Germany is planning to cut its spending on military aid for Ukraine in half next year and is telling Kyiv to look elsewhere for more funding. According to Germany's draft budget for 2025, Berlin will bring its spending on Ukraine to 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion),...
Republican Hawks Want Mike Pompeo and Tom Cotton in Trump’s Cabinet
The more hawkish wing of the Republican party is hoping former President Donald Trump will put ultra-hawks in prominent positions in his cabinet if he's elected for a second term as a counterbalance to Sen. J.D. Vance being picked as vice president, POLITICO reported...
NATO Appoints Senior Official To Represent Alliance in Ukraine
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced the alliance was appointing a senior official to represent its interests in Ukraine, following up on a commitment made during last week's summit in Washington. Stoltenberg said the role would be filled by...
Mossad Chief Says Netanyahu’s Demand May Thwart Ceasefire Deal
Mossad Director David Barnea, the Israeli official leading indirect negotiations with Hamas, said Wednesday that one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest demands may prevent a potential ceasefire and hostage deal. According to Haaretz, Barnea presented the...
Trump Says Taiwan Should Pay the US for Its Defense
Former President Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, told Bloomberg in an interview published on Tuesday that Taiwan should pay the US to defend the island and compared the idea to an insurance policy. President Biden has vowed several times that he...
China Stops Arms Control Talks With the US Over Arms Sales To Taiwan
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Beijing had stopped arms control talks with the US over continued US arms sales to Taiwan and other steps that go against China's "core interests." The US and China held consultations on arms control back in November...
Belgorod Governor Says Ukraine Has Killed 200 Civilians in the Region Since 2022
Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia's Belgorod Oblast, said on Tuesday that Ukrainian attacks on the border region since February 2022 have killed over 200 civilians, Reuters has reported. Back in April, Gladkov said the civilian death toll in Belgorod was 120....
Trump’s VP Pick Vance Says Iran Needs To Be ‘Punched Hard’
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) took a hawkish tone toward Iran in an interview following the news that he had been selected as former President Trump's running mate for the November election. "The most important part of the Trump doctrine of foreign policy is you don’t commit...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Five Civilians, Including Three Children, in Southern Lebanon
Lebanese security sources revealed that multiple Israeli strikes carried out across southern Lebanon today killed at least five civilians, all, notably, Syrian nationals. An air raid on the farmland of Am Toot killed three Syrian children. Israel has regularly...
CNN Report Claims Secret Service Ramped Up Security Based on Intel of Iran Plot Against Trump
CNN claimed on Tuesday that the US Secret Service ramped up security around Donald Trump in recent weeks based on intelligence from a single "human source" that Iran was plotting to assassinate the former president, accusations Tehran rejected as "unsubstantiated and...