Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said Wednesday that Ukraine will receive "a lot" from NATO at the summit his country is hosting next week from July 11-12. NATO members are still debating what new pledges Ukraine will receive at the summit in Vilnius. Kyiv wants a...
NATO Chief Says Most Wagner Forces Haven’t Gone to Belarus
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that not many members of Russia's Wagner Group followed their exiled leader to Belarus. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is now living in exile in Belarus after his short-lived mutiny, and other members of the force...
Chinese Military Says US Turning Taiwan Into a ‘Powder Keg’ With Arms Sales
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Wednesday said the US was turning Taiwan into a "powder keg" in a warning over the Biden administration approving new arms deals for Taiwan worth $440 million. "China is firmly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan and has lodged stern...
IAEA Says No Sign of Explosives at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday that its inspectors have seen no sign of explosives at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine despite claims from Kyiv that Russia had planted bombs. According to an IAEA...
Ukraine Defense Minister Says His Country Is Great ‘Testing Ground’ for Western Arms
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told Financial Times in an interview published Wednesday that his country serves as an ideal "testing ground" for Western weaponry. Reznikov said that Ukraine's Western backers can see how their weapons work in a war against...
Report: US Looks to Restrict Chinese Companies Access to Cloud Technologies
The US is looking to restrict Chinese companies' access to cloud-computing technology in a move that would further strain ties between Washington and Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The Biden administration has significantly escalated the trade...
Russian Nuclear Official Claims Ukraine Is Planning Imminent Attack on Nuclear Plant
An advisor to the director of Russia's Rosenergoatom nuclear power engineering company claimed Tuesday that Ukraine is planning an imminent attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) while Ukraine is accusing Russian forces of plotting to blow up the...
Taiwan’s Tsai Hosts Another US Congressional Delegation in Taipei
On Tuesday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hosted a US congressional delegation led by Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), the second time within a week that a group of US lawmakers visited the island. Hern is the head of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) and expressed...
Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Moscow ‘Not Possible’ Without US Support
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and other areas inside Russia would not be possible without support from the US and NATO. The comments came after the Russian military said it downed five drones that attacked Moscow on...
NATO Agrees to Extend Secretary-General Stoltenberg’s Term By a Year
NATO on Tuesday agreed to extend Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's term by another year as the alliance wants to stick with a familiar leader amid its raging proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician and former prime minister of...