The US has been working to increase military cooperation with the Philippines, Japan, and Australia as part of its strategy against China in the Asia Pacific, a grouping Pentagon officials privately call the "Squad," Bloomberg reported on Friday. The defense chiefs of...
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said Ukraine could use British-provided weapons in attacks on Russian territory, comments Russia called a "direct escalation" of tensions. "Ukraine has that right. Just as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite...
President Biden said on Thursday that the college protests on campuses across the country have not caused him to rethink his unconditional support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. Biden made the comment when answering a question from a reporter after...
The UN said on Thursday that the scale of destruction in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II and that it would take a minimum of 16 years to rebuild homes in the Strip. "We have not seen anything like this since 1945," said Abdallah al-Dardari, a UN assistant...
There is a "widespread belief" among US officials that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's goal of "eradicating" Hamas in Gaza is unattainable, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Throughout the past seven months, there have been multiple signs that the...
Russian troops have entered a military base in Niger that houses US military personnel, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a senior US defense official. The official said that the Russian troops were at Airbase 101 in Niger's capital Niamey but were using a separate...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged on Thursday that its forces killed a civilian in a May 2023 drone strike in northwest Syria, walking back its initial claim that it killed an al-Qaeda leader. Lufti Hasan Masto, a 56-year-old father of 10, was hit by a...
French President Emmanuel Macron has again reaffirmed that he believes NATO should not rule out the idea of sending troops to Ukraine to fight Russia despite the obvious risk of nuclear war. When asked in an interview published in The Economist if he stood by his...
Israel has told the US that if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, it would take strong action against the Palestinian Authority (PA) that could lead to its collapse, Axios reported on Wednesday. Israel has...
The US on Wednesday announced sanctions on hundreds of entities for allegedly supporting Russia's "military-industrial base," including 20 companies based in China and Hong Kong. The Chinese companies are accused of providing Russia with technology that can be used in...
