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Ukrainian officials are still pushing for a commitment on Kyiv’s potential NATO membership at the alliance’s upcoming July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that there will be no formal invitation for Ukraine to join the alliance at the summit, which will be held from July 11-12. Ukraine and its more … Continue reading “Ukraine Still Pushing for NATO Membership Commitment at Summit”
Renewed meetings between senior American and Chinese officials may suggest the fragile relations between the world’s two largest economies could begin to thaw with increased communication and diplomacy, the Washington Post reported on Friday. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Vienna earlier this week. Wang, the director of … Continue reading “US, China Tentatively Agree to Restart Dialogue, as Washington Fears Allies Will View Policies As Too Aggressive”
President Biden on Thursday acknowledged that the three unidentified objects he ordered the US military to shoot down were likely harmless weather balloons. “The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research,” Biden said. Following … Continue reading “The US May Have Shot Down a Small Hobby Balloon With a Sidewinder Missile”
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Saturday that “time is not on Ukraine’s side” as its economy is in shambles and the country is entirely reliant on foreign aid. The former officials said Russian President Vladimir Putin … Continue reading “Former High-Level US Officials Warn Time Is Not on Ukraine’s Side in the Conflict”
The CIA has been using a European NATO country’s intelligence services to conduct sabotage attacks inside Russia since the February invasion of Ukraine, investigative journalist Jack Murphy reported on Saturday, citing unnamed former US intelligence and military officials. The report said that no US personnel are on the ground in Russia but that the operations … Continue reading “Report: The CIA Is Directing Sabotage Attacks Inside Russia”
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has repeated a call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be assassinated, saying that the only way the war in Ukraine could end is if Russia “breaks” and someone “takes Putin out.” “How does this war end? When Russia breaks, and they take Putin out. Anything short of that, the war’s … Continue reading “Sen. Lindsey Graham Says Ukraine War Will Only End If Putin Is ‘Taken Out’”
NATO on Tuesday doubled down on its pledge to eventually admit Ukraine during a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, a position that played a major role in provoking Russia’s invasion. The Romanian city was where NATO initially made the promise to Ukraine back in 2008, and at the time, US officials … Continue reading “NATO Doubles Down on Pledge to Eventually Admit Ukraine”
CIA Director William Burns met with the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday, marking the highest-level face-to-face meeting between US and Russian officials since the February 24 invasion of Ukraine. The unannounced meeting was first revealed by media reports and later confirmed by the Kremlin, which said the talks … Continue reading “CIA Director Burns Meets With Russian Spy Chief in Ankara”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on other claimants to the South China Sea to “jointly resist” US pressure in the region, The South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, and Malaysia all have overlapping claims to the South China Sea. The US has inserted itself into the maritime … Continue reading “China’s FM Says South China Sea Claimants Should ‘Jointly Resist’ the US”
China’s ambassador to the US on Saturday thanked Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for suggesting a solution to the dispute over Taiwan, while his idea drew criticism from Taiwanese officials. In an interview with Financial Times, Musk said he believes a conflict over Taiwan is inevitable. War in the region could significantly hurt his … Continue reading “Chinese Ambassador Thanks Elon Musk for Taiwan Proposal”
