White House press secretary Sarah Sanders informed reporters during Tuesdays briefing that a total of 150 Russian “intelligence officials” have been expelled from more than 20 countries this week over a chemical attack on U.K. soil.
byMichelle Moons27 Mar 2018, 3:18 PM PDT0
A prominent human rights organization in the Philippines has claimed that President Rodrigo Dutertes drug war is leading the country into a path of “tyrannical megalomania and unparalleled self-destruction.”
byBen Kew27 Mar 2018, 2:55 PM PDT0
The Taliban wholly or partially controls over half of Afghanistan, claimed the Russian foreign minister this week, echoing other assessments.
byEdwin Mora27 Mar 2018, 2:13 PM PDT0
Glenn R. Simpson, the co-founder of the controversial opposition research firm Fusion GPS, may have used unwitting reporters to help get the FBI to take more seriously the largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier produced by his group, according to a recently released book.
byAaron Klein27 Mar 2018, 1:55 PM PDT0
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken to the hospital Tuesday evening due to a high fever and a cough.
byBreitbart Jerusalem27 Mar 2018, 12:46 PM PDT0
Economist and Asia Times columnist David P. Goldman joined SiriusXM hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on Mondays Breitbart News Tonight to discuss President Donald Trumps trade negotiations with China and other Asian nations.
byJohn Hayward27 Mar 2018, 12:33 PM PDT0
The mystery train carrying unknown North Korean VIPs to Beijing departed on Tuesday after what proved to be a brief visit, leaving the city awash in rumors that the visitor was dictator Kim Jong-un. Chinas vast army of online censors has been working overtime to block web searches for information about Kim using his common derogatory nickname among Chinese: “Fatty the Third.”
byJohn Hayward27 Mar 2018, 11:51 AM PDT0
China provided cover for its ally Russia in an editorial published Tuesday by the state-run Global Times, in which evidence of Russian involvement in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal is dismissed as thin, and the Western response of expelling Russian diplomats is denounced as “a crude form of behavior” and “uncivilized.”
byJohn Hayward27 Mar 2018, 11:37 AM PDT0
Egypt began the second of a three-day presidential election with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expected to coast to victory.
byEdwin Mora27 Mar 2018, 11:26 AM PDT0
Russia has again dismissed remarks by the top U.S.-NATO commander in Afghanistan that Moscow continues to support and even provide weapons to the Afghan Taliban.
byEdwin Mora27 Mar 2018, 11:16 AM PDT0
Authorities have arrested a man in Washington State after several suspicious packages were discovered at military bases and government sites in the Washington, DC, metro area.
byKatherine Rodriguez27 Mar 2018, 11:16 AM PDT0
The U.S. has turned a blind eye to Turkey and their jihadi allies “dismantling” the pluralistic model established by the Kurdish groups in northwestern Syrias Afrin region that allowed Kurds, Christians, and Arabs to live side by side in peace and protected the area from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), suggested a Syriac activist.
byEdwin Mora27 Mar 2018, 11:05 AM PDT0
A majority of people in the Dominican Republic want bans and deportations for Venezuelan and Haitian migrants entering their country, according to new polling data.
byBen Kew27 Mar 2018, 10:29 AM PDT0
After a respite following the announcement that President Donald Trump had accepted an invitation to meet with dictator Kim Jong-un, North Koreas state media have returned with gusto to their usual invective against the United States, railing in columns published Tuesday against the “world [sic] biggest arms seller.”
byFrances Martel27 Mar 2018, 10:24 AM PDT0
Vatican security is on high alert as large crowds arrive for Holy Week and Easter, with the Vaticans security chief confirming the existence of “looming threats” that warrant extra caution.
byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.27 Mar 2018, 10:20 AM PDT0
Neither the governments of China nor North Korea has confirmed persistent rumors that dictator Kim Jong-un traveled via train to Beijing on Monday. On Tuesday, following the departure of a mysterious North Korean train from the Chinese capital, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters she had “no idea” whether such a visit occurred.
byFrances Martel27 Mar 2018, 9:46 AM PDT0
PARIS — French leaders and activists called for people to take to the streets to protest after prosecutors filed preliminary charges of murder with anti-Semitic motives Tuesday in the death of an elderly Jewish woman.
byBreitbart Jerusalem27 Mar 2018, 9:35 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority has filed official requests this past week to join eight international treaties including the UNs International Convention against Apartheid in Sports and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, according to a report from Channel 2 news.
byDeborah Danan27 Mar 2018, 9:27 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday warned that the homefront by the border with Syria and Lebanon in Israels north was not adequately prepared for a potential war.
byDeborah Danan27 Mar 2018, 9:25 AM PDT0
Contents: Yemens Iran-backed al-Houthi rebels launch barrage of missile attacks on Saudi cities; Al-Houthi missile attack on Saudi cities sharply escalates the Yemen war
byJohn J. Xenakis27 Mar 2018, 6:35 AM PDT0
AFP — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Tuesday unveil “measures” in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, the alliance said, as international pressure mounts on Moscow. NATO has warned that the nerve agent attack
byBreitbart London27 Mar 2018, 6:13 AM PDT0
Russias Pravda news portal, the online descendant of the infamous Soviet-era Communist propaganda sheet, responded to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from several Western nations on Monday by invoking the Cold War, referencing the remarks of the Russian ambassador to the U.S. calling the move a “tantrum”.
byOliver JJ Lane27 Mar 2018, 5:57 AM PDT0
New Zealand stands ready to join the rest of the world in expelling Russian spies from its sovereign territory – if any Moscow operatives can be found.
