Trump blasts Harris on Iran, says Biden administration is ‘leading us to...
Former President Donald Trump used Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday to slam Vice President Kamala Harris, blasting her and President Joe Biden as “grossly incompetent” and threatening that...
View ArticleRussia tightens grip on Donetsk region as it captures key Ukrainian town
Russia’s army fully occupied the critical Ukrainian town of Vuhledar on Wednesday, after more than two years pressing to capture the Donetsk region stronghold. “To take control of the city at any...
View ArticlePutin’s war economy faces pain if Saudis sink global oil prices
Moscow will be starved of funds to run its war economy if Saudi Arabia delivers on plans to hike crude production to protect its own position as global oil kingpin. Riyadh is increasingly frustrated...
View ArticleGeorgia signs sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law
Georgia signed a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law Thursday, its speaker of parliament said. The legislation, introduced by the governing Georgian Dream party, bans same-sex marriage, adoption by...
View ArticleNew NATO boss backs Ukraine’s plea for deep strikes into Russia
NATO’s new Secretary-General Mark Rutte piled pressure Thursday on hesitant Western countries who refused to give Ukraine the right to use advanced weapons to strike military targets deep inside...
View ArticleRussia set to remove Taliban from terrorist list, says Putin’s envoy
Russia has made “a principle decision” to remove the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations, Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kamulov said on Friday, according to Russian state media...
View ArticlePoland and Ukraine’s bloody past overshadows their anti-Russia alliance
WARSAW — Poland and Ukraine are close allies when it comes to defeating their common enemy Russia, but their own bloodstained history is now straining Kyiv-Warsaw relations. During World War II a...
View ArticleMega hack shuts down Putin’s online state media
Ukrainian-linked hackers hit Russian state broadcaster VGTRK with an “unprecedented” attack, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson said Monday. In the early morning hours, all of the company’s...
View ArticleLonely Vladimir Putin turns 72 as birthday cards trickle in
Maybe his gifts got lost in the mail? Vladimir Putin celebrated his 72nd birthday Monday — but now that the Russian president is a global pariah fewer well wishes are coming in than before. The...
View ArticleFrance’s army faces deterrence test against Putin’s Russia
LILLE, France — Next year will prove a crucial test for the French army as it transforms into a force able to face Russia. In May, French soldiers will participate in a large-scale military exercise...
View ArticleNorth Korean soldiers are likely dying for Putin in Ukraine, Seoul says
North Korea is likely sending its soldiers to fight and die in Ukraine alongside Russian troops, Seoul’s defense minister, Kim Yong-hyun, said Tuesday. “As Russia and North Korea have signed a mutual...
View ArticleCuba to Putin: Let us join BRICS club
Cuba asked to join the BRICS group of emerging economies, Foreign Minister Carlos Miguel Pereira announced Tuesday. “Cuba has officially requested its incorporation into the BRICS as a ‘Partner...
View ArticleISIS is back, says UK spy chief
LONDON — ISIS has resumed its efforts to export terrorism to Britain, the head of the U.K.’s domestic spy agency has said, as he warned it is the threat that “concerns me most.” Ken McCallum, the...
View ArticleTrump won’t wait until inauguration to bring ‘peace’ to Ukraine, Orbán says
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claims that if Donald Trump is re-elected as U.S. president, he won’t even wait until his inauguration to take action on the war in Ukraine. At a press conference...
View ArticleVon der Leyen attacks Orbán’s support for Russia in fiery speech to European...
STRASBOURG — Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday slammed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán following his speech to the European Parliament, criticizing him for cozying up to Vladimir Putin, allowing...
View ArticleSweden ‘cannot rule out Russian attack,’ defense minister says
Russia could attack Sweden for control of the Baltic Sea, Stockholm’s Defense Minister Pål Jonson said Wednesday. “Russia poses a threat to Sweden, as it does to the rest of NATO. We cannot rule out a...
View ArticleKremlin confirms Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Putin at peak of pandemic
The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that former United States President Donald Trump sent Russian President Vladimir Putin Covid-19 testing kits during the height of the pandemic, as reported by...
View ArticleCould Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been prevented? NATO’s outgoing chief...
BRUSSELS — On his final day as NATO’s secretary general, after 10 years in the job, Jens Stoltenberg didn’t want to look back. But in an interview with POLITICO Magazine, he couldn’t help but share...
View ArticleChechen warlord declares ‘blood feud’ on Russian MPs for supposed...
Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Russian lawmakers from neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetia regions of plotting to kill him, and has threatened them with a blood feud should they fail to...
View ArticleMoscow and Tehran share ‘very close’ worldview, says Putin as he meets Iran’s...
Russia and Iran have a similar view on international events, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday as he met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan. “We are actively...
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