President Joe Biden’s secret trip to Ukraine on Feb. 20 left an important message for Russia and its ally China because if Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t stopped at Ukraine, he’ll very likely do the same with other former Soviet satellite states, according to Rep. Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.). “I think it is critically important that […]

News Analysis NEW DELHI—The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops clashed again with the Indian troops on the disputed border, this time in Arunachal Pradesh on Dec. 9. Experts told The Epoch Times that the latest skirmish likely took place due to the new $4.8 billion (40,000 crores) frontier highway the India government is building in […]

NEW DELHI—India announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 3 after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) picked a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier involved in a bloody 2020 conflict with India as a torchbearer in the Games’ torch relay. India’s state broadcaster also decided to not telecast the opening and the closing […]

India conveyed to the Chinese administration that the further development of relations between the two countries would be ensured only if there are peace and tranquility on the border. The communication happened in a meeting between the Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on Sept. 10. “Maintenance of […]

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Iraqi Foreign Minister highlighted common areas of work discussed in their second strategic dialogue on Aug. 19.

Hospitals from across the country will no longer send CCP virus or COVID-19 related data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are instead required to send it to a central database in Washington beginning July 15, according to an HHS statement released Friday.

The White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows said there is no national mandate on wearing masks, during an interview with “Fox & Friends” on July 6.

After the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to terminate Obamacare last week, the House on Monday passed a bill allowing for its expansion. As the political arena heats up heading into the November elections and Republicans and Democrats battle on health care policy, experts weigh in on both sides of the Obamacare debate, highlighting […]

Vice President Mike Pence postponed his trip to Florida as the state witnessed a record number of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus cases on June 26.

The killing of 20 Indian soldiers by China’s PLA has intensified the anti-China sentiment that started flaring with the surge of the CCP virus pandemic.

National Institute of Health (NIH) has halted a clinical trial to study the “safety and effectiveness” of Hydroxychloroquine for treating the CCP virus in adults. In a statement on June 20, the NIH said, the “[s]tudy shows treatment does no harm, but provides no benefit.” The drug, Hydroxychloroquine is used in the treatment of malaria […]

Veterans accuse PLA of barbarism and of violating protocols by using crude weapons against unarmed Indian soldiers after 20 of them were killed in Ladakh.

President Donald Trump announced a roadmap to prevent veteran suicides during a White House address on June 17.

State attorney generals have accused 26 drug manufacturers of “collusion” to increase the prices of generic topical drugs in a lawsuit filed on June 10.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Commerce announced on June 8 a 120-day pilot program to curb the illegal online sales of unapproved opioids. “The trusted notifier pilot program is another new policy tool in President Trump’s fight to end the opioid crisis,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. […]

In a round table meeting with President Donald Trump and White House officials on June 8, the law enforcement officials expressed their support for reforming the criminal justice system and the profession of policing in the wake of the protests around the country over George Flyod’s death in police custody. “Looking at us as a […]

Media reports say 17 lives have been lost in nationwide protests following George Floyd’s death⁠—the youngest being 18 and the oldest 77. Most of those who died were either current or former law enforcement officers, or just innocent bystanders who got caught in a violent situation. The oldest casualty of the riots was 77-year-old David […]

Vacation spots have expressed concerns as the country starts to re-open while hotspots like New York City continue to be under lockdown and people travel.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had offered to mediate a standoff between India and China at the Himalayan border.

As the country starts reopening, a new reality will meet those fond of dining out—many restaurants have closed for good and most others are struggling to get back to the statuses they previously enjoyed in their communities. David Chang opened Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York City in 2004. Since then, his company has come […]

Four Republican senators have written to President Donald Trump, pressing that he suspend issuing guest work visas to compensate for the jobs lost due to the CCP virus pandemic. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Trump on May 7 urging him to extend […]

The elected officials of two counties in central Pennsylvania have decided to reopen before Gov. Tom Wolf lifts the CCP virus lockdown restrictions in their counties. The Dauphin county board of commissioners declared their intention in a letter to the people of the state on May 8, while the elected officials of Lebanon did it […]

As a few counties and towns defy Governors’ CCP virus stay-at-home order, sheriffs and experts say these decisions are driven by issues of civil liberty.

