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U.S. Sends USS Nimitz to Caribbean as Justice Dept. Indicts Raúl Castro

Washington frames the carrier deployment as a show of readiness to deter escalation while Havana and Moscow loudly reject the U.S. criminal case.

Cuba Restores Power After Mass Blackout as U.S. Pressure and Aid Offers Mount

Trump Floats Moving Troops to Poland as Pentagon Pulls 5,000 From Germany

U.S. Ends Syria Ground Presence as Qasrak Base Transfers to Damascus

Pentagon Confirms 157 Dead in Boat Strikes, Signals Expansion of Anti-Cartel Campaign

USS Gerald R. Ford Reported Off Israel's Coast as U.S. Tightens Pressure on Iran

U.S. Reports Eastern Pacific Strike on Alleged Drug Boat That Left Two Dead

Trump at Davos Tells Netanyahu to Stop Taking Credit for Iron Dome, Touts 'Golden Dome' Plan

Carrier Ford Reaches Latin America as U.S. Continues Lethal Drug‑Boat Strikes

U.S. Reactivates Puerto Rico’s Roosevelt Roads as Caribbean Staging Hub Near Venezuela

U.S. Ends Rotational Brigade on NATO’s Eastern Flank as Romania Confirms Reduced Presence

UN Urges Restraint as U.S. Defends Caribbean Strikes and Venezuela Sounds Alarm

U.S. Hits Suspected Drug Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four in Fourth Strike in Weeks

U.S.–Venezuela Standoff Intensifies as Trump Threatens to Down Venezuelan Jets

Elon Musk Reaffirms Starlink Support for Ukraine Amid Tensions with Poland

US Deploys F-15 Fighter Jets to Middle East Amid Rising Tensions with Iran