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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denied a report from Axios that claimed members of the Iranian delegation who attended the UN General Assembly in New York City were “kicked out” of the country. The report from Axios reporter Barak Ravid, which cited an unnamed US official, said two Iranian officials left after ignoring an early State […]

North Korea Rips Fresh Western Criticism Of Expanding Moscow Relationship North Korea fired back on Saturday and lashed out at the Washington-Seoul alliance, tearing into a fresh South Korea-EU joint statement that condemned Pyongyang's deepening military alliance with Russia. North Korea has increasingly over the past acknowledge a significant number of troops sacrificed in support of Russia and in the context of the brutal and grinding Ukraine war. The Western-aligned statement, inked Wednesday during South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's high-profile trip to Brussels, took direct aim at the "illegal military cooperation"...

Social Security Recipients Could See Larger Payment Adjustment In 2027 Amid Higher Inflation Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A senior citizens group has forecast that the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security payments will increase by 3.9 percent next year, more than 1 percentage point higher than last month’s prediction. Blank U.S. Treasury checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images The Senior Citizens League, which issues monthly projections on the COLA for Social...