President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that U.S. intelligence officials didn’t bring up the issue of the CCP virus until late January and didn’t highlight the gravity of the threat during the briefing. “On January 23, I was told that there could be a virus coming in but it was of no real import. In […]

Small businesses around the United States are struggling to get by amid CCP virus lockdowns. While a few have remained open, defying government executive orders, some have adjusted their business models to keep going, even as their communities battle with death and economic loss. David Smith (not his real name), who runs a home decor […]

As Oklahoma, Alaska, Georgia, and South Carolina started reopening their economies last week amid the CCP virus pandemic, small businesses are limping back.

Experts said theory alleging COVID-19 originated in a Chinese’s virology lab mayn’t be true but it highlights risks lurking in such labs due to corruption.

COVID-19 patients need ventilators at critical times, but those put on them have a low rate of survival. However, recent cases of recovery in long-term ventilator patients have encouraged administration and health care professionals. On April 9, the federal COVID-19 task force talked about a “great report from Louisiana” that said an increasing number of […]

Ashley Ross was overseeing content and search engine optimization for a health company when she and nearly half of her colleagues were laid off due to the COVID-19 shutdown on March 24. Battling sadness and navigating through the unemployment website made things tough, but Ross is finding her way back with daily gratitude meditation and some freelance work.

Countries with water shortages face more challenges in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, as people don’t have enough water to wash their hands at regular intervals to reduce the risk of infection and health care systems don’t have the required supply to care for patients.

Clean water advocates in California urged state leaders on March 30 to impose an immediate statewide moratorium on water shut-offs. The state has long been battling a water crisis.

A week after India imposed a three-week nationwide lockdown to control the CCP virus outbreak, community workers are worried about the labor migrant class stranded on the capital’s border, saying that hunger and chaos may kill more people than the infection. The second most populous country of 1.3 billion people has 979 confirmed cases of […]

Hospital resources in coronavirus hotspots in the United States are close to breaking point as authorities race to gather what’s needed to meet the increasing demand.

Countries With Major Coronavirus Outbreak Clusters Delayed Response Due to Strategic Ties with China: Experts

The city of Qom in Iran, a significant destination of Shia pilgrimage and the epicenter of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, has become an epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, and experts believe this has political repercussions within Iran and in the entire Middle East.

Washington state officials said its hospitals can deal with the coronavirus crisis, as the national death toll rose to 11.

While the WHO urged countries to stockpile respiratory ventilators on March 1, a major treatment option available for COVID-19 infection, the Trump administration said the United States has a stockpile to deal with the crisis. “In the U.S. we are fortunate to have a Strategic National Stockpile which has maintained a ventilator stockpile since 2001. […]

President Donald Trump concluded his two-day trip to India on Feb. 25 after an extravagant reception and signing of a slew of important defense and economic deals. Indian analysts said the trip was mutually beneficial, and that the Indo–U.S. strategic ties will endure across party lines. During a joint press conference on Feb. 25, Trump […]

In a speech delivered to crowds at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad city upon his arrival in India, Trump talked about India and the United States defending their “sovereignty and security” together and announced that the two nations would sign a defense deal worth $3 billion on Feb. 25. Addressing a cheering crowd […]

President Donald Trump, who once owned the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, took in breathtaking views of the real Taj Mahal Monday in India.

