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By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 17:30 pm The Chinese Communist Party’s “ongoing assault against religious freedom” has national security implications for the U.S., according to co-chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). Former Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, who served as ambassador at large for international religious freedom in the…
A Maryland mother was deported to Vietnam, her attorney confirmed Wednesday, after she was detained and released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier in the year. Melissa Tran was initially taken into ICE custody in May and was ordered to be released in October by a judge who found the government was unnecessarily holding…
Newsfrom Japan Nov 21, 2025 10:40 (JST) Beijing, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Commerce Ministry spokeswoman He Yongqian has warned that her country may increase economic pressure on Japan, urging Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to retract her comments regarding a potential Taiwan contingency. At a press conference on Thursday, the spokeswoman stressed that Beijing would…
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction, becoming the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — surpassed…
Beijing — Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan. In the days since Sanae Takaichi suggested her country could respond militarily if China were to move to take control of Taiwan by force, Beijing has pulled out its economic pressure playbook:…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country would work with the United States “on the provisions of the plan” to end the nearly four-year war with Russia. “We are ready for constructive, honest, and efficient work,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. What You Need To Know Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that…
Federal authorities arrested four men for shipping contraband Nvidia chips, which are critical components for artificial intelligence companies. The men allegedly created an elaborate smuggling network that saw the chips shipped from Alabama through Malaysia and Thailand, and eventually to recipients in China, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. The accused men failed to…
Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michel, 52, declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly…
A north Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in an illegal conspiracy to send artificial intelligence (AI) technology to China. According to a release from the Department of Justice, Brian Curtis Raymond, 46, of Huntsville, was one of four individuals arrested in connection to the alleged conspiracy. DOJ said the three other…
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