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Peruvian courts are weighing whether to prevent Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who resigned as president on Wednesday, from leaving the country following multiple allegations of corruption, including one linking him to the disgraced Brazilian firm Odebrecht.

byFrances Martel22 Mar 2018, 2:17 PM PDT0

Comedian Bill Murray’s clumsy attempt to glorify the Parkland gun control activists by comparing them to Vietnam protesters was shockingly ignorant and insensitive for an elderly man who was actually alive during the Vietnam War aftermath and the Cambodian genocide. The truth of that history provides a powerful argument against gun control fantasies.

byJohn Hayward22 Mar 2018, 2:06 PM PDT0

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A Turkish singer will spend ten months in prison after being convicted this week of the crime of “insulting the president.” Zuhal Olcay stood accused of changing the lyrics to one of her hits songs during a concert to condemn President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policies.

byFrances Martel22 Mar 2018, 1:34 PM PDT0

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The education ministry of Saudi Arabia has promised to purge every trace of Muslim Brotherhood ideology from textbooks and fire anyone sympathetic to the group who works for the school system.

byJohn Hayward22 Mar 2018, 12:02 PM PDT0

The Chinese Communist Party announced this week the creation of a universal propaganda arm named “Voice of China,” which the regime hopes will “ensure its voice is heard loud and clear around the world.”

The Chinese Communist Party announced this week the creation of a universal propaganda arm named “Voice of China,” which the regime hopes will “ensure its voice is heard loud and clear around the world.”

byFrances Martel22 Mar 2018, 11:53 AM PDT0

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Many jihadists organizations who plan attacks in Pakistan to target U.S. military troops and their allies in neighboring Afghanistan are still enjoying sanctuary in the country despite Islamabad’s claims that it has eradicated all “organized” terror havens within its borders, Breitbart News has learned.

byEdwin Mora22 Mar 2018, 11:40 AM PDT0

Sophia, a humanoid robot, is the main attraction at a conference on artificial intelligence this week but her technology has raised concerns for future human jobs

An editorial in China’s state-run Global Times this week called for a national strategy to displace the United States as the world leader in artificial intelligence technology.

byJohn Hayward22 Mar 2018, 11:26 AM PDT0

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly pushing ahead with the first repatriation of an accused Saudi jihadist held at the American military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

byEdwin Mora22 Mar 2018, 10:48 AM PDT0

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas earlier this month

WASHINGTON, DC — The struggling socialist Venezuelan regime, a global hub for crime-terror convergence, has been harboring criminal and terrorist groups such as Iran’s proxy Hezbollah, Chinese Triads, the Russian Mafia, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), an expert on Latin America told lawmakers.

byEdwin Mora22 Mar 2018, 10:02 AM PDT0

US President Donald Trump (L) claims to have built up a generally good relationship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, whom he has praised for his role in pressuring North Korea over its nuclear program

President Donald Trump is set to announce tariffs and investment restrictions aimed at convincing China to halt practices the U.S. believes are a form of economic aggression, according to White House officials.

byJohn Carney22 Mar 2018, 9:15 AM PDT0

Afghan medical staff recover a dead body at the site of a suicide bombing attack in Kabu on March 21, 2018. A suicide bomber on March 21 killed at least 26 people, many of them teenagers, in front of Kabul University, officials said, as Afghans took to the streets to celebrate the Persian new year holiday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack -- the fifth suicide bombing in the Afghan capital in recent weeks -- via its propaganda arm Amaq, SITE Intelligence Group said. The Taliban earlier denied involvement on Twitter. / AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for a heinous attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul Wednesday that killed up to 33 and injured 65 others while they were celebrating the Persian new year.

byEdwin Mora22 Mar 2018, 8:47 AM PDT0

In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The Hamas militant group on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2017, said it has accepted key conditions demanded by its rival, President Mahmoud Abbas, including nationwide elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to clear the way for a reconciliation deal after a 10-year rift that has left the Palestinians divided between two governments. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

RAMALLAH – A series of recent health scares have raised concerns about octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas, reviving anxiety about a potentially chaotic succession battle bound to further weaken the Palestinian cause.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 8:35 AM PDT0

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech under a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the eve of the 23nd anniversary of the death of their revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on June 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/GettyImages)

