Europe
Trump and Putin Patch Things Up, Plan Budapest Meeting
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in August 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to be back on good terms — at least for now.Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he had a very “productive” call…
Spanish Nationalist Launches Anti-Establishment Party
European Union/Wikimedia CommonsAlvise Pérez Another anti-immigration, nationalist party has cropped up in Europe, thanks to sentiments that are spreading as far and wide as the migrants themselves. In Spain, 35-year-old social media…
Ireland Rejects EU Hate-speech Dictate
rarrarorro/iStock/Getty Images Plus The deadline to bow down to the European Union’s “hate speech” dictate has passed, and Ireland remains defiant. Last week, the country’s minister for justice, Jim O’Callaghan, said the government would…
Afghan Rapes Elderly Woman. Aftermath: Her SON May be Liable for Unintentionally Videoing the Crime
Hartmut Kosig/iStock/Getty Images Plus In today’s upside-down world, we’ve all heard stories about “blaming the victim.” Bullied kids at government schools come to mind. But whatever you’ve heard in this regard, nothing can compare to an…
Spain Slowly Refunding Lockdown Fines Declared Unconstitutional in 2021
diegograndi/iStock/Getty Images Plus The first 92,000 of Spain’s million-plus Covid-19 lockdown fines have been refunded in response to court decisions dating back to 2021.According to The Objective, the Spanish Ministry of Territorial…
Russia Warns That Giving Ukraine Tomahawk Missiles Directly Implicates America
wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus The Kremlin is urging American foreign-policy makers not to give Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles it can use to strike deep within the Motherland, pointing out this would directly implicate the U.S.…
Spanish Priest Convicted of “Islamophobia” Could Spend Three Years Behind Bars
Photoboyko/iStock/Getty Images Plus A Spanish priest faces up to three years in prison after being convicted of the “hate crime” of “Islamophobia.”Last week, the Provincial Court of Málaga found Father Custodio Ballester guilty of…
Slovakia Defies EU, Amends Constitution to Protect Sovereignty
tupungato/iStock/Getty Images Plus In a victory for national sovereignty, Slovakia has passed a constitutional amendment protecting national sovereignty “in matters of national identity,” effectively overriding EU or international law.The…
Report: Trump Approves Intel Support for Ukrainian Strikes Inside Russia
Ruma Aktar/iStock/Getty Images Plus If President Donald Trump is serious about brokering peace in Eastern Europe, the move he reportedly just made is baffling.According to an exclusive Wall Street Journal report published late on…
Swiss Voters Adopt Digital-ID Scheme
Vladone/iStock/Getty Images PlusBern, Switzerland In a nationwide referendum on Sunday, Swiss voters narrowly adopted a digital-ID proposal put forth by the nation’s federal government.The proposal, formally titled the “Federal Act on…