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NATO chief urges allies to do more

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has called for European countries and Canada to make a “quantum leap” in boosting their contribution to the alliance. Rutte, who is visiting Washington for talks with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, wrote in an...

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22 hours ago

Cracks appear in administration as controversies add up

The infighting and backstabbing that plagued US President Donald Trump’s first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and questions of personal loyalty. The latest turmoil threatens to...

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22 Apr 2025

War details revealed in another chat

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is alleged to have shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a second message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The second chat on Signal — which is a commercially available app not authorised to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defence information — included 13 people and was dubbed “Defense Team Huddle”.

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21 Apr 2025

Biden back on stage with warning

Former Democratic US President Joe Biden has made his first major speech since leaving the White House in January, issuing a warning over Social Security as the Trump administration cuts agency staff and shutters some of its offices. The speech in Chicago to disability advocates was a major re-emergence by Biden onto America’s political landscape, as President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, run by tech billionaire Elon Musk, makes massive cuts to the federal workforce.

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16 Apr 2025

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12 Apr 2025

Trump opens door for Iran deal

US President Donald Trump is betting that a beleaguered Iran is so vulnerable after a tumultuous 18 months in the Middle East that it might finally be ready to abandon its nuclear program. The renewed push to solve one of the most delicate foreign policy issues facing the White House and the Mideast will begin in earnest on Saturday when Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gather in Oman. Trump says he prefers a diplomatic solution, even as he warns that Iran will face “great danger” if talks don’t go well. But Iran’s nuclear advances since Trump scrapped an Obama-era agreement during his first term make finding a pathway to a deal difficult, and experts warn that the prospects of US military action on Iranian nuclear facilities appear higher than they have been in years.

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12 Apr 2025

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NATO chief urges allies to do more

Cracks appear in administration as controversies add up

War details revealed in another chat

Bukele proposes prisoner swap

Biden back on stage with warning

Trump opens door for Iran deal