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The US spy agency reportedly sought to assure European allies that they can still trust it CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with EU officials last week in an attempt to rebuild strained relations with US intelligence agencies, Politico reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. According to the report published on Friday, Ratcliffe met with the EU’s top diplomat, …

SLOW BOAT? On Friday October 24, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced on social media that the “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth had ordered the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to leave the Mediterranean and head for the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility to support “the President’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism.” Armchair admirals …

More than 200 C-suite women senior executives, including global chief executives and chief financial officers, are gathering in the epicentre of Hong Kong’s financial district for the city’s first ever Women Chief Executives summit today. The conference is symbolic as much as it is significant. Women in this city have progressed by leaps and bounds over the past decade. A …

Kiev must build an army that “no one can oppose,” a veteran Ukrainian nationalist has declared Kiev should turn its military into “an army of God” capable of conquering both Russia and China, Dmitry Korchinsky, a radical Ukrainian nationalist, has said. Korchinsky, who leads the far-right Bratstvo (Brotherhood) party, criticized those Ukrainians who are tired of the conflict with Russia, …

German authorities said on Sunday they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, was being kept in a detention centre and was to be brought before an investigating judge later on Sunday. He was alleged …

US forces have taken out an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth US forces have killed three men in what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called a strike on a drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea. The attack was the latest in a series of US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific that …

The construction of an incredible skyscraper set to be the world’s tallest residential building is currently under way. The Tiger Sky Tower is a multi-million-dollar development project that includes the construction of a 122-story building, which will soar over one of the world’s most renowned skylines. Tiger Sky Tower, being built in Dubai’s Business Bay district, is set to reach …

Nigeria’s president is hoping to meet with US counterpart Donald Trump, an aide said on Sunday, after the US leader threatened to send the military into Africa’s most populous country over what he has described as a threat to Christians by jihadists. In an explosive post, Trump said on social media on Saturday that he asked the Pentagon to map …

The Maldives has prohibited anyone born after January 1, 2007 from buying or using tobacco The Republic of Maldives has banned smoking for individuals born on or after January 1, 2007, becoming the second country in the world after New Zealand to implement a generational prohibition on tobacco.  According to Maldives Health Statistics, tobacco consumption and exposure to secondhand smoke …

A major manhunt is underway in a popular British holiday hotspot in Greece after two people were shot dead and at least ten others were injured on Saturday. Police believe at least five armed men are currently on the run, hiding in the mountains, canyons, and fields around Vorizia, a small community in Crete. The operation is one of the …