Articles by Diana Zapata

Judge Paul Englemayer / Wikimedia Commons | Published August 11, 2025 The judge said the public would learn virtually nothing new from the documents and “would come away feeling disappointed and misled.” A federal judge […]

European Leaders Scramble to Engage Trump Ahead of Putin Summit: What’s at Stake?

| Published August 11, 2025 As former U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for his highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, European leaders are urgently seeking talks with Trump — a move signaling deep […]

It’s Time the World Stops Playing Along with Iran’s Nuclear Deception

Photo Courtesy of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security | Published August 11, 2025 For years, Iran has mastered the art of diplomatic deception, skillfully manipulating international goodwill to conceal and advance its nuclear […]

Syria’s Ancient Christian Communities: A Silent Exodus Amid Escalating Violence

In a scene marked by deep sorrow and righteous anger, churches across Syria held funeral services for the victims of the suicide bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The attack […]

“The Graveyard of Influence: Iran’s Stand Against the Zangezur Corridor”

US President Donald Trump holds the hands of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as they shake hands between each other during a trilateral signing event, at the White House, in […]

Netanyahu’s “Final Push” – A Turning Point in Gaza?

Palestinians ride on a truck as they collect aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2025. | Published August 11, 2025 Synopsis Israel Hamas News: […]

Europe’s Beleaguered Support: Wilders Backs Israel While Gantz Warns Against Western Missteps

Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders speaks during a Patriots for Europe rally in Madrid, Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images. | Published August 11, 2025 Israel’s “fight is our fight […]

Trump–Putin Alaska Summit: A Bold Move Toward Peace or a Risk to Ukraine’s Sovereignty?

| Published August 11, 2025 Ukraine war latest: Trump reveals some details of ‘feel-out’ meeting with Putin on Friday In a striking diplomatic turn, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set […]

Clash at Scarborough Shoal: Chinese Vessels Collide While Chasing Philippine Boat

| Published August 12, 2025 In the latest South China Sea flare-up, PLA Navy and coastguard vessels appear to collide in video during encounter with Philippine boat MANILA / WEST PHILIPPINE SEA – August 11, […]

Trump Calls for Full Middle East Participation in Abraham Accords After Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal Claim

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan display their copies of signed agreements during a ceremony at the White House, September 15, […]

War Gaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan: The Most Likely Scenario for Conflict

| Published August 8, 2025 War-Gaming the Chinese Blockade of Taiwan: A High-Stakes Gamble for the Indo-Pacific As tensions simmer across the Taiwan Strait, recent war-gaming exercises have illuminated the fraught realities behind Beijing’s much-discussed […]

CDC Issues Level 2 Travel Health Notice for China Amid Chikungunya Outbreak — Are They Getting Ready for Round Two of Pandemic Panic?

USDA photo by Stephen Ausmus | Published August 8, 2025 CDC Issues Level 2 Travel Health Notice for China Amid Growing Chikungunya Outbreak August 2025 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]

MURDER Capital To PARADISE: El Salvador’s Turnaround Is America’s Border Game-Changer

| Published August 8, 2025 El Salvador used to have a murder every hour. These days it’s ‘safer than Britain’ — but at what cost? Stephen Gibbs gets a first-hand view of the draconian criminal […]

The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth

Soldiers with the Sudanese Armed Forces return from the front line in Khartoum. | Published August 8, 2025 Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed. Sudan’s War: A […]

NYC to Open Nation’s First Trans-Only Homeless Shelter — Will Cost Taxpayers $65 Million

Credit: Grok AI | Published August 8, 2025 NYC Opens First Taxpayer-Funded Transgender-Only Homeless Shelter — A $65M Experiment in Identity Politics New York City has opened the doors to Ace’s Place, the nation’s first […]

DOJ Offers $50 Million Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Venezuela’s Dictator Maduro

| Published August 8, 2025 U.S. Doubles Bounty on Nicolás Maduro to $50 Million in Escalating Narco-Terrorism Case The U.S. government has dramatically increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President […]

U.N. Expert Dismayed to Report Afghanistan’s Taliban Oppress Women

| Published August 8, 2025 Taliban Weaponizes Justice to Oppress Women—U.N. Expert Sounds Alarm U.N. special rapporteur Richard Bennett denounced the Taliban’s systematic dismantling of Afghanistan’s legal and judicial framework, describing it as a weapon […]

