Ukraine’s domestic security service (SBU) has an elite ancillary known as the fifth counter-intelligence directorate, which has taken a central role in “counter-Russia operations” specializing in “wet work” or assassinations, according to a report in The Economist....
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński told a group of arms manufacturers that Warsaw will have Europe’s strongest land force within two years through a series of weapons purchases. Warsaw believes increasing military spending to three percent of GDP and...
The Washington-led effort to remove Russia from the world economy is widening the division in the Group of 20 (G20), according to the AP. The outlet reports, “Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing growing skepticism from some leading rich and developing nations as...
On Tuesday, the State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken held separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas amid a US push to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi...
A senior Iraqi military official speaking to The New Arab said the US has violated the terms of its agreement to maintain a military footprint in Iraq due to the presence of "offensive weapons" at an American base. The unnamed Iraqi official said he saw offensive...
A French source told AFP on Tuesday that France is holding talks with Niger's post-coup government on the withdrawal of "certain military elements" from the West African country. France has about 1,500 troops in Niger and has strongly backed threats from the Economic...
NATO members that border Russia and Belarus are afraid that growing opposition to the proxy war in Ukraine inside the United States will put pressure on the Ukrainians to pursue peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Hill reported on Tuesday. While the...
A delegation of Australian lawmakers will visit Washington later this month to lobby for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the US and convicted for exposing US war crimes. Six members of the...
On Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an independent inquiry found no evidence that a Russian cargo ship that docked in South Africa last year was loaded with weapons despite US claims. The Russian ship, the Lady R, docked at a naval base near...
The US and Philippine navies conducted a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, a step that increases the chance of a dangerous encounter between US and Chinese vessels. The US Navy's Japan-based Seventh Fleet said the guided missile-destroyer USS...
