National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with China's top diplomat for two days in Vienna this week, marking the highest level of in-person engagement between the two nations since President Biden and President Xi Jinping held talks in Bali last November. According...
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on Thursday that London is providing Ukraine with longer-range missiles, marking another escalation of NATO support for Kyiv. The UK is sending Storm Shadow missiles, which are air-launched and can be fired by...
Ukrainian military officials on Wednesday claimed that their forces made some gains near the eastern Donbas city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces have been steadily advancing for months. According to Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces,...
President Biden will sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and a surveillance deal with Papua New Guinea when he visits the Pacific Island nation later this month, Papua New Guinea's foreign minister told Reuters. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden will...
Following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 10 civilians, including four children, the State Department said it supports Israel's right to "protect itself." Israel began targeting the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry,...
US officials are "breathing a quiet sigh of relief" over London's plans to provide Ukraine with longer-range missiles, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. A final decision hasn't been made, but Britain is preparing to send Kyiv missiles with a strike capability of up to 300...
Taiwan's defense minister on Monday pushed back against the idea of the US bombing the island's semiconductor factories in the event of a Chinese invasion. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) recently said the US should "make it very clear to the Chinese that if you invade...
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday that China would communicate with all relevant parties in its efforts to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Qin made the comments alongside his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, in Berlin. "As a permanent member of the...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British counterpart, James Cleverly, vowed on Tuesday that the US and Britain will continue supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia regardless of the result of Kyiv's expected counteroffensive. "We need to continue to...
The US and the Philippines should start joint patrols in the South China Sea later this year, Manila's ambassador to the US said on Monday. "An estimate would be no later than the third quarter of this year. We should have that in place," Ambassador Jose Manuel...
