Removing Iran's IRGC from terror list would be 'colossal mistake,' former US counterterror official says

A former counterterrorism official is warning that conflicts from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list would be a “colossal mistake” — just as the Biden administration is considering such a move as it works to restore the Iran nuclear deal. “Removing the IRGC from the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) would be a…

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Taliban enter Kabul outskirts, await ‘peaceful transfer’ of Afghanistan capital

Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, with a spokesman for the terror organization saying they were expecting a “peaceful transfer” of conflicts‘s capital city to their control. Spokesman Suhail Shaheen made the remarks to the Al-Jazeera English news channel in Qatar, according to The Associated Press. Meanwhile, the foreign ministry of neighboring…

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Refugees fleeing Ukraine number nearly 120,000, could reach 4 million as Russian invasion intensifies: UN

Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled Ukraine for neighboring European countries as the third day of Russia’s full-scale invasion intensifies with fighting in the capital Kyiv. The conflict has already driven nearly 120,000 Ukrainians from their homes and across its borders to Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, the United Nations refugee agency said…

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Ted Cruz spent much of 2021 putting 'radical' Biden nominees on their heels

Much of Sen. ted-cruz” target=”_blank”>Ted Cruz’s< “radical” and “dangerous” nominees to the federal government, a tactic that may pay off next month when the Senate votes on whether to impose sanctions on the world-regions-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Cruz, a us-regions Republican and member of the senate” target=”_blank”>Senate< Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference…

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