On Tuesday, UN officials said sanctions on Niger imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were blocking aid deliveries and shipments of food into the country. "There is no way to bring humanitarian aid into the country," said Emmanuel Gignac,...
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new $250 million arms package for Ukraine that includes HIMARS ammunition, AIM-9 missiles, artillery rounds, and various types of other military equipment. The $250 million package is being paid for using funds made...
The Biden administration is working to reach a deal with Ukraine for long-term military support to keep backing the war with Russia that would be difficult for a future president to exit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The effort is part of a commitment...
The Philippines and Australia plan to conduct joint maritime patrols in the South China Sea, disputed waters that are increasingly becoming a potential flashpoint for a conflict between the US and China. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., commander of the Armed Forces of the...
The Economist reported Sunday that Ukraine's increasing drone attacks inside Russia are carried out using intelligence gathered by Kyiv's Western backers. The report cited sources close to Ukrainian drone developers and Ukrainian military insiders, including a drone...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that his country would support a military intervention in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a July 26 coup. "We support the diplomatic action, and when it decides to do so militarily, of...
On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran summoned a Swiss diplomat over the discharging of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was seized by the United States. Kanaani said Iran summoned the chargé d’affaires at the Swiss embassy to...
NATO members Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are demanding Belarus expel Wagner fighters who went to the country after Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny in June. "We have asked the regime [of Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko to immediately expel...
The Biden administration has been aware since last year that Saudi border guards were slaughtering African migrants on Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen but kept quiet about the killings, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Sources told the Times that American...
Israeli airstrikes on Syria targeted the Aleppo airport early Monday morning, knocking it out of service, Syria's SANA news agency reported. "At about 4:30 a.m. on Monday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial act of aggression from the direction of the...
