President Biden will spend his first-ever Camp David summit working to form a new trilateral alliance between the US, Japan, and South Korea as part of his strategy against China in the Asia Pacific. Biden has invited Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South...
New US Arms Package for Ukraine Uses Money Made Available by Pentagon ‘Accounting Error’
The Biden administration on Monday announced a $200 million arms package for Ukraine using funds made available by a Pentagon "accounting error" that includes munitions for Patriot air defense systems, HIMARS rocket systems, and other equipment. In June, the Pentagon...
Russia Says It Thwarted Series of Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Crimea, Moscow
Moscow says Ukrainian forces have launched several drone attacks over the past week targeting Moscow and Crimea. After the sensitive Kertch bridge was targeted, the Kremlin denounced the strikes as “terror attacks” and vowed a response. On Wednesday and Thursday,...
Kyiv Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian ‘Sappers’ Take Huge Losses
The Ukrainian military has struggled to work through Russia’s heavily mined defensive lines as its counteroffensive has dragged on for ten weeks with little to show. Kyiv is now appealing to its allies for more demining equipment. Ukrainians assigned to be deminers –...
US, Finland Negotiating Defense Agreement That Would See Deployment of American Troops
Washington and Helsinki are working on a new deal to govern the military relationship between the two nations. Finland recently became the thirty-first member of NATO, doubling the alliance’s border with Russia. According to YLE News, Finnish state media, Helsinki and...
Niger Junta Refuses Negotiations Unless Coup Leader Is Recognized, ECOWAS Postpones Meeting on Potential Intervention
A delegation of Nigerian Islamic scholars traveled to Niamey for meetings with the leaders of the military junta who took power last month. The group says the coup leaders expressed an openness to diplomacy, Reuters reported on Sunday. However, this account has been...
Biden Administration Defends Social Media Censorship Operation
On Thursday, government lawyers went to court to defend federal meddling in content moderation decisions on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. On July 4, Judge Terry Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, ordered the...
Syria: Iran’s Kanaani Blames Foreign Intervention for Islamic State Escalation
Per Syrian state media, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned a Friday Islamic State attack on a Syrian military bus (other sources claim the target consisted of two trucks), which resulted in the deaths of at least 20 government soldiers....
Delays Push F-16 Transfer to Ukraine Until Next Summer
Delays have caused the North Atlantic alliance to push back the expected arrival of F-16s in Ukraine until next summer. Currently, only six Ukrainian pilots are engaged in the training program. According to the Washington Post, the revised timeline reflects that...
Zelensky Fires the Heads of All Local Draft Boards After Corruption Scandal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was firing dozens of officials responsible for overseeing military recruitment in each region of the country. The leader claimed the officials were engaging in “revolting” abuses of power. Last week, Zelensky...