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Trump Threatens to Pull US Troops from Germany: The Transatlantic Fracture Deepens
On April 30, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Washington is 'studying and reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany,' with a decision expected 'over the next short period of time.' The threat came directly after Chancellor Merz said Iran was 'humiliating' the US at the negotiating table — a comment Trump flatly rejected, calling Merz someone who 'doesn't know what he's talking about.' Berlin says it's 'prepared.' The next day, Trump extended the threat to Italy and Spain. South Korea, with 28,500 US troops of its own, is watching anxiously.
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Iran Will Play the World Cup in the US: FIFA Confirms, Trump Says OK, Iranian Exiles Protest
At the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Gianni Infantino confirmed that Iran will participate in the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States — despite the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran. Trump gave his blessing: 'If Infantino says so, I don't mind.' Iran's football delegation had earlier stormed out of Canada after being detained at Toronto airport, calling it an 'insult.' Meanwhile, Iranian diaspora protesters outside the Congress chanted 'They are not representing Iran' and demanded FIFA apply the same standards used against Russia. A diplomatic paradox with no historical precedent in world football.
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London's Golders Green Stabbing: Two Jewish Men Attacked in Antisemitic Terror Incident as UK Raises Threat Level
A 45-year-old British-Somali man stabbed two Jewish men in London's Golders Green neighborhood on April 29, in an attack police declared a terrorist incident. The UK raised its national terror threat level to 'severe' for the first time since 2021, pledged £25 million for Jewish community security, and Prime Minister Starmer pointed the finger at Iran as the indirect orchestrator of a months-long wave of antisemitic attacks — arson at synagogues, attempted bombings near the Israeli embassy, and now a knife attack on the street.
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UAE Quits OPEC: The End of Gulf Solidarity
Sixty years of petro-solidarity shatter as the UAE walks out of OPEC, leaving Riyadh alone at the head of a fractured cartel and reshaping the global energy map.
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Trump-Putin: The Call and the May 9 Ceasefire
Trump says he asked Putin for 'a little bit of a ceasefire' on Victory Day — an offer that Kyiv receives with suspicion and that Europe reads as a Russian communications maneuver.
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Hegseth Before Congress: $25 Billion Spent, No End Date in Sight
The Iran war finally gets a price tag — $25 billion — as Hegseth faces his first congressional grilling, gets accused of lying, and drops a bombshell: North Korea is the real lesson.
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Gaza: Global Sumud Flotilla Intercepted, Israel Using Water as Weapon
The Israeli military intercepts the Global Sumud humanitarian flotilla 1,000 kilometers from Gaza while Médecins Sans Frontières documents what it characterizes as deliberate water deprivation—two events that transform humanitarian aid into a contested battlefield.
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Musk versus OpenAI: the trial that judges whether artificial intelligence belongs to humanity
Elon Musk is claiming $150 billion and the soul of AI: the trial against Sam Altman will determine whether a nonprofit promise can survive the race for technological power — and who controls the artificial intelligence of tomorrow.
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Iran proposes reopening Hormuz strait in exchange for end to US naval blockade
Iran has submitted a formal proposal: reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifts its naval blockade — while Trump declares Iran in 'state of collapse' and Merz accuses it of waging war without strategy.
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Kim Jong-un inaugurates a museum for North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
Pyongyang officially acknowledges the military engagement of its soldiers in Ukraine with a national museum and state funerals — Kim Jong-un calls their deaths a "sacred war" and reaffirms the Moscow-Pyongyang axis as an anti-Western bulwark.
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King Charles III addresses U.S. Congress: transatlantic alliance 'cannot rest on past achievements'
Before a Congress in standing ovation, King Charles III reaffirmed the foundations of democracy—checks and balances, NATO, Ukraine—with the grace of a monarch and the precision of a political message directly addressed to Trump.
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