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Trump floats invoking NATO Article 5 to secure US southern border

Trump floats invoking NATO Article 5 to secure US southern border

WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump on Friday hinted at putting NATO to the test by invoking its Article 5…

January 24, 2026

Police seek man wanted in fatal shootings of three in small Australian town

MELBOURNE: Police urged people in a small Australian town to stay indoors Friday as they looked for the man suspected…

January 24, 2026

From imperial ambitions to alliance collapse: us territorial expansion in the past and nato’s crisis under Trump

The US has engaged in territorial expansion beyond its continental limits for more than a century, solidifying its status as…

January 24, 2026

Airstrike on village in Myanmar kills 21 ahead of final election phase

BANGKOK: A military airstrike this week on a village in Myanmar sheltering displaced people from the northern township of Bhamo, where…

January 24, 2026

Japan PM dissolves parliament, calls snap election on February 8

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday dissolved the House of Representatives and announced a snap general election to…

January 24, 2026

Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party re-elects To Lam as general secretary

HANOI: Vietnam’s leader To Lam was re-elected Friday as the general secretary of its ruling Communist Party, securing a new…

January 24, 2026

Nepali Congress declares Gagan Thapa its PM candidate

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress on Friday announced that the party chief Gagan Thapa will be the prime ministerial candidate for…

January 24, 2026

Ex-Malaysia armed forces chief charged with corruption

KUALA LUMPUR: A former chief of Malaysia’s armed forces was charged Friday with four corruption offences, becoming the second former general…

January 24, 2026

South Korea imposes travel bans on three civilians

SEOUL: South Korea placed overseas travel bans on three people as part of an investigation into alleged drone flights over…

January 24, 2026

U.S. led coalition backs transfer of is prisoners from Syria to Iraq

BAGHDAD: The decision to move prisoners of the Islamic State group from northeast Syria to detention centers in Iraq came…

January 23, 2026