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of stealing the people’s money to amass his fortune of approximately $800 billion toman, or $190 billion dollars.

byAdelle Nazarian22 Mar 2018, 7:45 AM PDT0

“If we keep going the way we’re going, we will be an agricultural colony for China,” said Curtis Ellis, praising President Trump’s tariff crackdown on China’s trade abuses, during a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with co-hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

byRobert Kraychik22 Mar 2018, 7:38 AM PDT0

The United States announced this week it will provide $2.5 million in aid to Venezuelan refugees who have fled their country to Colombia amid a deepening political and humanitarian crisis in their homeland.

byBen Kew22 Mar 2018, 7:33 AM PDT0

XILINGOL, CHINA - JULY 30: The flag guard formation holding the flag of the Communist Party of China, the national flag and the flag of the PLA attends a military parade at Zhurihe military training base to mark the 90th birthday of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on July 30, 2017 in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. China held on Sunday its first Army Day parade one day before the 90th birthday of PLA. (Photo by Cui Nan/CHINA NEWS SERVICE/VCG via Getty Images)

Contents: Massive earth fissure suddenly opens up in mid-Kenya, signaling an eventual split in all of Africa; How China would lose a war with the United States; ISIS-linked terrorists in Afghanistan kill 32 in bombing of Shia Shrine in Kabul

byJohn J. Xenakis22 Mar 2018, 6:17 AM PDT0

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Two Hamas security force members were killed Thursday as they carried out a raid that resulted in the arrest of a suspect in a recent bomb attack against the Palestinian prime minister, officials said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 5:27 AM PDT0

An Israeli soccer player and the captain of the Iranian national team took to the Internet to show that the people of Iran and the people of Israel do not harbor hate.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 4:49 AM PDT0

View of an unidentified male suspect handcuffed to a bench in the Southeast Community Police Station, Los Angeles, California, April 24, 2015. The man had been arrested for solicitation of prostitution in the South Figueroa Street corridor by the LAPD's Human Trafficking Task Force. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Two Jordanians were sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in jail with hard labor for planning attacks on the Amman embassies of Russia, Iran and Israel.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 4:17 AM PDT0

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Youth in the United Kingdom are among the least religious in post-Christian Europe, with some 70 percent self-identifying as having “no religion,” according to a new report.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.22 Mar 2018, 4:11 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Economic Club of Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel will prevent its enemies from obtaining nuclear weapons after its military admitted it carried out a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:58 AM PDT0

In this picture released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during his visit to Mashhad, 900 km (540 miles) east of Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran has neutralized US plans in the Middle East, in a speech Wednesday marking the Persian New Year.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:11 AM PDT0

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman reportedly bragged to a Middle Eastern leader that he had White House adviser Jared Kushner “in his pocket.” Kushner may have also violated federal law if he gave bin Salman classified information from President Donald Trump’s Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) without Trump’s authorization to help bin Salman put his political rivals under house arrest.

byTony Lee21 Mar 2018, 10:32 PM PDT0

China's sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, 2017, less than a week after a high-profile visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. China's sole operational aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong for the first time in a display of military might less than a week after a high-profile visit by president Xi Jinping. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

China’s only operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday following a heated nationalist speech from President Xi Jinping in which he warned force will be used to thwart Taiwanese independence if necessary.

byJohn Hayward21 Mar 2018, 6:34 PM PDT0

Venezuelan refugees rest inside a temporary shelter in the city of Pacaraima in Brazil

Brazilians living in the border state of Roraima violently protested against the recent influx of Venezuelan refugees fleeing their country this week by attacking and robbing them.

byBen Kew21 Mar 2018, 6:00 PM PDT0

An Iranian female student holds up her hand painted in the colours of her national flag during a rally in Tehran's Azadi Square (Freedom Square) to mark the 35th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 11, 2014. The 35th anniversary of the revolution that ousted the US-backed shah, comes as Tehran rides the wave of a landmark nuclear deal with major powers. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – The Iranian regime released Imam Hussein al-Shirazi, the son of the famous Iranian Shiite Ayatollah Sadiq al-Shirazi, on Sunday after detaining him for 13 days.

