Senate leaders on Tuesday announced they reached a deal on a stopgap funding bill that needs to be passed by September 30 to avert a partial government shutdown. The bill includes $6.2 billion for Ukraine and $6 billion for natural disasters. "We will continue to fund...
Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a UN conference, making him the first senior Israeli official to publicly visit the Kingdom, which comes as the US is pushing for a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal. "Tourism is a bridge between...
On Tuesday, the Kremlin said US-provided Abrams tanks in Ukraine will not impact Russia's operations and will "burn" like other Western armored vehicles. "There is no panacea, no single weapon that can change the balance of power on the battlefield," said Kremlin...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the Turkish parliament will ratify Sweden's NATO membership as long as the US follows through on its plans to sell Turkey F-16 fighter jets. Erdogan told NATO in July that Turkey's parliament would approve...
The Philippines is taking steps to retake Scarborough Shoal, a disputed chain of rocks and reefs in the South China Sea that has been effectively controlled by China since 2012. "Since the new administration took office, we have already strategized how we can take...
The commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet attended a Russian Defense Ministry video conference on Tuesday, a day after Ukraine claimed he was killed in a September 22 missile strike on the fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry...
A report from 60 Minutes that aired Sunday detailed how US taxpayer dollars are not only funding weapons in Ukraine but are also subsidizing small businesses and paying first responders salaries, among other things. While the bulk of US support for Ukraine has gone...
Update 9/26/23 9:05 EST: Russia's Black Sea Fleet Commander appeared at a meeting on Tuesday, a day after Ukraine claimed he was killed Ukraine has claimed an attack it launched on the Crimean peninsula on Friday killed 34 Russian officers, including the head of...
A senior US official told The Washington Post that the Biden administration is not pressuring Ukraine to hold elections, while some Western officials do want to see a wartime vote. "We’re not pushing them to have an election," the unnamed official said. The Post...
President Biden is hosting Pacific Island leaders for a second annual summit in Washington that's part of his administration's strategy to counter China in the Asia Pacific. The two-day US-Pacific Islands Forum Summit kicked off Monday and started with President Biden...
