A meeting between US and Russian officials to discuss the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers, the New START, has been postponed, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. The talks were scheduled to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from November...
Major News Organizations Finally Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
Five major Western news organizations have finally spoken out for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and are calling on the US government to drop the charges against him. In a letter to the US government, the editors and publishers of The New York Times, The Guardian,...
No Injuries in Latest Rocket Attack on US Base in Syria
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday that two rockets were fired at a US base in northeast Syria, but no injuries or damage occurred, marking the second attempted attack on US forces in the country in nine days. CENTCOM said in a press release that the rockets...
Top House Republicans Call for Biden to Send Longer Range Weapons to Ukraine to Strike Crimea
Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Mike Turner (R-OH) appeared on ABC News's This Week on Sunday and pledged that aid for Ukraine will continue to flow unimpeded once Republicans have a majority in the House in January. McCaul, who will likely head the House Foreign...
Furious With Biden, Europe Says US Is Profiting Off Ukraine War
High-level European officials are furious with the Biden administration and are now accusing the US of profiting from the war in Ukraine while Europe is facing a potential energy crisis. In comments to POLITICO, a senior EU official said, "The fact is, if you look at...
US Grants Chevron License to Pump Oil Again in Venezuela
The move eases some sanctions on Venezuela
Israeli Military Chief Says Joint Activity With US to ‘Significantly Expand’
The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) returned to Israel on Thursday after five days of talks with US officials in Washington that were focused on Iran and said joint military operations between the US and Israel will be "significantly expanded." "In order to...
US Might Give Chevron a License to Pump Oil in Venezuela
The US might soon grant Chevron a license to pump oil in Venezuela in a move that would ease crippling sanctions that were imposed on the South American country by the Trump administration. According to The Wall Street Journal, the easing of sanctions is contingent on...
Biden Says Negotiations on Russian Oil Price Cap are ‘in Play’
President Biden on Thursday said that negotiations between the US and its allies to set a price cap on Russian oil are "in play" as a December 5th deadline to implement the plan is approaching, Axios reported. December 5th is the day that the EU's embargo on Russian...
Hungary to Approve Sweden, Finland NATO Memberships Early Next Year
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that Hungary supports Sweden and Finland joining NATO and that the parliament will formally ratify their memberships early next year. "As we have already informed Sweden and Finland, Hungary supports the NATO...