Day: October 21, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is among the high-profile proponents of classical Christian education, which has grown in popularity. The push to use taxpayer money to fund private schools is helping classical Christian schools expand.
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US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. The day before, the American official had met with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo, Norway. Details by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle.
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On October 21, Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, met with Auxillia Mnangagwa, First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
According to Report, during the meeting, the sides exchanged views on expanding bilateral relations and strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Azerbaijan and Zimbabwe.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Center has issued a late report of an attack on a tanker about 30 nautical miles southeast of Al Faw, Iraq, at the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
The tanker was struck by an unknown projectile around 1830 UTC yesterday, according to the vessel’s master. The crew is reported safe, and no damage or environmental impact has been reported.
A tanker was struck in nearly the same area on September 9th. Earlier this week, UKMTO acknowledged it is struggling to report the true number of attacks because most targeted vessels are refusing to report to it, likely in accordance with U.S. guidance. Attacks the U.S. attributes to Iran have increased in pace and range in recent weeks, reaching tankers north of Qatar and off Saudi Arabia’s Al Jubayl.
Stephen Hubbard, a retired American teacher, was accused of fighting alongside Ukrainian forces and sentenced to seven years in prison in Russia. Now he’s been freed after President Trump personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to let him go.
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