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Sweden is rolling out plans to increase its defense spending by roughly 40% over the next five years in an effort to boost its national defense capabilities amid ongoing tensions with Russia.
The Swedish government announced the increase Thursday, saying it will add $3.10 billion (27.5 billion Swedish crowns) by …
MIAMI (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Florida on Thursday to rally Hispanic voters by highlighting President Donald Trump’s record opposing socialist leaders across Latin America.
Pence told them their support before and on Nov. 3 is crucial in the battleground state to secure Trump’s reelection. About 2.4 …
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of formally ratifying the country’s historic agreement normalizing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates.
Israel and the UAE announced the U.S.-brokered agreement in August, and signed a deal in a White House ceremony last month. Thursday’s approval by …
His record on Israel is so strong that radio host Mark Levin once called him “the first Jewish president,” but President Trump has yet to feel the love from the Jewish electorate.
A Pew Research Center poll released this week showed that 70% of registered Jewish voters support Democratic presidential …
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse told Nebraska constituents in a telephone town hall meeting that President Donald Trump has “flirted with white supremacists,” mocks Christian evangelicals in private, and “kisses dictators’ butts.”
Sasse, who is running for a second term representing the reliably red state, made the …
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – The Chinese ambassador to Canada warned the Trudeau government on Thursday not to grant asylum to Hong Kong residents fleeing a widely criticized national security law imposed by Beijing.
Ambassador Cong Peiwu branded pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong as violent criminals and said if Canada …
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s top diplomat said Thursday that the country’s former defense secretary, Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, has been arrested in Los Angeles.
Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard wrote Thursday in his Twitter account that U.S. Ambassador Christopher Landau had informed him of Cienfuegos’ arrest.
The general served from 2012 …
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that the U.K. must prepare for a no-deal break with the European Union unless there is a “fundamental” change of position from the bloc, as the two sides swapped blame for failing to strike a deal with just weeks until …
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister rejected calls for his resignation Friday as his government stepped up efforts to stop student-led protesters from rallying in the capital for a second day in defiance of a strict state of emergency.
Police closed roads and put up barricades around a major Bangkok …
BRUSSELS (AP) – Another day at the European Union summit, another leader gone away.
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Friday that she had left the summit of heads of states and governments in Belgium on its final day “as a precautionary measure” after learning that a Finnish lawmaker …