The US is sending a delegation to Taiwan next week for trade talks with Taipei, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday, in a move sure to anger Beijing. The US and Taiwan agreed to hold formal trade talks last year, and the first round was...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Paris will provide Kyiv with AMX-10 RC armored combat vehicles as Ukraine has been seeking Western-made tanks. A French official said that the AMX-10 RC vehicles will...
The State Department on Tuesday said that the US opposes other countries normalizing with the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad following high-level talks between Syria and Turkey. The defense ministers of Syria and Turkey met in Moscow at the end of...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, and the two leaders agreed to handle maritime disputes in a "friendly" manner through consultations. Tensions have been high between China and the Philippines in...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday said two rockets were fired at a base in eastern Syria housing US troops earlier in the day and reported there were no casualties in the incident. The attack took place at Mission Support Site Conoco, a US base next to the...
About 4,000 members of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division are still deployed in Romania as part of a military buildup in Eastern Europe that President Biden ordered last year, as the Pentagon is still deciding whether to maintain current troop levels. Map of...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that some alliance members would like to push others to increase military spending by setting a minimum target of 2% of a country's gross domestic product. "Some allies are strongly in favor of turning the 2% goal...
Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that 89 Russian soldiers were killed in the Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a facility housing Russian troops in Donetsk that took place on January 1, raising the death toll from 63. "The first medical aid was provided; wounded...
The State Department said Tuesday that the US approach toward Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is "not changing" and said crippling economic sanctions on the South American country will remain. "Our approach to Nicolas Maduro is not changing. He is not the...
The White House said Tuesday that the US and South Korea are stepping up cooperation and preparing a coordinated response to any potential "nuclear use" by North Korea. According to AFP, a National Security Council spokesperson said President Biden and South Korean...
