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WASHINGTON — As Gaza buries its dead and starves under siege, the Trump administration has quietly signed off on a 6.7 billion dollar surge of US weapons for Israel, adding new attack
Donald Trump is building a 250-foot Independence Arch on the Potomac, a White House grand ballroom, and more — a vanity construction campaign running alongside sinking approval ratings and a fractured rural base.
The Philippines and the United States signed an agreement on Thursday that allows American soldiers free access to four new military bases in the Philippines. Bad news for China as the archipelago
A suspicious Chinese “spy balloon” has been flying over the United States for several days. Senior US officials advised US President Joe Biden not to shoot it down, fearing the debris posed
A US court on Thursday decided to confiscate $5.4 million belonging to sanctioned Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev. District Court Judge Paul Gardef’s ruling in Manhattan federal court was the first forfeiture of
US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman met in Washington with Leonid Volkov, chief of staff of Russian opponent and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny. This was announced by the US State Department. “On
“Every time we have to make a decision in favor of sending a new type of weapon to Ukraine, we start by saying: ‘No. “We’re talking about a possible ‘escalation’, ‘provocation’… We
A major US maker of advanced attack and reconnaissance drones has announced it is ready to sell two to Ukraine for just $1, urging the White House to approve the deal. General
Justice Department officials found no classified documents when they searched Joe Biden’s beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware. The search took place on Wednesday and lasted three and a half hours, but some
“Russia violated the terms of START-3 by not allowing US inspectors to enter its territory,” the US State Department said in a statement. Under the terms of the agreement, the countries commit
At the German Marshall Fund (GMF) in Washington, experts discussed the course of Russia’s war with Ukraine and its immediate prospects.Lesya Vasilenko, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, recalled how, some time before the
The Ukrainian government says the human rights organization’s report, which describes “numerous cases” of the use of banned anti-personnel mines by Ukrainian forces, “will be duly considered by the relevant Ukrainian authorities”.
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