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President Trump says there will be no deal with Iran except "unconditional surrender," adding the US and its allies would then work to rebuild Iran and give it a "great future."

06.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Days before his inauguration, Chilean President-elect JosΓ© Antonio Kast heads to Miami for Trump's "Shield of the Americas" Summit. The trip comes amid a diplomatic clash with Washington over a proposed Chinese submarine cable project and an unprecedented political rift in Chile.

06.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Time Magazine's new cover

05.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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President Trump is hosting the 2025 Major League Soccer champion Inter Miami. Lionel Messi entered the White House East Room with Trump.

05.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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California Governor Newsom calls Kristi Noem "the most shamelessly incompetent and cruel Homeland Security Secretary in US history." He adds that "Noem, Greg Bovino, and Stephen Miller must be held accountable for terrorizing and endangering the American people."

05.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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President Trump has fired Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary and says he is replacing her with Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin.

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader "Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran."

President Trump told Axios that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader β€” just as he was in Venezuela. www.axios.com/2026/03/05/i...

05.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A boy tries to climb on an unexploded Iranian projectile that landed in an open field in the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad.

05.03.2026 07:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chile: President Donald Trump announced the presidential delegation to attend the inauguration of President-elect JosΓ© Antonio Kast in Santiago on March 11, 2026. Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, will lead the delegation.

05.03.2026 06:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran's top diplomat on Witkoff and Kushner

05.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The official White House account today posted this video mixing real footage from the Iran war with a Call of Duty video game animation.

05.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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El Gobierno desmiente "tajantemente" cualquier "cambio de posiciΓ³n" tras afirmar la portavoz de Trump: "EspaΓ±a ha acordado cooperar con el ejΓ©rcito de Estados Unidos" Nuevo sobresalto. Nuevo choque. La relaciΓ³n entre EspaΓ±a y Estados Unidos va a encontronazo diario. Este miΓ©rcoles, un nuevo capΓ­tulo, despuΓ©s de que la portavoz de la Casa Blanca,

After Karoline Leavitt claimed Spain will collaborate militarily with the US, Foreign Minister Albares replied: "She is the White House spokesperson, but I am Spain's foreign minister and I tell her that our position remains the same." amp.elmundo.es/espana/2026/...

04.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Asked why he did not publicly stand by Spain as its government was attacked by Trump, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said: "Spain is a member of the European Union, and as such we conduct negotiations on a tariff agreement with the US only together or not at all."

03.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Chile Transition Tainted by Rare Acrimony Over China Cable Plan Chile’s outgoing and incoming presidents clashed over a proposed Chinese fiber-optic cable fiercely opposed by the US, tainting what is normally a staid transition with rare acrimony days before a hig...

Chile's outgoing and incoming presidents clashed over a proposed Chinese fiber-optic cable fiercely opposed by the US, tainting what is normally a staid transition ahead of a high-profile summit in Miami. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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France deploys fighter jets over UAE to protect its military bases France has deployed Rafale jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its bases after a drone hit a French facility, Foreign Minister Jean-NoΓ«l Barrot said. The announcement comes as regional tensi...

France deploys fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its military bases. www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

03.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 2023, US Vice President JD Vance, then a senator, wrote a WSJ op-ed titled "Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars."

03.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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First Lady Melania Trump is presiding over the UN Security Council today.

02.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Kuwait's Defense Ministry announced that "several" US military aircraft have crashed in the country, all crew members survived: AP.

02.03.2026 07:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CNN: Explosions reported in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, sirens sounding over Bahrain, Israeli military launched a series of strikes in Lebanon, loud bangs heard over Kuwait, rounds of explosions reported in Tehran.

02.03.2026 05:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

President Trump told ABC's Jonathan Karl the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told him.

02.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Security threat’ declared at UK Cyprus bases A β€œsecurity threat” was declared at the British bases in Cyprus shortly before midnight on Sunday. Sources informed the Cyprus Mail that personnel at the base were told of the threat, and instructed t...

A "security threat" was declared at the British bases in Cyprus shortly before midnight on Sunday. Personnel at the base were told of the threat, and instructed to "return to your homes and stay inside until further notice," the Cyprus Mail reports. cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/s...

01.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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France, the UK and Germany say they are "appalled" by Iran's missile attacks. They pledge to defend their interests and those of their allies, "potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran's capability to fire missiles and drones"

01.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday, "Wing of Zion," the Boeing 767-300 Israeli government plane, took off from Nevatim Air Base and remained off the coast of Israel for hours before continuing on to Berlin.

A German government source says it was parked in Berlin for safety reasons.

01.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The US assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of March. Presiding over tomorrow's UNSC meeting: First Lady Melania Trump.

01.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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A large Charlie Kirk banner on the facade of the US Department of Education ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. "Empowering our states to tell the stories of our heroes in American education," one banner reads.

01.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chilean President Boric condemns both the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks while denouncing the Iranian regime's crackdowns. "We don't have to choose between barbarisms," he says, reaffirming Chile's commitment to human rights and international law.

01.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation "Epic Fury," CENTCOM says.

01.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the hel...

The US conducted strikes on Iran using Claude AI despite the Trump administration banning Anthropic from government usage hours before, the WSJ reports. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US President Trump repeatedly pledged to end forever wars. His actions tell a different story. In his second term he has ordered strikes in seven countries, in addition to his campaign against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. @dwnews

01.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sin mencionar ni a EE.UU. ni a Israel, la Oficina del Presidente Electo Kast afirma ver con "preocupaciΓ³n las hostilidades que se estΓ‘n desarrollando en Medio Oriente." Condena "los ataques indiscriminados del rΓ©gimen iranΓ­ a distintos paΓ­ses de la regiΓ³n."

28.02.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1