Ukraine’s Rada approved a draft budget for 2023 in a closed session. The spending plan has a $30 billion deficit which Kiev largely expects to be covered by Washington. The White House has sent Ukraine tens of billions in aid since Russia invaded in February. Yaroslav...
US Kills Three ISIS Leaders in Syria Operations | US launches rare strike on Syria government territory
US special operations forces launched a rare raid in Syrian government-controlled territories in Syria, killing one person and arresting two more. US Central Command said on Thursday that the raid was carried out overnight near the city of Qamishli and targeted an...
President Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear "armageddon" is at its highest point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a rare admission of the danger his policy of supporting Ukraine in a war on Russia's border poses. Biden said that Russian President...
Tim Lenderking, the US special envoy for Yemen, said Wednesday that he fears there will be a "return to war" in Yemen after a six-month ceasefire expired on Sunday. The UN tried to broker a ceasefire extension between the Houthis and the US-backed Saudi-led coalition,...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for NATO to launch a "preventative strike" on Russia to prevent Moscow from using nuclear weapons, a move that would almost certainly spark World War III and possibly nuclear war. "What should NATO do? Exclude...
Sweden's domestic security agency said Thursday that its initial probe into the leaks in the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines has "strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage." A Swedish prosecutor said that evidence had been seized from the area in the Baltic...
US special operations forces are on the ground in Ukraine as part of a broad covert operation that includes CIA personnel, The Intercept reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US intelligence and military officials. The report said that the US withdrew its CIA and...
The US is stepping up its efforts to turn Taiwan into a major weapons depot, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. US officials have long called for turning Taiwan into a "porcupine" that could withstand a Chinese attack, but support for Taiwan has intensified in...
The Biden administration is preparing to ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow Chevron to pump oil in the country under a potential deal with the Venezuelan government, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Trump...
