Bangkok – Thailand’s swing to more conservative politics in last weekend’s election reveals as much about the dynamics of local power brokers as it does the missteps of the main progressive party, which failed to get its message to stick…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Trump says US will send second aircraft carrier to Middle East ‘very soon’ | Donald Trump News
Trump says he believes negotiations with Iran will be ‘successful’ as he confirms USS Gerald R Ford deployment.
President Donald Trump says that he is sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as…
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US Department of Homeland Security to go into shutdown due to funding lapse | Politics News
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement and disaster response – is expected to run out of funds after legislators failed to…
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Court orders Trump administration to facilitate deported student’s return | Donald Trump News
A United States court has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to facilitate the return of a Babson College student, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, who was wrongfully deported last year.
In his ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge…
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How Iran harnesses digital repression, China tech ties to quash dissent
Though Iran’s street protests have largely subsided, the struggle has shifted to the digital front, where a complex infrastructure of servers, satellites and centralized controls is being used to stifle dissent.
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Trump orders second aircraft carrier to Middle East | Military
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump says a second aircraft carrier strike group will deploy to the Middle East, increasing pressure on Iran as negotiations over its nuclear programme continue.
Published On 13 Feb 2026
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Indian writer Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row
Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was withdrawing from the Berlin Film Festival over jury president Wim Wenders’s comments that cinema should “stay out of politics” when he was asked about Gaza.
Roy said in a statement sent…
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Trump says planning to ‘make visit’ to Venezuela following Maduro abduction | Donald Trump News
Trump did not give a timeline for trip, which would make him the first US president to visit the country since 1997.
Donald Trump has said he plans to become the first sitting United States president to visit…
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Co-founder of Palestine Action: government’s ban on group ‘backfired’ | Gaza
NewsFeed Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, says the UK government’s ban has backfired after the High Court ruled that proscribing the group as a “terror” organisation was unlawful.
Published On 13 Feb 2026
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German leader Merz calls on US and Europe to ‘repair trust’ | Newsfeed
NewsFeed Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a “deep rift” has opened between Europe and the United States and called to “repair and revive transatlantic trust”.
Published On 13 Feb 2026
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