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Posted on:Thursday, July 3, 2025
The Trump administration on Thursday announced sweeping new sanctions aimed at crippling Iran’s oil revenue and its ability to fund terrorism and develop nuclear weapons.

Posted on:Thursday, July 3, 2025
The Pentagon has paused some shipments of U.S. weapons to Ukraine as part of an internal review to assess the impact on America’s own military stockpiles, Defense Department officials confirmed Wednesday. The move comes as the Trump administration prioritizes recalibrating U.S. defense commitments in light of strategic needs, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.

Posted on:Thursday, July 3, 2025
Dozens of people were feared dead Thursday after a ferry sank and five people died the previous night near Indonesia’s tropical resort island of Bali.

Posted on:Wednesday, July 2, 2025
U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure have delayed Tehran’s nuclear ambitions by up to two years, according to the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, who briefed reporters Wednesday on the aftermath of the operation.

Posted on:Wednesday, July 2, 2025
President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new trade agreement with Vietnam on Wednesday that imposes steep tariffs on imports but grants the U.S. full access to Vietnamese markets–a move Trump hailed as a “Great Deal of Cooperation” and a major breakthrough in ongoing global trade negotiations.

Posted on:Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a controversial law on Wednesday suspending all cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), marking a major escalation in Tehran’s standoff with the West following last month’s war with Israel.

Posted on:Wednesday, July 2, 2025
A high-profile legal case with potentially far-reaching consequences for parental rights in Brazil is unfolding this week, as a state court in Santa Catarina hears oral arguments in the case of Regiane Cichelero, a Christian mother facing prosecution for homeschooling her 12-year-old son.

Posted on:Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Britain and the Netherlands are reeling from antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiments expressed by leading artists at or before concerts, amid divisions in Europe over the ongoing war in Gaza.

Posted on:Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Iran orchestrated a covert influence operation using a sprawling bot network to erode American public support for military action targeting its nuclear program, according to a new report cited by Israel Hayom.

Posted on:Monday, June 30, 2025
In a historic move aimed at reshaping the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order lifting long-standing U.S. sanctions on Syria, marking a dramatic pivot in American foreign policy following the fall of the Assad regime late last year.

Posted on:Monday, June 30, 2025
President Donald Trump firmly rejected any suggestion that his administration is offering sanctions relief or negotiating with Iran, dismissing recent speculation as “phony” and doubling down on his claim that Iran’s nuclear program has been decisively destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Posted on:Monday, June 30, 2025
A top Shi’a Muslim cleric in Iran has issued a religious ruling, or fatwa, labeling former U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “enemies of God” — a serious accusation in Islamic law that can justify deadly punishment.

Posted on:Monday, June 30, 2025
War-fatigued residents tried to recover Sunday after Russia fired more than 500 aerial weapons at Ukraine overnight, killing several people in a barrage that Kyiv called “the biggest air attack” of the three-year armed conflict.

Posted on:Monday, June 30, 2025
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a self-declared Christian, has lashed out at organizers and participants of Saturday’s Budapest Pride march, calling the event “disgusting and shameful.”

Posted on:Sunday, June 29, 2025
In a high-cost display of strategic commitment, the United States deployed an estimated 15 to 20 percent of its global Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile inventory during a 12-day war between Israel and Iran earlier this month. The operation, aimed at intercepting waves of Iranian ballistic and hypersonic missiles, reportedly cost the U.S. military between $810 million and $1.2 billion in interceptor missiles alone.

Posted on:Sunday, June 29, 2025
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a landmark U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday in Washington, aiming to halt years of deadly conflict in eastern Congo and unlock billions in Western investment in the region’s prized minerals.

Posted on:Saturday, June 28, 2025
President Donald Trump has declared a sweeping U.S. victory in the war against Iran, calling the joint American-Israeli strike campaign a “total obliteration” of Tehran’s nuclear program and vowing to strike again if the Islamic Republic attempts to rebuild.

Posted on:Saturday, June 28, 2025
As battles raged, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia is still willing to hold a new round of peace talks with Ukraine, which Moscow invaded nearly 3.5 years ago.

Posted on:Saturday, June 28, 2025
Tensions were rising Friday as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned there would be “legal consequences” for organizing or attending a Budapest Pride march in violation of a police ban on the event planned for this weekend.

Posted on:Friday, June 27, 2025
The United States and China have reached an additional agreement aimed at implementing the Geneva framework as part of ongoing trade negotiations, a White House official confirmed to The Epoch Times on Wednesday.