The US Navy and Marines Corps are conducting drills in the South China Sea amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the Chinese balloon incident. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said in a statement that the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its strike...
Report: British Weapons Could Be Manufactured in Ukraine
British weapons could soon be manufactured in Ukraine under a plan that would significantly boost cooperation between Kyiv and NATO and further raise tensions with Moscow, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The report said UK defense industry executives are...
US Eases Some Sanctions on Syria for 180 Days After Earthquake
The US has issued a 180-day exemption for its sanctions on Syria that applies to "all transactions related to earthquake relief efforts," according to the US Treasury Department. The exemption was announced on Thursday night and came days after a devastating...
US Military Shot Down Unidentified ‘Object’ Near Alaska
The White House claimed the Pentagon downed an unknown object off the coast of Alaska. The Joe Biden administration downplayed the incident claiming the craft was only shot down as a precaution. American officials could not confirm what kind of object the US fighter...
Washington Is Upset Beijing Did Not Take Hotline Call After Balloon Shootdown
The Pentagon claims that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin could not reach his Chinese counterpart shortly after an American fighter jet shot down a craft Beijing says was a weather balloon. A Department official said Chinese officials refusing to take calls on a...
Ukraine Prepared to Strike Crimea With British Missiles
Ukraine is in discussions with the UK about receiving longer-range missiles and is prepared to use them against Crimea, which would mark another major escalation of Western involvement in the war, The Times of London reported Thursday. British Prime Minister Rishi...
Ukraine Relies on Intelligence from US for HIMARS Rocket Strikes
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Ukraine is reliant on coordinates provided or confirmed by the US and its allies to launch strikes using the US-provided HIMARS rocket systems, a revelation that demonstrates Washington's deep involvement in the war. The...
US Hits Iran With Fresh Sanctions That Target Petrochemicals
The US on Thursday hit Iran with fresh sanctions that targeted companies accused of facilitating the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals to Asia. The US Treasury Department said that the sanctions targeted "six Iran-based petrochemical manufacturers or their...
SpaceX Limits Ukraine’s Use of Starlink, Says It Shouldn’t Be ‘Weaponized’
The president of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell, said Wednesday that the company has limited Ukraine's use of Starlink terminals and that it wasn't the company's intention for the satellite internet service to be weaponized. Shotwell referred to media reports that said...
Sen. Mike Lee ‘Can’t Rule Out’ That the US Blew Up Nord Stream
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Wednesday wrote on Twitter that he "can't immediately rule out" the idea that the US blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany. Lee's comments came after veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh...