Australian defence minister Richard Marles (right) with his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (left) during their meeting in Jakarta (Image credit: AP) Australian defence minister Richard Marles said Thursday that security anxiety over China was partly driving deepening ties with Indonesia in a region riven by rivalry between Beijing and Washington.His visit to meet counterpart Sjafrie […]
Nato defence ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a US push to ramp up security spending. The “capability targets” lay out goals for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement made a new record by conducting its largest single-day operation, apprehending over 2,200 individuals, NBC reported citing an ICE spokesperson. This surge in arrests comes amid White House directives to substantially increase enforcement activities.Several sources confirmed that many detainees were participants in ICE’s Alternative to Detention (ATD) programme, which monitors non-threatening […]
Zohran Mamdani, one of the candidates in the New York City mayoral election, has used the Indian card to grab the attention of the voters. Mamdani, an Indian-Ugandan-American, has released a video in which he is speaking in Hindi and promising to give rent relief, free buses, and affordable groceries. In a post n X, […]
An overnight Russian drone attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky killed five people, including a one-year-old child, and wounded six others, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said on Thursday.The Ukranian minister said that the drones struck the residential areas of Pryluky early Thursday morning, causing severe damage to buildings. He further said that the […]
The mechanical signature device known as the autopen, which received its first patent many years ago, has recently become a subject of political controversy due to US President Donald Trump‘s assertions about Joe Biden‘s alleged usage for signing pardons.Trump ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether former President Biden’s administration used an autopen machine to sign […]
A Guatemalan citizen was returned to the United States on Wednesday following a judicial order requiring the Trump administration to facilitate his reentry after being wrongfully deported to Mexico, despite his expressed fears of persecution there. This case represents the first successful return of a migrant following several similar judicial directives to the Trump administration.On […]
In Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 1, the Bride doesn’t just seek revenge—she draws blood with elegance, precision, and a katana. Elon Musk, freshly unshackled from his stint inside Trump’s government, seems to be channelling the same energy—only this time, the blade is fiscal discipline, and the target is Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful […]
Joe Biden and Donald Trump US President Donald Trump issued a directive on Wednesday calling for an investigation into Joe Biden’s presidential actions, questioning the authenticity of his decision-making and use of an autopen for official documents, and also the “conspiracy” behind his declining cognitive health. Trump suggested that Biden’s staff concealed his “cognitive decline”.Biden […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, shakes hands with Russian security council secretary Sergei Shoigu (AP) SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a visiting top Russian official that his country will “unconditionally support” Russia’s war against Ukraine, the North’s state media reported Thursday, the latest sign of expanding cooperation between the two […]
