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Congress Ordered An Annual Accounting Of Terrorism; The Counting Has Stopped...
Congress Ordered An Annual Accounting Of Terrorism; The Counting Has Stopped...
Authored by David E. Firester via RealClearDefense,
On May 1, 2026, the State Department released the 2024 edition of the Country Reports on Terrorism - a full year past the deadline in effect when the report came due, and months past even the more forgiving date Congress has since written into law.
No Annex of Statistical Information, the report's statistical backbone in years past, has been published with it.
And the report's own pages cite terrorism-incident rankings from the Global Terrorism...
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Central Banks Bought 23 Tonnes Of Gold In July
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Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
Central banks worldwide purchased a net 23 tonnes of gold in July, in line with the overall yearly trend, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).
Gold bars weighing 1000 grams each are displayed at the Austrian Gold and Silver Refinery (Oegussa) in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 3, 2026. Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP via Getty Images
The largest buyer last month was China, which bought 20 tonnes, according to a Sept. 3 WGC report.
"Notably, activity from the People's...
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During Taiwan Visit, Rep. McCaul Says He’s ‘Confident’ Trump Will Advance Massive $14 Billion Arms Sale
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US Claims Lebanon Pilot Zones Launched, Locals Say Israeli Troops Haven’t Left
Following weeks of on-again, off-again talks about the “pilot zones,” a handful of Lebanon villages which Israel is meant to withdraw from first and hand over to the Lebanese military, the US State Department is now claiming that the first of those zones has officially been launched. The State Department said that the villages of […]
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