This family spends months at sea exploring the deep ocean
Not many children can say they took their first steps on board a yacht in the Arctic’s northwest passage. But Tom can. He spent three of the first four years…
US serviceman sentenced to 5 years for kidnapping and raping Japanese schoolgirl, officials say
The sentence was made on the grounds that the crime was a “major sexual infringement,” Judge Tetsuro Sato of Naha District Court said on Friday, according to public broadcaster NHK.…
Top GOP rebel angles for powerful House leadership-backed committee post
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is putting himself forward as a contender to be the next chair of the House Rules Committee, an influential panel that acts as the last gatekeeper…
NATO boss calls for much higher defense spending to counter Russia
NATO head Mark Rutte warned the US-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would face from Russia in the coming years and called…
Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says
Russia launched a new widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. “The enemy continues its terror. Once…
China sentences former Premier League soccer star to 20 years in prison for corruption
A former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday. Li Tie,…
The dead, the missing and the reunited: Three tales of Syria’s tortured prisoners
In the days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians have crowded his regime’s notorious detention facilities in a desperate search for loved ones who were jailed or forcibly…
Israel accuses an ‘unprecedented’ number of Israelis of spying for Iran
In the months before Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Nevatim Airbase in October, Iran dispatched spies to film and photograph the site in southern Israel, according to Israeli authorities. The…
Biden administration launches national strategy to combat Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate
The Biden administration on Thursday announced it is launching a national strategy to combat Islamophobia. The move, which the administration described as the first-ever Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate,…
Top US ally, SDF commander in Syria warns of ISIS return if Turkish airstrikes don’t stop
In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the main U.S. ally whose fighters are currently guarding 45,000 ISIS militants…