byAdelle Nazarian21 Mar 2018, 5:43 PM PDT0

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38-year-old Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad was charged in U.S. federal court on Tuesday for his involvement in a $115 million scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, using a Venezuelan construction project as an instrument.

byJohn Hayward21 Mar 2018, 4:20 PM PDT0

Donald Trump and Ronald Lauder (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)

On Monday, a major American Jewish leader, Ronald Lauder, published a call to arms against Israel in the New York Times.

byCaroline Glick21 Mar 2018, 4:04 PM PDT0

Four-time New York Times bestselling investigative journalist Peter Schweizer has garnered a reputation for unearthing never-before-revealed facts about how political elites enrich themselves. Here are five China-related revelations Schweizer exposes in his new book “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.”

byRebecca Mansour21 Mar 2018, 3:52 PM PDT0

Richard Grenell

Under the hashtag #ConfirmGrenell, conservative activists have demanded an end to the Senate block against President Donald Trump’s appointment of Richard Grenell as ambassador to Germany.

byCharlie Nash21 Mar 2018, 3:00 PM PDT0

The charges against Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski revolve around $5 million he received from Odebrecht between 2004 and 2013

After barely a year and a half in office, centrist businessman Pedro Pablo Kuczynski presented his resignation from the presidency of Peru to the nation’s legislature on Wednesday following a scandal involving videos purporting to show him discussing the purchase of votes.

byFrances Martel21 Mar 2018, 12:38 PM PDT0

Marcela Heredia, conductora de la cadena de Televisión venezolana TELESUR, antes de ir al aire en esta imagen del 31 de octubre de 2005.

The government of Ecuador has announced that it will pull funding from the regional left-wing propaganda network TeleSUR.

byBen Kew21 Mar 2018, 12:07 PM PDT0

Aishat Alhaji , one of the kidnapped girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi who was freed, is photographed after her release, in Dapchi, Nigeria, Wednesday March. 21, 2018. Witnesses say Boko Haram militants have returned an unknown number of the 110 girls who were abducted from their Nigeria school a month ago. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

The Islamic State affiliate Boko Haram released dozens of girls kidnapped from a secondary school in Dapchi, northern Nigeria, on Wednesday on the condition that their parents keep them from going back to school and marry them off, instead.

byFrances Martel21 Mar 2018, 10:39 AM PDT0

This combination of pictures created on March 20, 2018 of handout images provided by the Israeli army reportedly shows an aerial view of a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor during bombardment in 2007. Israel's military admitted for the first time on March 20 responsibity for a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor, a strike it was long suspected of carrying out. The admission, along with the release of newly declassified material related to the raid, comes as Israel intensifies its warnings over the presence of its main enemy Iran in neighbouring Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Israeli Army / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Editorial subscription SML 2974 x 2167 px | 25.18 x 18.35 cm @ 300 dpi | 6.4 MP Size Guide Add notes SUBSCRIPTION DOWNLOAD Details Restrictions: Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses. Full editorial rights UK, US, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Canada (not Quebec). Restricted editorial rights elsewhere, please call local office. Credit: - / Contributor Editorial #: 935453324 Collection: AFP Date created: 20 March, 2018 Licence type: Rights-managed Release info: Not released. More information Source: AFP Barcode: Israeli Army Object name: 84518988_SEA.jpg Max file size: 2974 x 2167 px (25.18 x 18.35 cm) - 300 dpi - 1.33 MB More search resultsView all

As the Trump administration strongly considers the possibility of withdrawing from the disastrous, Obama-era nuclear accord with Iran, Israel sent a clear warning to Tehran on Tuesday by officially confirming the IDF was behind the 2007 airstrikes in northeastern Syria that destroyed the country’s nuclear reactor.

byAaron Klein21 Mar 2018, 10:25 AM PDT0

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media after unofficial referendum results were announced, in Istanbul, late Sunday, April 16, 2017. Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has raised objections to the actions of the country's electoral board in the conduct of Sunday's referendum on whether to expand the powers of the president. (Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Press Service via AP)

The Turkish news outlet T24 reported on Wednesday that the owner of the Doğan Media Group, which controls several of Turkey’s last remaining media outlets that do not openly support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed to sell the group to Demirören Holding, owned by a businessman who maintains friendly ties with the president.

