On 23 April Hamas released a propaganda video about Omri Miran, a Hungarian Israeli hostage who has been in captivity for more than 570 days. The propaganda video of the terror group was the first sign of life from Miran since a previously released Israeli hostage confirmed that he was alive last July. The family…
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UK plundering other nations at any cost – Moscow
Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” serving the British agenda were invited to march in London, Maria Zakharova has said British foreign policy is focused on resource acquisition at any cost, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Zakharova criticized what she called British egoism “elevated to national ideology” in an interview on Monday. She was commenting on…
Political chaos as German coalition fails to elect chancellor
The surprise upset marks a historic moment for the EU nation’s politics A proposed coalition of Germany’s liberal and conservative parties has failed to elect a chancellor in a German parliament first round vote. Frederich Merz, the Christian Democratic candidate who was also backed by the liberal SPD, garnered 310 votes on Tuesday, falling six…
Moscow condemns drone strikes in African state
Russia says targeting civilian infrastructure in the ongoing armed confrontation in Sudan is unacceptable Russia has denounced drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Sudan’s main port city on the Red Sea, calling for dialogue, an immediate cessation of hostilities, and an end to the two-year-long war between the African country’s rival military forces. Sudan’s paramilitary…
Hungarian–Swiss Alliance Advocates for Realistic Peace in Ukraine
Hungary and Switzerland stand firmly united in their belief that the war in Ukraine cannot be resolved on the battlefield and must be addressed through diplomacy. This shared position was emphasized by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó during his visit to Bern on Monday, following talks with his Swiss counterpart, Ignazio…
‘A lot of people know’ who blew up Nord Stream – Trump
The US president indicated that he does not believe claims that Russia destroyed its own pipelines There is no need to launch an investigation to learn who was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, US President Donald Trump has claimed. He did not name the culprit, but made it clear that he does…
Houston’s Sharia Pipeline: How a Texas Madrasa Trains Children and Clerics for Islamic Supremacy in ‘Polluted’ America (Video)
Houston, Texas — In the heart of America’s second-most populous state, Madrasah Islamiah – a tax-exempt religious institution – is quietly cultivating the next generation of sharia-adherent Islamic clerics, missionaries, and ideological enforcers, with no visible oversight from state educational authorities and no public disclosure of curriculum or governance. The Houston-based mosque openly states that…
Family Housing Lottery Stimulus: How to Win an Election and Raise the Birth Rate
In a previous article for The Hungarian Conservative, I made the case that the Trump tariffs posed a serious threat to the Hungarian economy in the run-up to the 2026 election. This will be the case whether or not President Trump continues to enforce the tariffs, as Liberation Day has marked the beginning of the…
From Tank to Tech: Fish Schooling Cracks the Code for Robot Swarms
How do fish swim in perfect harmony without a leader, avoiding collisions and responding seamlessly to changes in their environment? A new study, published in Science Robotics, brings us closer to answering that question—and the findings could reshape the future of robotics and autonomous vehicles. Led by researchers from the University of Constance and the…
Afraid or Bought? Mexico’s President Rejects Trump’s War on Cartel
President Trump has repeatedly talked about going after the violent, evil Mexican cartels and even offered to send in American troops to take them out. How did Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum respond? With a big fat “No,” because she said it would violate their sovereignty as a nation. (Video Credit: LiveNOW from FOX) Afraid or…
Israel strikes ‘dozens of targets’ in Yemen (VIDEOS)
The air raid comes a day after a Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport Israel has launched a series of airstrikes on Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen in retaliation for a ballistic missile strike by the rebel group on Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that around 20…
US to pay illegal migrants for self-deportation
President Donald Trump warns those who reject the offer will never gain a legal path to return The Trump administration has introduced a new initiative offering illegal migrants a $1,000 stipend and free commercial airfare if they voluntarily leave the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Announced on May 5, the…
