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Join our Whatsapp channel The transition team of US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly compiling a list of former and current senior US military officers directly involved in the “ disrespectful ” withdrawal from Afghanistan to determine whether they could face court martial. Trump’s team is exploring the possibility of forming a commission to investigate the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, NBC News reported on Sunday. This effort would focus on identifying those directly involved i

Daniel Kritenbrink, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov.... " This is a decision for our sovereign Japanese allies to decide, but I'll be very clear we would welcome increased Japanese defense spending," Daniel Kritenbrink, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said in an interview with Kyodo News.... Kishida has vowed to beef up the Japan-U.S. alliance and deal with security chal

Andrew Sugimoto, commander, Coast Guard Eleventh District, said in a statement.... “ However, our team worked incredibly hard, day-and-night, to stop three smuggling vessels, preventing more than five tons of illicit narcotics from reaching American soil.... The U.S. Coast Guard said that a dozen smugglers were arrested and face prosecution by the Justice Department in federal courts. MORE: 1 million fentanyl pills linked to Sinaloa Cartel seized in record-breaking drug bust ABC News' Jon Hawo

Taliban leaders, seeking international acceptance after seizing power in Afghanistan, have told farmers to stop cultivating opium poppies, residents of some major poppy-growing areas say.... In the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the opium price has doubled, residents there said.... Raw opium is processed into heroin. The Taliban have long been one of the narcotics industry’s top beneficiaries, using taxation of the drug business to finance their 20-year insurgency, Western governments say...

She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.... ” Sheinbaum wasn’t the only leader reaching out to Trump following his pledge on tariffs. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Trump shortly after his social media post on Monday, an official with the prime minister’s office said.... The brief call was focused on border security and trade, a senior Canadian government source told CNN....

Their phone conversation on Tuesday, a senior administration official said, was about" finding a chance for the two leaders to talk through the tough issues." In this Nov.... Notably, the Chinese readout accuses the U.S.of" suppressing China's high-tech development" and threatens that" we will not stand idly by" if the U.S. continues to do so. The Biden administration has described its economic restrictions on China as a" small yard, high fence" strategy.... That means they place strict curbs

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with China’s vice president on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly as the Biden administration and Beijing step up high-level contacts ahead of what could be a leader-level summit this fall.... Blinken and Vice President Han Zheng held talks M

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-The United States spent more than$ 8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan's opium and heroin trade, from poppy eradication to airstrikes and raids on suspected labs.... A May 2021 U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan( SIGAR) report quoted a U.S. official as estimating they derive up to 60% of their annual revenue from illicit narcotics. Some experts dispute that data.... Mansfield says his field studies show th