Victoria Nuland, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, said last week that the US is "supporting" Ukrainian attacks on Crimea and called Russian military installations on the peninsula "legitimate targets." Nuland made the comments when asked about a...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine would continue to defend the eastern Donetsk city of Bakmut but "not at any price," signaling that Ukrainian forces might be considering a withdrawal. "Yes, it is not a particularly big town. In fact, like...
China on Monday rejected a claim from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Beijing was considering providing Russia with weapons to use in its war in Ukraine. "It is the US, not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield. The US is in no position...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation in Taiwan, a visit that comes amid soaring tensions between the US and China. Khanna and Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) arrived in Taiwan on...
Tom Nides, the US ambassador to Israel, said Sunday that Israel could do "whatever they need" against Iran and said the US has no plans to pursue a revival of the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. "As President Biden has said, we will not stand by and watch Iran...
President Biden on Monday made a surprise visit to Ukraine, marking his first visit to the country since Russia invaded last year, a highly symbolic move that demonstrates Washington's deep involvement in the war. The visit came just days ahead of February 24, which...
Finnish officials have said they would join NATO without Sweden if Turkey only approves their membership, reversing their previous position that they would only join together with Stockholm. The comments came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken might meet with his Chinese counterpart this week at the Munich Security Conference, which will be held from Friday to Sunday. Blinken canceled a planned trip to China after the Pentagon announced a Chinese balloon was floating over...
President Biden on Thursday acknowledged that the three unidentified objects he ordered the US military to shoot down were likely harmless weather balloons. "The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to...
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced it launched an airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab on Wednesday, the second known US airstrike in the country this month. In a press release on Thursday, AFRICOM claimed the strike killed five al-Shabaab fighters and said it...
