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World leaders across the globe are reacting to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements, with some expressing disappointment and others making threats. On Wednesday, the president announced a baseline tariff of 10% on imports, in addition to reciprocal tariffs based on what each nation imposes on U.S. goods. Trump …

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, four months after he declared martial law, sending the East Asian country into turmoil.  The court issued its verdict more than three months after the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him.  South Korea must hold a national …

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said NATO nations must provide a “realistic pathway” to ramp up their defense spending to hit a 5% threshold – including the U.S. “I understand there’s domestic politics, after decades of building up vast social safety nets that maybe don’t want to take …

World leaders reacted to the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump released this week impacting essentially every U.S. trading partner.  The White House has implemented a flat 10% tariff on apparently all imports, though some nations saw drastically higher taxes slapped on their U.S. exports – including Vietnam, which was issued …

Russia is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran, calling them “illegal and unacceptable.”  Trump in recent days has increased his threats against Iran and warned that there could be direct conflict if the Islamic Republic doesn’t stop arming the Houthi terrorist group or halt its nuclear …

A 1947 agreement outlining obligations as host of the United Nations continues to give employees and their family members relatively unfettered access to the U.S.  At a time of increased national security fears and immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, experts are urging a re-examination of the host nation agreement …

Iranian military commanders are considering a preemptive strike on a joint U.S.-U.K. base on the Chagos Island located in the Indian Ocean in an apparent attempt to deter President Donald Trump from launching a military attack on Iran, a report by the Telegraph first said. “Like any Iranian military threat, …

Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip is expanding to “crush” the area of Hamas terrorists and seize “large areas,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday. Katz said in a statement that the military operation was “expanding to crush and clean the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and seizing …

President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners throughout the world Wednesday, saying the U.S. would add a 10% minimum baseline tax on all products coming in. The Trump administration has identified what it has called the “Dirty 15” as the 15 nations with the largest trade deficit …

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday evening vowed to “fight” the new round of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, and said he would turn to other international partners to get through the rocky times ahead.  “President Trump has just announced a series of measures that are going to …