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to charm crowds with their bonhomie while their respective administrations work out long-term strategic goals during a two-day state visit to India by the U.S. president beginning on Monday. Upon his arrival, Trump will be welcomed with a massive roadshow along the 14 miles […]

The importance of the India-Pakistan border has remained low for the United States for many decades, but experts say it is gaining new strategic meaning as part of its emerging Indo-Pacific strategy, which redefines U.S. resources and partnerships in the region. Kashish Parpiani, a Mumbai-based expert with the Observer Research Foundation, highlights that the historically […]

Recent protests in Iran that began after the country’s military shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 on board, are unique in that they are opposing the main institutions, particularly the supreme leadership and the military, that constitute Iran’s Islamic regime, according to experts. Pierre Pahlavi, an expert on Iran’s foreign policy, told […]

Iran arrested an unspecified number of suspects in relation to the Ukrainian plane crash on Jan. 14, but experts said the arrests will not solve the crisis, and that the Iranian regime may still resort to further lies. Iran’s Press TV reported on Jan. 14 that the Iranian Judiciary Commission detained a number of suspects “for […]

The internet was awash on Jan. 13 with disturbing videos of rubber bullets and teargas fired on Iranian people protesting against the shooting down of an Ukrainian passenger jet that was carrying at least 82 Iranian citizens. Iranian Human Rights organizations confirmed the reports of authorities firing on protesters over the weekend. “Reports of riot […]

The power dynamics in the Middle East after Qassim Soleimani’s death are likely to be redrawn between Iran, China, and Russia vis-a-vis the United States. Added to this paradigm is Iraq—sandwiched between the United States and Iran and increasingly being pushed toward China, according to geopolitical analysts who study the region. “Frankly, the Iranian government […]

Protestors took to streets in Tehran chanting “Khamenei is a murderer and Khamenei is an illegitimate ruler” on Jan. 11 after the Iranian military admitted to shooting down the Ukranian plane that carried at least 130 Iranian citizens. The news of the protestors openly chanting slogans against Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, whom Iran designates as […]

A resolution passed by the Iraqi Members of Parliament on Jan. 5 calling for the expulsion of the foreign troops from the country is a “balancing” act between the United States and Iran, according to expert sources who said the expulsion will most likely not take place.

The killing of Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, by the United States could be a political game-changer inside an Iraq that recently saw anti-government protests that included calls for Iran to stop meddling in the country, according to Middle East political analysts. “Soleimani ran the pro-Tehran politicians in Iraq,” Sam Bazzi, a Middle East […]

The killing of Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, by the United States on Jan. 2 is an escalation of proxy war in the Middle East and an indication of a stricter stance against Iran, according to regional and national experts. “From now on, Washington will deal with Tehran’s malice […]

Police in Turkey arrested at least 170 people suspected to have links with the ISIS terrorist group, ahead of New Year celebrations, according to state-run media reports. Thirty-three foreign nationals from Syria, Iraq, and Morocco were detained in Ankara and 24, including four foreign nationals, were detained in Istanbul by anti-terrorism police and the national […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on the phone with the state heads of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Dec. 30, a day after the United States conducted defensive strikes, including on the headquarters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah Brigades terrorist group. The Sunday strikes on Kata’ib Hezbollah targets in Iraq and Syria were conducted two days […]

The families of nearly 150 U.S. soldiers and contractors who were killed or wounded in Afghanistan sued American and international contractors for allegedly paying protection money to the Taliban and indirectly supporting the terrorist group. In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday, the plaintiffs alleged that the contractors working on various reconstruction projects […]

The rate of farmer suicide has been on the rise across the United States and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) recently introduced the Seeding Rural Resilience Act to curb it. The senators want to spread awareness about mental health on the farm. “Our bipartisan bill would empower people who are in a position to […]

A Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into an Afghan army compound and detonated it, killing six soldiers and injuring others on Dec. 25, according to Afghanistan’s Defense ministry. After the a explosion outside the army base in the northern province of Balkh, a group of insurgents entered the army premises starting a shootout […]

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait signed an agreement on Dec. 24 that ended a five-year-old dispute over two shared oil fields in neutral territory. The deal is likely to benefit American oil giant Chevron. The agreement that divides the neutral zone between the two countries will mean that pumping can resume at the offshore Khafji field and […]

