Washington / Havana — Even as President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his rhetoric against the Cuban government — issuing warnings sharp enough to set off alarm bells in Havana, Miami, and capitals across Latin America — senior U.S. military and national security officials are quietly but firmly pushing back against the suggestion that kinetic…
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Washington / New York — A federal court has done what Congress would not: directly challenged the legal foundation of President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% baseline tariff increase, ruling that the administration overstepped its statutory authority in imposing the levies without sufficient congressional authorization. The decision sent immediate shockwaves through financial markets, supply chain boardrooms,…
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Israel has struck Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire was declared with Hezbollah last month — killing the commander of the militant group’s most elite fighting unit and triggering an immediate exchange of fire across Lebanon’s southern border, even as fragile US-Iran peace talks hang in the balance. In the early hours of…
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Moscow / Kyiv — Deep inside the Kremlin’s security apparatus, something has shifted. According to multiple intelligence sources and investigative reports surfacing across European and Ukrainian media, President Vladimir Putin has significantly expanded his personal protection detail, restructured his daily movement patterns, and imposed sweeping new compartmentalization protocols on his inner circle — all driven…
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Residents across the United Arab Emirates woke to a message that no Gulf city has ever normalised: an emergency alert on their phones ordering them to seek shelter immediately. Iran had fired again — and this time, the ceasefire was not enough to hold it back. On May 4, 2026, the UAE government issued a…
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Washington / Tehran — In a statement that immediately ricocheted across global newsrooms and military briefing rooms alike, President Donald Trump described the latest U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked targets as a “love tap” — a characterisation that is equal parts strategic signalling, political theatre, and a window into how Washington is managing escalation in…
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Beijing / Washington — In the corridors of Zhongnanhai, the word being used most frequently right now is wending — stability. As President Donald Trump prepares for what diplomats on both sides are billing as a crucial visit that could reshape the trajectory of the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship, Beijing has shifted into a…
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New Delhi / Islamabad — When India launched Operation Sindoor — its precisely calibrated cross-border strike package targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir — the world took notice. But military planners in New Delhi were watching something else entirely: how Israel and Iran were fighting their war, and what lessons it held for…
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As the United States and Iran edge toward a war-ending memorandum, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped out of an unusually prolonged public silence to deliver an unmistakable message: Israel has not stood down, has not been sidelined, and is prepared to return to battle at any moment if the emerging deal falls short…
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Rome / Washington — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in what diplomatic observers are calling one of the most consequential — and delicate — engagements in recent US-Vatican relations. The visit comes after weeks of quietly escalating tensions between Washington and the Holy See, spanning…