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It’s been well over a month since April 8, when Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in Iran, but now that truce appears to be under real strain. This week, tensions between the US and the Middle Eastern country have escalated, with both sides exchanging strikes just as a possible breakthrough in peace talks seemed imminent.

Meanwhile, two people involved in post-war planning told the FT that not one US dollar has yet been deployed for rebuilding the enclave.

The US Senate this week confirmed veteran naval officer Frank Garcia as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, ending a vacancy in Washington's top Africa-focused diplomatic post that lasted more than a year. The approval came as part of a wider bloc vote covering 49 nominees put forward by the Trump administration. The role is the most senior US diplomatic position in Africa, overseeing Washington's foreign policy and managing relations with all 54 African states.

Katie Miller accused Politico of pushing anti-American propaganda about the U.S. Military on Tuesday morning and pointed out the Washington, D.C.-focused site is owned by a German media giant. Miller the wife of President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Stephen Miller bashed the outlet in an X post. She was responding to an opinion article that said America has the most powerful military in human history. It also hasn't won a war in more than 30 years. She didn't like that slant.

Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez is expected to travel to India next week to discuss oil sales, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. At an estimated 303 billion barrels of oil — about 17 percent of known global oil resources — the South American nation holds the world's largest reserves, larger even than those held by Saudi Arabia and the US, though years of US sanctions and government mismanagement had crippled production in Venezuela.

Camp Humphreys, located in the South Korean city of Pyeongtaek, is the largest American military base outside the US: 1,372 hectares (3,390 acres), nearly a thousand buildings and with a population of roughly 41,000, including American service members, their families and Korean nationals. It serves as headquarters for United States Forces Korea (USFK), the clearest physical expression of the alliance between Washington and Seoul that has underpinned stability on the Korean peninsula since the Korean war ended in an armistice in 1953.

Continuing exports of Chinese parts and technology have also helped Russia's military industry keep up with demand from the front line in Ukraine. Beijing and Moscow may have a strong economic relationship, but what really unites them at the moment is their shared analysis of the US-led West and the danger it poses to the rest of the world.

We want a good relationship with the United States government. What are our limits? The defence of sovereignty and respect for the Mexican people and their dignity.

During a phone call on a warm day in August 2002, the two of us came to an unmistakable conclusion: This bastard is going to take us into war with Iraq! The "bastard," of course, was then President George W. Bush, who was in the midst of an aggressive propaganda campaign about the alleged danger posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons program.

On 4 November, a student demonstration outside the US embassy in Tehran erupted into an all-out assault on the compound, and 66 Americans were taken hostage. It was the culmination of decades of tension, beginning with the US and Britain's role in installing the Shah of Iran to safeguard energy interests, and ending with a popular uprising that toppled his oppressive regime and drove him into exile.

Pedro Abreu, president of La Nacion's board, stated that the visa cancellations are seen as an indirect attack on press freedom, affecting independent media.

Hegseth isn't the architect of this conflict - that might be Benjamin Netanyahu - but he's the chief cheerleader, the face of the chaos and carnage. He's been unrepentant about the U.S. blowing up an Iranian school, and he refused to walk back a statement that the American military would allow 'no quarter, no mercy for our enemies.'

Ghana would not sign a multi-year deal, reportedly worth around US$109 million, because Ghana would have to waive key aspects of its health sovereignty. This includes sharing control over its health care decisions, data, and resources with US authorities.

The over-reliance on punitive measures has led to their growing ineffectiveness, particularly evident in the context of the US-Israel war on Iran, which may further weaken the impact of US sanctions.