Shoot-and-scoot: Mobile missile launchers play key role in US Pacific deterrence strategy - AP News

Shoot-and-scoot: Mobile missile launchers play key role in US Pacific deterrence strategy  AP News

Trump is putting pressure on Cuba - why and to what end?

The US has warned that a peaceful agreement with Cuba is unlikely, Havana insists this is a "fraudulent case" designed to justify military intervention.

Regional Mediators Rush to Save U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire

Pakistan and Qatar have dispatched teams to Tehran under the looming threat of resumed war, after weeks of diplomacy failed to produce an agreement.

By Euan Ward, Elian Peltier and Adam Rasgon

Regional mediators travel to Tehran in push for US-Iran deal

Pakistan’s powerful army chief Asim Munir expected to join talks designed to prevent resumption of full-scale war

‘This is his legacy’: Marco Rubio nears goal of toppling Cuba’s government

US secretary of state’s campaign of ‘maximum pressure’ is culmination of a personal pursuit spanning decades • Cubans outraged at US charges against Raúl Castro Marco Rubio’s moment has finally arrived. The outcome of the Trump administration’s efforts to exert “maximum pressure” on Cuba may topple the 67-year-old communist government in Havana and direct the future of the US’s sway over the western hemisphere. For Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants who serves as both secretary of state and n...

By Andrew Roth in Washington

Pakistan’s army chief in Iran as US’s Rubio says ‘slight progress’ in talks

Pakistan’s Asim Munir is in Tehran as part of mediation efforts, as EU moves to sanction Iran over the Hormuz blockade.

As China tensions loom, US temporarily pauses Taiwan weapons sales due to Iran war, acting Navy secretary says

The U.S. temporarily paused weapons sales to Taiwan to ensure munitions are ready for potential Iran escalation, acting Navy Secretary Cao testified.

Rubio on Ukraine talks: we are not interested in endless meetings that lead to nothing

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged that peace negotiations on Ukraine have stalled but said Washington is ready to continue mediating if the talks become constructive.

By Khrystyna Bondarieva,Tetyana Vysotska

RC Crown Announces Expansion of Operations in the United States - The Globe and Mail

RC Crown Announces Expansion of Operations in the United States  The Globe and Mail

How China and the US can coexist peacefully while locked in strategic stalemate

The original think tank paper was published in Chinese. SCMP Plus members can read an English translation here. A Chinese state think tank has offered a detailed road map to steer China and the US towards peaceful coexistence, as the competition between the two powers has entered a new strategic stalemate. In a paper published on May 13 – the same day US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes visit – the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (Cicir)...

By Shi Jiangtao

Follow DW live: NATO welcomes US troop boost in Poland; US says not punishing Europe over Iran war; Allies push for clarity on US troops in Europe

NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden against the backdrop of Washington's plans to draw down its presence on the continent. US top diplomat Rubio insisted the move is not 'punitive.' More on DW.

Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one’ to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U.S. presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.” He’d suggested the opposite a day earlier, however, saying further escalation isn’t necessary after federal prosecutors announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles.

By FRANCE24

Rubio Says U.S. Troop Movement In Europe Is 'Not Punitive'—Do NATO Allies See It That Way? - Forbes

Rubio Says U.S. Troop Movement In Europe Is 'Not Punitive'—Do NATO Allies See It That Way?  Forbes

Trump is forcing green card applicants back to their home countries to wait for permanent residency

New policy requires immigrants who are in the US temporarily to apply for permanent status ‘outside of the country’

By Alex Woodward

‘Please God, make me invisible’: The undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who has spent 40 years in the shadows

Laura arrived in the United States without papers in 1986 and now lives with the constant fear of ICE in Los Angeles

By Isaías Alvarado

America In Focus: mortgage rate rises while Wall Street looks to continue its winning ways

Report: U.S. Fired More Interceptors Than Israel in Latest War With Iran - Haaretz

Report: U.S. Fired More Interceptors Than Israel in Latest War With Iran  Haaretz

Cubans gather before US embassy in Havana to protest Raul Castro indictment - The Straits Times

Cubans gather before US embassy in Havana to protest Raul Castro indictment  The Straits Times

Cubans gather before US embassy in Havana to protest Raul Castro indictment

Thousands of Cubans gathered on Friday before the US embassy in Havana to protest a US decision to indict former president Raul Castro over the downing of two civilian airplanes 30 years ago. The pro-government demonstration, which began shortly after sunrise on Havana’s waterfront, came as Cuban officials rallied this week around the island’s revolutionary […]

Trump's Team Wanted To Ban Voting Machines In Half Of US Last Year: Report

White House adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories, pushed the plan to target Dominion Voting Systems machines.

