korean “K-Pop” stars will tour North Korea next month as Seoul continues attempts to soften relations between itself and the rogue communist state.

byBen Kew20 Mar 2018, 11:48 AM PDT0

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speach during a press conference to launch to the market a new oil-backed cryptocurrency called 'Petro', at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, on February 20, 2018. Venezuela formally launched its new oil-backed cryptocurrency on Tuesday in an unconventional bid to haul itself out of a deepening economic crisis. The leftist Caracas government put 38.4 million units of the world's first state-backed digital currency, the Petro, on private pre-sale from the early hours. A total of 100 million Petros will go on sale, with an initial value set at $60, based on the price of a barrel of Venezuelan crude in mid-January. / AFP PHOTO / Federico PARRA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Venezuelan foreign ministry has accused the United States of a “crime against humanity” after the Trump administration ordered the banning of Americans from investing in the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency.

byBen Kew20 Mar 2018, 11:39 AM PDT0

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels enter the village of Qastal Koshk, north of Afrin, on March 16, 2018 following battles with Kurdish fighters

Turkey-linked jihadists from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al-Qaeda are taking advantage of the Ankara offensive in the besieged Afrin region in northwestern Syria to slaughter Christians and Yazidis, caution several activists.

byEdwin Mora20 Mar 2018, 11:34 AM PDT0

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: Climate change protesters hold a banner as they stand at the entrance to The Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters on September 1, 2009 in London, England. Climate campaigners have also been staging a week long protest camp in Blackheath south London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The World Bank has transformed itself from an international financial institution into a prophet of climate fallout, predicting in a new report that more than 143 million people will be forced to migrate by 2050 thanks to climate change.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.20 Mar 2018, 11:14 AM PDT0

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, celebrates with his supporters at an election night party in Louisville, Ky.,Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. McConnell won a sixth term in Washington, with his eyes on the larger prize of GOP control of the Senate. The Kentucky Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent, fighting off a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, highlighted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) financial ties to the Chinese government as an example of how politicians monetize political influence while evading financial disclosure regulations.

byRobert Kraychik20 Mar 2018, 10:55 AM PDT0

President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the White House Tuesday, President Donald Trump did not reveal whether he was considering recertifying the Iran deal when the decision reaches his desk in May, telling reporters, “you’ll see what happens.”

byFrances Martel20 Mar 2018, 10:39 AM PDT0

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 27: President Donald Trump talks with new Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during a telephone call in the Oval Office of the White House of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his reelection, according to the White House and the Kremlin.

byCharlie Spiering20 Mar 2018, 9:18 AM PDT0

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- shown here at the White House in 2017 -- will meet there again on Tuesday

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister criticized the Iran nuclear deal as “flawed” and told reporters the country is “looking at ways in which we can push back” against the Shiite state sponsor of terrorism on Monday, as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) traveled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

byFrances Martel20 Mar 2018, 8:53 AM PDT0

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, joined Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight to discuss revelations in his latest book, Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, including how former President Barack Obama’s “smash and grab” strategy allowed friends to buy up various companies for “pennies on the dollar” following market devaluations resulting from the Obama administration’s regulatory policies. Some of the ill-gotten funds later found their way into the Obama Foundation.

byRobert Kraychik20 Mar 2018, 8:49 AM PDT0

President Donald Trump sent the Iranian people a Nowruz (New Year) message and blasted the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for funding terrorism and propping up dictators at the cost of the livelihood of their people at home.

byAdelle Nazarian20 Mar 2018, 8:23 AM PDT0

Stones lie on a Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial stone on occasion of the international Holocaust remembrance day in the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

TEL AVIV – A joint Israeli-Polish Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Poland was canceled after the country’s authorities tried to censor the speech of an Israeli mayor that apparently contained references to Polish participation in atrocities committed during the war.

byDeborah Danan20 Mar 2018, 8:16 AM PDT0

TEL – AVIV – President Donald Trump’s special Middle East envoy slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday for calling the U.S. ambassador to Israel a “son of a dog” and choosing “hateful rhetoric” over bettering the lives of his people.

byDeborah Danan20 Mar 2018, 8:12 AM PDT0

FILE - In this Dec. 10 2007 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, greets Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday March 20, 2018as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is being questioned by police in connection with allegations that he received 50 million euros from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.

