US federal prosecutors are struggling to sell off a shipment of stolen Iranian oil being carried by a Greek tanker off the coast of Texas, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The US Justice Department seized the Greek tanker Suez Rajan in April under the pretext...
Israeli airstrikes targeted Syria's capital Damascus early Wednesday morning, wounding two Syrian soldiers, Syrian media has reported. "At about 12:25 am, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with bursts of missiles from the direction of the north of the...
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that US officials believe Ukraine should be launching large-scale assaults against Russia's defensive lines despite the risk of major losses and are blaming Ukraine's tactics for the struggling counteroffensive. The report said...
China sent a record number of warships around Taiwan in a single day last week, topping a previous high set when the Chinese military responded to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island in August 2022, The South China Morning Post reported. The...
The Biden administration is expected to announce a new $1.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine in the coming days, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed US officials. The funds will be provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI),...
The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Russian forces launched "retaliatory" strikes in southern Ukraine in response to the bombing of the Crimean Bridge by Ukrainian forces. Russia said the strikes were launched against targets in Odesa and Mykolaiv, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
