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#Japan is sending senior diplomat Masaaki Kanai to China to ease tensions after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that Chinese military action against Taiwan could trigger Japan’s collective self-defense.
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#Japan is sending senior diplomat Masaaki Kanai to China to ease tensions after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that Chinese military action against Taiwan could trigger Japan’s collective self-defense.
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#Bloomberg:
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is losing public support as Germany’s economy stalls, his coalition fights over pensions reform, and far-right parties gain strength.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is losing public support as Germany’s economy stalls, his coalition fights over pensions reform, and far-right parties gain strength.
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#Bloomberg:
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is losing public support as Germany’s economy stalls, his coalition fights over pensions reform, and far-right parties gain strength.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is losing public support as Germany’s economy stalls, his coalition fights over pensions reform, and far-right parties gain strength.
#NEW: Israel is willing to let the U.S. sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia only if the deal is tied to Saudi normalization with Israel.
Israel warns giving Riyadh F-35s with no diplomatic concessions would be a mistake.
Source: Axios
Israel warns giving Riyadh F-35s with no diplomatic concessions would be a mistake.
Source: Axios
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#NEW: Israel is willing to let the U.S. sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia only if the deal is tied to Saudi normalization with Israel.
Israel warns giving Riyadh F-35s with no diplomatic concessions would be a mistake.
Source: Axios
Israel warns giving Riyadh F-35s with no diplomatic concessions would be a mistake.
Source: Axios
IRGC:
Our forces detected, intercepted, and seized the oil tanker Talara following a judicial order in Iran to detain its cargo.
The Talara tanker was carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals, and it was directed to Iran for investigation.
Our forces detected, intercepted, and seized the oil tanker Talara following a judicial order in Iran to detain its cargo.
The Talara tanker was carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals, and it was directed to Iran for investigation.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
IRGC:
Our forces detected, intercepted, and seized the oil tanker Talara following a judicial order in Iran to detain its cargo.
The Talara tanker was carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals, and it was directed to Iran for investigation.
Our forces detected, intercepted, and seized the oil tanker Talara following a judicial order in Iran to detain its cargo.
The Talara tanker was carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals, and it was directed to Iran for investigation.
#Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reportedly intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Talara off the UAE coast and are escorting it toward Iranian waters.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reportedly intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Talara off the UAE coast and are escorting it toward Iranian waters.
#Netanyahu:
Our military aid is like a fraction — a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction — of what the US spent in Afghanistan or spent in, you know, in the Middle East.
It's tiny.
Our military aid is like a fraction — a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction — of what the US spent in Afghanistan or spent in, you know, in the Middle East.
It's tiny.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#Netanyahu:
Our military aid is like a fraction — a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction — of what the US spent in Afghanistan or spent in, you know, in the Middle East.
It's tiny.
Our military aid is like a fraction — a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction — of what the US spent in Afghanistan or spent in, you know, in the Middle East.
It's tiny.
#Netanyahu:
Israel is the one American ally in the world that says we don't need boots on the ground.
We don't need American servicemen fighting, you know, on the ground for Israel or around Israel.
We're fine. We fight our own battles.
Israel is the one American ally in the world that says we don't need boots on the ground.
We don't need American servicemen fighting, you know, on the ground for Israel or around Israel.
We're fine. We fight our own battles.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#Netanyahu:
Israel is the one American ally in the world that says we don't need boots on the ground.
We don't need American servicemen fighting, you know, on the ground for Israel or around Israel.
We're fine. We fight our own battles.
Israel is the one American ally in the world that says we don't need boots on the ground.
We don't need American servicemen fighting, you know, on the ground for Israel or around Israel.
We're fine. We fight our own battles.
The Shutdown is OVER!
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Shutdown is OVER!
Trump will host a private White House dinner Wednesday with top Wall Street executives, including the CEOs of Nasdaq and JPMorgan.
Source: Reuters
Source: Reuters
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Trump will host a private White House dinner Wednesday with top Wall Street executives, including the CEOs of Nasdaq and JPMorgan.
Source: Reuters
Source: Reuters
#BIG: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean because it believes recent US missile strikes on the vessels — which have killed 76 people — are illegal.
Source: CNN
Source: CNN
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#BIG: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean because it believes recent US missile strikes on the vessels — which have killed 76 people — are illegal.
Source: CNN
Source: CNN
#Hezbollah Chief Naim Qassem:
We will not surrender and we will not give up our weapons — they are the source of our strength and determination.
We will not surrender and we will not give up our weapons — they are the source of our strength and determination.
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#Hezbollah Chief Naim Qassem:
We will not surrender and we will not give up our weapons — they are the source of our strength and determination.
We will not surrender and we will not give up our weapons — they are the source of our strength and determination.
A newly built section of the 758-m Hongqi bridge in Sichuan, China, partially collapsed after landslides caused by worsening mountainside conditions.
The bridge had been closed earlier due to cracks and shifting terrain.
The bridge had been closed earlier due to cracks and shifting terrain.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A newly built section of the 758-m Hongqi bridge in Sichuan, China, partially collapsed after landslides caused by worsening mountainside conditions.
The bridge had been closed earlier due to cracks and shifting terrain.
The bridge had been closed earlier due to cracks and shifting terrain.
Indian authorities are investigating whether the Delhi blast was a terrorist attack or an accidental explosion.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Indian authorities are investigating whether the Delhi blast was a terrorist attack or an accidental explosion.
🚨 Visuals from Red Fort, New Delhi. Two car bomb blasts kill at least 8 — dozens injured.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨 Visuals from Red Fort, New Delhi. Two car bomb blasts kill at least 8 — dozens injured.
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Guardian: Australia has imported more than three million tonnes of Russian-originated oil products since 2023, through a loophole, despite Australia claiming to have stopped purchases.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Guardian: Australia has imported more than three million tonnes of Russian-originated oil products since 2023, through a loophole, despite Australia claiming to have stopped purchases.
#Netanyahu's Office:
There will be no Turkish boots on the ground — in the present, in the past, in the future — specifically in the international stabilization force.
There will be no Turkish boots on the ground — in the present, in the past, in the future — specifically in the international stabilization force.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#Netanyahu's Office:
There will be no Turkish boots on the ground — in the present, in the past, in the future — specifically in the international stabilization force.
There will be no Turkish boots on the ground — in the present, in the past, in the future — specifically in the international stabilization force.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Footage shows additional moments from recent IDF strikes.
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Footage shows additional moments from recent IDF strikes.
Moment of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon captured on video.
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Moment of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon captured on video.
