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Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

Venezuelan president to end amnesty, hundreds of political prisoners still unreleased

Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared on April 24 that the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was “coming to an end,” despite the Caracas-based human rights NGO Foro...

U.S. Must Apply Greater Pressure on Russia To Achieve Peace in Ukraine

Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22 shortly before U.S. officials flew to Moscow for another sit-down with Russian President Vladimir...

Israel rotates military units in Gaza as new phase of ceasefire deal looms

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rotated two brigades out of Gaza in late December, replacing them with new units. The switch occurred as the IDF continues to deal with securing the...

High-Ranking Russian General Assassinated in Moscow

Car Explosion Kills Sarvarov: The head of the Russian General Staff’s Directorate for Operational Training, Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in Moscow on December 22, Russian...

‘Security Must Be Guaranteed’: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Meets With Top European Leaders in London

Leaders Meet To Discuss Sticking Points: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor...

‘Liberate These Territories by Force’: Putin Reasserts Russian Claim on Entire Donbas Region of Ukraine

Putin Warns Ukrainian Troops To Withdraw: Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled on December 4 that he would not compromise on his demands for Ukrainian territory, warning Ukraine’s...

Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Consumables, and Medical Equipment, Including Devices

The clean energy revolution that didn’t happen

Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...

Qatari Cash May Be Coming Soon to a Town Near You

It’s time for Washington to drop the rose-tinted glasses and make clear that America is not up for sale

Amid Escalation in Gaza, Tunisian Soldier Murders Local Jews

A Tunisian national guardsman murdered two Jewish cousins and three Tunisian officers last Tuesday, turning a festive occasion into a tragedy. Aviel and Benjamin Haddad were among thousands of...

Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth

When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.

Murder on the Beach

Paraguay’s slain criminal prosecutor Marcelo Pecci made many enemies in his lifelong effort to protect the rule of law. One of them was Hezbollah.

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons

Paraguayan Raids Further Expose U.S. Intermediaries’ Role in TBA Money Laundering Schemes

Paraguayan authorities last week raided the offices of a dozen U.S.-linked companies and their accountants tied to suspected Paraguayan drug kingpin Reinaldo Javier Cabaña Santacruz, alias Cucho. Asunción’s...

Florida Businessman Indicted in Nader Mohamad Farhat’s Money Laundering Case

Florida’s Southern District Court in Miami indicted Florida businessman Elias Daher last week on money laundering charges, making him a co-defendant in the Mohamad Nader Farhat money laundering case....

Businessman’s Extradition to U.S. Could Expose Turkish-Venezuelan Collusion to Evade Sanctions

Cape Verde’s constitutional court issued a ruling on September 7 paving the way for the extradition of Alex Saab, a U.S.-designated Colombian-born businessman whom U.S. prosecutors indicted in 2019 for...

How American Weapons Find Their Way to International Criminal Organizations

It’s a complex problem that won’t be solved by Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. manufacturers.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July

Russian Criminals Cross Biden’s Cyber Red Line

Over the weekend, Russian cybercriminals launched a supply chain-based ransomware attack of unprecedented scale that began with the breach of an American information technology (IT) firm. Coming three weeks...