The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve $24 billion in additional spending on Ukraine as it's working to ramp up the proxy war as much as possible during President Biden's final weeks in office. POLITICO Pro obtained a request from the White House's...
The US Navy's 7th Fleet said Tuesday that it flew a P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane over the sensitive Taiwan Strait in the latest US provocation in the region. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) criticized the transit and said that it deployed ships and planes...
On Tuesday, the Kremlin responded to a recent report from The New York Times that said US and European officials had discussed the idea of giving Ukraine nuclear weapons, calling the talk "absolutely irresponsible." The report cited anonymous sources and said several...
In a 10-1 vote, the Israeli security cabinet voted today to accept a ceasefire in Lebanon. The security cabinet was originally supposed to vote at 4:00 PM local time, but the meeting was delayed several hours. The exact terms of the deal are not public yet, but the...
Gaza's Civil Defense Agency told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks killed 22 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Gaza's Health Ministry said in its daily death toll update, which is released about mid-day Gaza time, that at least 14 Palestinians were killed...
Russia said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces fired US-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) into Russia's Kursk Oblast twice in recent days and vowed there would be a response. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine fired five ATACMS against Russian S-400...
The US and Fiji have begun talks on a military pact meant to ramp up US troop deployments to the Pacific island nation as part of the US's buildup in the region that's aimed at China. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the plans to negotiate a Status of...
There is some cautious optimism that Israel’s cabinet may accept a ceasefire on Tuesday. Monday, however, saw the Israeli military continuing to intensify attacks across Lebanese territory, showing no sign that the war might really be over soon. At least 31 people...
The White House confirmed for the first time on Monday that it authorized Ukraine to launch US-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) into Russia, an escalation Russia has made clear risks nuclear war. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the...
Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday that an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon that killed three journalists and injured four others was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and a war crime that was carried out using a US-provided weapon. The strike was...
