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Trump Cut Machado Out
The Nobel laureate opposition leader was never in the U.S. post-Maduro plan. Delcy Rodriguez was.
Read »Should Starmer Go?
After Labour's worst local elections in decades, 77 Labour MPs say yes. Starmer says no. Reform UK is watching.
Iran Won't Bow, Trump Says No
Iran offered to ship out its uranium. Trump said no. Netanyahu wants more war. Tucker wants out entirely.
India Wants Crocodiles To Guard The Bangladesh Border
A March 26 BSF memo. Crocodiles and venomous snakes in the rivers. Per Home Minister Amit Shah. Conservationists say it's illegal.
Is There Any Hope For Ukraine?
Russia called a 3-day ceasefire for its parade. Ukraine called its own. Russia broke it 1,820 times in 10 hours.
Hantavirus Reaches The U.S., Sort Of
Two Georgians off the cruise are being monitored. The strain is confirmed to spread person-to-person.
Is An Iran Deal Actually Close?
Pakistan says yes. Witkoff and Kushner are writing a one-page MOU. But Mojtaba Khamenei isn't giving up nuclear tech.
Project Freedom Just Got Paused
Project Freedom launched Monday. Iran hit an Emirati tanker hours later. Trump paused it Tuesday. Blockade stays.
Trump Pulls Troops From Germany
5,000 U.S. troops are coming out of Germany. Trump says many more are coming. Republicans are openly worried.
Iran Hangs Four In A Day
Four protesters were hanged in Urmia and Mashhad on Sunday. Human rights groups call it the 1988 playbook.
Rubio Goes To The Pope
Rubio meets Pope Leo XIV Thursday in Rome after Trump called the first American pope "weak" and "terrible."
A Drone Lands Near The Kremlin
A Ukrainian drone hit a luxury Moscow high-rise 7km from the Kremlin, days before Putin's Victory Day parade.
The Ship No One Will Let In
There are three dead from a suspected hantavirus outbreak. 149 still on board the MV Hondius. Cape Verde won't let them off.
Project Freedom Hits The Strait
Trump's Navy is going back into Hormuz. Iran calls it a truce violation.
UAE Quits OPEC
First major exit from OPEC in decades. Six days after a Treasury swap line with Scott Bessent. 60 days into a war where the UAE has taken 537 ballistic missiles, mostly alone.
Xi Goes Soft On Taiwan
He hosted KMT chair Cheng Li-wun in Beijing, talked patience and family, and skipped 'One Country, Two Systems.' All this three weeks before Trump shows up.
Yes Means Yes, EU Edition
The European Parliament voted 447-160 to push for an EU-wide affirmative-consent rape law. Italy and Hungary don't have one, and the EU might not have the power to make them.
Colombia's Cocaine Hippo Problem
~170 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar's private menagerie are running around Colombia. An Indian billionaire is offering to take them.
Blockade Forever
Trump won't lift the Hormuz blockade until Iran capitulates. Hegseth says it goes 'as long as it takes.'
Charles Has A Word
First British monarch state visit since 2007. Trump called Starmer 'a loser.' So Britain sent the King.