As most Gazans live in abject poverty, some of their leaders are worth billions of dollars. NTD’s Fae Courter asks the experts. Gerard Filitti, a senior counsel at The Lawfare Project, and Barak Seener, a senior research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, discussed how Hamas leaders generate their massive wealth.
International leaders have called on all sides to adhere to international humanitarian law as tensions in the Middle East intensify. U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday spoke with his counterparts in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK regarding the ongoing war between the Israeli military and the Hamas terrorist group. The leaders issued a […]
An unusual kind of training school hidden away in Tanzania, Africa. But the standard classroom curriculum doesn’t apply here. Instead, it’s where the Chinese Communist Party is teaching African leaders about its brand of authoritarian rule and it’s presented as an alternative to democracy. Chinese and African officials paint the facility as helping economic and […]
Mark Sanborn, president of Sanborn and Associates and a professional speaker on leadership, shared with NTD his message of what it means to be extraordinary. Mr. Sanborn said his message is underlined by what he calls the “Fred Factor,” based on a man who inspired him with true passion for what he does. It is […]
The U.S. Air Force confirmed it removed six leaders from their positions at a nuclear base in North Dakota, although few details were provided about why. A news release issued by the military branch said that Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara, commander of the 8th Air Force, removed two commanders at Minot Air Force Base on Monday. […]
A debt ceiling showdown is unfolding in Washington. President Joe Biden is meeting with congressional leaders to start talking about how to get enough support on Capitol Hill to again raise the $31 trillion debt limit.
For the first time ever U.S. scientists have produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a so-called “net energy gain.” It’s a major milestone in a decades-long attempt to source clean, limitless energy from nuclear fusion. It could one day power our homes and help end dependence on fossil fuels.
The Supreme Court justice who drafted the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade decried a “growing hostility” toward religion in the West in his first public appearance after the ruling. “The problem that looms is not just indifference to religion, it’s not just ignorance about religion,” Alito said, starting his keynote address at the 2022 […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Friday’s shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation. Tributes poured in as governments expressed sorrow and solidarity with Japan over the loss of Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving leader before stepping down in 2020 for health reasons. Abe, 67, […]
WASHINGTON—Then-FBI Director James Comey and other bureau leaders were “fired up” in 2016 about allegations that Donald Trump’s business was secretly communicating with a Russian bank, according to internal FBI messages revealed in court on May 23. “People on the 7th floor to include director are fired up about this server,” Joseph Pientka, an agent […]
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov will lead security talks between the two nations in Geneva on Jan. 10 as international pressure mounts on Russia to de-escalate tensions along the Ukraine border. On Thursday, President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin, held a telephone conversation, based on […]
More than 100 Marine Corps members have been kicked out of the force for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine, the military branch announced Thursday. Marine officials decided to discharge 103 individuals, spokespersons for the branch told news outlets. The Army on Thursday announced it had relieved six active-duty leaders, including two battalion commanders, for refusing […]
More than 100 world leaders have committed to support an agreement to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, the UK government announced on Monday. The leaders, representing over 86 percent of the world’s forests, agreed to work together on the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use at the COP26 climate summit, also called Conference of […]
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has confirmed that leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) have endorsed a “historic agreement” on new international tax rules, including a global minimum corporate tax. A senior White House official told reporters on Friday that G20 leaders would this weekend formalize their endorsement of a deal establishing a global minimum […]
The leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States will meet at the White House on Sep. 24 for the first-ever in-person leaders’ summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, colloquially known as “the Quad.” They will discuss issues ranging from emergent technologies and global supply chain security to climate change and the future of […]
CONAKRY—The soldiers who seized power in Guinea over the weekend have consolidated their takeover with the installation of military provincial governors, Guinean media reported on Tuesday. West African leaders have threatened sanctions over the overthrow of President Alpha Conde, who was serving a controversial third term after first winning election in 2010, and will meet […]
The U.S. Marine dismissed from command after criticizing senior military leadership on the handling of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, announced on Sunday that he is resigning his commission. “I’m currently not pending legal action and I could stay in the Marine Corps for another three years, but I don’t think that’s the path […]
