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A growing backlash is unfolding across the United States as President Donald Trump faces rare and vocal criticism from within Christian and particularly Catholic circles, after a series of provocative posts in
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China’s economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter of 2026, demonstrating resilience in the face of global instability triggered by the U.S.-Iran conflict. Official data released Thursday showed gross domestic
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From a money-laundering center in Cambodia, a scammer demonstrates how easily modern banking security can be defeated. On a smartphone running a Vietnamese banking app, he uploads a stolen photograph, then bypasses
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It is necessary to revive the vital issue of national security, suppressed—presumably at the behest of the government—by former COAS Gen. M. M. Naravane’s declaration on February 10 that his controversial book
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A secret internal report from the Israel Defense Forces has cast a shadow over the appointment of Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman as the next head of the Mossad, contradicting his repeated claims
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Newly declassified archival material has revealed a little-known and deeply controversial episode in the history of Israel’s pre-state underground movements, detailing efforts by the militant group Lehi to establish contact with Nazi
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