China spent years building ties in Latin America. Can Trump make room for the US?
US President Donald Trump will meet with ideologically-aligned Latin American leaders to try and counter China's influence in the region.
Armed robots take to the battlefield in Ukraine war
Ukraine has embarked on a programme to deploy armed robots on the battlefield against Russian forces.
Colleen Hanabusa, first woman to be president of Hawaii state senate, dies aged 74
Former US representative who broke barriers as first woman president of state senate dies after five-month cancer battle
Former US representative Colleen Hanabusa, who was the first woman to serve as president of the Hawaii state senate, has died. She was 74.
Hanabusa died early on Friday after a five-month battle with cancer, said Mike Formby, her friend and former chief of staff in the US House.
Continue reading...The final voyage of the Iranian warship sunk by the US
The sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India.
Armed robots take to the battlefield in Ukraine war
Ukraine has embarked on a programme to deploy armed robots on the battlefield against Russian forces.
AI-generated Iran war videos surge as creators use new tech to cash in
The US-Israel war with Iran is being monetised by online creators with AI-generated misinformation.
Americans Stranded in the Middle East Say U.S. Left Them to Fend for Themselves – WSJ
- Americans Stranded in the Middle East Say U.S. Left Them to Fend for Themselves WSJ
- As Iran's retaliation began, US officials scrambled to arrange evacuations Reuters
- Statement From Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson on Ensuring the Safety of American Citizens in the Middle East U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- State Department Is Accused of Slow Assistance in Iran War for Americans Abroad The New York Times
- Cindy McCain among 28K Americans who fled Middle East as conflict intensifies The Hill
Iranian strategist: no ceasefire on our agenda Tehran sees Trump in a trap – UnHerd
- Iranian strategist: no ceasefire on our agenda Tehran sees Trump in a trap UnHerd
- The Iran war has entered a new phase The Economist
- Iran’s Desperate, High-Risk Survival Strategy The New Yorker
- Chaos sown by Iran's attacks across the Persian Gulf is key to its strategy PBS
- Iran’s High-Risk Strategy for a No-Limits Middle East War WSJ
After Iran, will Trump turn his eyes to Cuba?
During a White House event with the Inter Miami CF soccer team, the US president said the island was “ready to fall”.
Watch: Obama, Biden and Clinton remember ‘tenacious’ Jesse Jackson
The three former US presidents were among dozens of high profile figures present at the late civil rights activist's memorial.
Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time
Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases
The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.
FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April. Makary said Prasad would return to his academic job at the University of California, San Francisco.
Continue reading...ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant
Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stop
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Spanish-language Tennessee news outlet’s reporter who had done stories critical of the agency – but agents didn’t have a warrant, according to court documents filed recently by her lawyer.
A court filing Friday by ICE disputes the assertion that the reporter was arrested without a warrant.
Continue reading...Ex-Liberal MP says the party must introduce gender quotas to start winning elections
Jenny Ware says party is ‘at crisis point’ and cannot be competitive at election time unless it selects candidates who better reflect the makeup of Australia
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The former Liberal MP Jenny Ware says her party must implement gender quotas for candidates for office, warning the opposition “cannot get back into government” without putting forward candidates who are more reflective of the broader community.
Ware, who lost her seat of Hughes at the 2025 election, said it was “deeply embarrassing” that the Liberal party executive had not released its own review of the electoral wipeout, and which was then tabled in parliament by Anthony Albanese this week.
Continue reading...London man charged with manslaughter in case that links alleged domestic abuse to suicide
Gillian Morand, 36, died in Bexley, south-east London in 2020 after which allegations against her husband emerged
A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a woman in 2020, in a rare prosecution of alleged domestic abuse linked to suicide, police have said.
Gillian Morand, 36, died in Bexley, south-east London, and an inquest concluded she had taken her own life.
Continue reading...India Reveals That It Interned Iranian Naval Vessel IRIS Lavan on March 4 – navalnews.com
- India Reveals That It Interned Iranian Naval Vessel IRIS Lavan on March 4 navalnews.com
- Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India AP News
- Exclusive: US pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian crew and survivors from sunken ship, memo says Reuters
- US sinking of Iranian ship raises questions of legality ABC News
- Iranian Amphibious Vessel Seeks Refuge in Indian Port USNI News
Trump wants to pick Iran’s new leader – will a hostile regime under fire agree? – BBC
- Trump wants to pick Iran's new leader - will a hostile regime under fire agree? BBC
- Trump tells CNN he’s not worried whether Iran becomes a democratic state CNN
- Trump Is Rewriting the Iran Endgame in Real Time WSJ
- Iran’s future will be determined by Iranians, not Trump, officials say Al Jazeera
- Trump says he wants Iran's leadership structure gone and has preferences for a 'good leader' NBC News
Why did the US torpedo Iran’s ‘prize’ warship?
Why did the US sink Iran's prize destroyer, the IRIS Dena? Soraya Lennie explains.
US could lift sanctions on more Russian oil, says Bessent – Reuters
- US could lift sanctions on more Russian oil, says Bessent Reuters
- US considers lifting more sanctions on Russian oil as Iran conflict sees global prices surge The Guardian
- 'Indians been good actors': Why US 'agreed to let' India resume buying Russian oil temporarily The Times of India
- U.S. offers India a 30-day waiver for buying Russian oil as Iran war deepens energy supply worries CNBC
- US allows India to buy Russian oil during US-Israel war with Iran BBC
People are tracking this shepherd fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon
People are tracking a shepherd who has been walking with his herd for days across Lebanon, fleeing Israeli strikes.
Israel said backing potential Kurdish offensive in Iran, with sides in talks for a year – The Times of Israel
- Israel said backing potential Kurdish offensive in Iran, with sides in talks for a year The Times of Israel
- Exclusive: Israel backing Iranian Kurdish plans to seize Iran border areas, sources say Reuters
- Who are the Kurds and what role could they play in the war with Iran? PBS
- Kurdish opposition mulls whether to trust Trump after Iran uprising call Al Jazeera
- Why the First Shots in an Iran Ground War Could Come From the Kurds WSJ