Israeli Media Claims Sabotage Attack on Iran Caused ‘Major Damage,’ Iran Denies | Iran says attack was foiled, investigation ongoing
Turkey Says It Won’t Send More Troops to Afghanistan to Secure Kabul Airport
There are currently about 500 Turkish troops in Afghanistan
North Korea’s FM Says Pyongyang Not Considering Contacts With US
The US says it was ready to talk with North Korea
Justice Dept: Seized News Domains Were Violating Sanctions
Justice Dept: Seized News Domains Were Violating Sanctions | Officials fault news sites for ‘malign influence’
Russia Summons British Defense Attaché Over Black Sea Provocation
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that one of its nation’s border guard ships fired warning shots at, while a Su-24M bomber performed preventive bombing near, a British warship, the destroyer HMS Defender, in the Black Sea today. The Defense Ministry issued this...
Putin Says NATO Expansion Is a ‘Relic of the Cold War’
In an op-ed published by the German newspaper Die Zeit, Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced NATO expansion as a "relic of the Cold War." Putin penned the piece to commemorate the 8oth anniversary of Nazi Germany invading the Soviet Union. "We hoped that the end...
The US Could Be Using Iran’s Election to Sabotage Nuclear Deal
Biden administration officials are downplaying the idea that Iran's presidential election will impact negotiations to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. But the election of Ebrahim Raisi, a judge under US sanctions who is close to Supreme Leader Ali...
Report: 90 Fighters Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Yemen’s Maarib
Report: 90 Fighters Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Yemen’s Maarib | Houthis continue to contest key city
North Korea: Western Media Falsely Portrays Comments From Kim’s Sister
A day after President Biden's envoy for North Korea said the US was ready for negotiations with Pyongyang, Western media was full of misleading headlines that said Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed the idea. US envoy Sung Kim said the Biden...
Black Sea: US, Ukraine To Lead Naval Exercise With 32 Nations From Six Continents
The annual U.S.-led multinational naval exercise in the Black Sea, Sea Breeze, will begin on June 28 and continue until July 10. As with previous iterations this year’s exercise will be co-hosted by the U.S. and Ukraine. Though as the name indicates primarily a series...