Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky both delivered New Year's Eve addresses to their countries, where they vowed to continue fighting as the war shows no sign of slowing down in 2023. In his speech, Putin reiterated that he has...
NATO Chief Says Sending More Weapons to Ukraine Is Quickest Path to Peace
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg claimed in an interview published Friday that the quickest path to peace in Ukraine is through NATO countries sending more weapons to Kyiv. "It may sound like a paradox, but military support for Ukraine is the fastest way to...
Yemen’s Houthis Say They Seek a ‘Permanent Ceasefire’
Yemen's Houthis seek a "permanent ceasefire" with the US-backed Saudi-led coalition, a Houthi spokesman told Yemeni TV on Sunday. Since a ceasefire expired at the beginning of October, there have still been no Saudi airstrikes in Yemen or Houthi attacks inside Saudi...
North Korea’s Kim Orders ‘Exponential’ Expansion of Nuclear Arsenal
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday called for an "exponential" increase in the production of nuclear weapons as tensions continue to soar on the Korean Peninsula. In a statement released by North Korea's state media, Kim said that Pyongyang must bolster its...
Venezuela Opposition Removes Guaido as ‘Interim President’
Venezuela's opposition on Friday voted to remove Juan Guaido as the "interim president" and to dissolve the US-backed "interim government," a move that came after resuming talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido declared himself as the interim president...
No Sign of Peace in Ukraine as New Year Approaches
After over 10 months of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, there's no sign that 2023 will bring peace to Ukraine as the warring parties have radically different demands, and the US continues to escalate aid for Kyiv and its role in the war. Ukrainian...
Serbia Ends State of Alert for Military As Kosovo Stand-Off Eases
Serbia on Thursday lifted the combat readiness alert for its troops that it enacted on Monday as ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo agreed to remove barriers they erected in protest against authorities in Pristina. As the Serbs began dismantling roadblocks on Thursday,...
Belarus Shoots Down Stray Ukrainian Air Defense Missile
Belarus on Thursday said it shot down a stray Ukrainian air defense missile from an S-300 system that ended up in its territory and summoned Ukraine’s envoy over the incident. “It was preliminarily established that the fragments belonged to an S-300...
CENTCOM Says US Troops Killed 686 Suspected ISIS Members in 2022
US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday released an end of the year report that said US troops carried out 313 missions in Iraq and Syria against ISIS, killing 686 suspected members of the terrorist group. Breaking it down by country, the command said US troops...
Lavrov Warns Russia Will Disrupt Western Arms Supplies
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned on Wednesday that Russia is working on new ways to disrupt Western arms supplies to Ukraine, signaling that Russia will start targeting more Ukrainian infrastructure. “We observe that Ukraine is receiving more and more and...