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
Syria has been removed from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism, marking another significant step in the Trump administration’s easing of sanctions against the country and potentially making it
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The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States, according
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The White House personnel report lists Natalie Harp as a special assistant and personal aide to the US president, with an annual salary of $150,000. On paper, it is a significant position.
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A debt crisis may not be imminent in the United States, but one of the world’s most prominent economists believes the country is becoming dangerously less prepared for the next major shock.
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The Pentagon has fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes for insubordination, extending the Trump administration’s confrontation with dissent to a military newspaper with a long history of editorial independence and significant
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US prosecutors have charged a woman with allegedly plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol, kill lawmakers and then leave the country to join Islamic State, in a case that authorities
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China’s Unitree Robotics has become one of the world’s biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots, but some of the technology behind its most successful robot dogs traces back to research funded
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The United States has imposed sanctions on further representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC), including its president, Tomoko Akane, and senior court lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, in a further escalation of Washington’s
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The US national debt is set to surpass $40 trillion this week, months earlier than forecasters had expected, as faster borrowing reflects both the government’s widening fiscal gap and billions of dollars
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Ivanka Trump still remembers the moment vividly. Five years ago, she has said, she and her husband, Jared Kushner, were sailing off the Albanian coast on a friend’s yacht when Sazan suddenly
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China is once again facing uncertainty over preparations for a high-level meeting with US President Donald Trump, with less than six weeks remaining before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington,
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Amid the intensifying U.S.–China rivalry in the Indian Ocean, career diplomat Eric S. Meyer was sworn in this week as the new U.S. Ambassador to Colombo. Known for his emphasis on countering
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The US Navy’s aircraft carriers have come under renewed scrutiny following complaints about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East for almost seven months without
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The United States’ ambitious Golden Dome missile-defence initiative is approaching a critical point, with its senior military leader expressing confidence in the programme’s ability to deliver its planned capabilities within a stated
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US President Donald Trump reportedly travelled secretly aboard a US military aircraft from Turkey to Britain last month after what US media described as a credible assassination threat from Iran, rather than
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