President Donald Trump signed a “bipartisan bill” on Dec. 20 to preserve native languages and extend two federal Native American language programs to longer grant periods. The S.256 bill called Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act is named after Esther Martinez, a traditional storyteller and Tewa language advocate who died in 2006. “It amends existing […]

A Saudi Arabia court sentenced five people to death on Dec. 23 for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist who was assassinated last year inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. “Capital punishment for (5) individuals for committing and directly participating in the murder of citizen Jamal Khashoggi,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of […]

The Chinese regime is using its 5G telecommunication company, Huawei, to make geopolitical gains in the Middle East over the United States, according to experts who call Huawei a part of communist China’s gameplan to build its “digital silk route.” “Huawei, as a leading Chinese technology company, is naturally important for the Chinese government’s strategy. Then […]

President Donald Trump, along with the Department of Health and Human Services and Food and Drug Administration, released a notice of proposed rulemaking and draft guidance on Dec. 18 that when finalized would allow the importation of certain drugs to ensure price regulation. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and the draft guidance are now […]

While the 2020 Democratic presidential debates are mostly dominated by Medicare for All, some health care industry professionals are saying any such approach will cause families to pay more and wait longer for worse healthcare. “Whether it’s called Medicare for All, Medicare buy-in, Medicare for all who want it, or the public option, a new […]

During a cabinet meeting, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told President Donald Trump on Oct. 21 that the federal government’s efforts have led to “the largest decrease” in prescription drug prices “in 51 years.” While drug affordability has been a priority for decades, the Trump administration recently revealed some numbers behind its […]

President Donald Trump said on Nov. 22 that his administration will soon release a plan to enable Florida and other states to import affordable drugs.

The U.S.-India strategic defense partnership has entered a new phase, with both countries currently carrying out joint training events to enhance military relations and build up skills in disaster response. A collaboration called the Tiger Triumph (TT) was launched on Nov. 13, near the south Indian port city of Visakhapatnam after the arrival of USS […]

Experts say “authoritarian revisionist powers” in Nov. 4 report on Indo-Pacific is a direct hint at a few global powers, particularly China.

The Syrian war is an amalgam of many proxy wars involving various global players and their regional allies and proxies. And according to people familiar with the situation, recent developments in the region will have global ramifications, as the changes are likely revising the existing political order and its alliances. “The outcome of the war […]

News Analysis As Secretary of Defense Mark Esper tours the Middle East amid growing tension between Tehran and Washington, the relationship between President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, continues to move from strength to strength—not only based on regional security needs, but on Saudi Arabia’s new vision for […]

US-Turkey Relations Key to Solving Syria Conflict, Experts Say

The alliance between the United States and Kurdish-led forces set up in 2014 to take on ISIS in Syria has damaged the United States’ relationship with Turkey in a region threatened by Iranian and Russian hegemony, claims an insider to the Turkish leadership. Erbil Gunasti, who formerly worked under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogen and […]

Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, said that he wants the United States to “acknowledge” the role it can play in finding a political solution

After Pentagon announced troupe deployment to support Saudi Arabia on Sep. 20., Iran warned against “any act of aggression” and its military leaders said the country will leave no safety zone for its “enemies.”

Law enforcement seized a large amount of narcotics in Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas and charged 39 suspects in an alleged conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in Hampton Roads, according to a release by the U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 29.

President Donald Trump called his recently-ousted personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout as a “good person” on Aug. 31 and said she called him to apologize and that he has forgiven her.

President Donald Trump is strongly considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich who is half-way through serving his 14-years prison term for multiple federal corruption charges. “But we’re going to be doing something very, I think—very impactful.  A man who is a Democrat, not a Republican—who I don’t know very well, but he […]

Two planes were intercepted for entering a temporary no-fly zone over President Donald Trump’s golf club in New Jersey while he was there on Friday.

