Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday reaffirmed Kyiv's position that it's against the idea of pausing the fighting in Ukraine to foster peace talks between the warring sides. "If anyone thinks they should freeze the conflict and then see how to solve...
US Central Command said in a press release on Tuesday that it conducted 38 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in May, killing eight alleged ISIS "operatives" and detaining 31 more. The command said that all the operations were launched with partners, referring...
Germany is preparing to lead NATO's largest-ever air deployment exercises in a show of force meant as a warning to Russia. The Air Defender 23 will involve 10,000 personnel and 250 aircraft, including 2,000 US Air National Guard troops and 100 American planes. The...
Russia on Wednesday questioned what the US might have known about Ukrainian plans to attack the Nova Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine using a US-provided HIMARS system. The Russian-controlled dam was destroyed early Tuesday, and the Russians and Ukrainians are trading...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine has received a "powerful offer" from countries that are willing to provide their American-made F-16 fighter jets. Since President Biden approved the delivery of F-16s from Europe to Ukraine, it hasn't...
Several media outlets have reported that Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China this month amid soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing. Blinken abruptly canceled a planned trip to China in February over the Chinese balloon that wound...
The State Department has falsely accused rock legend Roger Waters, a co-founder of Pink Floyd, of antisemitism over a recent performance in Germany. Waters has come under criticism for a May 17 show in Berlin where he donned an outfit that resembled a Nazi uniform,...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Moscow must keep in mind that American-made F-16 fighter jets are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The Russian diplomat made the comments when warning how the US and NATO are escalating their role in the...
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he wants Congress to pass a supplemental spending bill this year to address so-called threats from China, Defense News reported. Rogers' comments come after President Biden signed...
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the US received intelligence in June 2022 about a Ukrainian plot to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia to Germany. The report omitted the fact that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has sources...
