A US Navy guided-missile cruiser sailed near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday in the latest US challenge to Beijing's claims in the region. China's military said that the vessel, the USS Chancellorsville, entered the area illegally, a...
NATO Doubles Down on Pledge to Eventually Admit Ukraine
NATO on Tuesday doubled down on its pledge to eventually admit Ukraine during a meeting of the alliance's foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, a position that played a major role in provoking Russia's invasion. The Romanian city was where NATO initially made the...
Ukraine Says NATO Must Step Up Weapons Production or It Won’t Win War
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday that NATO countries need to ramp up weapons production, or Kyiv won't be able to win the war against Russia. Kuleba said that NATO countries must "begin the production of necessary weapons today." If that doesn't...
Report: US, Israel to Hold Drills Simulating Bombing Iran
The US and Israeli air forces will simulate attacking Iran during drills over the Mediterranean Sea and Israel this week, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. The report said that the drills will be held from Tuesday to Thursday and will involve both US and Israeli...
EU Fails to Reach Agreement on Russia Oil Price Cap
EU diplomats failed on Monday to agree on a set price cap for Russian oil as a December 5 deadline for the policy is approaching, Reuters reported. The main hindrance to reaching a deal was Poland, which is demanding a much lower price cap than what the G7 has...
US Considering Sending Rockets With 100-Mile Range to Ukraine
The US is considering supplying Ukraine with a new longer-range rocket system that can hit targets up to about 100 miles away, twice the range of the artillery systems the US has been providing Ukraine. According to a report from Reuters, Boeing has proposed to...
US-Russia New START Talks Postponed
A meeting between US and Russian officials to discuss the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers, the New START, has been postponed, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. The talks were scheduled to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from November...
Major News Organizations Finally Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
Five major Western news organizations have finally spoken out for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and are calling on the US government to drop the charges against him. In a letter to the US government, the editors and publishers of The New York Times, The Guardian,...
No Injuries in Latest Rocket Attack on US Base in Syria
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday that two rockets were fired at a US base in northeast Syria, but no injuries or damage occurred, marking the second attempted attack on US forces in the country in nine days. CENTCOM said in a press release that the rockets...
Top House Republicans Call for Biden to Send Longer Range Weapons to Ukraine to Strike Crimea
Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Mike Turner (R-OH) appeared on ABC News's This Week on Sunday and pledged that aid for Ukraine will continue to flow unimpeded once Republicans have a majority in the House in January. McCaul, who will likely head the House Foreign...