President Donald Trump said North Korea’s three recent short-range missile tests are not a violation of the 2018 Singapore agreement.

A retired fulfilled his 32-year-old wish at President Donald’s Trump’s rally at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Scientists were surprised after an asteroid almost hit earth on Thursday, July 25.

An animal abuse investigation releases undercover video in a Texan dairy farm that supplies milk to some major grocery stores across the country.

Kathy Zhu, the pro-Trump beauty queen who was stripped of her Miss Michigan World America title for various controversial tweets has been appointed a member of the Women for Trump Coalition Advisory Board.

A University of California student has discovered a 65 million-year-old dinosaur skull in a remote area of North Dakota. Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California, Merced, unearthed the partial Triceratops skull on a recent paleontology dig, according to a July 24 press release. “I can’t quite express my excitement in that moment when we uncovered […]

North Korea launched two new types of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on July 25 and a senior defense researcher at a public policy community said it is Pyongyang’s attempt to pressurize the White House. The missiles were fired from near the eastern coastal town of Wonsan, with one flying roughly 270 miles and the […]

A father of seven has been hailed a hero after he died while trying to save his children from drowning at a North Carolina beach.

A Canadian couple hunted two lions while on a Safari in Africa, then kneeled behind one of the dead animals and posed kissing before the camera.

Hundreds of undocumented migrants stormed the Pantheon in Paris demanding residency papers and free housing from the French government .

YouTube star Ray Diaz has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his 17-year-old girlfriend, the police said.

An endangered child alert has been issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) for three young children who are said to be taken away by their non-custodial parents.

Flower Foods, who according to their website are the second-largest producers of fresh packaged bakery foods in the United States, have voluntarily recalled hotdog buns

Fifteen women’s wallets that were lost 75 years ago recently fell out of a heat vent in the wall of an old school bathroom as a plumber cut through it.

In an extremely tragic incidence, an 8-month-old girl died and five other small children were injured while their mothers attended a nightclub in Tennessee during the early morning hours of July 7. “Arson Investigators are looking for what sparked an early morning fire that killed an eight-month-old baby and injured five small children,” Nashville Fire Department said […]

Authorities have charged a 24-year-old Long Island mother for the murder of her twin toddlers.

Over 5.8 million people are no longer on food stamps since President Donald Trump completed his first month in office in Feb. 2017, according to the new data by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The father of a 19-year-old Alaska teen who was killed for money by her best friend spoke at the suspect’s trial on June 19 about his daughter.

A clinic in Ohio performed its first utero fetal surgery to repair a spinal cord defect in a 23-week-old fetus who was delivered at 37 weeks through C-section on June 3.

Ten to 15 people enjoying the warmer waters on a Californian beach were met with a nasty surprise on June 11 when stung by the fish with a poisonous tail.

A lifeguard at Seaside Heights saved the life of a 10-month-old baby who was choking on a piece of plastic and was beginning to lose consciousness on the morning of June 7. “At approximately 12:10 pm SHBP (Seaside Height Border Patrol) lifeguard, 20-year-old Pete LaQuaglia was on his break and on the boardwalk when he […]

Scientists have discovered an unknown material on the moon’s largest crater, and they are not yet sure what to make of it. “Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That’s roughly how much-unexpected mass we detected,” Peter James, assistant professor of planetary geophysics […]

A mother who had concealed her pregnancy from her family and friends has been convicted of murdering her newborn child in the United Kingdom. The details of the murder are gory—the infant was found wrapped in three plastic bags, had multiple skull fractures, bruises, and cuts on her body. She was still alive when the […]

A mother has been arrested for leaving her 3-year-daughter alone in a hot car in Shelton on June 5. Laura Boyle, 30, left her toddler alone in a car outside the Mohegan School while she dropped her 5-year-old off at the school, reported the WFSB. The Shelton Police Department was notified of the toddler trapped inside […]

A man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the death of an autistic man who was left alone in a hot car in West Covina last summer.