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
Donald Trump’s return to power has transformed South Asian politics. The United States has long regarded India as a strategic ally because it joined the QUAD alliance to pursue specific goals in
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On November 2, 2025, the US President Donald J. Trump announced that he instructed the US Department of War to prepare for attacks in Nigeria – “if the Nigerian government continues to
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Footage circulating widely online has stirred international controversy after appearing to show Syrian President Asaad Al-Shaibani — a former member of extremist groups — and ex-Al-Qaeda affiliate leader Ahmad Al-Sharaa playing basketball
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World Liberty Financial (WLF), a cryptocurrency firm closely associated with US President Donald Trump and his family, has become a central node in a complex financial and political network linking the United
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A year has passed since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election for the second time. And it makes more sense to start the clock there, rather than on
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President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to restart nuclear testing. The Russians were stunned by the announcement (probably what President Trump intended). However, with or without the Trump announcement, the US probably
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States would boycott the upcoming Group of 20 summit in South Africa, claiming the host nation is guilty of “human rights abuses” against
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U.S. officials said intelligence collected in 2024 indicated that Israel’s military lawyers had warned of evidence supporting potential war crimes charges for its campaign in Gaza, operations largely reliant on American-supplied weapons,
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President Xi Jinping presided over the commissioning ceremony on Wednesday in Hainan, according to state media outlet Xinhua. The Fujian, named after the coastal province opposite Taiwan, has now joined the People’s
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China recently reached out to NASA regarding a potential conjunction between satellites, marking the first instance of direct coordination between the two agencies over space traffic management. The event was disclosed by
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Decades ago, during the intense US–Soviet standoff of the Cold War, a deterrence competition was unleashed through both covert and overt means. From strategic firepower to nuclear deterrence, the Soviets and the
More Somewhere between New York’s Studio 54 disco and the White House, Donald Trump became infused by militant Christianity. At the same time, he also seems to have been imbued by the most
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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has awarded the 2025 Democracy Service Medal to the 11th Panchen Lama, Jetsun Tenzin Gedhun Yeshi Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo — better known as Gedhun Choekyi
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On August 1, Trump reduced the tariffs that had previously been imposed on Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. He made this decision after reaching trade agreements with these South Asian countries. Under
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Editorial Dick Cheney has died at 84, and with his passing, the world loses not a gentle statesman, nor a public servant, but a man who wielded power with a ruthlessness that
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