TRUMP AND PUTIN TO MEET IN ISTANBUL

LOS ANGELES.–President Donald Trump, 78, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on his first stop in a Mideast swing, said he would consider joining ceasefire talks in Istanbul if Russian President Vladimir Putin decides to meet directly with 47-year-old Ukrainian President...

HAMAS RELEASES LONE U.S.-ISRAELI HOSTAGE

LOS ANGELES.–Releasing 21-year-old Israeli-U.S. hostage Edan Alexander, Hamas said it made a humanitarian gesture to 78-year-old President Donald Trump on the eve of his return to the Mideast.  Alexander was captured on Oct. 7, 2023 the day Hamas massacred some...

IRAN AND U.S. IN FOURTH ROUND OF NUKE TALKS

LOS ANGELES.–Meeting in the Sultanate of Oman, President’s Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met for a fourth time to discuss Iran’s nuclear enrichment program considered an existential threat to Israel and U.S....

JOHN BOLTON STILL MAKES THE NEWS

LOS ANGELES.–Saying the 72-year-old President Vladimir Putin is at risk of “overplaying his hand,” former National Security advisor John Bolton cautioned Trump.  Bolton is often cited in the fake news because of his known hatred toward Trump.  Bolton was fired...

EU MUCKS UP UKRAINE PEACE TALKS

LOS ANGELES.–French President Emmanuel Macron, 47, likes to compete with 78-year-old President Donald Trump when it comes to clout on the world stage, this time pandering to 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, thinking that he’s getting the short...

ZELENSKY AND EU SABOTAGE PEACE

LOS ANGELES.–Meeting in Kiev today with 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Eupopean partners led by 47-year-old French President Emmanuel Macron, 63-year-old U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and 69-year-old President Friedrich Merz essentially...

SYRIA AND LEBANON CRACK DOWN ON PALESTINE

LOS ANEGLES.–Governments of Lebanon and Syria have cracked down on Palestinian refugees living in camps in both countries, saying they will no longer tolerate armed resistance inside their borders.  Since Israel was founded in 1948 and declared statehood in...

BIDEN’S PR REHAB TOUR BACKFIRES

LOS ANGELES.–Former President Joe Biden, 82, and his 73-year-old wife Jill hired former communication aid Chris Meagher to conduct a damage control, rehab campaign to save his legacy as president, now discredited because of his cognitive impairments.  Meagher...

PUTIN CELEBRATES VE DAY

LOS ANGELES.–Russian President Vladimir Putin, 72, celebrated VE [WW II Victory Day Europe] in Moscow’s Red Square with 26 other leaders from various nations including Chinese President Xi Jinping.  Putin’s VE Day parade is scoffed at in the West, largely...

INDIA AND PAKISTAN TRADE BORDER ATTACKS

LOS ANGELES.–Exchanging military fire from a Pakistan terror attack in Punjab that killed 26 Indian tourists, India and Pakistan traded military fire, knowing that the skirmish is nothing more than the latest exchange of hostility between neighbors.  India still...