French President Emmanuel Macron told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday that he can count on the Chinese leader to bring Russia to "its senses" and bring the warring sides in Ukraine to the negotiating table. "I know I can count on you … to bring...
Financial Times reported Thursday that the US is pushing back against an effort by some of its European allies to provide Ukraine with a "road map" toward NATO membership at an alliance summit this July that will be held in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. While...
CIA Director William Burns visited Saudi Arabia earlier this week to express frustration over Riyadh's surprise normalization deal with Tehran that was brokered by Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the Journal, Burns told Crown Prince...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that in order for Ukraine to become a NATO member, it must prevail in its war with Russia and become more interoperable with the Western military alliance. "NATO's position is that Ukraine will become a member of...
An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Financial Times that Kyiv would be "ready" to negotiate the status of Crimea with Russia if it launches a successful counteroffensive and captures the territory Russia controls that borders the peninsula. "If...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is looking to reschedule his trip to China that he canceled over the Chinese balloon that wound up floating over the US, but Beijing is rebuffing the effort, POLITICO reported Wednesday. The POLITICO report said China has effectively...
Belarusian troops have begun training on Russia's nuclear-capable Iskander missiles after President Vladimir Putin announced he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Belarusians started training on the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Warsaw on Wednesday and said he believes Poland will form a coalition of NATO countries to send warplanes to Kyiv as the Polish led the charge to provide Western-made tanks. "Just as your (Polish) leadership proved itself...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, marking the highest level meeting between US and Taiwanese officials since the previous House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, visited Taipei in August 2022. The meeting is...
Iranian authorities have said they foiled a drone attack on a military facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan. According to Iran's PressTV, the Iranian Defense Ministry said one of its facilities in the city had come under attack by a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV),...