byFrances Martel21 Mar 2018, 10:10 AM PDT0

Kenyan nurses and other health-workers demonstrate over low pay at Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. All doctors and nurses from public hospitals across the country have gone on strike, leading to a crisis in the health sector and putting emergency cases at higher risk of death, as they accuse the government of being slow to raise salaries while being quick to pay inflated contracts from suspect companies doing business with the health ministry, which is being investigated for corruption. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Medical organizations in Kenya condemned a government plan Monday to import doctors from Cuba to address the nation’s vast shortage of medical professionals, citing that more than one thousand ready-to-work Kenyan doctors are still unemployed in the country.

byFrances Martel21 Mar 2018, 9:24 AM PDT0

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Msgr. Dario Viganò as head of the Vatican’s communications department following a week of controversy and outrage surrounding a doctored photograph of a letter from emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, which was distributed to journalists.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Mar 2018, 9:12 AM PDT0

In the lead-up to the commemoration of Holy Week and Easter, Pope Francis has urged Christians to see the crucifix not as an piece of jewelry but rather as a profound symbol of faith in Jesus.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Mar 2018, 8:11 AM PDT0

Sahar Nowrouzzadeh

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) reportedly signed off on several articles penned by an “Obama holdover” that explicitly challenged President Trump’s anti-Iran policy objectives, according to Conservative Review (CR).

byEdwin Mora21 Mar 2018, 7:51 AM PDT0

This combination of pictures created on March 20, 2018 of handout images provided by the Israeli army reportedly shows an aerial view of a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor during bombardment in 2007. Israel's military admitted for the first time on March 20 responsibity for a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor, a strike it was long suspected of carrying out. The admission, along with the release of newly declassified material related to the raid, comes as Israel intensifies its warnings over the presence of its main enemy Iran in neighbouring Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Israeli Army / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Editorial subscription SML 2974 x 2167 px | 25.18 x 18.35 cm @ 300 dpi | 6.4 MP Size Guide Add notes SUBSCRIPTION DOWNLOAD Details Restrictions: Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses. Full editorial rights UK, US, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Canada (not Quebec). Restricted editorial rights elsewhere, please call local office. Credit: - / Contributor Editorial #: 935453324 Collection: AFP Date created: 20 March, 2018 Licence type: Rights-managed Release info: Not released. More information Source: AFP Barcode: Israeli Army Object name: 84518988_SEA.jpg Max file size: 2974 x 2167 px (25.18 x 18.35 cm) - 300 dpi - 1.33 MB More search resultsView all

TEL AVIV – The IDF confirmed Wednesday that it carried out the 2007 airstrike in northeastern Syria that destroyed a nuclear reactor, ending a decade of secrecy over one the most daring military operations in recent history.

byDeborah Danan21 Mar 2018, 7:48 AM PDT0

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Turkish President Reccip Erdogan has revealed that he will instruct his forces to invade the Iraqi province of Sinjar if it remains a Kurdish stronghold.

byBen Kew21 Mar 2018, 6:39 AM PDT0

President Xi Jinping is now China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong

Contents: Xi Jinping invokes the 1840s Opium Wars to justify military action for China’s ‘rejuvenation’; Xi Jinping stokes China’s nationalism with harsh threats to Taiwan and Hong Kong

byJohn J. Xenakis21 Mar 2018, 5:56 AM PDT0

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White House officials leaked details of President Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, revealing that he ignored advice from his national security advisors not to congratulate the Russian president for winning his election.

byCharlie Spiering21 Mar 2018, 5:01 AM PDT0

Palestinian Hamas actors dressed up as suicide bombers, one of Hamas (L) and the other of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in a play depicting them planning the attack on the Israeli port in Ashdood in front of a painting of former Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a burning Star of David, and the Israeli Knesset, during a Hamas rally April 2, 2004 at the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Hamas supporters attended the rally for a memorial service of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin who was assassinated by Israel on March 22. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

The Palestinian Authority may study the possibility of declaring the Gaza Strip a rogue area, solidifying the split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Mar 2018, 3:15 AM PDT0

Civilians flee the rebel-held Syrian town of Saqba, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus, after  a reported Assad regime air strike

Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled neighborhood of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than 20 others, Syrian state-run media said, marking one of the highest death tolls in a single attack targeting the capital.

byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Mar 2018, 2:47 AM PDT0

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