Russian air defenses respond to drone raid on Moscow – mayor
At least 19 hostile UAVs were downed en route to the Russian capital, according to Sergey Sobyanin Moscow has repelled a multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported in a series of Telegram posts early Tuesday morning. The first five drones were intercepted by 1:16am, Sobyanin said. Another was downed about 30 minutes later,…
The centrist comeback won’t last
When Emmanuel Macron beat Marine Le Pen handsomely to reclaim the French presidency in 2022, the liberal establishment was in ecstasy. Their verdict that the centre was holding was as understandable as it was unfounded. In reality, Macron’s second term helped the ultra-Right become France’s strongest political force. Last week, Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese…
Marine Le Pen is stronger than ever
“You’ll be able to park over there”, says the smiling policewoman, pointing at rows of Renaults, Citroëns and Toyotas. We are nearing the Narbonne Arena, a 5,000-seat concert hall in a dire commercial strip on the outskirts of Narbonne, a midsized Roman-founded town in the Aude winemaking département, 160 miles west of Marseilles. It is…
How Trump keeps Mexico afloat
As the sun rises on the rustic town of Ixmiquilpan in central Mexico, and the smell of chili-laced eggs and slow-roasted sheep wafts from the market, queues grow outside the various money transfer shops that surround the central square. When they open, women with young children, middle-aged men in baseball caps, and grandmothers with weathered…
Trump’s deportation bust
When I first visited Peru in 2019, I made the painfully naive decision to enter the country illegally by land. As I made my way back to the Colombian border by riverboat, the Peruvian authorities nearly deported me. “We should take you in like the rest of them”, the border official said scornfully as his…
Britain’s luxury geopolitics
In the early Eighties, the Swiss watch industry experienced an existential crisis. The mechanical watches that Swiss makers had spent centuries perfecting were suddenly outclassed. Cheaper, more reliable and far more accurate quartz models, developed by Japanese firms like Seiko and Casio, had arrived. Instead of gears and springs, these watches used a battery-powered circuit…
Trump responds to Pope tweet criticism
The US president insists Catholics “loved” the joke President Donald Trump has dismissed criticism over a viral AI-generated image depicting him in papal attire, insisting the backlash is being driven by the “fake news media,” not the Catholic community. The digitally altered image, which shows Trump wearing a white papal robe, gold crucifix, and mitre,…
Ex-Bellingcat child porn researcher commits suicide after conviction for abusing own child – media
Former operative of the group, Daniel Romein, also had a prior conviction for child porn possession before getting his job A former Bellingcat operative, known under the alias Daniel Romein, has allegedly taken his life after being sentenced to prison for sexually abusing his own daughter. Romein has been involved in the investigation of the…
EU considering full ban on Russian gas – Bloomberg
The bloc is reportedly preparing a plan to end all imports, including LNG, by the end of 2027 The European Commission (EC) plans to propose legislation to phase out all Russian pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the end of 2027, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022,…
Gulf AI giant moves into US amid tech rivalry – FT
The UAE-backed G42 group’s reported expansion plans come amid growing AI competition, with China and others closing the gap with the US The United Arab Emirates’ artificial intelligence group G42, backed by Abu Dhabi’s state-owned Mubadala investment company, is set to expand into the US, Financial Times has reported, citing corporate filings. It plans to…
Swiss university secretly ran AI experiment to manipulate minds
Reddit is considering suing the University of Zurich for using chatbots to sway users’ opinions on hot-button topics A major Swiss university has come under fire for running a secret experiment on users of social media platform Reddit to test how artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to influence their opinions. The platform has said…
Western Memory of WWII is basically fan fiction
Xi Jinping will visit Russia at the invitation of Vladimir Putin and will attend the celebrations marking victory in the Great Patriotic War Historians seldom completely agree with one another even on some of the most important events of the past. There are different views on various historical events, such as World War II (WWII)….
