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U.S. withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, Pentagon announces
Soldiers stand next to razor wire during an exercise at the U.S. Army’s training facilities in Hohenfels, Germany, on Thursday. The U.S. has around 35,000 troops stationed in Germany. (Angelika Warmuth/Reuters) The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops stationed in NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe. Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Monday that Iran was humiliating the U.S. in talksRead more
Political strain between U.S. and Britain on full display days ahead of King Charles’s American visit
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves are shown in Aylesbury, central England, on Sept. 18, 2025. Reeves and Bessent have offered very different perspectives on the U.S. war with Iran in recent days. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves was not backing away from her criticism of the Iran war as “folly,” even as she prepared to meet Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday. As with Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Reeves is amongRead more
No Kings protests in the U.S. on Saturday could be the biggest yet. Here’s why
Demonstrators are shown in Minneapolis on Jan. 30, on the heels of the deadly shootings of two American citizens in Minnesota by federal agents. Minnesota will be the central site on Saturday for the third event in the No Kings rallies to have taken place since President Donald Trump returned to office. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) Some things remain the same as nationwide demonstrations against U.S. President Donald Trump are planned again for Saturday, but much has changed in just five months since the last No Kings rallies. More thanRead more
U.S. orders 2,500 marines, amphibious assault ship to Mideast after almost 2 weeks of war
Black smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran, as Iranians take part in the Al-Quds Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (Elaheh Asiabi/Fars News Agency/AFP/Getty) The American military has ordered 2,500 marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Friday, in a major addition of forces in the region after nearly two weeks of war with Iran. Meanwhile in the Iranian capital, a large explosion rocked a centralRead more
U.S. pressure on Venezuela hasn’t eased, even as world’s attention turns to Iran
Earlier this year, the U.S. forcibly removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power. Delcy Rodríguez, the country’s acting president, has found herself managing continuing pressure from the Trump administration, even as U.S. attention is turning to Iran. (Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images) American pressure on Venezuela has not stopped, even amid a war the U.S. is fighting with Iran overseas. Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage the demands of the Trump administration as she looks to hang on to American support more than two months after the toppling ofRead more
Iran nuclear talks conclude with no deal announced as risk of U.S. attack looms
Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations Thursday over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal, meaning the possibility of another Middle East war is still a risk as the massive fleet of U.S. aircraft and warships remain in the region. Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the talks in Geneva, said there had been “significant progress in the negotiation” without elaborating. But just before the talks ended, Iranian state television reported that Tehran was determined to continue enriching uranium, rejected proposals to transferRead more
‘What we are experiencing is not humane’ – Cubans struggle as U.S. chokes oil supply
People walk through the Cuban town of Santa Cruz del Norte last week during a scheduled power outage that was part of energy rationing. A former Canadian ambassador to Cuba says the Trump administration, which has imposed sanctions on countries that sell Cuba fuel, is trying to throttle the island’s economy until the regime collapses. (Ramon Espinosa/The Associated Press) Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspendedRead more
U.S. says it has seized 7th Venezuela-linked oil tanker
Venezuela’s national flag waves in the wind at the top of the National Assembly in Caracas on Tuesday. (Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press) U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the oil in the South American country. U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta “without incident” and that the tanker was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantineRead more
U.S. plane used in boat strike was disguised as civilian aircraft, contrary to Pentagon regulation
A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on Sept. 15, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the U.S. (The White House/Handout/Reuters) The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be atRead more
Zelenskyy says Ukraine will present revised peace plan to U.S. Wednesday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that a revised plan for peace with Russia will be given to the U.S. Wednesday. (Francesco Fotia/Reuters) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he continued to rally more European support for Ukraine. Speaking to reporters Tuesday on WhatsApp, Zelenskyy said three documents were now being discussed with American and European partners — a 20-point framework document that is constantly changing, a document on security guarantees and a document aboutRead more