byVictoria Friedman20 Mar 2018, 7:45 AM PDT0

In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammed Rasool, the newly-elected leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, in Farah province, Afghanistan. Despite US President Donald Trump’s pronouncement that there would be no talks with the Taliban following a series of deadly attacks in Kabul, officials say talks continue, but neither side trusts the other and neither believes the other negotiates independently.(AP Photo, File)

The Taliban has expressed a desire to have discussions with the U.S., instead of Kabul, about ending the nearly 17-year war in Afghanistan, despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s historic peace offer.

byEdwin Mora20 Mar 2018, 7:36 AM PDT0

US Air Force Colonel John L. Dorrian (C), spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, speaks during a press conference in the capital Baghdad on April 11, 2017, accompanied by Brigadier General Yahya Rasool (L-2), spokesperson of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command coordinating anti-jihadist efforts, Brigadier General Saad Maan (L-1), spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and Baghdad operations, and Brigadier Tahseen Ibrahim (R), spokesman of the Ministry of Defense and Director of Media and Morale. IS now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three years ago, a military spokesman said on April 11, 2017. Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes and other support are now battling IS inside second city Mosul, after retaking much of the other territory the jihadists had seized. / AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.S. military in Iraq on Monday said it was downsizing its headquarters staff, as its mission shifts away from supporting Iraqi troops in combat and more towards training.

byKristina Wong20 Mar 2018, 7:29 AM PDT0

Refugees who crossed the Canada/US border illegally near Hemmingford, Quebec are processed in a tent after being arrested by the RCMP on August 5, 2017. The flow of asylum seekers has increased dramatically over the last few weeks with migrants arriving day and night. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on August 4 promised that his government would redouble its efforts to handle the influx of migrants illegally entering the country from the United States to seek asylum. / AFP PHOTO / Geoff Robins (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images)

Contents: Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board overwhelmed by migrants crossing border from US; Turkey achieves victory in Afrin, Syria, but Kurds threaten guerilla war

byJohn J. Xenakis20 Mar 2018, 6:13 AM PDT0

President Donald Trump is planning to launch as much as $60 billion in tariffs against China.

byCharlie Spiering20 Mar 2018, 5:24 AM PDT0

Ra’anana became the first city in Israel to have an openly gay mayor on Sunday, when Eitan Ginzburg completed his first full day of work on the job.

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 4:58 AM PDT0

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council, a top decision-making body, at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 . (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed,l)

The Hamas terror group has accused Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas of seeking to undermine Palestinian unity, following his decision announced on Monday to impose sanctions on the Gaza Strip for the attempted assassination of Rami Hamdallah.

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 4:31 AM PDT0

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France announced Monday it will investigate the case of an employee of its Jerusalem consulate who was indicted today for allegedly running guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 4:00 AM PDT0

There is nothing wrong with tattoos, Pope Francis told a group of young people Monday, urging them to be open to cultural expressions of “belonging.”

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.20 Mar 2018, 3:30 AM PDT0

Submerged wreckage of the U.S. Navy’s World War II Atlanta-class light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52) has been located off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific by the crew research vessel (R/V) Petrel.

Submerged wreckage of the U.S. Navy’s World War II Atlanta-class light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52) has been located off the coast of the Solomon Islands.

bySimon Kent20 Mar 2018, 3:17 AM PDT0

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas holds a press conference following a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on October 20, 2009. Abbas met with Mubarak to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East peace process. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP / CRIS BOURONCLE AND - (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas launched an unprecedentedly scathing attack Monday on US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, calling him a “son of a dog” and a “settler.”

byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 2:05 AM PDT0

Our military may very well receive an augmentation straight out of science fiction with a third bionic arm for soldiers.

byNate Church19 Mar 2018, 4:40 PM PDT0

A Pakistani protester of the Tehreek-i-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan religious group throws a tear gas shell back towards police during a clash in Islamabad on November 25

A top Pakistani military spokesman accused India of fueling terrorism “using Afghan soil” in an interview published Sunday, citing alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav currently in Islamabad’s custody as an example.

byEdwin Mora19 Mar 2018, 4:05 PM PDT0

Hafiz Saeed (C) head of the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) militant group,  speaks in Lahore last month; a US official has said Pakistan is doing the

There is only a “scanty residual presence” of jihadists left in Pakistan, claimed a top general who declared last week that Islamabad has extinguished all “organized” terrorist “sanctuaries” in the nation.

byEdwin Mora19 Mar 2018, 3:54 PM PDT0

Nearly four months after he resigned, Robert Mugabe has stirred controversy by saying he was ousted in a 'coup' (file picture)

A few days after declaring he was removed from power in an illegal coup, Zimbabwe’s former dictator Robert Mugabe expressed a desire to meet with his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to help him “return to legitimacy.”

