Security
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Cuba Declares Wartime Status, Díaz-Canel Leads Military Drills Amid US Tensions
DID Press: Amid escalating tensions with Washington, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel personally oversaw nationwide military exercises, emphasizing their “vital importance” in response to what he described as the United States’ “imperial aggression.” The drills were conducted under the supervision of…
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Trump Under Pressure: EU Demands Apology Over NATO Remarks
DID Press: US President Donald Trump has come under pressure from European allies over his remarks minimizing the role of non-American NATO forces in the Afghanistan war. Earlier, Trump claimed in a Fox News interview that NATO troops “were slightly…
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Minnesota Erupts: Federal Authority Sparks Nationwide Protests
DID Press: Ongoing protests in US, particularly in Minnesota, reflect a crisis far deeper than any single event or political decision. Rooted in structural tensions between the federal government and local communities, Minnesota has once again become a flashpoint where…
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UNRWA: 33,000 Palestinians Displaced; West Bank Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis
DID Press: Filippo Grandi, UN Commissioner-General for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), reported that over the past year, amid intensified Israeli military operations in the West Bank, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from refugee camps in the northern part…
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Taliban Warns Global Threat from Overseas Drug Production
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government warned UN that drug cultivation outside Afghanistan poses a significant threat to global security. Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban Foreign Minister, met with Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, to raise concerns over…
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EU’s Security Crackdown: Freedoms Curtailed Under Guise of Safety
DID Press: In development of modern states, security has historically had three complementary dimensions: military, policing, and legal. Military security protected against existential threats; policing ensured social order and the protection of property and individuals; and legal security, through universal…
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Uzbekistan Warns Regional Extremism Threatens Afghanistan and Central Asia
DID Press: Uzbekistan warned that the spread of regional extremism poses a direct threat to Afghanistan and the security of Central Asian states, linking its concerns to instability in the Middle East. Abdulaziz Kamilov, foreign policy adviser to the president…
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ICU Nurse Killed in Minneapolis; Kamala Harris Calls Incident “Shocking and Painful”
DID Press: Killing of Alex Jeffrey Purdy, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Minneapolis, has sparked widespread political and social reaction across the United States. Purdy was shot dead by U.S. immigration enforcement…
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Taliban: No Group Has Access to US Military Equipment Left in Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban’s Interior Ministry denied reports that U.S. military weapons and equipment left behind after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan have been distributed to armed groups, insisting all such equipment remains under full government control. Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesperson…
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Leaked Documents Reveal Trump Administration Targeted Pro-Palestinian Students
DID Press: Confidential documents unsealed this week by a U.S. federal judge revealed the Trump administration sought to identify, detain, and deport university students involved in pro-Palestinian activism in the past year. A federal judge described these actions as unconstitutional…
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