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US President Donald Trump briefly laid out ⁠his case for a possible attack on Iran in his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday, saying he would not allow the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism to have a nuclear weapon. Even while assembling a massive military force in the Middle East, Trump has done little to explain to the American public why he might be leading the US into its most aggressive action against the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution. In his speech, Trump...

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung marked Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s state visit with an AI-generated video animating their shared past as factory workers, before the two men embraced as heads of state. Lula arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a three-day trip – his first to South Korea in 21 years – with the two countries agreeing at a summit on Monday to elevate ties to a strategic partnership. The 11-second clip, posted to Lee’s social media account on Monday, begins with...

Donald Trump played the showman at his State of the Union but gave average Americans little reason to back the GOP brand, writes John Bowden and some Republicans believe his foreign-heavy focus still leaves 'America First' behind

[This article by the late Dr. Joseph H. Chung, CRG Research Associate, was first published by GR in April 2021.]  We are witnessing the fourth Cross-Strait Crises. Chinese and American armed forces are undertaking dangerous, spectacular and threatening show of … The post Taiwan Strait: A Shooting War Involving China, Taiwan and the US? appeared first on Global Research.

China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan's "remilitarization," in the latest escalation of tensions with Tokyo.

Malaysia’s Communications Ministry has ordered an investigation and immediate action following a social media post showing the desecration of the Koran. Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the government strongly condemned the act, describing it as disrespectful, insulting to Islam and a challenge to the sensitivities of Malaysia’s multiracial society. He said enforcement action had been directed under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. “The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has...

US President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on February 24. As a US military buildup continues in the Middle East, raising fears of a conflict with Iran, Trump said that he will "never allow" Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

[In anticipation of the US-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva, we are reposting this article first published by GR in November 2017.] The second to last paragraph in this well argued and balanced piece states: “Iran could do more to bring … The post Don’t Let Misplaced Concerns over Missiles Jeopardize Iran Deal appeared first on Global Research.

Buried within the long, maudlin, combative, occasionally moving and never modest verbiage of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday State of the Union address was this uncomfortable truth: Trump has no idea what comes next in the Middle East. In discussing two conflicts that have drawn intense attention over the past year — those in Gaza and... The post Trump has no vision for what comes next in the Middle East appeared first on The Forward.

Arvid Lindblad tells BBC Sport about being shaped by his Indian and Swedish heritage and how he was fixated on reaching F1 from aged five.

Arvid Lindblad tells BBC Sport about being shaped by his Indian and Swedish heritage and how he was fixated on reaching F1 from aged five.

Iran has threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz if the US and Israel launch a war against it. Given a quarter of seaborne oil and a fifth of global LNG shipments pass through this critical maritime route, such a move could prove catastrophic for major economies dependent on energy supplies from the Gulf, Namita Singh reports