A US nuclear-armed submarine docked in South Korea on Tuesday in a major provocation aimed at North Korea as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to rise. The docking of the USS Kentucky, an Ohio-Class submarine, in the South Korean port of Busan marks the first...
Marshall Islands Seeks More Compensation From US for Nuclear Tests
The Marshall Islands is seeking more compensation from the US for the health and environmental damages caused by US nuclear testing as part of negotiations to extend a deal that gives the US military access to the Pacific Island nation. Between 1946 and 1958, the US...
Prominent Taiwanese Businessman Calls for Dialogue With China
Terry Guo, a Taiwanese billionaire and politician, has called for dialogue between Taiwan and China and criticized the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for not engaging with Beijing. Guo, founder of the tech giant Foxconn, said in an op-ed for The Washington...
Democrat, Republican Senators Agree NATO Expansion Into Asia Is ‘Inevitable’
Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) agreed on Sunday that NATO expansion into Asia was "inevitable" as the Western military alliance increasingly has its eyes on China. Both senators made the comments on NBC's Meet the Press. When asked by host...
Russia Pulls Out of Black Sea Grain Deal
Russia announced Monday that it was suspending its participation in a deal that was signed last year to facilitate the export of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Another aspect of the deal was that the UN agreed to help remove obstacles to the export of Russian...
Ukraine Again Bombs Crimean Bridge
The Crimean Bridge that links Crimea to the Russian mainland was again targeted by Ukrainian forces in a bombing early Monday morning that killed two civilians and injured a child. Russian authorities said the Crimean Bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, was...
Wagner Fighters Train Soldiers in Belarus
Belarus announced Friday that members of the Wagner mercenary force were in the country training Belarusian soldiers. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said Wagner members were training soldiers in Osipovichi, a town about 60 miles southeast of Minsk. The ministry did...
Pentagon Intelligence Official Says Ukraine War at a ‘Stalemate’
A senior Defense Intelligence Agency official has described the war in Ukraine as a "stalemate" and said none of the weapons the US and NATO are providing will help Ukrainian forces "break through" in their counteroffensive. “Certainly we are at a bit of a stalemate,"...
Putin Says Russia Can Use Cluster Bombs in ‘Tit-For-Tat’ Response
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia has a "sufficient" supply of cluster munitions to use if Ukraine employs the controversial weapons. The US has started shipping cluster bombs to Ukraine even though the weapons are notorious for killing and...
White House Says Reservists Will Provide ‘Administrative’ Support
The White House said Friday that the 3,000 reservists President Biden has made available for the Pentagon to deploy to Europe would serve "administrative" functions. "These are people that are specialists in things like administrative functions, logistics, supply,...