The second part of March 2024 in the spotlight

March 16 2024 Johnny Mercer faces the threat of prison for refusing to reveal the identities of whistleblowers to the Afghanistan inquiry. The veterans minister, Johnny Mercer, is facing the threat of prison because he is refusing to hand over to an inquiry the identities of whistleblowers. Mr Mercer is declining to cooperate with official

The first part of March 2024 in the spotlight

Friday, March 1 2024 Russians chant ‘no to war’ near Navalny’s grave Crowds in Moscow chanted anti-Ukraine war slogans as they lined the streets to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people, including senior diplomats, headed out to mourn the Russian opposition leader, who died in prison last month and was buried on

Religion and politics driving people toward the poles

Can you imagine the thing that wins Jesus’s vote Dan Foster in “A Christian’s Guide to Election Choices” writes: There are two topics that one should never discuss at a dinner party: Religion and politics  — and for good reason. Religion and politics are the two topics that tend to drive people toward the poles.

As Trump and Biden lay out their climate agendas, the choice could not be more clear

February 1, 2024 Oliver Milman If there was any lingering doubt over what’s at stake in this year’s US presidential election when it comes to the climate crisis, the past week has thrown the matter into stark relief. Joe Biden, facing mounting pressure from climate activists increasingly grumpy with his ongoing embrace of oil and

No peace possible without Palestinian state, says Jordanian King

Israel National News, February 13, 2024 Event Jordanian King Abdullah II called for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza and for creating a horizon for the establishment of a Palestinian state during a press conference on Tuesday, together with U.S. President Joe Biden. In some of his most inflammatory comments since the start

The Troll Army of Donald Trump

For months now, Donald Trump has been spreading all kinds of nonsense about his opponents. Anyone who can stand in the way of his candidacy to become America’s next president is blackened and “let rip” wherever and whenever he can. Judges or people who speak out against him are all worthless figures and idiots who

In the news February 12-18, 2024

Monday February 12 2024 Two Israeli hostages rescued as Rafah bombed The Israeli military confirmed the hostages were found during a special forces raid in Rafah, a city on Israel’s border with Egypt. Egypt has since confirmed it will not oppose the move into the area after initially threatening to suspend its peace treaty with

De val van Avdiivka

Manden is er gestreden voor de stad Avdiivka, maar uiteindelijk heeft het Oekraïense leger het onderspit moeten delven. Sinds 2014, toen door Moskou gesteunde separatisten een oorlog begonnen om het oosten van Oekraïne af te splitsen werd er in en rond, de Cokes stad gevochten. De Russen waren er sindsdien op gebeten om de stad

In the news the Fourth week of December 2023

Monday December 18 2023 Israel risks breaking law with its ‘killing rage’, says Ben Wallace The shift in tone from Western officials towards Israel has been notable over the last weeks. Writing for the Telegraph, Mr Wallace warned that Israel risks losing legal authority for its war in Gaza by going on a crude and

Frontpage messages for the week of November 27-December 03 2023

Looking the most important news facts for the last week of November 2023