Donald Trump

Donald Trump Expands US Travel Ban to Nearly 40 Countries, Including Syria and Palestinian Authority Passport Holders

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Dec 16) sharply expanded a sweeping travel ban, barring people from seven additional countries — including Syria — as well as holders of Palestinian Authority passports from entering the United States. The move brings...
Venezuela

Venezuela: Trump Revives Monroe Doctrine in New Strategy, Reasserting U.S. Dominance Over Latin America

The 1823 proclamation effectively positioned the United States as the political gatekeeper of Latin America, setting in motion nearly two hundred years of interventions, military occupations, regime changes and covert operations across the region. For much of the 19th and...
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

Thai PM to Brief Trump as Fierce Thailand–Cambodia Border Clashes Enter Fifth Day

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he would speak with US President Donald Trump on Friday (Dec 12) night as heavy border clashes with Cambodia raged for a fifth consecutive day, marking one of the most dangerous escalations between the...
F-35 fighter jet

Trump’s Tariff Gambit Backfires as Global F-35 Orders Collapse, Threatening USD 100 Billion in Sales

US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff crusade—framed domestically as a strategy to revive American jobs—appears to be delivering the opposite effect for one of the country’s biggest defense manufacturers. Lockheed Martin, builder of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, is...
G20 Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa

G20 Summit in South Africa Adopts Climate-Focused Declaration Without US Input, Deepening Rift With Washington

The Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit in Johannesburg adopted a landmark declaration on Saturday (Nov 22), emphasizing urgent climate action, renewable energy targets, and support for heavily indebted developing economies. But the document’s path to approval has exposed one...
Xi Jinping- Donald Trump

China’s Rare Earth Gambit: Can China Wield Its Rare Earths Trump Card Against the United States Before It Backfires?

It doesn’t take an expert in international security to see that China is currently emboldened on the world stage. And to be fair, it has good reason to be confident—especially after United States President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi...
US-China

China Suspends Critical Metal Export Ban to US of some ‘dual use’ materials: Ministry

China has suspended an export ban on gallium, germanium, and antimony — three rare metals essential for high-tech and defense industries — in a move signaling tentative easing in trade tensions with the United States. The Ministry of Commerce announced...
ASEAN-Quad

Quad at a Crossroads: Trump’s Second Term Puts Indo-Pacific Unity to the Test

In international geopolitics, however, a week can feel like an eternity—and a few months can alter the entire balance of power. In 2017, during his first term, it was none other than Donald Trump who revived the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—or...
Zohran Mamdani

Democrats Score Sweeping Victories as Shutdown Drags On, Signaling Deep Political Trouble for Trump

One year and a day after Donald Trump secured a second term as president—and on the 35th day of the U.S. government shutdown, which has now tied a record for the longest in history—the Democratic Party roared back to life....
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