bySimon Kent27 Mar 2018, 5:11 AM PDT0
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has caught three Palestinians from Gaza who sneaked into Israel carrying grenades.
byBreitbart Jerusalem27 Mar 2018, 3:53 AM PDT0
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Germanys new foreign minister on Monday urged the Palestinians “not to tear down bridges,” an apparent reference to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbass contentious relationship with the US.
byBreitbart Jerusalem27 Mar 2018, 3:15 AM PDT0
PARIS – Two people have been charged with the murder of an 85-year-old French Jewish woman, who was stabbed and whose body was then set alight in a crime being treated as anti-Semitic, a judicial source said Tuesday.
byBreitbart Jerusalem27 Mar 2018, 2:35 AM PDT0
Chinese police arrested Bishop Giuseppe Guo Xijin of Mindong Monday night, just prior to the celebration of Holy Week, the most solemn period in the Christian calendar.
byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.27 Mar 2018, 2:26 AM PDT0
The Vaticans Foreign Minister said that the two principles of “Sinicization” and “inculturation” are the key to the future of Christianity in China, as the Vatican reportedly draws nearer to a historic agreement with the Chinese government.
byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.27 Mar 2018, 12:50 AM PDT0
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah called the nerve agent attack on UK soil a “brazen and reckless” attack perpetrated by the Russians that prompted expulsion of 60 diplomats from the U.S.
byMichelle Moons27 Mar 2018, 12:39 AM PDT0
WASHINGTON — If Congress and Americas European allies are unable to amend the Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump is prepared to “potentially” walk away from it, the White House said on Monday.
byBreitbart Jerusalem27 Mar 2018, 12:26 AM PDT0
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to Washington to meet President Donald Trump last week, and was lauded for many of the reforms he is undertaking in Saudi Arabia. Many of these, such as improving the rights of women, are commendable, but the country still has a long way to go in the area of human rights.
byShmuley Boteach26 Mar 2018, 8:50 PM PDT0
The Afghan National Armys (ANA) is inaccurately collecting, screening, and recording blood samples, resulting in the death of an unknown number of soldiers who received the wrong type of blood when injured in combat, revealed a watchdog agency.
byEdwin Mora26 Mar 2018, 4:44 PM PDT0
An estimated 70 pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on Sunday after a rally marking the 100th anniversary of the nations ill-fated declaration of independence from Russia.
byJohn Hayward26 Mar 2018, 4:15 PM PDT0
Chinas naval and air forces began what observers described as unusually large exercises in the Western Pacific and South China Sea this weekend, including H-6K bombers, Tu-154 reconnaissance planes, Yun-8 transport planes, and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters.
byJohn Hayward26 Mar 2018, 4:03 PM PDT0
After a largely silent several weeks following its invitation to in-person talks to U.S. President Donald Trump, the communist regime governing North Korea has reportedly accepted high-level talks between its officials and those of South Korea, to occur on March 29.
byFrances Martel26 Mar 2018, 3:34 PM PDT0
Former President Jimmy Carter called President Donald Trumps decision to appoint Ambassador John Bolton as his new National Security Advisor “a disaster for our country.”
byJoel B. Pollak26 Mar 2018, 2:43 PM PDT0
An as-yet unidentified official from North Korea reportedly crossed the border into China by train on Sunday, on a mission to “improve ties with Beijing which have been frayed over North Koreas nuclear programs,” as South Koreas Yonhap News puts it. Rumors abound that the official is none other than North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
byJohn Hayward26 Mar 2018, 12:50 PM PDT0
Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq that his military would “do what it necessary” and attack Sinjar, site of the Islamic States Yazidi genocide, if Baghdad did not occupy the area and forcibly expel Kurdish forces there.
byFrances Martel26 Mar 2018, 12:36 PM PDT0
Trump is starting a trade war, scream the headlines. But a closer look reveals that the President is simply trying to recover some of the losses suffered over the years by American companies at Beijings hands.
bySteven Mosher26 Mar 2018, 12:27 PM PDT0
Authorities in Malaysia have drafted a bill criminalizing the publishing of “fake news” by media organizations through hefty fines or up to 10 years in prison.
byBen Kew26 Mar 2018, 11:57 AM PDT0
Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in New York City on Monday for the beginning of a U.S. tour that will take him through Seattle and Silicon Valley to Hollywood, as he meets with media and tech leaders to talk up Saudi investments and follow up on at least one recent massive purchase: his acquisition of a $400 million stake in Hollywood talent agency WME/Endeavor.
byJohn Hayward26 Mar 2018, 11:37 AM PDT0
The communist regime governing Cuba recently blocked the screening of a film in which a character describes founding father José Martí as a “fag” and a “turd,” later arguing that Martís image – co-opted by the communists despite his affinity for the United States – was “sacred” and not subject to public scrutiny.
byFrances Martel26 Mar 2018, 11:11 AM PDT0
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen fired a salvo of seven ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, targeting the cities of Najran, Jizan, Khamis Mushait, and the capital of Riyadh. Saudi defense forces say they were able to intercept all seven missiles. One fatality and two injuries were reported as debris from an intercepted missile fell on a home in Riyadh and killed an Egyptian resident. The death marked the first fatality on Saudi soil from a Houthi attack.
byJohn Hayward26 Mar 2018, 11:05 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – Days after Israel admitted to destroying a nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007, an Arabic-language report claimed that the Assad regime may have constructed another nuclear facility near the border with Lebanon.
byDeborah Danan26 Mar 2018, 10:42 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – Israeli Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi on Sunday warned of a possible “explosion” by the Palestinians ahead of Israels 70th Independence Day.
byDeborah Danan26 Mar 2018, 10:41 AM PDT0
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