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U.S. Vice President JD Vance is planning a visit to Hungary in the coming days to demonstrate support for Prime Minister Viktor Orban as the country prepares for a closely contested election on April 12. The trip, reported by sources involved in planning, follows a February visit by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who publicly backed Orban whi…
Colombia's Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said authorities from both countries are examining whether sovereignty was violated following explosions at cocaine-processing sites near the Ecuador border that killed 14 people in January. The statement came after President Gustavo Petro suggested Ecuadorian actions had caused 27 deaths, an assertion deni…
A spokesperson for the British prime minister stated that Jonathan Powell, the national security adviser, was not present at final discussions between the United States and Iran that preceded U.S. and Israeli strikes on Tehran. The statement rejects a report that placed Powell at diplomatic meetings in Geneva and reiterates that the negotiations we…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Spain’s backing for Ukraine will remain constant despite the crisis in the Middle East. The two leaders witnessed co-production agreements covering drones, radar and missiles, with Spanish group Sener confirming deals with Ukrainian firms Fire Point, Luch and Rad…
Israeli strikes this week have killed nearly a dozen Gaza police officers, Gaza authorities say, as Israel presses attacks on a force run by Hamas. The status of roughly 10,000 Hamas-affiliated police remains a central obstacle in negotiations over a U.S. plan for Gaza that envisions disarmament and technocratic governance. Both sides present confl…
A State Department official said the Trump administration will require citizens of 50 countries to post $15,000 bonds when applying for B1 and B2 visas, adding 12 nations to an existing list of 38. The bond program, intended to deter visa overstays, becomes effective April 2. Bonds are to be returned to applicants who comply with visa conditions or…
The Kremlin publicly condemned what it described as the 'murder' of Iran’s leadership in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes after Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency confirmed the killing of Ali Larijani in Tehran. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia condemns any actions aimed at harming or eliminating leaders of sovereign states, while disputing so…
An analysis of Michigan state vaccination records reveals a notable drop in the share of toddlers completing a federally recommended seven-shot series before age three. The decline, concentrated among white and Hispanic children, coincides with policy and messaging changes instituted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and with heightened im…
Indian authorities detained six Ukrainian nationals and one U.S. citizen on March 13, accusing them of entering the northeastern state of Mizoram without permits, crossing into Myanmar, training anti-junta ethnic armed groups in drone warfare, and facilitating shipments of drones from Europe to Myanmar via India. The National Investigation Agency i…
Relatives and friends of people receiving treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul continued to look for missing loved ones two days after an air strike that Afghan authorities say killed more than 400 people and wounded 265. Pakistan denied those casualty figures, asserting it targeted military installations and terrorist support infra…
U.S. President Donald Trump has urged allies to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. That request raises difficult legal and political questions for Japan, where post-war pacifist constraints limit the circumstances in which the Self-Defense Forces may use force overseas. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a narrow set…
Iran launched missiles armed with cluster warheads at Tel Aviv in what state media described as retaliation for the killing of Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani. The overnight strike killed two people in the densely populated Israeli city, raising Israel’s war death toll to at least 14. A separate projectile struck near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear pow…
Russia's Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of Sopych in the Sumy region and Kalenyky in Donetsk. The announcement followed a day of conflicting claims between Moscow and Kyiv about who was gaining ground along the roughly 1,250 km frontline. Russian military leaders described continued efforts to establish buffe…
The U.S. government has defended the Pentagon's March designation of Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk, arguing in a court filing that the action was a lawful response to the company's refusal to lift usage restrictions on its AI. Anthropic has filed lawsuits in California and Washington, D.C., challenging both the Pentagon's initi…
New U.N. estimates indicate about 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024. Agencies including UNICEF, the World Bank, WHO and the U.N. population division say most of those deaths were preventable with improved access to basic healthcare and low-cost interventions. While child mortality has fallen sharply since 2000, the rate …
Allegations have emerged accusing the late labor leader Cesar Chavez of inappropriate sexual behavior and abuse involving young women or minors. The Cesar Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers union have issued statements acknowledging the claims; the union said it will not take part in this year’s Cesar Chavez Day events while some cities …
New Zealand's government will introduce legislation to broaden deportation grounds, increase penalties for migrant exploitation and expand powers to act on false information in the immigration process. The package, and an accompanying parliamentary paper on asylum, is presented as a response to serious offending by some claimants and wider politica…
El Salvador’s legislature has amended the constitution to permit life imprisonment for offenses including murder, rape and terrorism. The change, approved by 59 votes with one dissenting vote, removes the prior constitutional prohibition that limited time actually served despite judicial sentences exceeding 100 years. The amendment follows recent i…
Ali Larijani, a central architect of the Islamic Republic’s security and foreign policy apparatus and a close adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, has been killed at the age of 67, Iranian media reported. Israeli and Iranian accounts identified an Israeli strike as the cause. Larijani’s decades-long career spanned military service in the Iran-Iraq war…
The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran and currently in the Red Sea, will make a temporary port call to Souda Bay on Crete after a fire in its main laundry area injured sailors and affected sleeping quarters. The incident occurred during the carrier's ninth month at sea and raises questions about crew morale a…
Ilia II, who led the Georgian Orthodox Church for nearly 50 years and oversaw its emergence from Soviet-era suppression into the most influential non-state institution in Georgia, has died at 93 after being hospitalized for massive internal bleeding. The Holy Synod has 40 days to select his successor.
People in Havana said they would prefer dialogue with Washington rather than escalation, but many also expressed skepticism about President Donald Trump’s inconsistent remarks. Conversations on the streets reflected concern about an intensifying U.S. oil blockade, recent power outages, and state-promoted military preparedness as officials on both s…
An internal U.N. inquiry’s early findings indicate that three tank-fired rounds struck a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers. The preliminary probe, supported by explosive ordnance experts, attributes the strikes to the main gun of an Israeli battle tank using 120-mm M339 HE-MP-T shells, raising concerns abo…
Chile's newly inaugurated right-wing administration has started digging trenches along the northern frontier with Peru, carrying out a campaign promise to erect physical obstacles at key crossing points to curb unauthorized entries. President Jose Antonio Kast inspected the initial works near the Chacalluta border post, saying the measures aim to r…
U.S. State Department and Defense officials told a House committee that shipments of weapons to Taiwan have not been delayed by the air campaign against Iran. While a pre-existing multi-billion-dollar backlog of arms to Taiwan remains, officials say they are exploring ways to speed deliveries. Lawmakers also debated the balance between congressiona…
