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Europeans send troops to Greenland as Trump presses claim

European countries sent small numbers of military personnel to Greenland on Thursday as Denmark said it was pressing on with plans for a "larger and more permanent" NATO presence to secure the island coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Trump prevails in halting Venezuela war powers measure in Senate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign to unify his party behind his takeover of Venezuela succeeded Wednesday when all but three Senate Republicans voted to block a resolution opposing further military action in the country. Vice President JD Vance broke a tie vote in order to stop the resolution. The vote followed fiery phone calls from Trump to GOP defectors who last week ...
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How a Syrian hiking club Is rediscovering the country

AL-NABEK, Syria – Not long after the front lines of Syria’s civil war vanished, Areej Miro, an artisan from Damascus, set out with her hiking group for a sixth-century monastery built into the mountains of central Syria.
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U.S. may lift more Venezuela sanctions next week, Bessent says

SAVAGE, Minn. – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters that additional U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could be lifted as soon as next week to facilitate oil sales, and that he will also meet next week with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on their re-engagement with Venezuela.
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Political prisoner release promise stalls amid internal power struggle in Venezuela

An announcement by Venezuela’s interim government that it would free a “substantial number” of political prisoners — a move publicly celebrated by President Donald Trump as a breakthrough — has stalled almost as soon as it began, exposing a fierce internal power struggle inside the fractured Chavista regime following the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Despite official statements promising ...
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Iran authorities signal intensified crackdown as unrest grows

DUBAI – Iran's authorities indicated on Saturday they could intensify their crackdown on the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, with the Revolutionary Guards blaming unrest on terrorists and vowing to safeguard the governing system.
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Iran’s supreme leader vows to crack down on protesters, blames Trump

BEIRUT — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as "saboteurs" and insisting the Islamic Republic would "not back down," even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing antigovernment demonstrations. Speaking before a crowd that periodically broke into chants of "Death to America," ...