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
The United States is preparing to intercept additional ships carrying Venezuelan oil after seizing a tanker this week, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The move marks the
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Pakistan is close to sealing a major defence deal with the United States that would modernise its entire fleet of F-16 fighter jets, marking one of the most significant upgrades to the
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Finally, former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has set the record straight with regard to a controversial but never properly investigated bid to swear in him as interim President. Abeywardena has disclosed the
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American military assistance has become the backbone of Israel’s modern war machine, even as political pressure in Washington grows to scale back the decades-long subsidy. The current 10-year aid agreement, worth $38
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U.S. farmers bracing for steep losses this year offered cautious thanks for President Donald Trump’s newly announced $12 billion aid package, but many told Reuters the support barely scratches the surface of
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The Trump administration is pressing the International Criminal Court to amend its founding statute to ensure it cannot prosecute President Donald Trump or his senior officials once his term ends in 2029,
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Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is intensifying his personal involvement in the company’s artificial intelligence efforts as Meta pivots toward a new, revenue-focused model codenamed Avocado, according to sources cited by
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Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is said to have relied on Nvidia Corp. chips that are banned from sale in China to develop an upcoming AI model, according to a report by
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A series of lawsuits filed Wednesday in Dallas accuses leading semiconductor companies—including Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., and a Berkshire Hathaway-owned distributor—of allowing their technology to end up
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has sharply criticized elements of the United States’ latest national security strategy, arguing that Europe does not require outside help to safeguard its democratic systems. According to reporting
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Two Chinese men were taken into custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Monday, Reuters reported. The arrests come as President Donald
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An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to
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by Luxman Aravind Nine days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka’s coast, the public woke to the unexpected sight of a United States military team landing in the country under the banner of
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The first National Security Strategy of the United States of America was released in 1950 under President Truman. It set firm strategic goals based on the containment doctrine to limit the influence
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crisis deepened on Sunday as the official death toll from Cyclone Ditwah rose to 627, with 190 people still reported missing and more than
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