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Six attacks targeted Yemen’s Hodeidah port, according to the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV report on Monday, blaming the attacks on Israel and the U.S. a day following the Iran-backed Houthis fired a missile that hit close to main airport of Israel. There was no instant official comment from Israel or the United States Axios reporter Barak Ravid quoted a senior United States official as mentioning Israel had striked Yemen in cooperation with U.S. Israel’s media consisting of channel 12 further quoted a senior Israel’s official who they stated affirmed Israel was striking Yemen. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday…
The United States is pressing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace deal at the White House in about two months, along with bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the area, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Africa said Reuters on Thursday. “When we sign the peace agreement … the minerals deal with the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) will be signed on that day, and then a similar package, but of a different size, will be signed on that day with Rwanda,” Massad Boulos stated in an interview in the Qatar’s…
On Thursday, the United States Treasury Department enforced sanctions on two entities and three Mexican citizens it stated are engaged in a drug trafficking and oil smuggling network connected to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion gang. U.S. officials mention that CJNG is one of the two key Mexican drug gangs, along with the Sinaloa Cartel, accountable for pushing fentanyl onto United States streets over the last few years. The U.S. Treasury enforced sanctions on toxic materials transportation companies Servicios Logisticos Ambientales and Grupo Jala Logistica, stating that they have transferred fuel and crude oil between Mexico and the U.S. on…
United States President Donald Trump stated all buyings of Iranian oil or petrochemical items must stop and any nation or person purchase any from the nation would be instantly subject to secondary sanctions, as per Reuters. “They will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. Donald Trump’s comments follow the postponement of the current United States discussions with Iran over its nuclear program, which had been due to occur in Rome on Saturday. A chief Iranian authority said Reuters a new…
Lee Ju-ho, South Korea’s new acting president, stated in the early morning of Friday that he would do his best to run the government smoothly, as per to local media. Lee Ju-ho, the education minister, was appointed the third acting president from the martial law decree in December. (Forelines)
Ukraine and the U.S. on Wednesday signed a deal heavily promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump that will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine’s reconstruction. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until the last moment with word of an eleventh-hour snag. The accord establishes a joint investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction as Trump tries to secure a peace settlement in Russia’s three-year-old war in Ukraine. The agreement is central to Kyiv’s efforts to mend ties with Trump and the…
Over half of the tourist destinations in India’s insurgency-torn Kashmir region were closed to the public from Tuesday, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters, in a move to tighten security after last week’s attack on holiday-makers. The assailants segregated men, asked their names and targeted Hindus before shooting them at close range in the Pahalgam area, killing 26 people, officials and survivors said. India has identified the three attackers, including two Pakistani nationals, as “terrorists” waging a violent revolt in Muslim-majority Kashmir. Pakistan has denied any role and called for a neutral investigation. Hindu-majority India accuses Islamic Pakistan…
Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State will speak soon with his counterparts in New Delhi and Islamabad as the nuclear-powered Asian neighbors have seen escalating tensions after a current lethal Islamist terrorists attack in India’s Kashmir, According to a State Department spokesperson on Tuesday. (Forelines)
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that discussions with New Delhi on tariffs were coming along great, and he thinks the two nations will reach a agreement. While Briefing to reporters outside the White House, DonaldTrump further stated he would plan to trip Africa. Trump stated separately that he schedule to speak with authorities in Australia. (Forelines)