Tensions grow over Somaliland after Israeli FM visit
Israel became the world’s first country to recognize Somaliland last month, sparking condemnation from multiple nations.
Israel became the world’s first country to recognize Somaliland last month, sparking condemnation from multiple nations.
Touadéra, a key ally of Russia’s, secured a victory following an election critics said was neither free nor fair.
Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland, which has been controlled by Denmark for more than 300 years. The White House says it’s considering “a range of options,” including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland, it would spell the end of NATO. “Greenland is not up for sale,” says Aaju Peter, a Greenlandic Inuit activist and attorney, who says Indigenous Greenlanders want their independence from both the U.S. and Denmark. We also speak with analyst Pavel Devyatkin, who says the U.S. is “acting like a rogue state” and enacting a policy of “pure imperialism.”
Following his attack on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump has escalated his threats against Colombia and claimed without evidence that President Gustavo Petro is involved in cocaine trafficking. Trump and others in his administration have also threatened military action against Cuba, Greenland, Iran and Mexico in recent days. Manuel Rozental, a Colombian physician and activist with more than 40 years of involvement in grassroots political organizing, tells Democracy Now! that Trump’s attacks on Petro are lies. The former guerrilla “has seized more cocaine than any other government in the past,” says Rozental. “President Petro is not a drug trafficker. President Petro has been a victim of drug mafias and their allies.”
Nearly 40,000 expatriates were deported from Kuwait in 2025, and 69 citizens and their dependents were stripped of their nationality, Arab Times reported.
The president goes cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, Republicans pirouette on the cusp of losing their House majority, and CBS News grapples with a pair of rat problems?
US President Donald Trump urged Republicans to tackle rising health care costs, while Democrats unveiled a push for cheaper housing.
The remarks by the White House press secretary and the US secretary of state came after European leaders voiced solidarity with Copenhagen.
“We should not lose our focus here on the American people, who are in a lot of need right now,” Sen. Josh Hawley said.