On Trump’s Pope Image: A Sign of the Times
President Donald Trump has, once more, drawn criticism for his off-cuff antics. This time for posting an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope: he is seated on a throne wearing a white cassock and mitre. While the origins of the photo were not immediately clear, and the president did not include any commentary in…
India orders first civil defense drills in decades
Measures include air raid warning sirens and the training of civilians The Indian Home Ministry has ordered several states to hold mock security drills on May 7 in order to ensure effective civil defense in the event of a hostile attack, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Monday. The drills come amid tensions between India…
Chinese exporters dodging US tariffs – FT
Third countries are shipping the goods while hiding their place-of-origin, the outlet has reported Chinese exporters are using various methods to avoid steep US tariffs, including shipping goods through third countries to obscure their origin, Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing trade consultants, customs officials, and social media posts. The practice, known as “place-of-origin washing,”…
Romanian PM resigns after anti-EU nationalist’s win
Marcel Ciolacu has stepped down after a shock presidential rerun that saw right-wing firebrand George Simion take the lead in the first round Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced his resignation and the withdrawal of his Social Democratic Party (PSD) from the ruling coalition, effectively dismantling the country’s pro-EU leadership. Ciolacu’s move follows the…
German political class gleefully planning the wider persecution of Alternative für Deutschland and its supporters, because Hitler
Last Friday, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) declared Alternative für Deutschland to be a “confirmed right-wing extremist” organisation. I very much fear that “the right” is going to be the new panic apocalypse issue, now that climate has ceased to command apocalyptic fears, everyone abandoned the Covidpocalypse and nobody really…
Microsoft kills Skype
The company has shut down the once popular service after 22 years, reflecting a shift toward Teams as its main communications app Pioneering internet calling service Skype officially shut down on May 5, 2025, after nearly 22 years in operation, according to Microsoft. The company is shifting focus to promoting its Teams application instead. The…
Does Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Even Matter Anymore?
President Trump’s net approval currently stands at negative 6.5 points in the RealClearPolitics polling aggregate. At the beginning of his second, non-consecutive term, he started with a plus 6.2 net approval, which first dipped into the negative on 13 March. One may have even come across some headlines touting that President Trump has the lowest…
Labeling the AfD ‘extremist’ will backfire terribly
The popular opposition party has been blacklisted, a big step down the slippery slope towards a total ban Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (literally, the Federal Office for Protecting the Constitution), has released a bombshell: Based on a report of over a thousand pages, the Verfassungsschutz has classified the AfD (Alternative for…
Berlin hits back over US ‘tyranny in disguise’ claim
The German foreign ministry has rejected US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that it was wrong to brand the AfD party as extremist Germany’s foreign ministry has rejected US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s claim that Berlin’s designation of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as extremist amounted to “tyranny in disguise.” Rubio…
No need to ban AfD – incoming German interior minister
Alexander Dobrindt made the remark after the country’s domestic security service officially labeled the right-wing party “extremist” Incoming German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has spoken out against banning the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, days after the country’s domestic security service (BfV) officially designated it a “confirmed extremist entity.” Several other senior center-right politicians…
From Makeshift Morgue to EPP Congress Venue
The European People’s Party is undoubtedly a significant force in European politics. The EPP gives the European Parliament’s President, in addition to the 12 heads of state or government in the European Council and 14 European Commissioners (including the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen). Despite its relative strength in fact over…
Israel approves full ‘conquest’ of Gaza – media
The reported plan includes the forced relocation of Palestinians and occupation of the territory The Israeli government has approved a plan for the complete military occupation of Gaza and the forced relocation of its Palestinian inhabitants to the southern part of the territory, multiple news outlets have reported citing unnamed officials. According to officials quoted…
Court ruling dashes hopes for Cold War-era US propaganda outlet
The decision has thwarted the expected resumption of operations at Voice of America A US appellate court has rejected a ruling which would have re-opened the government-funded media outlet Voice of America (VOA) after it was closed at the behest of US President Donald Trump. In March, Trump cut funding for the US Agency for…
Neo-Nazism on the rise in Europe – Kremlin
Europeans are “rightly” concerned by the trend and should fight against any manifestations of the ideology, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Neo-Nazism is on the rise in Europe and extensive efforts are needed to combat this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday. Peskov was asked to comment on a recent Politico report claiming…
