7 h. ago Trump threatens Iran with ‘powerful’ consequences over nuclear program

Donald Trump has cautioned Iran against rebuilding its nuclear program.

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11 h. ago Famed Peruvian psychics predict 'serious illness' for Donald Trump, warn of natural disasters and foresee global wars in annual New Year's fortune telling ritual

As well as Trump and Maduro, shamans waved posters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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21 h. ago Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after Netanyahu meeting

Israeli prime minister said he will award Trump with Israel prize, highest civilian honor, while visiting Mar-a-LagoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has warned that Hamas will have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the Israeli prime minister in Florida.In a bravura display of mutual admiration, Netanyahu announced that the US president would be awarded the Israel prize, the country’s highest civilian honour, which since its inception in the 1950s has never before been given to a non-Israeli person. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Trump warns he'll back Israeli strike on Iran over menacing nuclear threat

President Donald Trump warned he's prepared to support Israeli strikes on Iran if it continues to build up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

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26 h. ago Hamas says its longtime spokesman was killed following an Israeli strike in August

Hamas has confirmed that its longtime spokesman was killed following an Israeli strike in August in war-torn Gaza

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28 h. ago No10 fires warning to Vladimir Putin as Donald Trump claims peace deal is close

Downing Street said talks over a Ukraine peace deal are at a delicate stage and hit out at Russian attacks - saying Vladimir Putin must stop the killing and show he is serious

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34 h. ago China issues warning to Trump as it launches huge war games around Taiwan including rehearsal for blockading the island's ports

Beijing's foreign ministry struck a defiant tone as the drills got underway, declaring: 'Any act of provocation on the Taiwan issue will surely be met with a firm counterattack from the Chinese side'.

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39 h. ago US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die'

The United States has announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance funding

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45 h. ago Trump warns clash over territory could jeopardise Ukraine peace deal following Zelensky meeting

US president Donald Trump has described his meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida as “terrific” and said they covered “95 per cent” of the peace plan on Sunday, 28 December.

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50 h. ago Bernie Sanders calls for pause in AI development: ‘What are they gonna do when people have no jobs?’

Senator’s warnings come as Trump renews calls to ban states from regulating AI

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50 h. ago US strikes on Nigeria and Syria are ‘consistent’ with policy to combat IS, Republican says

House armed services committee’s Mike Turner denied that military strikes showed new Trump approach to US forcesUS warns of more Nigeria strikes as Abuja talks of ‘joint ongoing operations’A senior Republican on the US House armed services committee has said that the country’s recent military strikes in Nigeria and Syria are consistent with American foreign policy to combat Islamic extremism that have existed across Donald Trump’s two presidential terms.Mike Turner, an Ohio congressman, said on Sunday that the strikes are a “continuation of our conflict with [the Islamic State]”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Zelensky’s ‘strong’ warning after Putin's 'sick' Christmas strikes before Trump talks

One person was said to have been killed with 27 people wounded including two children as the Kremlin targeted Kyiv with missiles and drones hitting residential buildings

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4 d. ago Trump’s defense secretary warns ‘more strikes to come’ on Nigeria after ISIS targets hit

The US has accused IS of targeting Christians in the country

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4 d. ago Trump’s war secretary Pete Hegseth warns ‘more strikes to come’ on Nigeria after IS targets hit

The US has accused IS of targeting Christians in the country

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4 d. ago Trump launches 'powerful and deadly' strike on ISIS in Nigeria and warns of more if attacks persist

Donald Trump announced a 'powerful and deadly' Christmas Day strike on ISIS 'terrorist scum' in Nigeria and warned that radicals will continue to pay for the persecution of Christians

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5 d. ago Israel kills top Iran Quds Force operative after carrying out strikes in Lebanon

The Israeli military said it killed a member of Iran's elite Quds Force in a strike in Lebanon on Thursday, accusing him of planning attacks against Israel.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump mocked for inappropriate rant during NORAD Christmas calls with kids

President Trump and Melania took NORAD Christmas Eve calls from children tracking Santa, with Trump mentioning election wins in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma and warning about 'bad Santa infiltrating' the country

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7 d. ago Wage garnishing over defaulted student loans begins in January, Trump admin warns

Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due

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7 d. ago ‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro warns Trump administration may ‘destabilise the entire region’ amid rising tensionsWhile all eyes are on the four-month-long US military campaign against Venezuela, the White House has been quietly striking security agreements with other countries to deploy US troops across Latin America and the Caribbean.As Donald Trump announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers and ordered the seizure of vessels amid airstrikes that have killed more than 100 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the US secured military deals with Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago in the past week alone. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Epstein files live: DOJ releases nearly 30,000 pages in largest tranche of documents on late pedophile so far

Department of Justice continues to publish its records on Epstein after President Donald Trump warned the transparency effort could ‘ruin’ reputations of innocent people

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