Kash Patel defended his tenure as FBI director before a US Senate panel on Tuesday, angrily pushing back on questions about his handling of the investigation into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the firings of veteran officials. Patel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee came as critics, including some allies of US President Donald Trump, have questioned …
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his country had “knocked off” three boats in total from Venezuela, a day after he confirmed a second deadly US strike on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean. “We knocked off actually three boats not two, but you saw two,” he told reporters at the White House before heading to the United Kingdom …
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned “dangerous” comments by Elon Musk after the X and Tesla owner told an anti-immigration rally that violence is coming to Britain and they must fight or die. But the UK government resisted opposition calls to sanction Musk for the remarks. Starmer on Monday denounced the violence that took place on the fringes of Saturday’s …
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In Seoul, alarm bells are ringing. Washington is demanding an eye-watering US$350 billion in direct investment, a sum so vast that economists warn it could tip South Korea into a crisis unseen in its modern history. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bluntly asserted last week that South Korea must accept the deal or face higher tariffs – pointing out that …
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US military carried out a strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks. He said three men were killed in the strike, adding that it took place in …
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Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor who brought criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, has sued US President Donald Trump’s administration over her abrupt July firing, court records showed on Monday. Comey, the eldest daughter of former FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) director and long-time Trump adversary James Comey, said in a …
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امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ نے واشنگٹن ڈی سی میں قومی ایمرجنسی نافذ کرنے کی دھمکی دیتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ میئر نے امیگریشن حکام سے تعاون نہ کیا تو واشنگٹن ڈی سی کو وفاق کے کنٹرول میں لے آئیں گے۔ برطانوی خبر رساں ادارے رائٹرز کے مطابق پیر کے روز امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ نے خبردار کیا ہے کہ اگر …
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The man arrested over conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination was romantically involved with a transgender roommate and had “leftist ideology”, Utah’s governor said on Sunday, confirming details likely to inflame the contentious national debate over the killing. I can confirm that,” Governor Spencer Cox told CNN’s State of the Union talk show when asked about suspect Tyler Robinson’s reported relationship …
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Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are leading a new round of trade talks in Madrid, with the tariff truce reached in Stockholm set to expire in November. The delegations arrived at the Spanish foreign ministry in central Madrid on Sunday afternoon local time, just hours after the Chinese team touched down in the capital. A …
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While Hong Kong manufacturers were tackling the havoc caused by US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” earlier this year, Kenneth Tsoi Wing-sing and his daughter were busy launching a museum dedicated to football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in the city. Tsoi, chairman of listed firm Star Shine Holdings Group, said in an exclusive interview with the Post that the company’s HK$70 …
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