French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday and discussed joint weapons production a day before Ukraine will host a forum of international arms contractors. "I discussed with your ministers very...
Russia Has Gained More Territory This Year Than Ukraine
Russian forces have gained more territory in Ukraine this year than the Ukrainian side despite the Ukrainian counteroffensive that was launched in June, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The report noted that despite nine months of heavy fighting in Ukraine,...
Australia Forms Long-Range Missile Brigade as Part of Military Overhaul Aimed at China
Australia on Thursday announced a restructuring of its army that's part of a military overhaul aimed at countering China, Australia's largest trading partner. The restructuring includes creating a long-range missile brigade in the southern city of Adelaide, the...
Blinken Says China Threatens US-Led ‘Liberal World Order’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday claimed that China is seeking to become the "dominant" world power and wants to replace the US-led "liberal" world order. When asked by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg if Russia or China is a bigger "threat" to the US,...
Saudi Arabia, China to Hold Second-Ever Joint Naval Exercise
Saudi Arabia and China are set to hold their second-ever joint naval exercise as Riyadh continues to move closer to Beijing, AFP reported on Thursday. "This joint training focuses on overseas maritime counter-terrorism operations, conducting exercises on sniper...
House Kills Rep. Gaetz’s Amendment to Ban Transfer of Cluster Bombs
The House on Wednesday night voted down an amendment to the Pentagon appropriations bill introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) that would have banned the transfer of civilian-killing cluster bombs to other countries. The amendment failed in a vote of 160-269, with only...
Russia Says US and UK Helped Coordinate Attack on Crimea
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the US and Britain helped Ukraine with the September 22 missile strike that targeted the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea. "There is not the slightest doubt that this attack was...
China Says Major Drills Around Taiwan Were Done to Combat ‘Separatists’
China's Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday that the purpose of recent large-scale Chinese military drills around Taiwan is to "combat the arrogance" of Taiwan "separatists," referring to recent actions by Taipei to boost ties with the US and other Western countries....
US Expresses Support for Anti-Assad Protesters in Southern Syria
A US official spoke with a Druze spiritual leader to express support for protests against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that have been taking place in Syria's southern Suwayda governate. The US Embassy in Syria wrote on X that Deputy Assistant...
Iran Says Netanyahu Threatened Nuclear Attack in UN Speech
Iran has lodged a formal complaint to the UN accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of threatening a nuclear attack on the Islamic Republic. In his speech at the UN General Assembly last week, Netanyahu said, "Above all -- above all -- Iran must face a...