Month: May 2026

‘Crush Hezbollah’: Netanyahu Calls for Lebanon Escalation

‘Crush Hezbollah’: Netanyahu Calls for Lebanon Escalation

Orders for a major IDF offensive follow weeks of terrorist drone attacks.

May 26, 2026
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Pope Leo’s Catechism for a Secular World

‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Pope Leo’s Catechism for a Secular World

“We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace,” the American pontiff wrote in his first encyclical.

May 26, 2026
U.S. Hits Iranian Sites as Ceasefire Continues

U.S. Hits Iranian Sites as Ceasefire Continues

Tehran sends out negotiators in an attempt to unfreeze its assets.

May 26, 2026
U.S. Ready To Mediate Between Warring Sides After Russia’s Weekend Missile Strikes

U.S. Ready To Mediate Between Warring Sides After Russia’s Weekend Missile Strikes

The Russian foreign ministry has called on foreign citizens to evacuate Kyiv after pleding “systematic strikes”.

May 26, 2026
Dorset Asylum Seekers 9,000% More Likely To Commit Sexual or Violent Crime

Dorset Asylum Seekers 9,000% More Likely To Commit Sexual or Violent Crime

Despite making up less than one percent of the county’s population, asylum seekers accounted for more than 7% of total sexual offenses.

May 25, 2026
Russell Kirk’s Anglo-Saxon Conservatism and the French Right: Prudence or Insufficiency?

Russell Kirk’s Anglo-Saxon Conservatism and the French Right: Prudence or Insufficiency?

Can Kirk’s measured, pragmatic conservatism meaningfully address a French Right forged by the irreparable fracture of 1789 or does it seem too mild for the depth of the revolutionary rupture that still defines modern French identity?

Thousands March in Madrid to Demand Action on Spain’s Housing Crisis

Thousands March in Madrid to Demand Action on Spain’s Housing Crisis

Protesters flooded the Spanish capital over the weekend, urging immediate government intervention to tackle skyrocketing property costs and a severe lack of affordable homes.

May 24, 2026
Trump Pushes Iran Deal—Netanyahu Insists Israel Must Remain Free to Strike

Trump Pushes Iran Deal—Netanyahu Insists Israel Must Remain Free to Strike

Washington and Tehran appear to be moving closer to a possible end to months of conflict, but emerging details of the talks are fuelling growing concern inside Israel over Tehran’s nuclear programme and regional influence.

May 24, 2026
Rights Watchdog: Turkish Government is ‘Undermining Democracy’

Rights Watchdog: Turkish Government is ‘Undermining Democracy’

Human Rights Watch warns that President Erdoğan’s administration is employing abusive measures to dismantle the country’s primary opposition faction.

May 24, 2026
Macron Warns Belarus Against Deeper Ukraine War Involvement 

Macron Warns Belarus Against Deeper Ukraine War Involvement 

The French president held a rare phone call with his Belarusian counterpart, cautioning Minsk against becoming more directly involved in Russia’s war effort.

May 24, 2026
Northeast Syria: Kurdish Regions Voting for Transitional Parliament

Northeast Syria: Kurdish Regions Voting for Transitional Parliament

Predominantly Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria held parliamentary ballots as part of a controversial process aimed at integrating the semi-autonomous region into Syria’s central state institutions.

May 24, 2026
Clashes at Belgrade Mass Protest

Clashes at Belgrade Mass Protest

A huge rally in the Serbian capital escalated into clashes as protesters moved from the central square toward key state buildings.

May 24, 2026