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Fujian province, the closest mainland Chinese province to Taiwan, is an important site for Beijing’s messaging towards the island. In the first of a two-part series, Xinlu Liang examines how Beijing is framing the executions of Communist Party spies in Taiwan within a reunification narrative. A courtyard house in an old quarter of Fuzhou, capital of the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian, has become the unlikeliest of national pilgrimage sites. For decades, the residence at No 1...
Trump: The radical left says we are not winning the war in Iran. I believe that is treasonous.
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Oil shipments from Russia have jumped 75% to about 60,000 barrels per day this year, making Moscow the country's dominant crude supplier following the fall of Assad in December 2024.

Ukrainian drones reached a Su-57 stealth fighter base near the Urals, a Perm refinery, and Buk-M3 air defenses in occupied Donetsk overnight, while a daytime Russian drone swarm hit Ternopil, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Odesa, knocking Ternopil offline and injuring 10.

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Trump: Melania hates when I dance to what is sometimes referred to as the “gay national anthem.”

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The Pentagon plans to withdraw about 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany. Germany hosts over 36,000 U.S. troops and key bases like Ramstein. Some forces will return to the U.S. or be redeployed to other regions, including the Indo-Pacific. Source: CBS News

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A total of 15 cities and settlements in southern Lebanon came under Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours

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In tonight's programme, the army and its Russian mercenary allies surrender the strategic Tessalit military base near the Algerian border. Also in DRC, Joseph Kabila hits back at US accusations he’s backing rebel fighters. And Gabon is the guest of honour at The Anoumabo Urban Music Festival in Abidjan.

Testing of China's very large flying-wing drones appears to be ramping up, along with one unmanned fighter-like design. The post Massive Chinese Stealth Flying Wings Spotted Together At Secretive Drone Test Base appeared first on The War Zone.
Abu Dhabi’s exit, a summit snub, and public criticism expose a widening Saudi-Emirati split reshaping energy and security coordination.

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A The Washington Post–ABC–Ipsos poll shows that most Americans view Trump’s war with Iran negatively, with 61% calling it a mistake and only a small share seeing it as successful. Overall, the war’s unpopularity has reached levels similar to the Iraq War at its peak and the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
The Pentagon says the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman has cut off about $4.8 billion in Iranian oil revenue. Since mid-April, dozens of ships have been turned away and more than 30 oil tankers are stuck at sea, leaving Iran short on storage and forcing it to use older vessels just to hold excess oil. Some shipments are still getting through by taking longer, riskier routes to China, but at higher cost. Source: Axios

A future variant of the U.S. Army’s future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) anti-ship ballistic missile should be able to strike maritime targets at ranges up to 1,000 kilometers and must be able to operate in the Indo-Pacific, according to recent program documents. The fielding of PrSM Increment 4 (Inc 4), one of several variants planned ... The post Future Anti-Ship PrSM Prioritizes Indo-Pacific Ops and 1,000 km Range appeared first on Naval News.

The White House argues that the U.S.-Iran cease-fire paused the clock.
Trump claims: These people tried to hold up our country for years and years—the world—by closing up the Strait of Hormuz.

AI targeting cuts through Russian electronic warfare. The supply vans aren't reaching the front.
Trump on Iran: They are not coming through with the kind of deal that we have to have. We are going to get this thing done properly; we are not going to leave early.
Trump on Iran: Their leaders are all gone—very sad, very fine people…
Trump on Iran: I did something that was, I don’t know, foolish, brave, but it was smart; I would do it again.
Trump: I was seething; I seethe a lot.
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Trump: Somalia is filthy, disgusting, dirty; it’s a horrible place.
Trump has expanded U.S. sanctions on Cuba through a new executive order aimed at increasing pressure on its government. The measures target individuals and organizations linked to the country’s security apparatus, corruption, or human rights abuses, and also allow penalties on others who do business with them.
Trump: I am the only president to take a cognitive test; I don’t think Obama could pass it.
Trump jokes: I think they are going to register Trump derangement syndrome as a disease next week.
Trump jokes: I don’t happen to be a senior… wouldn’t you like to be my age? It’s young and vibrant.

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez slammed a fresh round of US sanctions against the Caribbean island as "collective punishment" as massive crowds marched in the annual May 1 procession outside the US embassy in Havana. Cuba has been plunged deeper into economic crisis following a severe fuel blockade imposed by US President Donald Trump in January.

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The US military-run center's closing would mark the latest blow to US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, already undermined by Hamas's refusal to disarm.

Hundreds of drones struck across Ukraine, with impacts reported in Ternopil, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Odesa oblasts.

Iran is using the fragile truce to recover by blending redeployment and reverse engineering into broader preparedness for renewed conflict.
The U.S. military-run body tasked with monitoring the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boosting aid to Gaza is set to be shut down, seven diplomats told Reuters.
The U.S. military-run body tasked with monitoring the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boosting aid to Gaza is set to be shut down, seven diplomats told Reuters.