When asked if US will deliver nuclear submarines on time, US defense secretary says ‘we sure hope so’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said Donald Trump supports the Aukus nuclear submarine deal, after Australia on Friday confirmed its first $800m (US$500m) payment under…

In his third week back in office, Trump took action on issues from transgender competitors in women’s sports to Gaza.

The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States.

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Authorities found the plane, which was carrying passengers across Norton Sound, about 34 miles south-east of Nome A small commuter plane carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound that crashed in western Alaska has been found, the US Coast Guard posted on social media on Friday afternoon. All 10 people who were on the plane…

As M23 rebels advance in DR Congo, regional players meet to defuse the escalating crisis.

US president cites Biden’s removal of Trump’s security clearance in 2021 in the wake of the January 6 attacks and attempts to overturn the 2020 election result President Donald Trump has said he’s revoking Joe Biden’s security clearance and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving, in payback for Biden doing the same to him…

More than 30 years after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will join the EU’s grid.