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Rome law enforcement officers are on high alert ahead of Good Friday’s highly-anticipated Way of the Cross led by Pope Leo XIV and other Easter-related events. Pope Leo will preside this year’s Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross procession on Friday night at the Colosseum in the Italian capital, and will carry the cross for the entirety of the procession. This year’s Holy Week is the pontiff’s first as head of the Catholic Church after he was elected last year and the first time in years that a pope leads the Via Crucis, as Pope Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis was unable…

Socialist-ruled Spain was excluded from an international virtual summit led by the government of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that “discussed” possible joint actions towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper led the Thursday encounter that, per the British government, saw the participation of more than 40 countries and organizations such as the European Union and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Participants discussed options that can lead to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, deeming Iran’s closure of the important waterway a “direct threat to global prosperity.” “Iran is trying to hold the global economy hostage in…

The bloc’s energy commissioner ruled out lifting restrictions on Russian energy while warning of possible future fuel rationing The EU will not reverse its ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, even as Brussels prepares for a “long-lasting” energy shock that could force member states to ration fuel, Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Jorgensen warned that “this will be a long crisis” and “energy prices will be higher for a very long time” due to the supply disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran and the near‑total closure of the Strait…

The U.N. postponed an urgent vote set for Friday on approving the use of “defensive” force to protect shipping transiting the embattled Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks because of a mix-up over the date. The 15-member Security Council was set to convene Friday morning and vote on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain but just hours before the meeting was abruptly canceled, according to the official program. The reason? The U.N. observes Good Friday as a holiday, diplomatic sources cited in an AFP report revealed — despite this fact being known when the vote schedule for the draft was…

A group of pro-freedom lawyers have published a speech bill to repeal decades of laws crushing freedom and curbing expression, creating something of a First Amendment for Britons. “The United Kingdom does not have free speech, not in any sense that an American would recognize”, an Anglo-American group of lawyers reported as they published a Freedom of Speech Bill through the classical liberal Adam Smith Institute (ASI). The group say ending “Britain’s sophisticated censorship framework” is more essential than ever because its authoritarianism is now attempting to spread its influence abroad, with London’s attempts to censor American citizens and businesses already…

The US is unable to restore order in the Strait of Hormuz, casting doubt on its role as a global policeman, the conservative host has said The Iran war has ushered in the “end of American Empire”, conservative host Tucker Carlson has argued, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz proved that Washington could no longer function as the world’s policeman.Speaking on his podcast on Thursday, Carlson commented on Trump’s remarks in which the president threatened to bomb Iran into the “stone age” without providing an exact timeline for a ceasefire while…

Dignified, brave Iranian and Lebanese women are on the street in Tehran and Beirut. Their message is “We are going to fight, we will never accept being slaves to a foreign imperialist.”  I have seen a number of such declarations on film recently. They suggest a growing grass roots resistance movement prompted by the atrocities of the Israel and US bombardment of their countries. This is precisely the sort of grit that is missing in most of the Western world today. Yet the need to fight in order to avoid becoming a slave to the impositions of the deep state…

Reports of honour-based violence have hit record highs in the Netherlands, driven in large part by the arrival of migrants from Islamic nations such as Syria. According to a report from the Dutch National Expertise Centre for Honour-related Violence, there were 757 cases of honour violence in 2025, up from 673 during the previous year, a jump of 13 per cent. The centre found that Syrians accounted for 34 per cent of all reported cases last year. This has increased alongside the massive influx of migrants from the war-torn country over the past decade, with just 37 reported cases involving…

The New York Times is sympathizing with foreign college graduates who use the controversial H-1B program to grab white-collar jobs needed by American graduates. “These highly skilled, highly educated foreign workers have been documenting the challenges of trying to build a career in the U.S.,” the accompanying video said. “If I don’t find a job, I have to leave the country,” an Indian science graduate named Ananya Joshi told the camera. “I sent out 907 applications,” said a Chinese marketing graduate named Haina, who was laid off from a job in September 2025. “I want to use my talents to change the…

A New Orleans man already facing 40 counts of possessing child sex abuse materials and the possession, trafficking, or importing of a child sex doll now faces 195 additional counts of possession of child sex abuse material involving a child under 13, and two charges of sexual abuse of an animal, according to newly filed court documents. According to a WVUE Fox affiliate news report, 30-year-old Jamie Borne made his first court appearance on the new charges on Thursday before Magistrate Judge Juana M. Lumbard in New Orleans Criminal District Court on the new charges. The additional charges stemmed from…