US Launches 36th Airstrike of the Year in Somalia

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Unhappy Ending: Chinese National Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Over Prostitution Scheme Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to laundering more than $2 million from a prostitution enterprise run through spa businesses in New York’s capital region, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced on March 11. The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Xia Ming, 41, of Flushing, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on...

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who have arrived in Doha, will hold talks with mediators but will not meet directly with Iranian officials, contradicting Trump’s claim that Iran had “requested” a meeting in the Qatari capital. “Mr. Steve Witfoff and Mr. Jared Kushner […]