Another encounter between Chinese and Philippine vessels occurred in the South China Sea on Wednesday, with Chinese authorities saying they warned boats making an "unapproved" entry near Second Thomas Shoal, a reef claimed by both Manila and Beijing. The Philippine...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane was not downed by an "external impact" and claimed grenade fragments were found in the recovered bodies. "The head of the Investigative Committee briefed me just the other day....
At least 80 people have been killed in a drone attack that targeted a graduation ceremony at a military college in Syria's central Homs province on Thursday, the country's health minister has said. The Syrian government said members of the armed forces and civilians...
The EU's top diplomat on Thursday said the European bloc could not provide Ukraine with enough support without the US amid uncertainty about when Congress might authorize the next tranche of spending on the proxy war. "Europe cannot fill the gap of the US," Josep...
A US F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone over northeast Syria on Wednesday, a US official told The Wall Street Journal. According to Reuters, the Turkish Defense Ministry denied that it was a Turkish drone. But US officials said it was identified as...
Ukrainian officials are "freaking out" over the uncertainty about new Ukraine aid being passed through Congress, a Ukrainian member of parliament told POLITICO. "We are freaking out. For us it is a disaster," said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, an MP who chairs the...
President Biden said Wednesday that he was worried about the prospect of Congress authorizing more Ukraine aid after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed as speaker of the House. "It does worry me," Biden said. "But I know there are a majority of members of the...
The head of NATO's Military Committee is urging the alliance to increase arms production, warning the "bottom of the barrel" of NATO's stockpiles is now visible due to the massive amounts of weapons and ammunition that have been shipped to Ukraine. Dutch Adm. Rob...
The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday said that air defenses downed 31 Ukrainian drones over three Russian oblasts that border Ukraine, Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk. According to AP, the incident appeared to be Ukraine's single largest cross-border drone attack on...
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it had transferred a shipment of ammunition typically used in rifles to Ukraine that it claims was seized from Iran last year. "On October 2, 2023, the US government transferred approximately 1.1 million 7.62mm rounds to the...