Russian glide bombs pound Kiev’s troops (VIDEOS)
Several clips capture FAB-3000s in action, which are some of the most powerful munitions in the series New videos have shown glide bombs deployed by Russian aircraft destroying Ukrainian forces’ positions in several areas on the front line. The clips, posted by Telegram channels on Saturday and Sunday, capture the use of FAB (high explosive…
Russian runner wins French ultramarathon (VIDEO)
Ivan Zaborsky set a new world record as he claimed victory in one of Europe’s most prestigious endurance races Russian ultramarathon runner Ivan Zaborsky has won the ‘6 Days of France’ endurance race, setting a new world record. The 37-year-old was the only participant to cover more than 1,000 kilometers in the notoriously gruelling event. …
Trump-Effect Hits Australia as Labour Secures Upset Victory
Following last week’s upset victory by the Liberal Party in Canada, a similar scenario played out in Australia on Saturday, where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labour Party (ALP) secured a majority win over the centre-right Liberal Party led by Peter Dutton. Like Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, Dutton also lost his long-held seat in Parliament—despite…
Pakistan test-fires second missile – military
The launch suggests the armed forces are prepared “to thwart any aggression,” officials have said The Pakistani military has successfully test launched a Fatah series short-range surface-to-surface missile, according to the country’s armed forces press service. Monday’s launch was the second such event in three days, and comes as tensions between Pakistan and neighboring India…
‘We look for partners not preachers’ – Indian Foreign Minister
S. Jaishankar has called out the hypocrisy of European countries pressuring New Delhi over ties with Moscow Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has rebuked European leaders for their hypocritical attitude when it comes to the South Asian nation. “When we look out at the world, we look for partners, not preachers – particularly preachers who…
US foreign policy driven by resource competition – former South African envoy
Ebrahim Rasool says the growing “scramble for critical minerals” is fueling global tensions Former South African ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool, expelled from Washington in March after accusing Donald Trump of promoting white supremacy, has warned that a new global conflict is underway, not over oil, but over critical minerals. Speaking at a Jumu’ah…
FM Szijjártó: Hungary Is Interested in Peace Between India and Pakistan
‘Hungary is interested in reconciliation and settlement of disputes between India and Pakistan, because at the moment the last thing the world needs is an escalating conflict between the two countries,’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó of Hungary wrote in a Facebook post last week. This came in response to Islamist terrorists…
African state in talks to host migrants deported from US
Rwanda has confirmed discussions after Marco Rubio said Washington wants to send some of the most “despicable” people far away from America Rwanda has entered negotiations with Washington to receive migrants deported from the United States, the East African country’s foreign minister said on Sunday. The development comes months after a controversial asylum agreement between…
Three officers dead in attack on police patrol in southern Russia (VIDEO)
The suspects have fled the scene in a stolen police car, the Dagestani Interior Ministry has said A group of gunmen has attacked a police patrol car in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s Dagestan Republic, killing at least three officers, local authorities said on Monday. The assailants stole a police vehicle and fled the scene,…
Top Ukrainian priests collaborated with Nazis during WWII – FSB
Russia’s Federal Security Service has declassified a Soviet investigation into underground nationalist Ukrainian groups Top clergy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) actively collaborated with the Nazis during World War II, Russia’s Federal Security Service has said, citing a declassified Soviet probe. The investigation, published on Monday, asserts that between 1930 and 1960, UGCC…
Türkiye arrests Russian pension fund embezzlement suspect – media
Islam Seinaroyev and his accomplices are believed to have stolen around $24.5 million from the state The Turkish authorities have detained a former high-ranking official of the Russian Social Fund (SFR) who is wanted in his home country on suspicion of large-scale embezzlement, the RTVI broadcaster has reported. Investigators believe Islam Seinaroyev, who headed the…
AUR’s Simion Claims First-Round Victory in Romania’s Presidential Race
George Simion, the candidate of the right-wing nationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), won a landslide victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election on Sunday. Simion secured 40.3 per cent of the vote, far ahead of Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, who came second with 20.74 per cent. The governing coalition’s joint…
Putin calls Modi and condemns Kashmir terror attack
The Russian president has offered his full support to India in its fight against terrorism Russian President Vladimir Putin called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and strongly condemned the April terrorist attack in Kashmir. Putin “conveyed deepest condolences on the loss of innocent lives and expressed full support to India in the fight…
