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The Taiwanese Defense Ministry is reportedly looking at ways to bring more female soldiers into its reserves, increasing the number of troops that could be quickly called up in the event of a Chinese invasion. The Defense Ministry hopes the Taiwanese legislature will approve amendments that would put female reservists on the same footing as men, especially female soldiers who have only recently been discharged from duty. Taiwan launched a pilot program for female reservists in 2023. Defense Minister Wellington Koo told lawmakers on Wednesday that only 79 women have completed voluntary reserve training since the program began. Only ten…

The estate of the late Canadian singer Leonard Cohen moved quickly when informed his totemic anthem ‘Hallelujah’ was on the set list for Wednesday night’s celebration launch for the Great American State Fair. It simply pointed out any such usage at the Washington,DC, gathering was “not authorized.” Freedom 250 announced back in April the Great American State Fair would be held on the National Mall in Washington, DC, from June 25 to July 10. Breitbart News’s Nick Gilbertson reported the event would feature “a unique event every day” and that “all of the U.S. states and territories” would be represented. At press…

The Society for Civil Rights has called out the right-wing Alternative for Germany for its tough stance on immigration and alleged efforts to erode democratic processes A left-liberal German NGO has made a case for declaring the country’s largest populist party unconstitutional. The Society for Civil Rights argues that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s platform and rhetoric regarding immigration, citizenship, and minority groups constitute sufficient grounds to ban it under the country’s strict post-war democratic laws.The AfD, which advocates for tougher immigration laws and opposes Germany’s support for Ukraine, came in second at 20% in last year’s federal elections.…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked a Singapore-flagged commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing the United Nations to temporarily pause its evacuation operation and raising fresh questions about Iran’s commitment to keeping the critical waterway open. Multiple U.S. officials later told news outlets that the cargo ship Ever Lovely had been struck by an Iranian one-way attack drone and that the vessel’s approach pattern appeared to indicate a deliberate strike. The reported attack came hours after Iran warned that vessels using routes through the strait that had not been approved by Tehran were “extremely dangerous…

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold was arrested Wednesday in connection to a kidnapping and robbery in Florida. The cornerback faces felony charges, officials said, with Arnold’s management denying all allegations. The 23-year-old is accused of being the “primary conspirator” before three men in their late teens were held at gunpoint, battered and pistol-whipped in February in Tampa, the city’s police department said in a statement as reported by AP. Some of the victims’ belongings were stolen, police alleged. Arnold is facing four counts of a weapon-related charge and four more counts of a charge related to kidnapping, harming or terrorizing, according…

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill on Wednesday designed to keep future Democrat presidential administrations from weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to target pro-lifers who pray and peacefully demonstrate outside of abortion clinics. The bill is called the “Saving FACE Act of 2026,” and would “remove criminal penalties for obstructing access to abortion services” from the FACE Act, Breitbart News first learned. Ogles introduced the bill on the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion invented 50 years ago under Roe v. Wade, and sent the…

Eight defendants convicted over a 2025 “terrorist attack” have received prison terms ranging from 30 years to a century Eight people convicted over a 2025 “terrorist attack” on a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Texas were handed prison terms of up to a century on Tuesday.The US Justice Department said the case marked the first sentencing of defendants affiliated with Antifa since President Donald Trump designated the movement a terrorist organization.According to the DOJ, the defendants were convicted for their roles in “rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and the attempted…

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Wednesday that trials for two potential therapeutics to fight the Ebola Bundibugyo virus would begin next week. Ebola Bundibugyo is the strain of the virus currently fueling an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, found to have infected over a thousand people since May and most recently identified in a returning health worker in France. Bundibugyo is a less common strain than those that fueled previous outbreaks in the DRC and Guinea, such as the Zaire and Sudan strains of the virus. Currently, no…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has warned that Britain faces more division and potential violence if the state does not scrap its leftist “two-tier” approach to different ethnic groups, and that it is essential to return to a meritocratic system that treats people equally. Speaking to Baroness Stroud of Fulham at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London on Wednesday, Mr Farage said that the recent killing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak and the ensuing riots in Southampton demonstrated the dangers of treating people differently based on immutable characteristics. Nowak, who was stabbed to death by 23-year-old Vikrum Digwa with…

Nearly 60% of Poles now oppose Kiev joining the bloc, compared to 42% a year ago, IBRiS surveys show Nearly six in ten Poles now oppose Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, up from four in ten a year ago, according to two IBRiS opinion polls cited by Polish media.The latest survey, conducted for Radio ZET, found that 59.7% of respondents oppose Ukrainian membership. Last year, an IBRiS poll for Defence24 and the Stand With Ukraine initiative put that figure at 42%.The comparison suggests that public opinion has hardened. While support for Ukraine’s EU membership has remained broadly stable at…