Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukrainian elections could happen in wartime if Kyiv receives funding from its Western backers and Ukraine's legislators are willing to hold a vote. Zelensky previously said elections can't happen because they're...
Australian and Philippine troops backed by a group of US Marines simulated retaking an island in the South China Sea amid heightened tensions in the region between Manila and Beijing. According to AFP, the drills took place at a naval base about 150 miles east of...
Most senior US officials want to keep supporting the proxy war against Russia and are not looking for diplomatic off-ramps despite Ukraine's faltering counteroffensive, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported on Sunday. Ignatius writes: "I heard this same...
Niger has placed its military on "maximum alert" over fears that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will invade to reinstate Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a July 26 coup. An internal document issued by the Niger junta's...
The commander of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet said Sunday that the US must "challenge" China's "aggressive behavior" in the South China Sea, an area that has become a potential flashpoint for a conflict between Washington and Beijing. The comments from Vice Adm. Karl...
The US launched an airstrike in Somalia early in the morning on Saturday, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a press release. AFRICOM said the strike was launched about 28 miles northwest of the southern port city of Kismaayo. The command said its "initial...
On Sunday, Russian authorities said that genetic testing confirmed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in an August 23 plane crash in Russia's Tver Oblast. "As part of the investigation into the plane crash in the Tver Region, molecular genetic examinations have...
Florida Governor Ron Desantis said on Wednesday night that he would send the military into Mexico to fight drug cartels on "day one" of his presidency if he wins the 2024 presidential election. At the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, DeSantis was asked if...
BRICS has invited six new members to join in the most dramatic expansion of the bloc since it was formed, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday at the conclusion of the three-day BRICS summit in Johannesburg. Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE,...
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that US and Ukrainian officials have clashed over the strategy for Ukraine's counteroffensive during behind-the-scenes conversations in recent weeks. The US has been pushing Ukraine to use "combined arms" tactics that...
