From Fox News, since hate crimes are serious, faking them should be taken seriously, too.
From FrontpageMag, Smollett appears to be the first American to scam Nigerians.
From National Review, why would Smollett do what he allegedly did?
From Townhall, Smollett's bail is set, and his passport must be surrendered.
From The Federalist, Chicago's police chief shames Smollett for the "phony attack".
From American Thinker, Smollett has Democrats suddenly remembering the presumption of innocence.
From CNS News, CNN commentator Van Jones likens Smollett to Jackie Robinson. (I don't claim to know everything about Robinson's life, but I don't think that he ever faked an attack against himself.)
From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) praises Black Lives Matter, but they don't praise her.
From the Washington Examiner, Americans should recoil at the leftward lurch from the Democrats.
From The American Conservative, why Poland wants a Fort Trump.
From Radio Poland, a Polish director wins the Pragnell Shakespeare Award.
From Radio Praha, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will visit Washington, D.C. and President Trump in March. (Trump's first wife Ivana is a Czech immigrant from Czechoslovakia. Their son Donald Jr. speaks Czech.)
From The Slovak Spectator, thousands of Slovaks gather to remember Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová on the anniversary of their murders.
From Index, Hungary secretly accepts refugees from Venezuela. (via Hungary Journal)
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, the refugees from Venezuela are not migrants.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, "hundreds" of ISIS terrorists are returning to Europe.
From Russia Today, a Russian bootmaker gets acknowledged by Guinness World Records, with some help from President Putin.
From Hürriyet Daily News, despite pressure from the U.S., Turkey sticks with their deal to buy Russian air defense systems.
From Turkish Minute, deputies from the Nationalist Movement Party object to speeches given in the Turkish parliament in Armenian and Laz.
From Ekathimerini, Greece hosted over 30 million tourists in 2018.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albania calls off a parliamentary session due to fears of violence.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia dismisses claims by Bosnia about Croatian police allegedly illegally returning migrants.
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini denies having anything to do with an alleged forced return of the daughter of a North Korean envoy to that country.
From Morocco World News, the U.N. names a new force commander for their mission in Western Sahara.
From El País, Spain and Morocco reach a deal to curb the flow of
From SwissInfo, Switzerland's ties with the E.U. will be an important issue for Swiss voters this coming October.
From France24, a French terrorist whose voice was heard in an ISIS video claiming responsibility for the 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in Syria.
From RFI, French President Macron unveils new measures to deal with anti-Semitism.
From the Express, the E.U. expects U.K. Prime Minister May to be forced to delay Brexit for three months.
From the Evening Standard, a man admits to creating racist graffiti on the door of a black family's home.
From BBC News, according to U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, ISIS bride Shamima Begum has a "right to return" to the U.K.
From the (U.K.) Independent, only one in ten terrorists returning from Syria to the U.K. are prosecuted.
From the (Irish) Independent, Dublin Airport temporarily suspends flights due to drone sightings.
From VRT NWS, Belgian students going truant to protest climate change are joined by a Swedish counterpart. (I'm still waiting for their Chinese counterpart to show up, but I probably should not hold my breath, with its carbon dioxide.)
From the NL Times, the Dutch party GroenLinks wants to ban flights between Amsterdam and Brussels.
From Dutch News, beavers make a comeback in Twente, Overijssel, Netherlands. (Let the dam jokes begin. If you read Dutch, read the story at Tubantia.)
From NBC News, Venezuelan President (de facto, anyway) Maduro closes the country's border with Brazil. (Isn't closing your country's border racist? According to some people, it is when the U.S. does it.)
From CBC News, Canada's government and the Cat Lake First Nation reach an agreement to repair mold-infested homes.
From Global News, according to Canada's ambassador to the U.S., tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum will be lifted.
From Egypt Today, an Egyptian satellite is launched from Kazakhstan.
From Arutz Sheva, a new alliance of two left-wing parties out-polls Likud.
From The Times Of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu urges Israelis to not vote for the new alliance.
From The Jerusalem Post, the commander of Iran's Quds Force blames Jews for Wahhabism. (Is there anything that has not been blamed on the Jews? And wouldn't the origin of Wahhabism have been the work of its founder, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?)
From YNetNews, more on the Smollett story. (According to this article, Smollett is part Jewish. His imaginary attackers reportedly used anti-black and homophobic slurs, but apparently forgot the anti-Semitic ones.)
From Rûdaw, Iraqi intelligence agents dismantle an international network that funded ISIS.
From Radio Farda, why is gasoline smuggled out of Iran, and nobody tries to stop it?
From AhlulBayt News Agency, eight people have been arrested in connection with a terror attack against Iranian troops.
From The Express Tribune, India reportedly threatens to block Pakistan's water supply.
From Khaama Press, four Taliban terrorists are arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan.
From Ekurd Daily, Turkey is NATO's Islamic state member.
From the New York Post, there's a long list of bogus "hate crimes" in the Trump era.
From LifeNews, a bill in Illinois would legalize abortion for any reason, and force religious organizations to provide insurance coverage for all abortions. (This bill is not pro-choice. It's pro-abortion.)
From The Daily Caller, congresscritter Steve King (R-Iowa), stripped of his committee assignments, will still run for reelection in 2020.
From Twitchy, celebrities may not like the stage for this year's Oscars show.
And from USA Today, Peter Tork of the Monkees goes to rock & roll heaven.
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