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January 08, 2025 US, China vie for influence in combating Seychelles’ drug problem Situated in the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles is in the middle of a key heroin smuggling route and has among the ...

January 20, 2025 What happens on moving day at White House? After Donald Trump is sworn in as president, there will be a swirl of activity at the White House. Over about six hours, the belongings of ...

Friction between Japan and Russia will likely escalate amidst the burgeoning Ukraine war, with the decades-long land conflicts showing no sign of thawing. The Kremlin recently banned non-Russian ...

U.S. naval dominance, unchallenged for decades, is now coming under strain as China’s state-backed shipbuilding industry rapidly expands, while the U.S. Navy faces severe maintenance delays. The ...

Regulations from Ukraine covering media access to the front lines of the war have drawn criticism from reporters and media advocates who say the rules are not proportionate with the dangers for war ...

The recent arrest of Palestinian activist and U.S. legal permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil, who played a prominent role in last year's Columbia University protests over the war in Gaza, has prompted ...

President Donald Trump’s executive orders last week limiting immigration to the U.S. may be the first such directives in recent years, but they are hardly the first time the U.S. government has sought ...

The U.S. Department of Justice will refocus much of its staff and resources on the "total elimination" of drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations in the United States while disbanding ...

The recent killing of three Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, has drawn attention to a grim reality that researchers have long documented: Black Americans are the most frequent victims of ...

Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has been talking on a consistent basis with Russian President Vladimir Putin are still reverberating among current and former U.S. officials, almost a week after ...