U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.01 trillion national defence budget request for fiscal year 2026. The U.S. Department of Defence said the request represented a 13.4 per cent increase from fiscal year 2025. The budget includes $848.3 billion for the discretionary budget and $113.3 billion in mandatory funding …
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire after close to two weeks of violent conflict between the two countries. Trump took to his Truth Social on Monday evening to announce that both countries had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire”. According …
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Iran communicated to US President Donald Trump several days ago that it could activate sleeper-cells to attack the American homeland in response to a strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities, NBC reports. The message made its way to the US president during the G7 summit in Canada last week, …
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U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has bombed Fordow, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facility as well as two other sites, Natanz and Esfahan. Trump, who spoke from the White House on Saturday night, said the objective of the strikes was to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity and stop its nuclear …
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Africa nations are accelerating the use of local currencies for cross-border trade, aiming to slash costs and reduce dependence on the US dollar. The shift is being led by a fast-expanding payments platform known as the Pan-African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS), but the move has drawn sharp warnings from US …
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump rejected a plan presented by Israel to the U.S. to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The Israelis informed the Trump administration in recent days that they had developed a credible plan to kill Khamenei. After being …
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United States President Donald Trump has warned of massive incoming conflict in the Middle East as Israel carries out a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump on Thursday night said he would “love to avoid the conflict” and suggested Israel not pursue the plan, though just hours later, Israel carried …
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump touted a new website for his planned $5 million US residency permit on Wednesday, saying the waiting list for the golden visa has opened on TrumpCard.gov. “Thousands have been calling and asking how they can sign up to ride a beautiful road in gaining access to the …
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X owner Elon Musk has deleted an explosive allegation linking United States President Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on social media. Musk – who just exited his role as a top White House advisor – alleged on Thursday that Trump is featured in unreleased government files on former …
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NATIONAL Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles on Sunday amid ongoing protests against immigration raids, in spite of California Governor Gavin Newsom’ s objections. Newsom formally requested the Trump administration to rescind the order to deploy the troops. The governor made the request via a letter to Defence Secretary …
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