Iran and Russia Move into Sri Lanka After China’s Belt and Road Disaster
Iranian President Raisi visited Sri Lanka to launch a hydropower project, and a Russian company has taken over China’s white-elephant airport.
Iranian President Raisi visited Sri Lanka to launch a hydropower project, and a Russian company has taken over China’s white-elephant airport.
U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s diplomacy and counter-terrorism policies in Africa.
Ukrainians marked the 38th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster with memorials on Friday.
Five men charged over an arson attack against a Ukrainian business in East London in March.
Belarus accuses NATO of provocations that could trigger nucelar apocalypse, and of allegedly launching ‘combat drone’ strikes against Minsk.
Russia on Wednesday used its veto power at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to block a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan to ban nuclear weapons in outer space.
A Chinese container ship remains the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members.
The Biden administration last month secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for the first time to enable Ukrainian forces to strike farther into Russian-seized areas in Ukraine, according to a report.
A report published by cybersecurity firm Mandiant last week claimed that a gang of hackers linked to the Russian government has attacked water utility companies around the world, including a treatment plant in the northern Texas town of Muleshoe.
North Korean state media reported on Wednesday that the Communist tyranny dispatched an economic delegation to Iran.
Joe Biden suggested war is peace on Wednesday after he signed legislation to provide Ukraine the funds to conduct a war against Russia.
FBI Director Christopher Wray admitted that officials are concerned about “some kind of coordinated” terrorist attack in the U.S.
The UK says it will campaign for NATO spending for all members to increase, pushing member states to contribute more to collective defence.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday afternoon for meetings with senior officials, receiving no significant honors upon his landing and preceded by loud warnings from the Foreign Ministry to avoid challenging the Communist Party on its belligerent policies.
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe was sent to pre-trial detention Wednesday.
An anonymous staffer tried and failed to use “classified” data to refute Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) claim that aid to Ukraine would not compensate for the country’s lack of manpower and America’s inability to produce munitions for the proxy war against Russia.
Poland is in talks with the United States about hosting nuclear weapons and has been for some time, the country’s President has said.
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad claims his regime has meetings “from time to time” with officials from the Biden administration.
European Union countries possessing U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems appeared hesitant Monday to share their assets with Ukraine as Kyiv called for seven of the missile batteries to help repel ongoing Russian air assaults.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on this week’s broadcast on “Fox News Sunday” that Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) aid package that included for Ukraine would not have passed the House without help from former President Donald Trump.
Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said, in apparnet attacks on energy infrastructure.
Intelligence operation between Poland and Ukraine has led to the arrest of a Polish citizen allegedly conducting hostile reconnaissance.
Zelenskyy said it is no secret Russia wants to take the region, but Ukraine´s military intelligence calls rumors a “psychological operation”.
Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) said Monday on CNN’s “OutFront” that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is “mouthing” Russian propaganda, which hurts the foreign policy of the United States.
The head of the EU said Finland’s decision to close its border crossings with Russia over surge in migrants is security matter for the bloc.
Russia ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out.
Russian state media asserts the country’s armed forces shot down at least eight “Ukrainian balloons” in three days this week.
Ukraine´s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed due to a malfunction.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” former Vice President Mike Pence blamed “this new Republican isolationism” on President Joe Biden’s foreign policy failures.
The global security system will be destroyed if Russia is allowed to prevail in Ukraine, their Prime Minister warns.
Two German-Russian dual citizens accused of membership of a pro-Kremlin terrorist organisation and planning bombings have been arrested.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” host and NBC Senior Business Analyst Stephanie Ruhle stated that one reason for rising gas prices is because of production cuts from Russia and Saudi Arabia, “who would sure like to help” 2024
A delegation from Ukraine arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, hoping to secure assistance from Taiwanese firms to rebuild in the aftermath of the Russian invasion.
The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed media reports from Azerbaijan that Russia will withdraw all of its utterly useless “peacekeepers” from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Russians did nothing while Azerbaijan used force to seize control of the area last year and ruthlessly conducted an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Armenian Christians who lived there.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Wednesday accused Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) of repeating Biden administration talking points after the Ohio senator warned that a McCaul-backed bill would hamstring a future Trump presidency’s ability to end the Ukraine war.
The exact cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains opaque and hard to assess. Still, claims continue to vary wildly, from as little as 31,000 Ukrainian dead according to Kyiv, to as many as half a million Russian “casualties”. There
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin praised Iran’s unprecedented, 300+ missile and drone assault against Israel on Tuesday in conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, claiming it was the “best way” for Tehran to address its tensions with Israel.
A member of Parliament in Georgia triggered a large altercation on Monday after interrupting a fellow lawmaker’s speech by punching him in the face.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) noted that a House Ukraine aid bill would hamstring a future Donald Trump presidency.
Iran’s state-controlled PressTV on Monday quoted officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who claimed they launched “hypersonic missiles” at Israel on Saturday night and that the fast-moving weapons were able to evade Israel, the U.S., and all of their allies to strike their targets in Israel.