Elbridge Colby will now assume the Pentagon’s number three post after a contentious Senate battle ended in a vote to confirm him to the role. The Senate voted 51 to 45 to confirm the national security strategist as Defense Department undersecretary for policy, with three Democrats joining most Republicans in voting in his favor. Sen.
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A garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Among the top goals for President Donald Trump and his administration in hitting trading partners with steep tariffs is bringing manufacturing capacity back to the U.S., even if it comes at the price of short-term market and economic duress. But in Cambodia,
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the rivals’ tense border on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, the first known border intrusion by North Korea in nearly a year. Violent confrontations and bloodshed have occasionally happened at the Koreas’ heavily fortified border, called the Demilitarized Zone. But Tuesday’s incident
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran ‘s foreign minister said Tuesday he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the Middle East. Speaking to Iranian state television
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The US and Iran will hold “direct talks” over a possible new nuclear deal on Saturday, says President Donald Trump. Hours after the surprise announcement, Iran’s foreign minister said the talks in Oman would be “indirect” but could be “as much an opportunity as… a test”. Trump – who pulled the US out a 2015
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The short bilateral meeting – a first one too – between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Interim Cabinet Chief Mohammed Yunus, held on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit, grabbed more eyeballs than the proceedings of the summit itself. This meeting was not just about two leaders of the region using an opportunity
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Iran, Saudia Arabia and Iraq accounted for 90% of the recorded cases and were responsible for the steep spike. Iran topped the list. It put at least 972 people to death, up from 853 the year before.In Saudi Arabia figures doubled to at least 345 — the most ever recorded for the country by the
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“I’m a modern witch, I admit it,” says 59-year-old Barbara. She has spent her entire life feeling that she is in contact with the spirit world. Her room smells of incense, and she’s about to consult the runes for her future. In the Early Modern period, Barbara would likely have ended up burned at the
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By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club A few days ago, German media reported a historic first: for the first time since the Second World War, Berlin has deployed a permanent military brigade abroad. The 45th Armoured Brigade of the Bundeswehr has been officially stationed near Vilnius, Lithuania. While the true capacity of
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Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Days after announcing tariffs that sent shockwaves around the world last week, US President Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing in Florida. As trillions of dollars were wiped off global markets, including 6 per cent from the Australian sharemarket at the opening bell on Monday, Trump strolled
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