US President Donald Trump’s plans to take over Gaza and Greenland are examples of the “extreme strategic uncertainty” the world is living in, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with The Financial Times on Friday…
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Donald Trump says US-India trade route will run through Israel
The US-India trade route will operate through Israel, US President Donald Trump stated during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Thursday.
Trump stated that the route will run “from India…
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Azerbaijan becomes first Muslim nation to define antisemitism in schools
A new report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) revealed that Azerbaijan has made significant strides in its school curriculum, becoming the first Muslim-majority country to…
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Majority of Democrats urge Trump to retract claims to ‘own’ Gaza
A letter sent to President Donald Trump on Thursday, signed by 145 Democrats, called for the commander-in-chief to retract his plans to permanently relocate the civilian Palestinian population of Gaza for the US to “take over” the…
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France proposes plan to speed up Israeli troop withdrawal from Lebanon
France has put together a proposal for United Nations peacekeepers, including French troops, to replace Israeli forces at key points to ensure those forces leave Lebanon by a February 18 deadline, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on…
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US Navy aircraft carrier collides with vessel near Egypt
A US Navy aircraft carrier collided with a merchant vessel near Egypt, the US military said on Thursday, though the nuclear-powered carrier was stable and there were no injuries.
The United States military currently has 11 aircraft carriers,…
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US Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
President Donald Trump’s nominee for US Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was confirmed on Thursday with a 52-48 vote by the US Senate largely along party lines.
Only one Republican, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,…
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US Treasury confirms Trump sanctions on ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, the US Department of Treasury confirmed on Thursday.
Additionally, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been added to OFAC’s…
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US government begins mass firing of federal workers
Mass firings at multiple US government agencies have begun as President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk accelerate their purge of America’s federal bureaucracy, union sources and employees familiar with the layoffs told Reuters on…
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Elon Musk calls to ‘delete entire agencies’ from US government
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Thursday that many federal government agencies must be eliminated as part of President Donald Trump’s push to overhaul the US government radically.
“We do need to delete entire agencies, as opposed to leaving…
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