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 3:20 PM PDT0

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is launching a new oil-backed cryptocurrency called

President Donald Trump has banned U.S. citizens from investing in Venezuela’s recently launched state cryptocurrency.

byBen Kew19 Mar 2018, 2:57 PM PDT0

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is warning that if Tehran gets a nuclear weapon, his country will follow suit

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman defended his anti-corruption crackdown as “extremely necessary” in an interview with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News’ 60 Minutes on Sunday.

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 1:08 PM PDT0

In this March 1, 2016 file photo, souvenir plates bearing images of Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and late Chinese leader Mao Zedong are displayed at a shop near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. In 2016, the Chinese Communist Party bestows on Xi the wholly ceremonial yet highly significant title of

Chinese Communist ruler Xi Jinping claimed the office of the presidency a second time on Sunday, beginning a term in office that, with term limits on the office repealed, could be the second of an unlimited number in the future.

byFrances Martel19 Mar 2018, 12:52 PM PDT0

CEMENTERIO DEL ESTE, CARACAS, MIRANDA, VENEZUELA - 2018/02/12: A venezuelan flag with SOS printed on it seen at the cemetery. Remembrance service held in Caracas in honor of those killed during the protests in Venezuela. Group of people marched to the eastern cemetery with relatives of the victims who have died protesting since 2014. (Photo by Román Camacho/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A town in the crisis-stricken country of Venezuela has begun issuing its own currency to combat the ludicrous levels of hyperinflation causing general cash shortages.

byBen Kew19 Mar 2018, 12:27 PM PDT0

The Chinese government warned this weekend that it will use “military pressure” against the United States if it does not “correct its mistake” of passing the Taiwan Travel Act, a law that encourages Taiwanese government officials to visit America and vice versa.

byFrances Martel19 Mar 2018, 11:54 AM PDT0

hillary clinton and john kerry

NEW YORK — Numerous officials from John Kerry’s State Department have been fingered for playing roles in the distribution – and in one case, possibly also the compilation – of the largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier.

byAaron Klein19 Mar 2018, 11:53 AM PDT0

Taiwan's relations with China have become increasingly frosty since Beijing-sceptic President Tsai Ing-wen took power almost a year ago

President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act on Saturday, bringing a round of applause from Taiwanese officials and citizens plus the expected statement of disapproval from China.

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 11:42 AM PDT0

Bashar Assad

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad visited soldiers in the siege stricken area of Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as his forces reportedly appear to be on the verge of reclaiming the area.

byBen Kew19 Mar 2018, 11:31 AM PDT0

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a news conference after meeting with his staff at the campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 18, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dodged a question about his plans after serving another six-year term he has won. Putin wouldn't be eligible under the constitution to compete in the 2024 election since there is a limit of two consecutive terms. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool photo via AP)

As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election on Sunday and will evidently claim he passed the magic “70/70” margin he was looking for: winning over 70 percent of the vote with turnout over 70 percent.

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 11:16 AM PDT0

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David P. Goldman, economist, author, and Asia Times columnist whose pen name is “Spengler,” talked to Breitbart News Tonight co-hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak Thursday, warning of threats to America’s global position via China’s ascendance in science and technology.

byRobert Kraychik19 Mar 2018, 10:49 AM PDT0

John Franklin Stephens, a man with Down syndrome, told the United Nations that a world without people like him would be “a poorer world, a colder world, a less happy world.”

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Mar 2018, 10:33 AM PDT0

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman conducts a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May with other members of their delegations, inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Wednesday March 7, 2018. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a royal welcome with high level political talks to begin his three day visit to Britain, although protesters criticised the visit. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP)

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman insisted in an interview with 60 Minutes aired Sunday that he will enact reforms to ensure equality of the sexes, claiming that a Saudi “equal pay” initiative is in the works despite the country not yet allowing women to drive or conduct many basic activities without a male guardian.

byFrances Martel19 Mar 2018, 9:33 AM PDT0

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