Defense
China holds military drills around Taiwan as U.S. delegation visits
China’s military sent frigates, bombers and fighter planes to the East China Sea and the area around Taiwan on Friday, in a move the People’s Liberation Army said was intended to target the “wrong signals” sent by the United States. Seen here in a file photo, J15 fighter jets are on China’s sole operational aircraft […]
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Biden authorizes additional $800 million in military assistance for Ukraine
U.S. military vehicles are parked outside the G2A Arena near the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, Poland February 7, 2022. Kuba Stezycki | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced another $800 million in military assistance on Wednesday following a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The new package will contain previous weapons systems already deployed to the fight […]
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‘Everything changed when Russia invaded’: Finland and Sweden inch closer to seeking NATO membership
The leaders of Finland and Sweden have both said a decision on whether to apply for NATO membership can be expected sooner rather than later. Paul Wennerholm | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Finland and Sweden could both seek to join NATO in the coming weeks, warning Europe’s security landscape has “completely changed” in […]
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Biden suggests Putin is a ‘dictator’ who has committed ‘genocide half a world away’
President Joe Biden speaks at POET Bioprocessing in Menlo, Iowa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Carolyn Kaster | AP President Joe Biden bemoaned the spike in gas prices as being driven by a “dictator” who committed “genocide half a world away” in a speech Tuesday that was an apparent reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion […]
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Ukraine says Russian cyberattack sought to shut down energy grid
Russian military hackers tried and failed to attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure last week, the country’s government and a major cybersecurity company said Tuesday. The attack was designed to infiltrate computers connected to multiple substations, then delete all files, which would shut that infrastructure down, according to Ukraine’s summary of the incident. ESET, a Slovakia-based cybersecurity company working […]
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Ukraine prepares for Russian offensive in the east; West working to confirm reports of chemical weapons attack. Follow our live updates
Russian troops redeploying to eastern Ukraine, UK says An intelligence update on Tuesday morning from the U.K. Ministry of Defence said that Russian troops are continuing to withdraw from Belarus in order to redeploy in the eastern part of Ukraine. -Matt Clinch Russia’s war in Ukraine means there’ll be no return to normality for Europe’s […]
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Ties with U.S., India may improve under Pakistan’s new government
Pakistan’s parliament picked Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister, just days after his predecessor Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote. Aamir Qureshi | AFP | Getty Images Pakistan has a new prime minister — and this could augur well for the South Asian country’s return to a healthier economy and its […]
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Russia could use phosphorus bombs in Mariupol, UK warns; Austrian leader to meet Putin. Follow our live updates
France’s Societe Generale to withdraw from Russia with sale of Rosbank stake; shares jump 5% French bank Societe Generale has announced plans to exit Russia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images French bank Societe Generale has agreed to sell its stake in Rosbank and the Russian lender’s insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital, an investment firm […]
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U.S. doubts new Russian war chief can end Moscow’s floundering
A Ukrainian soldier stands watch by a building severely damaged in attacks by Russian forces in the Makariv region near Kyiv on April 10, 2022. Russia has tapped a new Ukraine war commander to take centralized control of the next phase of battle. Cem Tekkesinoglu | Dia Images | Getty Images News Russia has tapped […]
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Desperate Ukraine tells U.S. ‘bureaucracy’ is no excuse for failing to provide critical weapons and ammunition
A monument to Taras Shevchenko is seen near a residential building destroyed by the russian army shelling in Borodyanka, Kyiv Region, north-central Ukraine. Hennadii Minchenko | Nurphoto | Getty Images WASHINGTON – A Ukrainian delegation warned U.S. officials in Washington this week that security assistance packages are not arriving quick enough in the besieged country, […]
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