Alternative facts, hysteria, and conspiracy theories have long stirred hatred, misdirected fury, and killed in the Middle East—this time at the Al-Aqsa mosque at the Temple Mount.
An estimated 10,000 people in Russia have stolen over a trillion dollars from taxpayers over the years. US sanctions successfully target these criminals, and more secure sanctions are in the works.
North Korea’s economy has reached a level of stability that wouldn’t be possible without substantial intervention from Beijing. New US sanctions should proceed with haste.
The Kremlin often accuses the opposition of plotting a “Maidan” uprising, but if anyone is responsible for fomenting rebellion it’s the Kremlin’s relentless efforts to undermine free and fair elections.
Iran has sentenced another American hostage to ten years in prison for spying—part of an ongoing, and absurd, pattern of claiming students or journalists as spies to use for bargaining with the United States.
