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Iran fears US strike may reignite protests, imperil rule, sources say

People walk on a street in Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

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Trump’s Middle East armada aims to exert maximum pressure on Iran’s regime

A US naval strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has deployed to Middle Eastern waters, the United States said on Jan 26, 2026, as Washington pressures Iran. PHOTO: AFP

US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region as Iran warns against attack

USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Pacific Ocean, on Jan 8, 2022.

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US will seek to deter, not dominate, China

(From left) Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Mr Trump at Mar-a-Lago, in Florida, watching a feed of the capture of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

US strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills two in Pacific

This screen grab from a video posted on the X account of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Dec 31, 2025 shows an earlier strike on alleged "narco traffickers". Since September, US air strikes have targeted alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Three key provisions in Trump’s Greenland deal with NATO. Will they be enough?

Few details have filtered out about the diplomatic compromise that apparently satisfied Mr Trump enough for him to withdraw his initial Greenland tariff threat.

US troops could disobey questionable orders, says Catholic archbishop

President Donald Trump has sought to deploy troops onto the streets of US cities and threatens to take control of Greenland.

America’s hunger for Greenland is tearing NATO apart

Crowds in Nuk waving the flag of Greenland in protest against President Donald Trump's takeover ambitions, the pursuit of which is threatening to unravel NATO.

US citizens are joining the military to protect immigrant parents

First Sergeant Rosa Cortez with two of her children, Celestina Rodriguez (left), 4, and Carmelena Rodriguez, 7, at a soccer game in which her son was playing, in The Dalles, Oregon, on Dec 6, 2025.

US attacked boat with aircraft that looked like a civilian plane

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has sought to undercut the role of military lawyers as an internal check, including by firing the top service JAGs.

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