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Calling President Donald Trump a threat to the American way of life, Governor Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy. In a speech
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The Pentagon is scaling back by half its request to Congress for the US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-35 jets, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. A US Defense Department procurement request document sent to Capitol Hill this week asked for 24 of the planes, down from 48 that were
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The two Chinese aircraft carriers spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time send a political message about the country’s “expansionist” aims, Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday. Japan’s defense minister said the previous day that the appearance of the Chinese aircraft carriers
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Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Donald Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend. From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans,
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Iran’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that the new round of nuclear talks with the United States was being planned for Sunday after President Donald Trump said it was expected on Thursday. “The next round of Iran–US indirect talks is being planned for next Sunday in Muscat,” Foreign Ministry
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday Iran is involved in negotiations aimed at arranging a ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas. “Gaza right now is in the midst of a massive negotiation between us and Hamas and Israel, and Iran actually is involved, and we’ll see what’s
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Russia is determined to test the resolve of the NATO alliance, including by extending its confrontation with the West beyond the borders of Ukraine, the Germany’s foreign intelligence chief told the Table Media news organization. Bruno Kahl, head of the Federal Intelligence Service, said his agency had clear intelligence
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday was due to urge a “400-percent increase” in the transatlantic alliance’s air and missile defense capacities in response to the threat from Russia. “We see in Ukraine how Russia delivers terror from above, so we will strengthen the shield that protects our
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US troops have made their first detentions inside military areas set up on the US-Mexico border as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, the US Army said. The unprecedented military areas along 260 miles (418 km) of border in New Mexico and Texas were declared extensions
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President Donald Trump has banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States and restricted access for those from seven others, citing national security concerns in resurrecting and expanding a hallmark policy from his first term that will mostly affect people from Africa and the Middle East. The ban
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French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greenland next weekend, the Danish prime minister’s office said Saturday — a visit by a high-profile European Union leader in the wake of US expressions of interest in taking over the mineral-rich Arctic island. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the French leader said
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“More than a dozen aircraft were damaged, TU-95 and TU-22 strategic bombers as well as A-50 surveillance planes,” Freuding said US estimates that Ukraine’s audacious drone attack hit as many as 20 Russian warplanes BERLIN: A Ukrainian drone attack last weekend likely damaged around 10 percent of Russia’s
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The Pentagon’s watchdog is looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s aides were asked to delete Signal messages that may have shared sensitive military information with a reporter, according to two people familiar with the investigation and documents reviewed by The Associated Press. The inspector general’
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Russia sees little chance of saving its last nuclear accord with the United States, due to expire in eight months, given the “ruined” state of relations with Washington, its top arms control official said in an interview published on Friday. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also told TASS news agency
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Labour scored a surprise win in a Scottish Parliament by-election on Friday, giving UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government a rare moment of celebration. Labour won with 8,559 votes, overturning the comfortable majority of 4,582 earned by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 2021. The SNP
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On June 4, 2025, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime, delivered a harsh and alarming speech on the anniversary of Khomeini’s death. In this speech, he revealed a deep state of desperation and fear within the regime. His remarks did not only emphasize an uncompromising stance