With his promise of the “nice way or the difficult way,” Donald Trump appears to be reviving an old American ambition with a harder edge. A US plan to buy Greenland for $100 million in the 20th century never came to fruition, but Trump’s renewed interest has given the idea fresh urgency and made it […]
MOSCOW: Russia said on Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western govts would be “legitimate combat targets”, after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.A Russian foreign ministry statement said “militaristic declarations” by a coalition of pro-Ukraine Western govts were becoming increasingly dangerous. […]
US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan calls for troops from Muslim-majority nations for the transition period in war-torn Palestinian territory but Pakistan has not yet decided on contributing troops to this International Stabilization Force plan. As the pressure from Washington grows, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Friday said he is confident that a number […]
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is back in the political hot seat as the Pentagon’s watchdog alleged he put American personnel and missions at risk by using the Signal messaging app to share sensitive details about a strike targeting Yemen’s Houthi militants.Trump administration officials used the encrypted app Signal to coordinate sensitive military strikes against […]
American politics has seen angry words, wild speeches and theatrical showdowns, but a sitting president accusing lawmakers of behaviour “punishable by death” has jolted Washington in a way few statements do. A video released by six Democratic lawmakers urging US service members to reject unlawful orders has triggered President Donald Trump’s most explosive and punitive […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday called six Democratic lawmakers as “traitors” and called for them to face execution after they released a video telling members of the US military they have a duty to refuse illegal orders.Trump reposted an article about the video on Truth Social, adding: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Earlier, he wrote: […]
Ecuador’s president wants to change his country’s constitution, and Ecuadorians will get to say whether they agree in a referendum this weekend.To be held on November 16, the vote will decide whether a nearly 20-year constitutional clause banning foreign militaries from having a presence in the country is repealed.Surveys by the Cedatos polling firm suggest […]
File photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Picture credit: AP) Russia has deployed about 170,000 troops in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region as it intensifies efforts to seize the strategic city of Pokrovsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Friday. Speaking at a press briefing in Kyiv, Zelenskyy described the situation as “difficult” but rejected Moscow’s claims that […]
Timothy Mellon, the millionaire donor and Trump backer who gave $130 Million to pay American troops, married three times. Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the US govt to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House Secretary of state Marco Rubio said Friday that a growing number of diplomats would work with US military officers at a new center in Israel aimed at monitoring the ceasefire […]
