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Two top American legislators from Donald Trump’s party have slammed the president’s move to withdraw 5000 US troops based in Germany, saying it sends the wrong message to Russia. The Pentagon announced last Friday the troops would be withdrawn, making good Trump’s threat after he clashed with the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, over the US…

“I’ll let you know about it later,” he said before boarding Air Force One, adding that “they’re going to give me the exact wording now”. However, moments later, he elaborated on Truth Social, claiming “[I] can’t imagine that it would be acceptable.” President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at…

The NZ Court of Appeal dismissed Brenton Tarrant’s claim that harsh prison conditions prompted his involuntary admission to the terrorism, murder and attempted murder charges he faced. A panel of three judges rejected Tarrant’s bid to abandon his guilty pleas, finding it was “utterly devoid of merit”. Christchurch mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant listens to victim…

The upcoming visit by King Charles III to the United States and a meeting with President Donald Trump is shaping as the most important overseas trip of his reign. There are high hopes on both sides of the Atlantic, the royal visit next week will rebuild the “special relationship” between the US and Britain which…

Paolo Zampolli, a special envoy for global partnerships, told FT he had suggested the idea to both the president and FIFA president Gianni Infantino. “I’m an Italian native and it would be a dream to see the Azzurri at a US-hosted tournament,” he said. Paolo Zampolli is a long-time friend of Donald Trump.(Getty) “With four…

Officials in Ukraine have discussed naming a disputed section of their country after Donald Trump, in a bid to win the US president’s favour, the New York Times reports. The as-yet-unofficial proposal would rebrand a highly fought-over section of the Donbas region “Donnyland”. The newspaper reported the name was suggested in jest, but is now…

A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami alert in the region. The quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan about 4.53pm (5.53pm AEST), at a depth of about 10 kilometres below the sea surface,…

A second incident has occurred in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after Iranian gunboats fired on a tanker transiting the waterway, according to the UK Maritime Traffic Organisation (UKMTO), the maritime authority which has responsibility for the region. A container ship was hit by “unknown projectile which caused damage to some of the containers” about…

US President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say that the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels, as a 10-day truce in Lebanon appeared to hold. The truce offered a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and could clear one major obstacle to a deal between Iran…

“America has been sick for a long time. President Trump is healing this nation,” Adams wrote when posting the image to Instagram. Nick Adams with Donald Trump.(Instagram) He later deleted the post. It is not known if Adams was responsible for generating the AI image. There are slight differences between the two images. In Adams’…