Scholz previously said he was trying to avoid a direct war between Russia and NATO when explaining why he wouldn't send Kyiv tanks

The mercenary group says fighting is still ongoing in the center of the city but the Ukrainian forces are surrounded

The 2020 assassination brought the US and Iran to the brink of war

The deployment is part of the US military buildup in the region aimed at China

The training will be expedited but is still expected to take a few months

The talks come as Sweden's NATO membership is being delayed by Turkey

McCarthy made a deal with more conservative Republicans to hold a vote on capping spending at 2022 levels

Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates call for a 'dramatic' increase in military aid so Ukraine can make gains this year

The next weapons package is expected to be announced later next week

The US and Netanyahu are closely aligned as Biden has said the Iran nuclear deal is 'dead'

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