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The United States has imposed visa sanctions on several Thai officials over the surprise deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China last month, a rare instance of punishment for countries that have repatriated members of the persecuted Muslim minority despite warnings that they might face torture and long-term imprisonment upon their return. The visa restrictions […]
The Pentagon is surging about 3,000 active-duty troops and other resources to the U.S. southern border as aggressive efforts continue to stop the flow of illegal immigration. The Department of Defense announced Saturday that it’s sending a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to the U.S. border with Mexico. The […]
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West. The U.S. State Department said that the 90-day freeze […]
Ukrainians aren’t optimistic, but some in Moscow see Kremlin’s position shiftingpublished at 05:48 Greenwich Mean Time 05:48 GMT Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe Correspondent On social media, there is a generally scathing response from Ukrainians to Donald Trump’s call to Vladimir Putin to end the war. Trump’s words were re-posted, in translation, by one popular account on […]
The US House on Wednesday gave final passage to a bill requiring the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes, sending the proposal to Donald Trump’s desk and giving the new president his first legislative victory as he presses his hardline immigration agenda on multiple fronts. The House vote was 263 to 158, with […]
With U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration just days away, the federal government announced it is sending a slew of drones and two leased Black Hawk helicopters to the shared border to begin beefed-up patrols. It’s an 11th-hour move to placate the new administration. “We are hopeful — and remain hopeful — that the new incoming administration […]
CNN — The Biden administration has approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time in another major policy shift, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday. The decision comes just days after the US gave Ukraine permission to fire long-range US missiles at targets in Russia, a shift that only occurred after […]
The State Department said on Tuesday that it did not plan to decrease weapons aid to Israel, as a 30-day deadline set by the Biden administration passed without the country substantially improving the humanitarian situation in war-devastated Gaza. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had warned in a […]
CNN — Incendiary devices that ignited in Germany and the United Kingdom in July were part of a covert Russian operation that aimed to start fires aboard cargo and passenger flights heading to the US and Canada, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday, citing Western security officials. In July, device explosions at DHL logistics […]
Kamala Harris praised Donald Trump’s former chief of staff for sending a “911 call” to the nation about the former president’s unfitness to serve a second term, attacking her opponent as a “fascist” who would send the nation down a dangerous path. Harris participated in a CNN town hall with undecided voters in Delaware county, […]