It would be the first Western-made heavy tanks provided to Kyiv, and Ukraine hopes the transfer would influence the US and Germany to do the same

The drills came ahead of a high-level delegation of German lawmakers arrival in Taiwan

The US has authorized around $112 billion to spend on the war

The top Marine Corps general in Japan says the US is 'setting the theater' in the region the same way it did in Ukraine after 2014

Zelensky also revoked the citizenship of 13 Orthodox priests

Turkey has said Sweden and Finland need to do more to join NATO

Moscow says the strike was retaliation for the HIMARS strikes that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers last week

AFRICOM conducted at least 15 airstrikes, up from 11 in 2021

Ukraine and its Western backers rejected the ceasefire, and shelling was reported on Friday and Saturday

The US also announced $682 million in aid for its European allies to 'backfill' weapons that have been sent to Ukraine

US says opposition to Maduro 'not changing'

Ukrainian officials also rejected the ceasefire, but Zelensky didn't explicitly say he won't follow it

The Biden administration has dropped threats of retaliation for OPEC+ oil cuts

Going into the new year, US-China tensions over Taiwan are soaring

Putin says he's open to talks but that Ukraine must take into account 'new territorial realities'