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At the roundtable discussion entitled Jesus in the Public Square, Christian leaders and others in Michigan discussed topics to help better their communities. The event was held on Feb. 10.

Donald Tusk returned as Poland’s prime minister for the first time in nearly a decade after a vote in parliament on Monday, paving the way for a new pro-European Union government following eight years of conservative rule. Tusk, a former EU leader who served as European Council president from 2014–2019 and has strong connections in […]

China removed defense minister Li Shangfu from his position on Oct. 24, the latest sign of the opacity of the regime’s decision-making. Gen. Li was also dismissed as state councilor, a post outranking a minister, according to a brief statement issued by state media Xinhua. Gen. Li hasn’t been heard from publicly for nearly two […]

President Joe Biden welcomed Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to the White House on July 5 to voice support for the Nordic country’s NATO membership ahead of the military alliance’s historic summit next week. Sweden has expressed a strong desire to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), citing increased security concerns following Russia’s invasion of […]

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se recently renounced the idea that the country’s diplomacy “should walk the line between the U.S. and China,” suggested by some public opinion. He used an analogy from Aesop’s Fable to describe the outcome of that mentality. In an interview with Korean broadcaster KBS on May 19, Kwon said if […]

Canada’s Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, and Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, will discuss Canada’s plan to innovate in national security, defense, and space, in the face of global threats and strategic competition at 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 10 in an armchair discussion held by Wilson Center Canada Institute. Christopher […]

Ukraine’s interior minister and two other senior ministry officials were killed when their helicopter crashed on the outskirts of Kyiv on the morning of Jan. 18, according to local authorities and other officials. At least 17 people were killed in the crash, including four children, which reportedly occurred near a nursery school in the Brovary […]

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace makes a statement to parliament from 9:30 a.m. ET on  Jan. 16 about the decision to send tanks to Ukraine. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly gives a statement after Iran executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari. NTD will livestream the event.

South Korea’s education minister tendered her resignation on Monday following a backlash against proposed changes to school policy, which included lowering the admission age for elementary school. Education Minister Park Soon-ae resigned after 34 days in office, just two weeks after the ministry said it would lower the elementary school entry age to 5 years […]

Union leaders have reacted strongly against Sir Keir Starmer over his decision to sack a Labour shadow minister who came out to support Wednesday’s strikes. Starmer says the minister made up policy “on the hoof” and went against the opposition party’s collective responsibility. But the move has been criticised for turning a Tory transport crisis into a Labour story.

Japan’s defense minister Nobuo Kishi said Wednesday that he would not rule out the option to conduct pre-emptive airstrikes on enemy bases because the country has reserved the right to do so. During a parliamentary lower house budget panel hearing, Kishi said that such attacks “would fall within the scope of self-defense,” although it would […]

PARIS—Police on Monday morning killed a man who attacked them with a knife at Paris’ Gare du Nord station, French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari told RMC radio. The incident was not thought to be terrorist-related, the minister said. “The person who attacked them died on the spot,” Djebbari said, adding that two police officers had […]

U.S. lawmakers have expressed concern after the White House allegedly asked to shut off the video feed of a Taiwanese minister during last week’s Summit for Democracy. The White House has denied the claims. Concerns arose from a color-coded map that showed Taiwan in a different color to China, as presented by Taiwanese Digital Minister […]

Malaysia’s Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s appeal to overturn his conviction in the SRC International corruption case, and upheld the High Court’s verdict against him. Najib was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 210 million ringgit ($50 million) last year after being found guilty of transferring 42 million […]

MOSCOW—Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died during a training exercise in the Arctic on Wednesday, RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying. The 55-year-old Zinichev, who had headed the high-profile emergencies ministry since 2018, died while saving someone’s life, RIA said, without providing further details. “…Zinichev died tragically while performing his official duties during […]

There is a “very credible” threat of a “highly lethal” terror attack on the Kabul airport within hours, a UK minister has warned.

Australia will not accept Chinese demands to change policy in order to restart bilateral talks, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said.