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Chinese government says sale ‘severely undermines peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait’ The United States on Wednesday approved $11.1 billion US in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever weapons package for the island which is under increasing military … Read More

The dramatic surge in U.S. military power in the Caribbean since August 2025 — anchored by the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the deployment of F-35s to Puerto Rico, expanded naval patrols, the buildup of some 15,000 U.S. … Read More

The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — … Read More

President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering the US. The White House said the restrictions were intended “to protect the security of the … Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter … Read More

Field Marshal Munir is expected to discuss stabilization force with Trump in coming weeks, with Pakistani participation likely to trigger domestic backlash among Islamists ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his … Read More

DEC 15 (Reuters) – A federal judicial panel said Monday it would centralize a growing number of lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alleging patients lost some or all of their eyesight while taking the companies’ blockbuster weight loss … Read More

AG Bondi says ‘Turtle Island Liberation Front’ was planning ‘series of bombings’ against federal targets in Los Angeles; four arrested in CA, one in New Orleans for separate plot The FBI recently foiled a plot to carry out coordinated bombing … Read More

An Israeli citizen was among the 16 victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack, which also saw one of the gunmen killed and 29 people hospitalised during Hanukkah celebrations. Follow SkyNews.com.au for rolling coverage. Australia has suffered its worst mass … Read More

Authorities said late Sunday the person of interest was being released from custody with evidence pointing in a different direction now. A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday … Read More

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was found guilty Monday of violating Chinese national security laws, the culmination of a years-long effort on the part of the Chinese Communist Party to punish Lai for his staunch pro-democracy activism. Lai was … Read More

Greetings from Tyler, We’ve seized a Venezuelan ship full of oil. This is not unusual but it is inflammatory. You can watch on released video, it was rehearsed. Apparently we took control of this tanker and it was an armed … Read More

Gold prices reversed course to rise on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s rate cut, though uncertainty over next year’s policy outlook persisted, while silver hit an all-time peak. Spot gold rose 0.7% at $4,236.57 per ounce. U.S. gold futures for … Read More

US forces rappelled from helicopter onto sanctioned vessel off Venezuelan coast Attorney General Pam Bondi released video footage Wednesday of U.S. forces seizing a Venezuelan crude oil tanker, a bold move last ordered more than a decade ago. Video footage … Read More

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) struck Russia’s Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea for the first time with long-range drones, halting oil and gas production from more than 20 wells, a source in the SBU said on Dec. 11. Four … Read More