The U.S. president has changed his mind multiple times on the issue. But in February, Trump warned Starmer that he was “making a big mistake” in giving over the island. “This land should not be taken away from the U.K. and, if it is…
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Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Will Hold
In the wake of agreeing to a two-week cease-fire on April 7, both the United States and Iran are claiming victory in their war. Each says the same thing: We held out and the other guy blinked first. In fact, both decided to call it a draw. And…
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Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners ahead of Orthodox Easter ceasefire
The warring sides exchanged 175 prisoners of war each in a mediation facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, officials from both nations said.
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Overlooked No More: Margaret Gipsy Moth, Fearless CNN Camera Operator
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.
As the former Yugoslavia was splitting apart in 1992, the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo came under…
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Man arrested after allegedly damaging US military aircraft at Shannon Airport
An man has been arrested after entering an unauthorised area of Shannon Airport and allegedly causing damage to a US military aircraft, An Garda Síochána has confirmed.
The alarm was raised at around 9.45am when an individual was observed in a…
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Is Iran unable to locate its mines in the Strait of Hormuz?
The New York Times reports, citing officials, that Iran may not have accurate records of the locations of all the mines it has laid. Reports suggest that the planting was carried out in a random and disorganised.
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U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War
American intelligence agencies have obtained information that China in recent weeks may have sent a shipment of shoulder-fired missiles to Iran for its conflict with the United States and Israel, according to U.S. officials.
The officials said…
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4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on. And now that a 14-day…
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UK to hold off on deal ceding Chagos Islands amid US opposition | Border Disputes News
A bill laying out plans to return the Indian Ocean archipelago, home to the US-UK Diego Garcia base, has been paused.
Published On 11 Apr 2026
The United Kingdom is setting aside a bill to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius amid a…
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