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JAKARTA – Indonesia and the United States signed a trade pact on Feb 19, finalising a 19 per cent tariff on most Indonesian exports to the US, as well as a pledge by the South-east Asian country to purchase about US$33 billion (S$42 billion) worth of … Read More

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States, congressional documents and an arms control group suggest, raising proliferation concerns as an … Read More

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US was pledging $10 billion for his inaugural Board of Peace, a new body aimed at consolidating progress in Gaza while signalling broader ambitions to reshape international conflict management, but didn’t specify what the … Read More

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has today been arrested on his 66th birthday and is in custody after a raid on his new Sandringham home. Thames Valley Police held the eighth in line to the British throne on suspicion of misconduct in public … Read More

The crazed gunman who killed two people and critically injured three others at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island on Monday afternoon has been identified as a transgender dad who railed against anti-trans hate in family legal disputes … Read More

Iranian naval forces began military exercises Monday in the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, the day before a second round of talks with the United States for a nuclear deal amid heightened tensions. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s … Read More

Most of the world has slammed the West Bank changes, but the PM has faced little public pushback from Trump himself. In a blockbuster move that could shake up the region, the government reopened land registration in Area C of … Read More

Greetings from Tyler, The media is going to get Donald Trump one way or the other.  He releases the Epstein files and doesn’t break a sweat. The media is trying to make us think he’s involved in pedophilia.    There’s … Read More

Cubans are struggling with blackouts and fuel rationing amid President Trump’s campaign to provoke regime change by choking off the energy supply of the island nation, which is heavily dependent on fuel imports. Trump last month threatened to impose tariffs … Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he decided to move a second aircraft carrier into the Middle East as he presses Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s … Read More

The bill would require voter ID in elections as early as this coming November The House of Representatives passed a massive election integrity overhaul bill on Wednesday despite opposition from the vast majority of Democrats. The House passed Rep. Chip … Read More

Numerous economic and political challenges could come with separating, U of A professor says. The Alberta independence movement has made its way to St. Albert, after Stay Free Alberta hosted one of two petition signings this past Friday. After a … Read More

ROME (AP) — Italy’s conservative government led by Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday approved a bill introducing new measures aimed at fighting illegal immigration, including a so-called “naval blockade” for migrant ships trying to reach Italian shores. A cabinet meeting … Read More

What happened The Trump administration is sending about 200 troops to Nigeria to help train its military to fight Islamist militants, U.S. and Nigerian officials said Tuesday. The deployment comes weeks after President Donald Trump accused Nigeria’s government of failing … Read More

High school students barricaded classroom doors with tables and chairs for at least two hours while a shooter — described as a “gunperson” in a “dress” — left nine dead and 25 injured during Canada’s deadliest school shooting in nearly … Read More