Venezuela Citing unnamed U.S. officials, the NYT reported that Pres. Trump has signed off on CIA plans for possible covert action inside Venezuela to add pressure on autocrat Nicolas Madur …

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Gaza The UN Security Council (UNSC) approved Pres. Trump's peace proposal for Gaza, clearing the path to start solidifying reconstruction plans. One of the key next steps will be to explicitly def …

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Coming up this week Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will visit the White House tomorrow. Pres. Trump hopes to convince his guest to sign onto the Abraham Accords, but MBS seems to have …

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Southern Spear U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave a name to the ongoing U.S. military campaign against drug cartels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific: it will henceforth be called Operation …

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Pakistan and India Emerging media reports clarified that it was a faction of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar - not the main TTP - that claimed this week's Islamabad blas …

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Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) belatedly claimed yesterday's courthouse blast in Islamabad and said it was targeting "[j]udges, lawyers and officials who carried out rulings under Pakistan&rsq …

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