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November 5, 2025 9:04 AM

US may ask UN to mandate international force in Gaza for two years, document shows

The United States has drafted a United Nations resolution that approves a two-year mandate for a Gaza transitional governance body and an international stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave, according to the text seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The draft - which is still being developed and could change - was shared with some countries this week, but has not yet been formally circulated to the 15-member Security Council for negotiations, diplomats said. It was not immediately clear when Wa...

October 31, 2025 4:22 PM

Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?

U.S. strikes against suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean have killed dozens of what the Trump administration says are drug trafficking terrorists responsible for thousands of deaths in the United States. Human rights groups condemned the strikes as murder and a stark break with the tradition of protecting civilians from lethal force. Below is a look at the legal authority for the strikes. WHAT IS THE U.S. DOING? The U.S. military has conducted at least 13 deadly strike...

October 29, 2025 7:40 PM

US to withdraw some troops from NATO’s eastern flank, Romania says

The United States plans to cut the number of troops stationed on Europe's eastern flank, including soldiers who were to be stationed at Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, Romania's defence ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said the decision was expected given changes in Washington's priorities, and that roughly 1,000 U.S. troops would continue to be stationed in Romania. It did not specify how many U.S. troops would be withdrawn. Washington's European allies have been told previous...

October 28, 2025 3:32 PM

Trump praises Japan’s ‘great’ female leader Takaichi, signs rare earths deal

U.S. President Donald Trump lavished praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and rare earths. Takaichi, a protegee of Trump's late friend and golfing buddy Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, applauded Trump's push to resolve global conflicts, vowing to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Trump's spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt. Both governments released a list of projects ...

October 24, 2025 9:56 PM

Carney ready to resume US-Canada trade talks halted by Trump over Reagan ad

Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday that Canada stands ready to resume trade talks with the United States that President Donald Trump halted over an anti-tariff advertisement issued by Ontario's provincial government. Trump terminated the talks on Thursday over the video which used Republican icon, former President Ronald Reagan, saying tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster. In a late-night social media post, Trump called the ad fraudulent. Carney has tried on two White House v...

October 10, 2025 11:50 AM

US clarifies no new AMRAAM missiles for Pakistan under contract modification

The United States on Friday dismissed reports suggesting Pakistan would receive new Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), saying a recently amended contract only covers sustainment and spare parts. In a statement, the US Embassy said the September 30 Department of War announcement “referred to an amendment to an existing Foreign Military Sales contract for sustainment and spares for several countries, including Pakistan.” It emphasized that “no part of this contract modific...

October 8, 2025 11:04 PM

US targets Chinese companies over drone components used by Hamas, Houthis

The United States said on Wednesday it was adding 15 Chinese companies to its restricted trade list for facilitating the purchase of American electronic components found in drones operated by Iranian proxies including Houthi and Hamas militants. Ten companies in China were designated for the Commerce Department's so-called Entity List, for facilitating the purchase of components found in weaponized unmanned aircraft systems operated by proxies including Yemen's Houthi militants, according to a ...

October 6, 2025 4:40 PM

Negotiators gather for Gaza talks, mediators caution deal may not be swift

Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S. hopes will bring a halt to war in Gaza and release of hostages despite contentious issues like disarmament of the Palestinian militant group under Donald Trump's plan. Israeli negotiators were also due to travel to Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh later in the day for talks about freeing hostages, part of the U.S. president's 20-point blueprint for ending the two-year-old conflict. The Israeli delegation ...

October 3, 2025 9:17 AM

Putin warns the US of escalation risk if it gives Ukraine Tomahawk missiles

Russian President Vladimir Putin swiped back on Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger", suggesting NATO might be one and warning the United States that if it supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine it would trigger a dangerous new escalation. Russia's war in Ukraine, Europe's deadliest since World War Two, has sparked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and Russian officials say they are now in a "hot" c...

September 26, 2025 9:08 AM

Trump slaps fresh US tariffs on heavy trucks, drugs and furniture

President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a fresh round of punishing tariffs on a broad range of imported goods, including 100% duties on branded drugs and 25% tariffs on heavy-duty trucks, set to come into force next week. Tariffs have been a feature of Trump's second term, with sweeping duties on trading partners ranging from 10% to 50% and other targeted levies on a wide variety of products, casting a shadow over the global economic outlook and paralyzing business decision-making. The a...