The war in Ukraine continues. The invasion by Putin’s Russian forces has continued for 19 months. Is there any end in sight? Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, chatted with BCN’s Hal Roberts and Read More
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Lisa Daftari of the Foreign Desk discusses where she was on September 11th, 2001 when almost three-thousand people died during the al-Qaeda terrorist attacks including those on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Read More
Donald Trump says he could get 400 years in prison with a recent indictment. The former US president is facing 37 charges including 31 of willful retention of national defence information. Political reporter, Lisa Daftari, says it should Read More
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The war in Sudan, was sparked over two generals in a power struggle, according to Lisa Daftari of the Foreign Desk. Despite a ceasefire, airstrikes continue to rock the capitol city if Khartoum. Daftari says Read More
The US Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Middle East. It is in retaliation to an attack US personnel faced in Syria that left one person dead and 12 other military members injured. Our Read More
The US Navy announced it would be extending the deployment of one of its Naval strike groups. This follows a drone attack that killed an American contractor and injured several American troops. Our foreign affairs Read More
There does not appear to be any end in sight with the war between Ukraine and Russia. There is even talk that the conflict may turn nuclear. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari explains. Daftari Read More
One of the big business stories we have shared on BCN is of the downfall of the Silcon Valley Bank and their alleged risky practices. American correspondent, and one of our regular contributors, Lisa Daftari, Read More
The death toll from the earthquake ravaged areas in both Turkey and Syria has now reached more than 50 thousand. In the midst of all of the tragedy and pulling people from the rubble is a Read More
The World Health Organization is urging all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of COVID-19 after claims from the US government agencies that a lab in China leaked the virus was denied Read More
There has been more talk coming out of China about a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. President Xi Jinping is allegedly telling his troops to be ready by the year 2027. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Read More
The Pentagon is warning of a new breed of extremist militants coming from the terror group ISIS. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says the factions seem to be coming from both the Middle East Read More
U.S. officials say Russia is providing military assistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran. That includes helicopters and fighter jets. In exchange Russia wants ballistic missiles from Iran to help in its war in Read More
There is a new report by the Washington Post which says that Iran hired assassins to target those who have been criticizing the Iranian regime. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says that includes critics Read More
The World Cup continues in Qatar. When it comes to building the stadiums the Taliban made millions of dollars during the construction. That is according to our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari who has the Read More
The war between Russia and Ukraine has now entered its ninth month. Is there any end in sight? Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says there are intelligence reports by the Biden Administration that there Read More
A Canadian was among those injured in a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people in Seoul, South Korea on Sunday evening. Global Affairs Canada confirms that officials are in touch with local authorities to Read More
Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says there are reports coming from the UN allegedly informing migrants around the world how to get to the US and crossing the border illegally. Six migrants from Afghanistan Read More
A number of nations including Canada and the U.S. have sent condolence books to the Royal Family with the passing of the Queen. The U.K. extended a special invite to Taiwan’s representative Read More
There are calls in Russia for Russian President Vladimir Putin to not only step down but also to be charged with treason in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Read More
A number of countries want to see the US and Iran hammer out a new nuclear deal similar to what was in place in 2015. Our foreign affairs expert and political reporter, Lisa Daftari, has the Read More
There are stories coming out of Ukraine of Russian soldiers being poisoned by Ukrainian food. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, has the details in this interview with BCN. Read More
A number of countries are looking to support Afghanistan with humanitarian aid following last week’s devastating earthquake which claimed more than a thousand lives. Will the money actually get to the Afghani people or Read More
As the war in Ukraine rages on, the country’s agriculture minister says close to 25 percent of Ukraine’s arable crop land has been destroyed. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says this has negatively Read More
A Yale historian says Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to starve much of the developing world in order to win his war with Ukraine. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says Putin will do Read More
The war between Ukraine and Russia is now heading into its fourth month. European leaders are urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Ukrainian President Volydmyr Zelensky to end the war. We asked our Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin is now issuing threats to any country that is supplying weapons to Ukraine during the war. That includes Britain, the US and Canada. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari says his Read More
When it comes to churches growing in predominantly Muslim or Buddhist nations which countries are seeing the biggest increase? According to Jason Law with World Compassion, the church in Iran is growing exponentially.Read More
A lot of security experts say Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine but Moldova may be his next target. Some, including our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari, believe that Putin is interested Read More
Tensions continue to rise between Russia and Ukraine as the threat of an invasion seems imminent. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says thousands of Russian troops continue to line up along the Russian/Ukrainian Read More
