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25.10.2025 15:50 The United States has decided to deploy the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, and five accompanying destroyers to Latin America, prompting Venezuela to condemn the pending provocation as reckless and unlawful.

25.10.2025 15:50 Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.

25.10.2025 15:50 "Due to President Gustavo Petro's disastrous and ineffective counternarcotics policies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not certify Colombia under the criteria of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, as carried forward by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025. "

25.10.2025 15:50 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego , the President of Colombia, pursuant to counternarcotics-related authorities. In addition, OFAC is also designating several supporters of Gustavo Petro, namely his wife, his son, and a close associate.

25.10.2025 15:50 "In support of the President's directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility ."

25.10.2025 15:50 Italy will participate in NATO's Forward Land Forces in Finland. Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Italy's Minister of Defence Guido Crosetto discussed the matter on Wednesday 22 October 2025.

25.10.2025 15:50 The Norwegian government has resolved to procure new frigates to strengthen the Navy's operational capability and ensure Norway's maritime defence capability in the coming decades. This document outlines a framework for strategic alignment of the industrial objectives in the procurement of frigates.

25.10.2025 15:50 The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief efforts remain constrained by access restrictions and overwhelming humanitarian needs, officials said on Friday.

25.10.2025 15:50 This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing

25.10.2025 15:50 The UN designated Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, today expressed alarm at the sharp escalation in drone strikes by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in recent weeks, and the devastating consequences for civilians throughout the country.

25.10.2025 15:50 A militant group notorious for its extreme interpretation of Islam, the Taliban faced a steep battle to gain international recognition when it toppled the Western-backed Afghan government and seized power in 2021.

25.10.2025 15:50 The Venezuelan defense minister says the armed forces are maintaining a full deployment along the country's coastline as the United States steps up military buildup in the Caribbean.

25.10.2025 15:50 On Thursday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined a White House roundtable alongside President Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and other top Administration officials to highlight the extraordinary successes of President Trump's interagency

25.10.2025 15:50 US sanctions against Russian oil giants Rosneft and LUKoil have sent shockwaves across global energy markets and left China's largest state oil companies pausing their imports of Russian crude.

25.10.2025 15:50 U.S. Senator Jim Risch , chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Rick Scott , and more than 30 bipartisan colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump ahead of his expected meeting with Communist Chinese President Xi Jinping asking the president to use this opportunity to secure the release of pro-democracy leader Jimmy Lai, who is unjustly imprisoned by the Communist