President Biden on Sunday said that he's looking to establish what the US and China's "red lines" are in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that is scheduled for Monday. "We just got to figure out where the red lines are and what we — what are the most...
Blinken, Sullivan Don’t Agree With Milley’s Push for Diplomacy on Ukraine War
While Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has publicly voiced support for diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia, other Biden administration officials are against the idea, CNN reported on Friday. Citing unnamed administration officials, the report...
Southeast Asian Leaders Don’t Want Region to Be Frontline for New Cold War
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo took over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday and vowed not to let the region turn into a proxy between two powers, referencing the growing tensions between the US and China. "ASEAN...
Yellen Says Some Sanctions Will Stay on Russia Even After War in Ukraine
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that she believes some sanctions will remain on Russia even if Moscow reaches a peace deal with Kyiv, demonstrating that the US wants to keep pressure on Russia's economy for the long term. In the wake of Russia announcing...
AFRICOM Says 17 al-Shabaab Killed in Latest US Airstrike in Somalia
US Africa Command said Friday that it launched an airstrike in Somalia on November 9 in support of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government, marking the second known US airstrike in the country this month. AFRICOM said that the strike was launched in a remote area of...
Ukraine Expects Russian Withdrawal From Kherson to Take at Least One Week
UPDATE (11/11/22 2:00pm):Russia says they have completed the withdrawal from Kherson. Ukraine's defense minister said Thursday that Russia will need at least a week to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson and remove all of its forces from the west bank...
‘Seize the Moment’: Gen. Milley Sees Opportunity for Peace Talks Between Russia and Ukraine
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Wednesday that he sees an opportunity for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine now that Moscow has announced its retreat from Kherson and that the two sides should "seize the moment." "When there’s an...
Biden to Meet With Xi Next Week at G20 Summit in Indonesia
They are expected to discuss Taiwan
UN Rapporteur Calls for Lifting of US Sanctions Harming Syrian Civilians
A UN special rapporteur on Thursday called for the removal of US and other Western sanctions on Syria as they are having a devastating impact on the civilian population and preventing the country from rebuilding after 11 years of war. Alena Douhan, a special...
US Drops Missile in the Arctic in ‘Intentional Provocation’ Toward Russia
The missile was dropped out of a C-130