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The release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy has brought into focus a fundamental tension that has been simmering since before President Donald Trump took office: the understanding between the United States and Europe that the geopolitical system that … Read More

Last group of freed Nigerian schoolchildren are due to be taken to Minna later on Monday to meet their relatives in time for Christmas celebrations, President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson said. A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by … Read More

The Russian General Staff head of training was reported “murdered” by Moscow investigators, after an explosive device planted under his car exploded; they say Kyiv’s special forces may be “linked.” A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on … Read More

The Department of Homeland Security has tripled its “exit bonus” for undocumented migrants who voluntarily depart the United States through self-deportation, increasing the financial incentive from $1,000 to $3,000 for those who register with the U.S. government and depart the … Read More

Trump said the new ‘Golden Fleet’ of battleships would expand U.S. naval power and speed up defense production President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships Monday, known as the “Golden Fleet,” as he revealed he approved plans for … Read More

Dear friends, It’s been quite a week. A shooting at Brown University, leaving two dead and many others injured, quickly turned into a days-long manhunt. It resolved with an apparent suicide but was also soon linked to the murder of … Read More

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual end-of-year press conference on Friday. Below are some of his comments. He spoke in Russian and his words were translated by Reuters. “So far, we don’t really see … Read More

The newly named pro-migrant archbishop of New York called himself an “unworthy servant” during his first Mass in the city after Pope Leo XIV named his fellow Chicago native to replace a conservative cardinal Thursday. In a significant shift for … Read More

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