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PARIS (AP) – France on Saturday banned Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his “unspeakable” behavior targeting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force. “As of today, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from entering French territory. This decision follows his unspeakable actions toward French and European citizens who were passengers on the Global Sumud Flotilla,” the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced in a post on X. “We cannot tolerate that French nationals can be threatened, intimidated or brutalized in this way – all the more so by a public official,” Barrot posted,…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill on Tuesday that restricts mail-order abortions.  House File 2788 bans abortion inducing drugs from being prescribed through telehealth and mail-order services and requires the drug, called mifepristone, to be prescribed in person, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. The law will take effect on July 1 and comes as Louisiana battles the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in court over a Biden-era policy allowing abortion pills to be sent via mail in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. The FDA first approved mifepristone in 2000 by classifying pregnancy as an “illness.” At the…

The fate of the conflict, part 2: Trump, China, and the end of the united Western front against Russia 2025 can be seen as the year in which the united anti-Russian coalition fell apart. In essence, there are now three distinct players acting against Russia (Ukraine, Europe, the US), and each has its own interests. Analyst Sergey Poletaev has prepared a series of articles in which he analyses the position of each player, their goals and interests in the conflict, and suggests how Russia might respond. Today we focus on the United States. Read the first part about Ukraine here.Resignation from…

Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid in their thousands on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in the wake of the latest corruption scandal to rock his Socialist Workers’ Party. Gathering under the banner “Sánchez, resign now!”, protesters flooded central Madrid, marching from the Plaza de Colón to the Victory Arch. According to government estimates, some 40,000 people attended; however, organisers claimed that upwards of 120,000 took part in the demonstration, public broadcaster RTVS reported. The protest was held in the wake of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero being indicted this week for alleged…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX claimed a successful launch of its newest Starship variant on Friday evening, overcoming significant engine malfunctions to achieve its intended landing destination in the Indian Ocean. The test flight ended with a massive fireball as the spacecraft tipped into the water off Australia’s western coast, an explosive finale the company said was expected to occur. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the debut flight of SpaceX’s Version 3 Starship lifted off just after 6:30 p.m. from the company’s Starbase facility in Texas on Friday. The mission experienced complications shortly after liftoff when the upper stage, designated Ship 39, separated from its…

Members of Congress are calling for the party’s Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Ken Martin to resign following the release of the DNC’s 2024 election autopsy on Thursday. The comments by critical Democratic house members, quoted by Axios, were blunt: “He should resign,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) cited to Axios “his lack of leadership,” saying it is “utterly nuts it took us this long to release the autopsy.” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) said in response to a caller on a radio who argued Martin should be replaced, said, “I agree. … Having what we have right now is not doing…

Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attempted to criticize President Donald Trump for not publicly saying if he will attend his eldest son’s upcoming wedding. Donald Trump Jr. is getting married to socialite Bettina Anderson, reportedly in a very small ceremony on a small island in the Bahamas over Memorial Day weekend. When asked about attending by reporters, Trump did not give a direct yes or no answer. “He’d like me to go, but it’s going to be just a small little private affair, and I’m going to try and make it,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “I’m in the…

Petr Pavel has accused Moscow of provocations following recent Ukrainian drone incursions into NATO airspace Czech President Petr Pavel has urged NATO to “show its teeth” in response to what he described as Russian “provocations” on the bloc’s eastern flank.Pavel’s remarks follow a series of Ukrainian drone incursions into NATO airspace in Europe. Since mid-March, long-range UAVs have repeatedly crossed Baltic and Nordic airspace en route to targets in northwestern Russia, particularly oil facilities in Leningrad Region. The incursions prompted fighter jet deployments, and some drones crashed inside NATO states, causing damage.Moscow has accused European NATO members of quietly allowing…

The United States will boost the number of soldiers it has deployed on the eastern frontier of the NATO alliance, increasing the garrison of ally Poland by up to 50 per cent, President Donald Trump said. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of his pride in announcing the redeployment of U.S. forces in Europe with an additional American troops going to Poland, on top of the perhaps 10,000 already stationed there. The President cited his good relationship with Poland’s President for the move. The development appears to be part of Washington’s new policy towards NATO, that the members of the alliance…

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill into law on Tuesday that criminalizes the distribution of abortion drugs.  House Bill 1168 makes providing abortion drugs to pregnant women who are seeking abortions a felony. A violation of the law carries a fine not exceeding $100,000 and ten years in prison, or both, the Journal Record reported. The law does not apply to drugs used to treat miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.  The measure is expected to take effect on August 12. Oklahoma also already has a law restricting abortions except to save the life of the mother. The bill’s sponsors include…