Xi Jinping: The Man Who Stopped China’s Rise

| Published August 8, 2025 In the early 2000s, China’s rise seemed unstoppable. It was hailed as the next global superpower—poised to overtake the United States economically and expand its influence across the globe. Yet, […]

India–Philippines Strategic Partnership and Defence Deepening

Marcos, Modi sign defense agreements in India | Published August 7, 2025 A Landmark Elevation in Ties On August 5, 2025, India and the Philippines officially upgraded their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership, sealing […]

Philippines condemns China’s rocket launch after suspected debris sparked alarm

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket carrying the space lab module Mengtian blasts off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province on Oct. […]

Breaking the Bottlenecks: The Government Optimization Act’s Promise of a More Agile Philippines

| Published August 7, 2025 On August 4, 2025, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed Republic Act No. 12231, officially titled the Government Optimization Act. This landmark legislation empowers the executive branch to dissolve, merge, or transfer overlapping […]

Another Victory for the Philippines’ Duterte Family Vice President’s Impeachment Paused

| Published August 7, 2025 In a highly anticipated Senate session that capped off years of political drama, the Philippines’ upper chamber voted overwhelmingly to archive the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte. […]

Israel-Iran War Heats Up: Iran Issues New Threats, Leaks IDF Soldiers’ Data

Iranian Army commander-in-chief Amir Hatami attends a meeting in the Iranian Army’s War Command Room at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on June 23, 2025. Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News […]

How will Gaza care for the 150,000 injured in Israel’s war?

| Published August 7, 2025 Gaza in Crisis: A Healthcare System on the Brink As the dust settles over Gaza’s war-torn neighborhoods, the human toll becomes heartbreakingly clear: more than 150,000 people injured—men, women, and […]

Relentless Barrage: Kyiv Claims Moscow Launched Over 500 Attacks in Just 24 Hours

A view shows the site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer Purchase Licensing Rights | Published August 7, 2025 KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s military command […]

Photos of hunger and despair from Gaza were staged in collaboration with Hamas, German newspaper reveals

| Published August 7, 2025 Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed photos of Gazans holding empty pots posing in front of photographers, and not in line for food aid; Bild noted that one of the photographers was employed […]

PEACE IS THE PRIZE: NYT Reports Trump Will Meet Putin as Early as NEXT WEEK – A Trilateral Meeting Including Zelensky Is to Follow

| Published August 7, 2025 🕊️ Peace Is the Prize Trump Moves to Broker Russia–Ukraine Truce with Putin and Zelensky In a bold diplomatic move that could reshape the course of global conflict, President Donald […]

US Special Envoy Witkoff Has 3-Hour Meeting With Putin in Moscow (VIDEOS) – UPDATE: TRUMP – Witkoff’s meeting with Putin was ‘highly productive’, ‘great progress’ made

| Published August 7, 2025 Inside the Room: Witkoff’s 3-Hour Kremlin Meeting Signals Rare Diplomatic Opening Between U.S. and Russia In the gilded halls of the Kremlin, a surprising scene unfolded on Tuesday: U.S. Special […]

Florida Reportedly Eyeing Another ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ at Former WWII POW Camp as Deportations Mount

| Published August 7, 2025 Florida is reportedly planning to open a second controversial immigration detention facility modeled after its so-called “Alligator Alcatraz,” this time at Camp Blanding—a historic site once used to house prisoners […]

Runaway Texas Democrat Lawmakers and the Law That Could Theoretically Remove Them from Office

Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons | Published August 7, 2025 🔎 Overview: What Happened in Texas In early August 2025, a major political showdown erupted in Texas when 57 out of 62 […]

Crime Skyrocketing in Israel’s Arab Community, Now Has Third-Highest Murder Rate in Developed World

Israel Police, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons | Published August 7, 2025 In the heart of Israel, beyond the headlines of regional conflict and high-tech innovation, another battle is raging—one that is tearing […]

Objective Truth about Extremism: An Economist’s Analysis of Jihadist Impact on Technological Regression