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Ortega Says Nicaragua Will Hold No More Elections as Authoritarian Rule Consolidates

New Delhi, July 21 -- MANAGUA - Daniel Ortega stepped onto a stage in Managua on Saturday and told Nicaragua that elections are over. Not postponed. Not reformed. Over. The 80-year-old president, spea... Read More


China and Russia Fire Inside Japan's Economic Zone for First Time, Tokyo Protests

New Delhi, July 21 -- TOKYO - A joint Chinese-Russian naval formation conducted live-fire drills inside Japan's exclusive economic zone on Tuesday, the first time China has discharged weapons within w... Read More


Bangladesh Elevates Chinese to Third Language After Tarique Rahman's Beijing Summit

New Delhi, July 21 -- BEIJING - Sixty-three teachers from Bangladesh's army-run schools have been selected for Mandarin training in two batches, the first tangible institutional outcome of a Memorandu... Read More


Andy Biggs and David Schweikert Pit MAGA Against Fiscal Conservatism in Arizona Governor Race

New Delhi, July 20 -- PHOENIX - The Republican primary for Arizona governor, set for Tuesday, July 22, has become something more than a contest between two incumbents seeking different offices. It is ... Read More


JD Vance's Fourth Child Is First Baby Born to a Sitting Vice President Since 1870

New Delhi, July 20 -- BETHESDA - JD Vance announced the arrival of the couple's fourth child on Sunday morning in a statement that was brief even by the standards of official birth notices, and what i... Read More


Pentagon Withheld Dozens of US Casualties From Official Iran War Count, Report Finds

New Delhi, July 20 -- WASHINGTON - Major Sorffly Davius died on March 6 in Kuwait. His service record was processed, his family was notified, and his name entered the military's internal files. It did... Read More


Rubio, Wang Yi, and Lavrov Converge on Manila as ASEAN Seeks Iran War Off-Ramp

New Delhi, July 20 -- MANILA - The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly one fifth of the world's oil supply, and on Monday that fact hung over the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, whe... Read More


Japan Seeks Stronger US Nuclear Deterrence After China Fires Submarine Ballistic Missile

New Delhi, July 20 -- TOKYO - China's People's Liberation Army Navy launched a ballistic missile from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in June. Japan's government, citing that launch, has begun a... Read More


Trump Files First Case in Secret Alien Terrorist Court Dormant Since 1996

New Delhi, July 20 -- WASHINGTON - A court created in 1996 to deport suspected alien terrorists using classified evidence, empowered by Congress in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, and left... Read More


Papua New Guinea Orders Closure of Taiwan's Port Moresby Office Under Chinese Pressure

New Delhi, July 20 -- PORT MORESBY - Taiwan's representative office in Papua New Guinea, quietly operational since 1990 and built on a trade agreement struck the year before its founding, is facing cl... Read More