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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the US will formally designate Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally, marking a significant elevation in defense ties between the two countries. He revealed the decision during a black-tie White House dinner honoring Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “Tonight, I’m pleased to
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A UN-led assessment says Afghanistan requires $128.8 million to restore housing, schools and key services in its quake-hit eastern provinces, warning that reconstruction faces “significant shortfalls” as donor support for the country falls sharply. The Joint Rapid Recovery Needs Assessment (JRRNA), conducted with the World Bank, EU and ADB,
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The tourist boats that normally ply Kenya’s famed Lake Naivasha have had a different task in recent weeks: evacuating hundreds of flooded homes. Although the lake’s level has been rising for more than a decade and has repeatedly breached its banks, locals in the modest district of Kihoto
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A South Korean passenger ferry carrying 267 passengers and crew got stranded on Wednesday after running aground off the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula and a rescue operation was underway to bring them to land, the coast guard said. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who is currently traveling
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Months before the US military began launching airstrikes against suspected drug vessels, former Justice Department No. 2 official Emil Bove told employees the government should just “sink the boats” rather than prosecute the people on board, three witnesses told Reuters. Bove, the former acting deputy attorney general, made similar remarks
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Indian anti-terrorism investigators on Monday presented in court a suspect linked to last week’s deadly car-bomb in New Delhi, one of two men accused of involvement in the suicide attack. Officials have not disclosed any details on the motives or organizational backing of the alleged attackers, both of whom
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said he had signed a letter of intent with France to acquire up to 100 Rafale F4 fighter jets as his country looks to strengthen its defenses against Russian aggression. The order sent shares of French defense group Dassault soaring. WHAT IS THE RAFALE?
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President Donald Trump said Monday he will talk at some point to his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, while declining to rule out putting US boots on the ground in the Latin American nation. Trump’s comments came as a huge US military buildup off the coast of Venezuela stokes tensions,
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A Tennessee state court judge temporarily blocked on Monday Republican Governor Bill Lee’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city of Memphis, ruling that the use of troops was likely not legal under the state’s militia law. Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal of the Davidson County Chancery Court
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Heavy rain swept central Vietnam on Monday, triggering landslides and floods, killing at least seven, injuring dozens and stranding thousands. The deluges have wreaked widespread destruction across a region already battered weeks ago by floods from record rainfall and the powerful typhoon Kalmaegi. Rainfall through Wednesday is expected to reach
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Japan has warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds amid a diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. The escalating spat has already seen Beijing advise Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Japan and hit Tokyo stocks.
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The UN Security Council on Monday approved a US plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman departed the Kingdom for the US on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. The crown prince will be undertaking an official working visit and was invited by US President Donald Trump. During the visit, he will meet with Trump to discuss relations between their countries
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Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they rejected Monday’s UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed in the territory, saying it fails to respect the “demands and rights” of the Palestinians. “This resolution does not meet the level of our Palestinian people’s political and humanitarian
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he backed lawmakers’ efforts to release more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite his previous opposition to the measure. “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The
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A Russian missile strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Balakliya killed three people and wounded 10, including three children, the region’s governor and a regional military official in Kharkiv said on Monday. The overnight attack hit the city center, injuring children born in 2007, 2010 and 2011, Vitali