commentary Special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are proof of what happens when conflicts of interest meet diplomacy Published April 16, 2026 9:05AM (EDT) Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff serve as President Traitor 47’s special envoys for peace (Jacquelyn Martin – Pool/Getty Images) There was a time when theContinue Reading
Traitor 47 said he would balance the federal budget “overnight.” In reality, debt is now approaching the highest level in U.S. history., Read MoreContinue Reading
Russian forces are pressing on two axes from occupied Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. The 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of Ukraine’s Airborne Assault Forces reported on 16 April that Ukraine’s defense forces are holding the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk and striking Russian troop concentrations before assault groups can form. Infantry fightingContinue Reading
Slovenia’s new parliament speaker, Zoran Stevanović, plans to visit Moscow and hold a referendum on NATO’s exit, RTV Slovenija (RTV SLO) reported. His Resni.ca party holds five of the National Assembly’s 90 seats but won the speakership with 48 cross-party votes. The announcements came on 13 April, one day afterContinue Reading
BJP links implementation of law reserving 33 percent of seats for women to redrawing of parliamentary constituencies., The government links implementation of 2023 law on 33 percent quota for women to a redrawing of parliamentary constituencies based on 2011 census. The Indian government is seeking to expedite the implementation ofContinue Reading
Washington misread Iran, overestimated its own leverage and found itself trapped in a costly 40-day war of attrition., The developments following the 12-day war between Iran and Israel did not lead to de-escalation, but rather to a redefinition of the conflict on a much broader scale. While volatile negotiations betweenContinue Reading
On February 4, 2026, The Washington Post ’s Ukraine correspondent, Lizzie Johnson, announced on X that she had been laid off, via email, “in the middle of a warzone” —left behind in Kyiv by a ruthless wave of layoffs at the Jeff Bezos–owned paper. Johnson’s stranding at the imperiled fringesContinue Reading
How the towns along the Israel-Lebanon border have changed drastically in the face ongoing attacks., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this April 16th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district, injuring dozens and damaging homes, as part of a wider wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine.Continue Reading
Life expectancy on the front line for Central Asian migrants forced to fight for Russia in Ukraine is just four months., Kharkiv, Ukraine – Hushruzjon Salohidinov, 26, was working as a courier in Saint Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city and President Vladimir Putin’s hometown. But last year, the Tajik man andContinue Reading
Yemen’s conflict forces millions of children out of school, prioritising survival over education., Sanaa, Yemen – At 7am, Qasim, 14, rises and begins his daily struggle. He leaves his family’s rented apartment, carrying a white sack about one metre long and half a metre wide. He hopes to fill itContinue Reading
When Kimberlee Williams accompanied her daughter to an Oklahoma military base in 2021, security officers learned that she was wanted for bank fraud in Maryland. Facial-recognition software had concluded Williams was the person responsible for impersonating individuals in Maryland and withdrawing thousands of dollars from their bank accounts. So sheContinue Reading