US President Donald Trump has announced plans to request a record-breaking $1.5-trillion military budget for fiscal year 2027, marking a roughly 50-percent increase from the current Department of War budget of about $1…
Category: 2. World
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US says will assert control over Venezuela’s oil sales, proceeds ‘indefinitely’
The United States has openly said that it will take indefinite control of Venezuela’s oil sales and proceeds, a controversial move condemned by UN experts as illegal exploitation and widely seen as a blatant act of…
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Aragchi says Lebanon visit focuses on regional security
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Lebanon on Thursday afternoon to hold talks with the Arab country’s officials.
Speaking upon arrival at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas…
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Iran pursuing compensation for US-Israel aggression: Araghchi
He stated that the Iranian foreign ministry is following up on necessary measures to get compensation for the 12-day US-Israeli attack at the international bodies, noting that the Legal Office of the Presidential Bureau is responsible in this…
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US halts assistance to Somalia over claims WFP food aid was illegally seized
The US has suspended all assistance to the government of Somalia, alleging that officials destroyed a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and seized “donor-funded food aid”.
“The Trump administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste,…
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Colombian protesters decry Trump’s military threats
Thousands of Colombians have held demonstrations nationwide to denounce US President Donald Trump’s threats of a Venezuela-style military attack against their country.
The protests in the South American…
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Yemen’s UAE-allied separatist leader flees to Abu Dhabi via Somaliland
Yemen’s secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) leader Aidrous al-Zubaidi has fled to the United Arab Emirates via Somaliland after missing scheduled peace negotiations in Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition…
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Protests sweep US as Trump administration defends ICE agent in fatal shooting of woman
Mass protests have spread across the United States after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed a woman in Minneapolis, as Vice President JD Vance publicly defended the federal agency’s…
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Iran shares UN official’s criticism of US attack on Venezuela
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has reposted excerpts of remarks made by Jeffrey D. Sachs, the President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), during a United Nations Security Council session concerning the US…
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Greenland important for missile defense: US vice president
“Greenland is critical not just to our national security, but to the world’s national security,” he said. “The entire missile defense infrastructure is partially dependent on Greenland.”
In his opinion, Denmark has been unable to properly…
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