Ex-NIS deputy chief denies allegations of delivering message backing Yoon's martial law

A former senior official of South Korea's spy agency denied allegations that he delivered a message to the United States supporting former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid during questioning by a special counsel team Friday. Hong Jang-won, former first deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, is accused of playing a key role in the alleged insurrection, as the NIS allegedly contacted US intelligence agencies after Yoon declared martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, to convey

By The Korea Herald

China restricts more drug precursor exports to US

China is the primary origin of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, a highly potent opioid underpinning a deadly drug epidemic in the United States.

The US, Raul Castro and regime change in Cuba

Charges against former president, relating to downing of two civilian planes by Cuban military in 1996, seen as aggressive escalation of tensions with Havana

By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK

Qatar launches fresh Tehran push for US-Iran war deal

A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday in coordination with Washington to help push forward negotiations aimed at ending the war with Iran and resolving key disputes threa...

Coffee Break: The Furies are Coming for US

Today’s Coffee Break on a holiday weekend in the US  is the simple recommendation that you go straight to this long essay in Front Porch Republic by W. Aaron Vandiver of Carbondale, Colorado: Trump and the Furies of Empire –– Trump, in his crude way, is forcing us to confront the false stories we have […]

By KLG

Fresh appeals in search for Kenyan grandfather one year after he disappeared in US

One year later, investigators are still trying to figure out what happened to Reuben Waithaka.

Substance for Putin, ‘face’ for Trump: China, Russia deepen alliance to counter US - The Star | Malaysia

Substance for Putin, ‘face’ for Trump: China, Russia deepen alliance to counter US  The Star | Malaysia

Guest Column | The US Is Letting China and Russia Tell Myanmar’s Story - The Irrawaddy

Guest Column | The US Is Letting China and Russia Tell Myanmar’s Story  The Irrawaddy

US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List

US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the ...

By Tyler Durden

Zelensky on peace talks: Update on U.S. readiness may come by end of the week

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Ukraine’s international partners—the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. According to him, by the end of the week, “there may be an update on the Americans’ readiness.”

Military agreement with US labels Argentine Sea as ‘global common good’

Argentina and the United States signed a new cooperation agreement that includes joint patrol operations in the Argentine Sea as part of the “Protecting Global Commons Program,” a name that… La entrada Military agreement with US labels Argentine Sea as ‘global common good’ se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald.

By Martina Jaureguy

First of Poland’s F-35 stealth fighters arrive from US

"For Poland, this is not just new equipment, but entry into the top league of global air forces," declared the defence minister.

By Daniel Tilles

Op-ed: The US-Eritrean Rapprochement: Signs and prospects - Addis Standard

Op-ed: The US-Eritrean Rapprochement: Signs and prospects  Addis Standard

Raúl Castro indictment threatens to ignite war between US and Cuba 

The U.S. Justice Department’s unsealing of a federal indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro represents far more than a delayed pursuit of legal accountability; it is an aggressive deployment of judicial diplomacy designed to shift the geopolitical equilibrium in the Florida Straits. By resurrecting a lethal 30-year-old aerial interception, the White House is signalling […]

By Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie

Cuba’s Communists Repudiate Accusations Against Raul Castro

Thousands of Cubans rallied at the Anti-imperialist tribunal in Havana on Friday morning in support of the Communist Party government. The post Cuba’s Communists Repudiate Accusations Against Raul Castro appeared first on Havana Times.

By Circles Robinson

US sanctions Tanzanian police officer over human rights violation allegations - thecitizen.co.tz

US sanctions Tanzanian police officer over human rights violation allegations  thecitizen.co.tz

Expelled from the United States: Why are Senegalese migrants being deported to Sierra Leone? - Seneweb

Expelled from the United States: Why are Senegalese migrants being deported to Sierra Leone?  Seneweb