The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
Three Americans – two service members and a civilian interpreter – were killed on December 13 in Syria in an ambush attack by an Islamic State (IS) group member, according to the
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The Trump White House has launched a fierce counterattack against Vanity Fair after the publication of an unusually candid profile of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff, triggered outrage across the
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The idea of offering unilateral US security guarantees to Ukraine is an appalling idea that risks war with Russia. It means the US is willing to go to war to defend Ukraine,
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The Trump administration has launched an initiative to hire 1,000 engineers for two-year assignments within federal government agencies, according to a government website viewed by Reuters on Monday. The campaign targets professionals
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by Eric How did the world’s most advanced economy allow its crown jewels to slip quietly into the hands of a strategic rival? When did free trade mutate into a one-way transfer
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Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution. They have tried everything short of a full-scale military invasion: a military coup, selecting a
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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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The admiral overseeing U.S. military operations in Latin America retired two years earlier than planned, amid intensifying tensions with Venezuela and an escalation of U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the
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The VLCC Skipper, seized by the US Coast Guard under a court warrant, with the assistance of two helicopters from the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, with US Marines carrying out
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Washington brands Nicolás Maduro a dictator, celebrates Volodymyr Zelenskyy as democratic, and sponsors María Corina Machado to achieve regime change in Venezuela rather than promote genuine democracy. Within the narrow spectrum of
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by Durga Velayudham and Luxman Aravind The question of whether Trincomalee is being quietly prepared for an Indo–US– “Sri Lanka” joint military command no longer belongs to the world of speculation or
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The year 2025 witnessed escalated threats from the United States on the Global South. In the span of months, Washington declared Venezuelan airspace “closed in its entirety,” threatened to invade Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” to protect Christians from
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The world order’s transformation to multipolarity is a work in progress with the variables at work, but its outcome will be largely determined by the alignment of the three big powers —
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The US government’s National Endowment for Democracy (NED) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars tutoring dozens of Nepalese youth on “strategies and skills in organizing protests and demonstrations” prior to a violent coup which
More The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in September to its lowest level in more than five years, fueled by a jump in exports and only modest growth in imports, according to data
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