LONDON – The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her work “promoting the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela” and her efforts to lead the country from dictatorship to democracy. Jorgen Watne Frydens, president of the Nobel Committee, spoke extensively about the advance of authoritarian regimes…
LONDON — Vaindloo Island, a small rocky outcrop in the Gulf of Finland, is serving as an unlikely barometer of rising tensions between NATO and Russia. On September 19, three Russian MiG-31 aircraft entered Estonian (and therefore NATO) airspace over Vaindloo, remained in the airspace for 12 minutes, and traveled almost 125 miles west. An…
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, chaplain of the team of the Loyola University Chicago basketball team that became a national celebrity during the school’s 2018 underdog. March Madness run, has died at 106 years old. The university confirmed his death. in a statement on social media. “This is a tremendous loss for someone who touched the…
In two courts in different parts of the country, President Donald Trump’s attempt to send troops to Democratic-led cities faced a critical legal test Thursday, when a Chicago judge temporarily blocked the deployment. District Judge April Perry introduced a TRO prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops from any U.S. state to Illinois. This sentence…
President Donald Trump said he will undergo what he called a “semi-annual physical” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, about six months after his last physical. “I’m meeting with the troops and I’m also going to do sort of a semi-annual physical, which I do,” Trump told reporters during remarks in the…
As U.S. officials and leaders in the Middle East welcome the proposed ceasefire deal in Gaza between the Israeli government and Hamas, there are still many questions about the timeline and challenges to ending the fighting and returning remaining hostages before an agreement is reached to completely end the war. These include details of the…
LONDON – World leaders issued a flurry of statements on Thursday praising Israel and Hamas for agreeing to the first phase of a ceasefire deal, with many also praising US President Donald Trump for his administration’s role in brokering the deal. “I welcome the news that an agreement has been reached on the first stage…
LONDON and TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his cabinet to discuss the proposed ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with the cabinet and broader government expected to approve the plan to end the two-year war. The cabinet will meet after days of intense negotiations in the Egyptian Red…
In a move that does not change the situation in Portland, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily lifted a lower court order blocking the deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to the city. However, a broader order prohibiting any state’s National Guard from deploying to Portland remains in effect. Federal agents stand guard…
Months after the Palisades Fire devastated parts of Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people, officials announced the arrest of a man they say “maliciously” lit a fire that grew into the monstrous blaze. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of setting a fire on Jan. 1 in Pacific Palisades that eventually broke out into…
