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U.S. Cuts Back Military Drills With South Korea, as Trump Woos Kim Jong-un

19 août 2026 à 03:15
President Trump had ordered the Defense Department to reduce joint exercises with the key U.S. ally, declaring the drills “hostile” toward North Korea.

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U.S. Army Apache helicopters at Camp Humphreys in South Korea on Monday. An order by President Trump to reduce joint military exercises has heightened fears among Asian allies.

Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’

18 août 2026 à 19:06
The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.

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President Trump’s attack-thy-friends, revere-thy-enemies approach has become the norm in U.S. foreign policy.

A Missile Alert Half a World Away Interrupts Court Hearing at Guantánamo

18 août 2026 à 15:34
A possible expert witness was hurried off a video feed after an emergency alert in Dubai, near the Strait of Hormuz, a flashpoint in the U.S.-Iran war.

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Prosecutors previewing testimony in a pretrial hearing at the war court in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were interrupted by a missile alert in Dubai.
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