Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Kiev was unwilling to accept a peace deal in March because of pressure from Washington. Putin joins a growing list of sources who say the war nearly ended after a month, but Western influence prodded Ukrainian President...
US Has No Plans to Withdraw From Syria Or End Sanctions | Kirby: Troops solely there to fight ISIS
According to a report from The New York Times, the US is considering expanding drone strikes in Somalia after a request was made by the US-backed Mogadishu-based government. The Somali government asked the US to loosen restrictions on drone strikes so more can be...
The Pentagon on Thursday released its 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS), which names China as the "most comprehensive and serious challenge to US national security strategy" even as the US is spending tens of billions on a proxy war with Russia. The NDS was first...
Israel Threatens to Ramp Up Strikes in Syria | Accuses Syria of ‘cooperating’ with Iran
China on Thursday responded to a US call for the resumption of military communication channels that Beijing suspended in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visiting Taiwan in August. Tan Kefei, a spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry, said that the US...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Moscow has no plans to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine and warned the world is facing the most dangerous decade since World War II. "We see no need for that," Putin said of the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine in...
The White House said Wednesday that it sees no prospects for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and that it's up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to decide when talks will happen. "Neither side is in a position to sit down and negotiate," National...
US and other Western officials are finalizing a plan to impose a price cap on Russian oil despite warnings that attempting to implement the policy could send global prices soaring, Reuters reported on Wednesday. A final price has not yet been determined, but one...
The US has accelerated plans to deploy an upgraded version of its primary nuclear gravity bomb to Europe amid heightened tensions with Russia over the potential use of nuclear weapons. A cable obtained by Politico reveals that US officials told NATO allies in Brussels...
