• Once a relic of the cold war, political assassins are back with a licence to kill

    Last week, a group of Iranian military leaders in Damascus became the trend’s latest victimsIn today’s lawless world, political assassination is the new growth industry – and anyone, famous or not, is a potential victim. Government-sanctioned killings are proliferating, with Russia, Israel, Iran and India leading the pack. While lone gunmen and crazed zealots still pose random threats, state-organised, premeditated assassination plots are being normalised and popularised. Murder Inc is going...

  • Second Republican backs effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from power

    WASHINGTON — A second House Republican said he will support an effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from power over his handling of foreign aid for Ukraine and other issues. Rep. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, who is a member of Johnson's own Rules Committee, said he informed the speaker directly in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday that he is co-sponsoring a resolution offered by far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remove Johnson, R-La., from the top job. "He should...

  • U.S. says China backing Russia’s war effort in Ukraine through trade, intel

    U.S. officials said Chinese materials are filing critical gaps in Russia's defense production cycle and helping Moscow undertake the expansion of its defence industrial base.

  • Wars and Rumors of War: Christian Leader Murdered in Political Assassination

    JERUSALEM and south LEBANON – Christian-Muslim tensions in Lebanon have erupted after the murder of well-known Christian politician Pascal Sleiman. Given his fierce opposition to Hezbollah, Lebanese Christians are worried for their safety as the terror group's intimidation grows. A Syrian gang is believed to have kidnapped and murdered Sleiman, a strong believer and senior member of the Christian Lebanese Forces Party. Experts here see it as a political assassination linked to Hezbollah, meant...

  • US anti-war activist Joe Allen to give talk on crisis of American politics and war in Gaza

    In a meeting organised by People Before Profit, the activist and author will deliver his talk at 7pm in St Columb’s Hall. Allen is the author of several books on US politics, foreign policy and Labour relations. These include, Vietnam the Last War the US lost, and his most recent book on the struggle for Trade Union rights within United Parcel Service. Allen has been active in radical politics for over four decades. Speaking ahead of the event on Wednesday evening in Derry, a spokesperson for...

  • National power depends on sea power, and sea power cannot be improvised

    [Sponsored] MQ-9B SeaGuardian®, built by San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., is leading the way in transforming naval and maritime operations around the world.

  • What the left can teach the right about political power

    Political power is not a toy. It is not a trophy awarded to the winner of the debate club. Power is a game, but it is the game of kings. It is chess, not checkers. If you intend to play the game, you had better come with a serious strategy and the will to win, because you can bet the other side is playing for keeps.For too long, conservatives have engaged in politics as if it were professional football, something to watch for entertainment while sitting on the couch so you can complain about...

  • Activists in Afghanistan under threat of Taliban’s political oppression

    Shafaqna English- Contrary to all its commitments, the Taliban have announced overt hostility against political movements after undisclosed pressures and threats against civil and social activists. Alongside revoking political parties’ activity permits, they have criminalized the use of party names in the country. In the latest incident, the Taliban sentenced

  • In trying to hedge its politics, 'Civil War' betrays its characters — and the audience

    Director Alex Garland is out to prove that you can make a movie about a modern American civil war without getting political. And he wants to do it in an election year. The question is: Why? His new film “Civil War,” which opened Friday, follows an unlikely group of journalists as they make their way from New York to Washington, D.C., as the rebel "Western Forces," made up of California and Texas, close in on the capital. Two of those journalists — Lee (Kirsten Dunst), a legendary conflict...

  • Trump boosting efforts to wrest Pennsylvania back to GOP victory

    Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Trump won Lackawanna County in 2016. Former President Trump is turbocharging his efforts to win back Pennsylvania with visits set in critical swing areas of the state on Saturday. It’s part of an aggressive push by the former president to make inroads in the []

  • Democrats Have Backed Off of the Culture War. Why Isn’t It Making a Difference?

    Isaac Rabbani Only a strong economic message can restore the party’s credibility with the working class.

  • Shipshewana is back on the road at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

    Shipshewana is back on the road and back at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for all those looking for some weekend fun!