Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday acknowledged that US economic sanctions risk the hegemony of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency as they push targeted countries to seek alternatives. "There is a risk when we use financial sanctions that are linked...
Brazil’s Lula Says US Should Stop ‘Encouraging’ Ukraine War
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in China on Saturday that the US should stop "encouraging" the war in Ukraine and seek peace instead. "The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace. The European Union needs to start...
Ukraine Rejects Iraqi Offer to Mediate Negotiations With Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday rejected an Iraqi offer to mediate talks between Ukraine and Russia during a visit to Baghdad, his first since the Russian invasion. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met with Kuleba and called for a ceasefire,...
US Sails Warship Through Taiwan Strait After China’s Live-Fire Drills
The US sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, a few days after China concluded live-fire exercises in the area in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the...
Rep. Gaetz Resolution Would Make Biden Disclose Number of US Troops in Ukraine
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Monday introduced a resolution that would require President Biden to disclose the number of US troops inside Ukraine and share all documents outlining US military assistance for Kyiv with the House. If the resolution is passed, it would...
Biden Looking at Expanding Internet Surveillance After Discord Leaks
The Biden administration appears poised to increase internet surveillance in response to the leaked Pentagon documents that appear to have been posted on the messaging platform Discord. NBC News reported on Wednesday that the administration was looking at expanding...
Saudi Push to Bring Syria Back Into Arab League Faces Some Resistance
Saudi Arabia's push to bring Syria back into the Arab League is facing resistance from a few countries, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The report named Qatar, Morocco, and Kuwait as opposing normalization between Syria and the Arab League, which suspended...
Twenty-One-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Arrested as Suspected Leaker
On Thursday, the FBI arrested a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard as the suspected leaker of the classified documents from the Pentagon and other US government agencies that have surfaced online. Jack Teixeira was first named before the arrest...
Ukraine Calls for Black Sea to Become a ‘Sea of NATO’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is calling on NATO to expand its military activity in the Black Sea, urging the alliance to transform the waters into a "sea of NATO." "The Black Sea is instrumental for making the whole of Europe peaceful and future-oriented,"...
Germany Approves Poland’s Request to Send MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine
The German government has approved Poland's request to export five Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine that originally came from Berlin's stockpile. Poland and Slovakia have already delivered some MiG-29s to Ukraine, making them the first NATO countries to...