The US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush arrived at Thailand’s resort island of Phuket on Sunday with about 4,800 personnel aboard, beginning a five-day rest-and-recreation visit after six months supporting US operations
An extraordinary insider portrait of Donald Trump’s second presidency has emerged through a series of on-the-record interviews with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, offering a rare and unsettling look at
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A second installment of Vanity Fair’s extensive insider reporting on Donald Trump’s second presidency reveals an administration increasingly defined by political backlash, conspiracy-driven pressures, and the personal authority of White House chief
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Senior Pentagon officials are preparing a far-reaching plan that could significantly alter the structure of the U.S. military’s top leadership, according to reporting by The Washington Post. The proposal, which has not
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Elon Musk became the first individual in history to amass a personal fortune of $600 billion on Monday, according to Forbes, driven largely by soaring valuations tied to his private space company
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Serbia’s public prosecutor on Monday filed an indictment against the country’s culture minister over his alleged role in stripping protected status from a historically significant site, a decision that cleared the way
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A growing number of Chinese billionaires are turning to the United States to father dozens of children through surrogacy, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. Videogame executive Xu Bo, who claims
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Eric Meyer, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, used his opening statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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U.S. intelligence agencies temporarily suspended sharing some sensitive information with Israel during the Biden administration amid mounting concerns over Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza, according to six people familiar with
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A newly released set of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows the disgraced financier alongside a number of high-profile figures, including former Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates,
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U.S. allies that fail to adequately fund defense and shirk contributions to collective security will face repercussions, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared at the 2025 Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley,
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Japan is pressing the United States for more forceful public support of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after her warning that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could pose an “existential threat” to Japan
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor The 2025 National Security Strategy of the United States published this week is framed as a repudiation of what it calls decades of “laundry lists of wishes”
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The United States has informed European allies that it expects them to assume the majority of NATO’s conventional defense responsibilities by 2027, a timeline that several European officials say is not achievable,
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The Trump administration is preparing to significantly widen its travel ban to include roughly 30 additional countries, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The expansion marks one of the most far-reaching efforts yet
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and around Venezuela should be treated as “closed in its entirety,” a move that adds to rising regional tensions as Washington
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