Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Saturday that his country will sit out the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July if Kyiv is not given a "signal" toward full membership in the alliance. Zelensky said he...
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Monday that his government is asking Ukraine if Belgian rifles were used by pro-Kyiv fighters in a recent attack on Russia's Belgorod region. De Croo's comments came after US officials told The Washington Post that groups...
The Russian Defense Ministry said early Monday that Ukraine began a "large-scale offensive" by launching attacks along five sections of the frontlines in the eastern Donbas region. According to RT, the ministry said the offensive began early Sunday, and the Ukrainian...
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu delivered a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore and said a conflict between the US and China would be an "unbearable disaster," a warning that comes amid soaring tensions between the two powers. "It is undeniable that a...
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that it launched an airstrike in Somalia on June 1, marking the second US bombing in the country within a week and the third since May 20. AFRICOM said the strike was launched about 37 miles southwest of Kismayo, a port city in...
US Indo-Pacific Command accused a Chinese warship of acting in an "unsafe manner" when it passed a US Navy guided-missile destroyer that was transiting the Taiwan Strait with a Canadian frigate on Saturday. The command said in a statement that the Chinese warship...
US officials confirmed to The Washington Post that US and other NATO equipment was used in a cross-border attack in Russia's Belgorod region that was launched on May 22. The fighters used at least four US-made Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, known as MRAPs....
Iran's navy commander said Friday that Tehran was working to form a naval alliance with several Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. "The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings...
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced Thursday that the US and Taiwan signed the first trade agreement under a new economic initiative that was launched last year. The deal was signed in Washington by representatives of the US and Taiwan's...
Russia said Thursday that its forces repelled another cross-border attack from Ukraine in Russia's Belgorod region, the second such incident within two weeks. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that over 30 Ukrainian "terrorists" were "eliminated" in the attempted...
