Sweden's domestic security agency said Thursday that its initial probe into the leaks in the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines has "strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage." A Swedish prosecutor said that evidence had been seized from the area in the Baltic...
US special operations forces are on the ground in Ukraine as part of a broad covert operation that includes CIA personnel, The Intercept reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US intelligence and military officials. The report said that the US withdrew its CIA and...
The US is stepping up its efforts to turn Taiwan into a major weapons depot, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. US officials have long called for turning Taiwan into a "porcupine" that could withstand a Chinese attack, but support for Taiwan has intensified in...
The Biden administration is preparing to ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow Chevron to pump oil in the country under a potential deal with the Venezuelan government, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Trump...
The New York Times reported on Wednesday that US intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government were behind the slaying of Darya Dugina, the daughter of the prominent Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin. Dugina, who was a political scientist and...
EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday on a new round of sanctions on Russia that includes a price cap on Russian oil. The officials agreed on a draft text for the sanctions that is expected to be released on Thursday, according to Politico. Some countries had concerns...
Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview published Wednesday that Poland is open to hosting US nuclear weapons and has approached Washington about the idea. Currently, NATO members Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey host...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a law formalizing the absorption of four Ukrainian territories into the Russian Federation after the annexation was approved by both houses of Russia's parliament. The move means that the Russian-controlled areas in...
Russia's Gazprom said Monday that it could potentially ship gas to Europe via an undamaged line on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which has never made deliveries after Berlin paused the project around the time Russia invaded Ukraine. Both Nord Stream pipelines came under...
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "gift" to NATO as the war in Ukraine has made many alliance members make plans to increase military spending. Wallace made the comments at the Warsaw Security Forum, a...
