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...
Israel Attacks Syrian Capital for Third Time in a Week | Explosions, damage reported around Damascus
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the US's European allies are concerned that the US may dial back its support for Ukraine if Republicans are victorious in the upcoming midterm elections. So far, spending billions on the war in Ukraine has had strong...
The US on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Iranian officials for their alleged role in cracking down on protesters inside Iran as demonstrations and violence continue across the country. Announcing the sanctions, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US will...
