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WASHINGTON — As Gaza buries its dead and starves under siege, the Trump administration has quietly signed off on a 6.7 billion dollar surge of US weapons for Israel, adding new attack
Donald Trump is building a 250-foot Independence Arch on the Potomac, a White House grand ballroom, and more — a vanity construction campaign running alongside sinking approval ratings and a fractured rural base.
Today, Sunday, a high-ranking Iranian official addressed a strong threat to the United Arab Emirates, against the backdrop of its normalization agreement with Israel under American auspices. The advisor to the Iranian
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, Nerissa Cook, announced on Wednesday that the remaining amount of the United States’ dues to the World Health Organization’s budget, which amounts
China intends to double the number of nuclear warheads in service by 2030, of which China currently has about 200 units, The Hill reports, citing a Pentagon report. “Over the next decade, China’s arsenal
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that he had held secret direct talks with the leaders of a number of Arab countries to normalize relations with them. This came in
The Chinese military sent a clear warning to the United States by firing two missiles into the South China Sea, including a missile known as the “carrier killer.” The missile was launched
Republicans are holding their election convention in the United States. The Republican Party is preparing to officially nominate President Donald Trump for re-election to a second term. The team of the current
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump informed Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi of his commitment to a rapid exit of the international coalition forces from Iraq within 3 years. This came during
The US Secretary of State accused the Europeans of “siding with the ayatollahs” of the Iranians, after it activated in New York, contrary to their wishes, a mechanism designed to re-impose UN
The dollar is gradually losing its advantage in Russia’s trade operations with foreign partners. In particular, according to Bloomberg, in export settlements with China, the prevalence of the European currency over the
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Communist Party of China the main threat of today, to which Washington managed to draw the attention of other countries. He stressed that US
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