US President Donald Trump’s ultimate aim in sending troops to American cities is to seize control of elections in 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said Sunday, calling such deployments an invasion. File photo of US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)(AFP) Trump — who has unleashed unprecedented military patrols in…
At its narrowest point, the Persian Gulf is only 55 kilometres wide. One coastline is dotted with US military bases, and the other bank is the border of Iran. The United States has a substantial military footprint across the Middle East, amassed over decades. Several permanent bases in the region house thousands of troops, advanced…
The People’s Liberation Army launched joint exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, marking Beijing’s latest warning to the island’s “separatist forces”. According to a statement issued by the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command, the patrols and exercises included simulated air and land strikes, as well as control of key passages to test the joint combat readiness of…
The power station at Zaporizhzhia is in Russian-occupied territory AP President Trump told President Zelensky that the best way to protect Ukraine’s infrastructure was for the US to take control of its nuclear power. The White House said Trump had moved past a previous deal that would have given American companies access to Ukraine’s oil,…
Mexico began sending 10,000 troops to its northern border on Wednesday, with National Guard and Army trucks patrolling the area between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff threat. Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.(AP) National Guard troops, masked…