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Iran threatens attacks on U.S. bases if Trump intervenes over protests as death toll rises
- Iran warned President Donald Trump on Sunday that Israeli and U.S. military bases in the region could be considered "legitimate targets," after Trump threatened to strike the nation if protestors challenging Iran's theocracy were killed. At least 116 people have been killed since demonstrations began two weeks ago, according to figures from the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, and protests continued ...

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Homeland security sends more agents to Minneapolis as protests erupt in US
- After killing of Renee Nicole Good, city braces for what the agency describes as its largest enforcement operation yet Minneapolis protesters – already outraged by Wednesday's fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer – braced for a new onslaught as the Department of Homeland Security sent more agents in to the area, carried out what it called its largest enforcement operation ever. On Sunday, ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Sen. Chris Murphy says 'it would be the end of NATO' if the U.S. annexed Greenland
- WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy said in an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that if the U.S. annexed Greenland, "it would be the end of NATO." The Connecticut Democrat's comments came in response to a question about whether the move floated by the Trump administration would effectively end the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a defensive alliance created in the years after World War II. "NATO would ...

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Operation Hawkeye Strike: How Donald Trump is taking on ISIS in Syria again
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The president has stepped up attacks on ISIS in recent weeks after saying the U.S. should have 'nothing to do with' Syria Donald Trump has launched new strikes in Syria to drive out a resurgent Islamic State, after the terror group killed two American soldiers and an interpreter ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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Trump warns Cuba to make a deal 'before it is too late'
- President Donald Trump on Sunday delivered a warning to Cuba, advising Havana to strike a deal "before it is too late." In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the island nation would no longer receive oil or money from Venezuela . "Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela," Trump wrote. "In return, Cuba provided 'Security Services' for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ...

Source: businessinsider.com
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Smithsonian Quietly Scrubs Embarrassing Info Under Trump Portrait
- A picture might paint a thousand words, but a photo of President Donald Trump requires the removal of them. That is what the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery has found out after it bowed to pressure from the White House to scrub references to Trump's two impeachments during his first term in office. In doing so, The Washington Post reported that gallery staff also removed the accompanying ...

Source: thedailybeast.com
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Trump signs executive order to safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue
- ( The Hill ) – President Trump signed an executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from being used in judicial proceedings, a week after U.S. forces initiated a covert operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The executive order, signed Friday and made public on Saturday , declared a national emergency to ensure Venezuelan oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts won't be ...

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First responders enter devastated Aleppo neighborhood after days of deadly fighting
- – First responders on Sunday entered a contested neighborhood in s northern city of Aleppo after days of deadly clashes between government forces and Kurdish-led forces. Syrian state media said the military was deployed in large numbers. The clashes broke out Tuesday in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Achrafieh and Bani Zaid after the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, the ...

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Nobel Institute responds to claims Maria Corina Machado could give Peace Prize to Donald Trump | World News
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute has said the prize cannot be revoked, transferred or shared once announced. The US president has openly expressed interest in receiving the award. The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize has dismissed claims that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado could give her recent award to President Donald Trump.  The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday that once ...

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Trump announces one-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates
- Critics express doubt president can implement such a move without approval from Congress Donald Trump announced a one-year cap that would limit credit card interest rates to 10% this week, in a move that has prompted mixed reaction from lawmakers and beyond. The president's social media post on Friday night said the restriction would take effect on 20 January, but he did not provide specifics on how the government ...

Source: theguardian.com