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The G20 Miami summit is set to take place at Trump National Doral Golf Course and will focus on "unleashing economic prosperity by eliminating burdensome regulations, unlocking affordable energy and pioneering new technologies," according to President Trump's words.
A grower cuts psilocybin mushrooms to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the US blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to head to Islamabad Friday night to discuss the next steps in stalled peace negotiations with the U.S., a Pakistani official involved in the matter told MS NOW.
ARCHIVO – El director de Políticas de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Casa Blanca, Michael Kratsios, habla en una reunión del Grupo Especial de la Casa Blanca sobre Inteligencia Artificial en la Sala Este de la Casa Blanca, el 4 de septiembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
The IDF ordered citizens of Deir Ammar in southern Lebanon to evacuate their village after Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone on Friday afternoon.
Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran war
Members will plan how to come to each other’s aid in the event of an attack as Nato faces worst crisis in its history
On Friday, President Donald Trump extended a temporary waiver of the century-old Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) for an additional 90 days. The move allows foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel, oil, fertilizer, and other essential goods between U.S. ports, aiming to stabilize domestic supply chains and …
The moon emerges from the clouds over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Nelcy Escorcia, center, holds a sign with a message reading in Spanish; “Thinking differently isn’t a crime; isolating and torturing them is”, during a protest outside a detention center where her husband, Franklin Parra, is being held on political grounds, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/A…
Mileidy Mendoza and her children ride a bus from Caracas to visit her husband, Eric Diaz, imprisoned on political grounds at the Yare prison complex in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The US is tightening conditions on its support for the Lebanese army, as discussions in Congress link future funding more explicitly to the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, US and Lebanese sources have told The National.
U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered a stark warning to the U.K., threatening to impose steep tariffs on the country unless it drops its digital services tax on U.S. tech companies.
Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Previous slideNext slide Flowers in full bloom during the annual Azalea Festival in Gunpo, South Korea. AFPInfo About 20,000 teddy bears are displayed in Washington, with organisers saying they symbolise the abduction of Ukrainian children during the war with Russia. ReutersInfo Bags and belongings are laid out at V…
United States President Donald Trump has claimed Iran is “collapsing financially” and said the country is losing millions of dollars a day due to Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports.
The US has threatened to "punish" its Nato allies for their lack of support in the war on Iran, including ejecting Spain from the alliance.
President Ronald Reagan watches as first lady Nancy Reagan comments from the podium during the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner on April 23, 1987, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)
The administration of United States President Donald Trump is reportedly considering more than doubling the annual limit for refugee admissions so it can admit more white South Africans.
WASHINGTON — Ohio Rep. Max Miller is mired in a messy custody battle with his ex-wife that has involved a police investigation into their 2-year-old’s broken collarbone, court documents reveal.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
The former U.S. ambassador to NATO is urging British and European politicians not to alienate Donald Trump by criticizing his administration’s handling of the Iran war and its fallout.
PARIS — France removed climate change from the agenda of this week's G7 talks to prevent a rift with the United States, according to a French government official.
Nato says there is no provision for member states to be suspended or expelled from the military alliance after a report said the US could seek to suspend Spain over its Iran war stance.
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NICOSIA — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday downplayed a leaked Pentagon email suggesting Spain could be penalized for not supporting the war in Iran by having its NATO membership suspended.
The political gap between US evangelicals and Catholics is widening. And Trump won’t tolerate authority outside his own
An internal watchdog will review the agency’s handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, including whether relevant documents were properly redacted
President Donald Trump made a grave mistake in softening the federal stance on marijuana by reclassifying it as a Schedule III drug. The dangers of weed are real, insidious and growing worse.
A new bill under consideration in Congress would create 100-foot “buffer zones” around houses of worship — making it a federal crime to interfere with congregants as they practice their religion.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
"Os Estados Unidos vão trabalhar com o Líbano para o ajudar a proteger-se do Hezbollah", disse Donald Trump num comunicado na sua plataforma Truth Social.
International equity markets are priced too high and will fall, according to a senior leader at the Bank of England.
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When US President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran this week without setting an end date, he did more than buy time. He redefined what this phase of the conflict is about.
Comments shared by United States President Donald Trump referring to India as a “hellhole” were “in poor taste” and at odds with the countries’ relationship, an Indian official has said.
In 2024, the president made significant inroads with Hispanics. But in a competitive Arizona congressional district, voters now express dismay at his feud with the pope.
U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire agreement.
President Trump on Friday called for the 2020 election to be “permanently wiped from the books” if the Southern Poverty Law Center is convicted of making fraudulent payments totaling $3 million to members of white supremacist groups the organization claimed to fight.
President Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on Britain if Prime Minister Keir Starmer does not drop the digital service tax, The Telegraph reported on Friday, citing an interview with the president.
President accuses Britain of trying to ‘make an easy buck’ from American tech firms, weeks after warning UK–US trade deal can be changed
United States President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire in Lebanon, even as Israel continued bombing the country on Friday.
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from United States President Donald Trump.
It's no secret that Europe and western satellite nations like Canada and Australia have been rather hostile in rhetoric when it comes to the US. This trend started well before the war in Iran and is owed largely to the ideological break between American conservative movements and European globalists and "multicultur…
An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support US operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the US position on Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands, a US official told Reuters.
Foreign ministry says deal will aid protection of pandas and other threatened species and help global biodiversity conservation efforts
