The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheers the season premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,' an opera censored by Stalin, three years after another Russian opera drew protests ...

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Milan’s Teatro alla Scala has celebrated its gala season premiere with a Russian opera for the second time since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

London's Metropolitan Police said two people "who shouted slogans involving calls for intifada were arrested for racially ...

Israel reportedly given heads up before US launched strikes following deadly attack on American troops * Australian PM praises ‘completely unbreakable’ Jewish community after terror attack ...

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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEW National Security Strategy has been rightly criticized for its lack of specifics and its abdication of the United States’ post-World War II role as the “Atlas” ...

Some see Carlson as a threat to the conservative movement, elevating extreme ideas that the GOP has a responsibility to ...

Germany’s Bundestag voted for a bill on Friday that allows the country to move towards conscription, as tensions with Russia spur calls for Europe to gain more independence from the US security ...