NewsNews overview: Trump asserts support for NATO as global tensions rise
News overview: Trump asserts support for NATO as global tensions rise
It happened while you were asleep. Here’s what global agencies reported during the night from Thursday to Friday.
- - I support it [ed. note Article 5 of NATO]. I don't think we're going to have any reason for it, said US President Donald Trump at a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday. The British Prime Minister declared readiness to send troops to Ukraine.
- The administration of President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that it has almost completely eliminated aid and subsidy programs within foreign programs (USAID), the control of which has already been taken over by the State Department.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated on Thursday that if the United States implements tariffs on Canada on Tuesday, the Canadian government will react swiftly and decisively. His remarks came in response to a question about Ottawa's stance on President Donald Trump's announced tariff measures.
- Mexico has sent back to the USA drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other imprisoned gangsters linked to the most dangerous criminal groups - announced the Mexican prosecution on Thursday. It was the largest operation in years, and the media linked it to US President Donald Trump's tariff threats. According to Reuters, some analysts view the extraditions as a gift to Trump in the context of ongoing negotiations.
- The North Korean army conducted a strategic cruise missile test - reported state media on Friday. Leader Kim Jong Un, who oversaw the trial, called for maintaining full readiness to use nuclear weapons.
- Hungary has requested the USA to exempt the Russian-led expansion project of the nuclear power plant in Paks from sanctions imposed by the previous American administration, conveyed to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday.
- The Parliament of the Republic of Srpska (RS), an autonomous part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), passed laws on Thursday prohibiting the operation of nationwide courts and prosecutors on its territory. This is a reaction to the sentencing of RS President Milorad Dodik by a court in Sarajevo on Wednesday.
- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin met with Kremlin ideologist Alexander Dugin on Thursday in Russia. According to a statement from the Serbian government, the Serbian politician accused the European Union of attempting to provoke conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a total of eight people were arrested in connection with the discovery on Wednesday in a house in the north of the country of 31 children, who were most likely victims of human trafficking. Among those arrested were the parents of some of the children.
- Nicaraguan authorities announced on Thursday that they will withdraw the country from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The decision followed the publication of a UN experts’ report criticizing the authoritarian rule of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, in this Central American country.
