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United States President Donald Trump has delivered a sobering assessment of a major ongoing war, describing it as exceptionally brutal and warning of catastrophic human losses that he claims are being overlooked by the international community. In a recent interview, President Trump stated, "It's a very tough war. Very nasty. 27,000 people died last month. It's mostly soldiers." While he did not explicitly name the conflict during the televised segment, the context of his remarks and the staggering casualty figure have led analysts to interpret his comments as a reference to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine—a conflict where monthly casualty estimates have been a subject of intense international debate and varying reports. The President framed the conflict as a profound humanitarian and strategic failure, criticizing what he described as global miscalculations and a lack of effective diplomacy. He accused world powers of underreporting ...

Negotiations between President Donald Trump and Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro for the authoritarian leader to step down have collapsed after Maduro demanded sweeping legal immunity for up to 100 top officials in his regime alongside safe passage and $200 million of his private wealth, according to multiple sources familiar with the high-stakes talks. High-stakes negotiations aimed at removing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power have broken down, leaving a tense military standoff between the United States and the South American nation. The collapse came after Maduro presented a list of demands that U.S. officials found unacceptable, highlighting the complex challenge of ousting an entrenched regime. According to reports from sources familiar with a November 21 phone call between the leaders, Maduro's terms for resigning and leaving the country were threefold: *   Comprehensive Amnesty: Legal immunity for himself and potentially as many as 100 sen...

A top U.S. Navy admiral has testified to Congress that he was never given a "kill them all" order, contradicting explosive reports, as lawmakers clash over a disturbing video showing American forces killing survivors of an initial strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. In a dramatic closed-door Capitol Hill showdown, the commander of a controversial U.S. military strike has denied receiving an order to execute survivors, even as lawmakers emerged deeply divided over footage they described as "one of the most troubling things" they've ever seen. The testimony from Admiral Frank Bradley before House and Senate committees on Thursday sought to defuse a firestorm over a September 2nd attack. The strike, part of President Trump's aggressive "drug boat" campaign, targeted a vessel off Trinidad. After an initial bombing, a follow-up strike killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage, prompting reports that Defense Secr...