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Washington’s long-standing policy of blindly supporting the Israeli government without any conditions or demands has been a mistake, said Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate for the 2028 US elections.
Sirens sounded in Kuwait and alerts were activated in Qatar and Bahrain due to retaliatory Iranian fire over the Gulf countries after the United States launched new airstrikes hitting Iran early Thursday.
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Crude memes of the Maga luminary are exploding online – less than a year after conservatives were suppressing any slander against him
The Senate impeachment court has issued a subpoena on Zuleika Lopez, the chief of staff of Vice President Sara Duterte. She was ordered to appear as a witness in the impeachment trial of the Vice President next week. This is in connection with charges that Duterte made grave threats against President Marcos, the Fir…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he does not know whether Washington and Iran are returning to a full-fledged war, but told reporters that Iran "badly" wants to make a deal to cease escalating hostilities in the Middle East.
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NATO had a fractious summit in Turkey this week, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to sever trade with one ally and annex the territory of another. But the alliance's boss was full of praise for the man he called "dear Donald."
US President Donald Trump has warned he could be assassinated by Iran, claiming that Tehran considers him its “number one target.” His comments came as a tentative ceasefire between Washington and Tehran collapsed, with fighting flaring up anew around the Strait of Hormuz.
The president is behaving as if the battleground is the same, but it isn’t. Iran has leverage and knows it
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
A woman holds a sign saying, “end antisemitism” while attending a March for Israel rally Nov. 14, 2023, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
The United States and Iran have traded attacks for a second day, straining their fragile ceasefire further after US President Donald Trump said the truce was “over”.
The plane that French team used after match with Paraguay flew 44 deportation-related flights this year alone
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, llega para una conferencia de prensa en la cumbre de la OTAN en Ankara, Turquía, el miércoles 8 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Francisco Seco)
After threatening to sever all trade ties with Spain at a NATO summit on Wednesday, US President Trump had within hours already changed his tune.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, se reúne con el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, en un aparte de la cumbre de la OTAN en Ankara, Turquía, el miércoles 8 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Defense Minister Israel Katz rejected US President Donald Trump's Wednesday claim that Israel would withdraw from Lebanon, saying on Thursday that Israel would remain in the security zones for as long as was needed.
US President Donald Trump lavished rare praise on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday, calling him "fantastic" and "highly respected", as the two leaders met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
Interim truce looks increasingly precarious as Iran carried out retaliatory strikes on US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar
The White House is preparing for what could turn into a multi-day or even multi-week exchange of fire with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, US officials told Axios on Thursday.
A mourner holds a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as he walks past a wall bearing messages, including one in English that reads “We will kill Trump,” during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Satu…
Prime Minister's wife has passport returned, Spanish stock market slips following Trump's NATO comments, and more news from Spain on Thursday 9th July.
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on Fox News this week to make an urgent argument, just before US President Donald Trump sat down with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara. Asked about Turkey's push to rejoin the F-35 program, the Israeli prime minister didn't hedge. Turkey, he s…
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Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major shipbuilders are turning their attention to the U.S. naval market as Washington shows growing interest in their naval shipbuilding capabilities, raising expectations that Seoul's Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA) initiative could gain momentum.
Zuleika Lopez, Vice President Sara Duterte's chief of staff, greets reporters on Thursday when she appeared at the Senate. She refused to answer reporters' questions. Video by Bernadette E. Tamayo
Police teams transfer barbed wires, used for crowd control outside the Senate building in Pasay City, to a nearby government-owned compound for safekeeping. Videos by Bernadette E. Tamayo
Washington: Prosecutors will seek a life sentence on US soil in the long-awaited military trial of alleged Bali bombing mastermind Encep Nurjaman, better known as “Hambali”, and say they will never entertain a pre-trial agreement that would repatriate him to Indonesia.
Washington: Only a few weeks ago, Donald Trump was praising Iran’s new and improved leadership, with whom American negotiators had just inked a “memorandum of understanding” to end the war.
As US President Donald Trump meets Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to talk F-35s, Israel is bracing for Turkey to become its next great threat. In the last Deep Dive episode, the host, Jacob Laznik, was joined by Or Horvitz, head of the American program at the JPPI, who pushed back against the panic: Turke…
TEHRAN (AFP) -- The United States and Iran traded strikes on Thursday for the second day running as Washington and Tehran battled over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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For the second time since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military
Cuban doctor Raciel Escalona Zaldivar, right, talks to a patient in an orthopedic unit of the Santa Maria degli Ungheresi Hospital of Polistena in the southern Italian Calabria region, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)
Visitors walk at the Great American State Fair with the triumphal arch model and the U.S. Capitol, in the background, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Michigan U.S. Sen candidate, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks with media after a debate at WoodTV studios on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Kristen Norman)
It was a line in a recent news report that jumped out at me. In Australia, “the levels of trust in either the US or China to ‘act responsibly’ in the world are now almost evenly matched”.
A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name must remain off the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, while the organisation appeals an earlier ruling that found a name change illegal.
Philadelphia Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly watches the action from the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Luis Garcia Jr., de los Nacionales de Washington, sigue el vuelo de la pelota de un sencillo durante la sexta entrada del juego de béisbol de Grandes Ligas contra los Astros de Houston el miércoles 8 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Nick Wass)
ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, but later changed tack and said there had been love and "a lot of unity."
The meltdown in Maine’s Senate race risks the Democrats’ opportunity to turn Trump into a lame duck president.
Democrats can win the White House in 2028 without cutting off Israel, but only if the “status quo” rules of the alliance between the two countries change, veteran politician Rahm Emanuel said at Tel Aviv University Wednesday.
When US President Donald Trump urged “Iranian Patriots” in January to keep protesting, take over their institutions, and save the names of the “killers and abusers,” he added a promise that should not be treated as mere political rhetoric: “Help is on its way.”
