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The Caribbean deployment is less about cocaine and more about control, reviving America’s oldest imperial playbook President Donald Trump has hinted that US forces could soon move from sea to land operations in Venezuela, expanding what he called “a war on terrorist drug cartels.”Speaking at a Navy anniversary ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, Trump said American forces had struck another vessel …

OPINION — “The [Defense] Department [DoD] will continue to defend the nation and conduct ongoing military operations. It will continue activities funded with any available budgetary resources that have not lapsed (e.g., funds made available in Pub. L. 119-21), as well as excepted activities such as those necessary for the safety of human life and the protection of property. Significant …

The newly elected mayor of Herdecke, Germany, was fighting for her life after being attacked and stabbed by several men in the street. Iris Stalzer was found seriously injured by her son at her apartment, according to German media. Upon discovering her with 13 stab wounds in her stomach and back, she reportedly told him she had been attacked in …

More than 350 people, including mainland Chinese tourists, headed to Hong Kong’s Tung Ping Chau for Tuesday’s public holiday to enjoy its blue waters, but were shocked to find debris left over from Super Typhoon Ragasa’s passage last month. While visitors said the eastern island’s clear waters were mesmerising, others spoke about waiting hours for the only ferry service that …

The Pentagon has also spent more than $10 million on operations across the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to the document The US has provided Israel with $21.7 billion in military assistance during the two years of the conflict in Gaza, a new report has said. The paper by the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson …

A man has drowned after jumping off a boat that had run aground and started to list during a fishing trip in the waters off Hong Kong’s eastern New Territories. The angler, 47, and his friend set off along Lam Tsuen River aboard a seven-metre-long (23-foot-long) sampan at around 10.30pm on Monday during the Mid-Autumn Festival and headed for the …

Benjamin Netanyahu has now served as prime minister of Israel longer than anyone in history — three non-consecutive stints over 18 years, or almost a quarter of the time Israel has been an independent country. And from the beginning, his power has been on the verge of collapse. About a year into his first term as prime minister, the international …

OPINION — Elected officials are both the bullseye and the bait for AI-driven influence campaigns launched by foreign adversaries. They are targeted with disinformation meant to sway their opinions and votes, while also serving as the raw material for deepfakes used to deceive others. It’s a problem so widespread that it threatens our faith in democratic institutions. Even seemingly trivial …

The report follows a series of American attacks on boats claimed to have been carrying narcotics off the Venezuelan coast The administration of US President Donald Trump has produced a top-secret legal opinion authorizing the use of force against a list of drug cartels, going beyond those officially designated by Washington as terrorist groups, CNN has reported, citing multiple informed …

Israel has hit back at allegations of mistreatment towards Greta Thunberg and the flotilla activities, accusing one of the Gaza sailors of biting a medic. Israel’s foreign ministry said on Monday: “The only violent incident came from a Hamas-Sumud provocateur who bit a female medical staff member of Ketziot prison.” The campaigners aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla claimed the Israeli …