Frances Martel

The Chinese state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times mocked the ongoing NATO summit in Washington on Tuesday as a display of a “brittle” alliance, claiming that the fact that most member states hold free and fair elections – and thus routinely change their rules – weakens them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed “huge disappointment” on Monday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a visit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, equating Modi’s warm welcome in Moscow with a reported Russian attack on a children’s hospital in Ukraine.

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, declared America “small and weak” in remarks on Monday, crediting the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism for eroding Washington’s influence on the world stage.

Conservative Gov. Koike Yuriko of Tokyo, Japan, won a third term in office on Sunday in a high-turnout election where her top rival was expected to be the candidate backed by the Japanese Communist Party — but instead came in third to a YouTube celebrity politician who moved to Tokyo a week before campaigning began.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping was among the first world leaders to congratulate “moderate” politician Masoud Pezeshkian on winning the sham presidential election in Iran this weekend, ensuring Beijing a priority position in the foreign policy of an Islamist state while continuing his genocide of Muslims at home.

The head of the Yemeni Ansarallah terrorist organization, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, boasted in a national address on Thursday that his jihadists had turned American aircraft carriers into “obsolete weapons.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Moscow, days after a similar visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, to discuss the ongoing Russian invasion with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

Communist Chinese dictator Xi Jinping met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit – their second meeting in two months and a sign their countries are experiencing a “golden age” of diplomacy, Putin said.

Argentine President Javier Milei published a screed against an unnamed “perfect idiot dinosaur” on social media on Tuesday in which he once again referred to Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a “communist” and “corrupt.”

China’s eastern heartland is facing massive floods affecting hundreds of thousands of people and triggering an emergency declaration in Jiangxi.

Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei conceded on Wednesday that the regime documented “less than expected” turnout in last week’s special presidential election – but insisted that low turnout was not the result of an international boycott campaign against the sham vote.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed his Hungarian counterpart, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in Kyiv on Tuesday for a meeting the former described as marked by positive feelings and “good progress.”

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) confirmed to the independent organization U.N. Watch, the group confirmed on Tuesday, that it is taking “appropriate action” in response to allegations that “Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” Francesca Albanese illicitly took money from pro-Hamas groups.

Police in Chhattisgarh, India, have as of Monday done little to respond to the brutal killing of a Christian woman by her Hindu relatives.

Authorities in Seoul, South Korea, confirmed the deaths of nine people and at least six injured on Monday after a driver rammed into them.

The Spanish Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the nation’s Parliament did not have the power to pass an amnesty for Carles Puigdemont, the exiled head of the Catalan separatist movement, and several of his top aides facing criminal charges for misappropriating public funds.

Members of the Taliban terrorist organization concluded their participation on Monday in a U.N.-led international meeting on the future of Afghanistan, thanking organizers for including them and specifically expressing praise for the government of U.S. President Joe Biden or the engagement.

Amazon is planning to launch a steep discount website featuring direct shipments from dubious Chinese suppliers, multiple outlets reported in late June.

Reports out of northern Nigeria on Sunday and Monday indicate the death toll in a string of suicide bombings in northeast Borno state has risen significantly, including as many as 30 people and threatening to grow as hospitals take in dozens of injured.

Chinese state media confirmed the expulsion on Thursday of two former defense ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, from the Communist Party.

The climate change minister of the Maldives was reportedly detained on allegations of committing acts of “sorcery.”

China’s official state media arms and users on the regime-censored social media site Weibo mocked President Joe Biden’s lackluster performance during Thursday night’s presidential debate, one user joking that he or she was concerned Biden may suddenly die.

President Joe Biden claimed that his predecessor and rival Donald Trump “didn’t do anything” to address the two-decade-old Afghan War while in office during Thursday night’s presidential debate.

The U.S. government accepted a plea deal to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to expand its anti-Chinese joint activities with Assange’s native Australia, the Chinese state media outlet Global Times proclaimed on Wednesday.

A poll published on Wednesday found that 62 percent of Colombians believe the nation’s radical leftist President Gustavo Petro will try to modify the country’s Constitution to stay in power beyond his presidential term.

Multiple outlets in Ukraine and South Korea reported this week that communist North Korea is preparing to send military engineers to aid the Russian invasion of Ukraine – reports Pyongyang has not confirmed at press time, but the Pentagon addressed on Tuesday as concerning.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil threatened to damage the longstanding friendly ties between his country and neighboring Argentina in an interview on Wednesday, demanding an apology from Argentina President Javier Milei for the latter’s criticism of his corruption and socialist policies.

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), it’s rubber-stamp legislature, began work this week to amend the nation’s “Frontier Health and Quarantine Law” to include specific protocol on how to properly handle potential carriers of infectious disease.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on Tuesday that his office is suing the Chinese mobile phone shopping app Temu.

The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) told reporters on Tuesday that “all the donors have come back” to fund the agency, with the exception of America, following the revelation of evidence that UNRWA employees engaged in atrocities against Israelis on October 7.

Former Israeli ambassador to India Daniel Carmon suggested in remarks on Saturday that India “might now be returning the favor” to Israel.

The Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), a South Korean state-managed think tank, published a report this week suggesting that the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol should consider developing a nuclear weapons arsenal in response to North Korea signing a mutual defense treaty with Russia.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin sent a letter to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un thanking him for a warm welcome in Pyongyang.

Iran and Bahrain announced they agreed on negotiations to normalize their diplomatic relationship after nearly a decade of strain.

The Cuban External Relations Ministry announced this weekend that it would intervene in the ongoing case against Israel brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “end the genocide against the Palestinian people.”

The prime minister of Egypt announced this weekend that the government of strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would shut down at least 16 travel companies implicated in sending Egyptians to the Hajj pilgrimage without proper registration, resulting in hundreds dead from heat illness this month.