A Times Reporter Goes Inside a Cyberscam Center in a War Zone

Holy moly. Look at these phones. The floor is just littered with SIM cards. We’re in Myanmar. Only weeks after rebel fighters took control of a cyberscam center near the border with Thailand. For years, Chinese criminals have used ordinary office spaces like this in the middle of the jungle to target Americans in elaborate […]

Iran is prepared for war but ready to negotiate, says foreign minister

Iran said Monday that it was prepared for conflict but also ready to negotiate after President Donald Trump warned that the United States might intervene to stop an increasingly deadly government crackdown on opposition protests. “We are not looking for war, but we are prepared for war — even more prepared than the previous war,” […]

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv bombarded with 36 missiles, 242 drones; Oreshnik strike falls close to EU, Nato border

Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine (AP photo) Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that its forces struck “strategic targets” in Ukraine overnight using Oreshnik hypersonic missiles. The ministry did not provide further details on the locations or extent of the strikes, but […]

Senate pushes back on Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

WASHINGTON: The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a vote next week on […]

Maduro Calls Himself ‘Kidnapped President and Prisoner of War’ in US Court

New York, January 6 – Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, brought to New York by the United States to face charges related to drug trafficking and terrorism, appeared before a US federal judge and declared his innocence, describing himself as a “prisoner of war.” On Monday, under tight security, Maduro was presented in court for the […]

‘Have to nurse the country’: Trump rules out Venezuela election in next 30 days; denies US at war

US President Donald Trump on Monday said Venezuela will not hold new elections within the next 30 days and that the country must first be stabilised following the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Speaking to NBC News, Trump insisted the United States is not at war with Venezuela, even as it deepens its involvement […]

Russia-Ukraine war: Attacks escalate with fresh strikes in Kyiv; 2 civilians killed

Russia’s overnight strikes on Kyiv province killed two people on Monday after air raid alerts were issued across the country, Ukrainian authorities said. One person was killed in the capital Kyiv, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration. Another victim, a man in his 70s, died in the neighbouring city of Fastiv, […]

Maduro dancing to ‘No War, Yes Peace’ may have triggered Trump into kidnapping him and bombing Venezuela: Report

An innocent dance to a remix called “No War, Yes Peace” may have been the final straw that pushed US President Donald Trump to order the capture of Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and bomb the Latin American country.The MAGA chief was frustrated by Maduro’s casual response to rising tensions with the US. However, it was […]

‘Exact opposite’: US secretary of war Hegseth contrasts Venezuela mission with 2003 Iraq war; calls move ‘well orchestrated’

US secretary of war Pete Hegseth (AP) US secretary of war Pete Hegseth said Washington’s midnight military operation in Venezuela on Saturday, which also led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife was the “exact opposite” of the 2003 Iraq invasion and would not result in prolonged conflict or American casualties.Addressing concerns […]

‘Called Trump directly to register my opposition’: Mamdani condemns US strikes on Venezuela, calls it an ‘act of war’

Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday condemned the US military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.The socialist democrat called it an “act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”At a news conference, Mamdani said he had spoken to US President Donald Trump by phone to […]