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US president-elect Donald Trump came out Wednesday against a mammoth package allocating funding to avert a fast-approaching US government shutdown after a trove of spending added to the text ballooned costs, outraging conservatives. Suggesting that concessions to Democrats in the bill were “a betrayal of our country,” Trump said in a joint statement with Vice […]

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President-elect Trump continued his criticism of Canada early Wednesday, targeting U.S. subsidies to its northern neighbor and reiterating his claim that many Canadians allegedly wish for Canada to become the 51st state of the U.S. On his social media platform, Trump posted: “No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over […]

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Cuba on Tuesday reprised its willingness to enter into a dialogue with Donald Trump when he returns as US president in January, despite his reinstatement of restrictions during his first term. “Cuba will not be the one to suggest or take the initiative to suspend existing dialogue or cooperation, not even discreet exchanges on sensitive […]

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North Korean forces have suffered “several hundred” casualties fighting against Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region, a senior US military official said Tuesday. Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s war effort, including to the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year. “Several hundred casualties is our latest estimate […]

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The EU said on Tuesday it had opened a formal investigation into TikTok following allegations the platform was used by Russia to sway the result of Romania’s later annulled presidential election. “Following serious indications that foreign actors interfered in the Romanian presidential elections by using TikTok, we are now thoroughly investigating whether TikTok has violated […]

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US authorities said Monday they have arrested two Iranian men for export violations in connection with a drone strike that killed three American troops. More than 40 other service members were injured in a drone attack at a Jordanian military base near the Syrian border in January, the Pentagon said at the time of the […]

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Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, said Monday that rebel factions in the war-torn country would be disbanded and their fighters would join regular army units. “The factions will be disbanded and the fighters trained to join the ranks of the defence ministry, and all […]

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The fate of Russian military bases in Syria following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad was still unclear on Monday, the Kremlin admitted. The Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base are Russia’s only military outposts outside the former Soviet Union and have been key to the Kremlin’s activities in Africa and the Middle East. The […]

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The Israeli government approved on Sunday a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone. As Islamist-led rebel forces swept Syrian president Bashar al-Assad out of power last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered troops to […]

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A top US official sought to quell growing concern Sunday over reported drone sightings in the country’s northeast, reiterating there was no known security threat as authorities monitor the situation. President Joe Biden’s administration has faced mounting criticism, even from his own Democratic party, for not clearly identifying origins of the objects seen hovering over […]

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