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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone along the border with North Korea as part of a trip to South Korea on Monday, South Korea’s defense ministry said. His visit to the heavily fortified DMZ came ahead of talks expected to involve Washington’s goal of reshaping
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New tests of the US nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was the first clarity from the Trump administration since the president took to social media last week to say he had “instructed the Department
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea. Speaking at a meeting in Malaysia with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Hegseth reiterated US
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Jordan and Germany said on Saturday that an international force expected to support a future Palestinian police in Gaza under US President Donald Trump’s post-war governance plan should have a UN mandate. Under the US-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, a coalition of mainly Arab and Muslim nations is
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Iraqis are bracing for yet another election they fear will change little, with many seeing the pro-reform campaign banners for the Nov. 11 vote as empty gestures from elites who have delivered little since the 2003 US-led invasion. Years of corruption, high unemployment, and poor public services have blighted daily
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The United States will “stoutly defend its interests,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Chinese counterpart Dong Jun during a meeting on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, flagging the importance of maintaining a balance of power in the region. The meeting, following a September teleconference, was the latest sign of gradually improving
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Multiple African presidents are finding ways to block opposition candidates from running against them, turning elections into foregone conclusions that risk provoking violent unrest and undermining faith in democracy. Tanzania’s elections descended into violence on Wednesday as voters rebelled against the lack of choice, with the two serious rivals
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“Until a man confronts his own shadow, he will project it onto others and see them as enemies—fighting them while in truth he battles himself.” — Carl Jung The war in Sudan is not a blind twist of fate; it is the natural harvest of a poisoned consciousness, watered for
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President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans. The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that
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US lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through US cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more
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President Donald Trump is set to meet face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, a chance for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies to stabilize relations after months of turmoil over trade issues. Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs since returning to the White House for
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President Donald Trump may be facing protests back home calling for “no kings” in the United States, but in South Korea officials had the perfect gift for the monarch-loving magnate — a replica golden crown. Trump met South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday, part of a visit in which
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Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that talks with the Afghan Taliban failed to yield a “workable solution” despite multiple meetings in Türkiye, accusing Kabul of evading commitments to curb militants and thriving on a “war economy” that risks dragging Afghans into another conflict. Pakistan and Afghanistan
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Polls opened across the Netherlands on Wednesday in a close-run snap election called after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders brought down the last four-party coalition in a dispute over a crackdown on immigration. The campaign focused on migration, a housing crisis and whether parties will work with Wilders in a new
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President Donald Trump began one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday by warmly greeting the new Japanese prime minister, with plans to later speak to US troops aboard an aircraft carrier and mingle with business leaders. Although Trump is visiting one of America’s most steadfast
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Russian President Vladimir Putin asked North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during talks in the Kremlin on Monday to tell her country’s leader Kim Jong Un that everything was “going to plan” in bilateral relations. Putin and Kim sealed a strategic partnership treaty last year, which included a