Nippon Steel plans to invest about $3bn in a major modernisation of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley works in Pennsylvania, making the facility the largest target of its planned investment in the United
Hundreds of fighters from Iraq’s powerful Kata’ib Hezbollah militia have reportedly volunteered for so-called “martyrdom operations” in the event of a direct war between the United States and Iran, signaling a sharp
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent 2025 setting himself up as Donald Trump’s leading opponent and the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nominee. While the Trump-Newsom rivalry has captivated some voters to pick sides,
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Imperial deceit now stands starkly exposed in Bangladesh: the calculated rehabilitation of the executioners of 1971, ushered back toward power with chilling audacity. There is an irony so stark, so unembarrassed, that
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Japan cannot afford to stand aside if the United States defends Taiwan in a future conflict with China, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said, warning that failure to support American forces would
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would raise tariffs on a range of South Korean imports to 25%, escalating trade tensions with a key Asian ally as he
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Kobani, the Syrian town that became a symbol of Kurdish resistance and the turning point in the fight against ISIS, is once again under siege — this time from the Syrian government,
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What does it mean when a defence strategy announces itself as a triumph before it has even articulated a problem? What kind of naval order is being imagined when a state declares,
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The United States is pressing Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian intelligence operatives and formally designate Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, along with Hezbollah and Hamas, as terrorist organizations, according to sources
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has undertaken a sweeping reshuffle of Ukraine’s top intelligence leadership as he seeks to repair strained relations with the United States, reassure Western allies over corruption, and strengthen Kyiv’s
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The United States is considering imposing a total blockade on oil imports to Cuba, a move that would mark one of the most severe escalations in Washington’s long-running pressure campaign against the
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China’s state-run news agency Xinhua has openly mocked the Trump administration after the White House used a viral internet meme featuring a penguin to promote its campaign to gain greater control over
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US President Donald Trump has ignited a fresh diplomatic storm by warning that China would “eat up” Canada if Ottawa refuses to align more closely with Washington’s strategic and defense priorities. The
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Pakistan made a major diplomatic step early in 2026 when it officially accepted an invitation to become a member of the Board of Peace (BoP), a new international framework as part of
More Western Europe’s complete and voluntary dependence on the US was never really discussed because it was simply assumed. It was called strategic autonomy, but meant close transatlantic relations within an alliance in
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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has joined US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine team as a “prosperity adviser,” marking a renewed effort by Washington to channel Western investment into the war-torn country. The
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