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Tehran-Aligned Militia In Iraq Frees American Journalist In Prisoner Swap An Iran-backed militia in Iraq has announced it will release an American freelance journalist kidnapped in Baghdad a week ago. Shelly Kittleson was abducted on March 31, and her captors in Kataib Hezbollah announced Tuesday that she can go free as long as she exits Iraq immediately. Abu Mujahid al-Assaf, a security official in the group, has been cited in international reports as saying, "In recognition of the national stances of the outgoing prime minister, we have decided to release the American defendant Shelly...

Trump Seeks $152 Million To Reopen Alcatraz Prison Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The White House on Friday requested $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, which is offshore from San Francisco, as a federal prison. The funding appears in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, released by the administration. It would cover first-year costs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild the island facility into “a state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” according to the document. Alcatraz has operated as a National Park Service tourist site since 1973, after the federal...

If The British Lose The Falkland Islands It Will Be Their Own Fault This month, after four years of tensions between Europe and Russia, the Russian Navy executed an operation in the North Atlantic on the doorstep of British waters.  Using an Akula-Class nuclear submarine as a decoy, the Russians sent covert spy subs to map underwater infrastructure, including vulnerable internet cables and pipelines.  Given the precarious nature of the war in Ukraine, the Russian action is being called "brazen" by European leaders.  Critics argue, though, that the Russians only carried...