Canada: decisive Alberta referendum result encourages Carney to face up to Trump

23 Oct 2026
Voters in Alberta have by a huge majority rejected separation from Canada, with preliminary referendum results showing more than two-thirds favour remaining within the federation. Mark Carney welcomed the outcome as an endorsement…

USA: 72 retired senior officers condemn decision to live-stream execution

15 Oct 2026
Seventy-two retired senior US military officers have urged the government to abandon plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood.…

Greenland: USA signs new agreement, can build two new bases

24 Sep 2026
The USA has signed a new defence agreement with Denmark and Greenland, allowing Washington to establish two additional military bases in Greenland while reaffirming Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination. The agreement, updating a…

USA / China: Trump and Xi hold high-stakes Washington summit

24 Sep 2026
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Washington for talks which could shape relations between the world’s two largest economies. Their third face-to-face meeting within a year comes amid continuing tensions over…

Freed missionary pilot thanks praying Christians

27 Aug 2026
American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout, held captive for approximately ten months after being abducted in Niger, was reunited with his family and welcomed at the White House on 21 August following his release.…

Canada / USA: Carney refuses to take Trump’s threats lying down

27 Aug 2026
Trade relations between Canada and the USA have deteriorated sharply after Mark Carney suspended negotiations on 22 August, saying that last-minute American demands were unfair and threatened the reliability of any agreement. New…

North / South Korea: what is Trump signalling by decision to reduce military exercises?

21 Aug 2026
Donald Trump has renewed efforts to engage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, raising hopes of revived diplomacy but also questions about regional security. Trump ordered a substantial reduction in joint US-South Korean…

Iran / USA: conflicting claims about Strait of Hormuz negotiations

07 Aug 2026
Iran says it is working with Oman to establish a temporary arrangement allowing commercial shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz, while denying it is holding direct negotiations with the USA despite…

Zelenskyy and Trump hold closed-door White House talks on war in Ukraine

31 Jul 2026
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met privately at the White House as Ukraine sought renewed military and diplomatic support in its war with Russia. Although no formal statement was…

USA: Hegseth tells Congress the cost so far of the Iran conflict

23 Jul 2026
Pete Hegseth says the renewed conflict with Iran has now cost an estimated 37.5 billion US dollars, prompting the Pentagon to seek additional emergency funding from Congress for military operations in the Middle…
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