The House this week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to maintain sanctions on Syria following a devastating earthquake that has killed at least 5,900 people in the country, The Cradle reported on Wednesday. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Joe Wilson...
US Intel Report Says ‘Havana Syndrome’ Not Caused By Foreign Weapon
A US intelligence report has concluded that headaches and other symptoms US diplomats have said they experienced, known as "Havana Syndrome," is not the work of a hostile foreign power using a mysterious energy weapon. US diplomats in Cuba first reported the symptoms,...
US Airstrike Against al-Qaeda Reported in Yemen
A suspected US airstrike hit Yemen's Maarib province, AFP reported Wednesday, citing sources in the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. The sources claimed the strike hit a house in Maarib and killed a senior leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Hamad bin...
Moscow Blames Ukraine for a Series of Drone Attacks Inside Russia
Russian authorities on Tuesday reported a series of Ukrainian drone attacks across the country, including one that fell within 60 miles southeast of Moscow, hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border. A Russian official said the Ukrainian drone near Moscow attempted...
Stoltenberg Reaffirms Pledge That Ukraine Will Eventually Join NATO
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed on Tuesday that the alliance wants to eventually admit Ukraine, a promise first made in 2008 that was a major motive in Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch the war. "NATO allies have agreed that...
Exiled Belarusian Opposition Claims Attack on Russian Plane Near Minsk
Belarus' exiled opposition claimed on Sunday that "partisans" in Belarus destroyed a Russian A-50 military surveillance aircraft in an airfield near Minsk. "Partisans … confirmed a successful special operation to blow up a rare Russian plane at the airfield in...
US Doesn’t Want Countries Working With Syria’s Assad on Earthquake Relief
The State Department on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to countries upgrading their ties with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even if it is an effort to aid Syria's earthquake relief. "Our position on the Assad regime has not changed. Now is not...
Zelensky Says Situation in Bakhmut ‘Getting More and More Difficult’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address on Monday that the situation around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is getting "more and more difficult" as Russian forces are closing in. "The situation is getting more and more difficult. The...
Rep. Auchincloss Doesn’t Care That His Trip to Taiwan Angered China
China expressed it was unhappy over the latest congressional visit to Taiwan in a letter to Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), who was part of the bipartisan delegation that was led by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). "It was reported that Congressman Jake Auchincloss recently...
Medvedev Says West Pumping Weapons Into Ukraine Could Bring ‘Apocalypse’
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in an op-ed published on Sunday that the Western policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine could lead to "apocalypse." "One could continue to pump weapons into the neo-fascist Kiev regime and block any opportunity to revive...