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A gunfight broke out inside the Philippine Senate compound in Manila on July 1, 2025, in what Foreign Policy described as the latest violent escalation in a deepening power struggle between two of the country’s most powerful political dynasties — the Marcoses and the Dutertes. The shooting occurred during a hearing related to the ongoing […]

CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Havana in a secret meeting that Foreign Policy has now reported, carrying an offer from the United States government: Washington would help restore electricity to Cuba’s crumbling power grid, in exchange for concessions from the Cuban government. The trip marks one of the most significant direct engagements between American