Six Killed, Two Wounded in Israeli Drone Strikes on Southern Lebanon

China-Focused Influence Program Courted Senior US Media Figures With Sponsor-Paid Trips Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, A journalist's review of Committee of 100 (C100) records has renewed scrutiny of sponsor-paid trips that brought senior figures from major U.S. news organizations to China and recorded changes in their views and professional plans. A tour guide stands near a display showing images of people at locations described as vocational training centers in southern Xinjiang at the Exhibition of the Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...

The Democrats' Hasan Piker Problem Is Getting Worse The Democratic Party has so much going for it in the 2026 midterm election season, yet it looks like one man in particular might blow it for them. Hasan Piker, the 35-year-old left-wing influencer, is becoming a genuine electoral liability that could extend well beyond the races he's personally gotten involved in, and according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Democrats are trying to do something about it. In Michigan, Piker has been campaigning alongside Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed...

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Tuesday that US airstrikes in Anbar, western Iraq, killed 15 of its fighters, including a senior commander. Iraqi media reported that Iraqi Prime Minister “In a blatant and cowardly attack, the commander of the Anbar Operations in the Popular Mobilization Forces, Saad Dua al-Bayji, was martyred along with a group […]