COPENHAGEN — The Danish military said today that it was staying close to a Chinese ship currently sitting idle in Danish waters, days after two fiber-optic data telecommunication
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Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect
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Coast Guard seizes 35 ‘bales’ of cocaine and charges 2 crew members aboard Mexican go-fast boat
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two crew members of a go-fast boat were arrested after a Royal Canadian Naval ship recovered 35 bales of cocaine while patrolling
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Ukraine hits Russia with US ATACMS missiles for first time on war’s 1,000th day
KYIV — Ukraine used U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory today, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden on
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US steps up campaign to transform Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping force
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force, spurred
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Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was named in Monterey sex assault probe
SAN FRANCISCO — Seven years ago, Monterey police officers investigated an alleged sexual assault involving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, at a
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Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence
GUANTANAMO BAY (AP) — A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there
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Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet up violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital
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Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense
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