The newly approved bill is “inconsistent” with Israel’s vows to ease tensions with the Palestinians, a senior official said
The US government has voiced major concerns after Israeli lawmakers passed a bill allowing for the construction of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, warning that the measure would facilitate the theft of Palestinian land.
At least one citizen of Türkiye, a NATO member, was also implicated in the latest economic penalties
The United States has announced another round of sanctions on Iran, targeting an alleged “procurement network” for drones and ballistic missiles as Washington continues to accuse Tehran of supplying weapons to Russian forces in Ukraine.
Information shared by Washington reportedly helped New Delhi repel a Chinese incursion in the high Himalayas
Real-time US intelligence information on Chinese troop positions was instrumental in enabling India to repel a border incursion in disputed territory of the high Himalayas late last year, a Washington media outlet has reported.
Unprecedented intelligence-sharing with the US military,
Aside from an attack on Yemen in 2009, the US has not used cluster munitions since the Iraq invasion 20 years ago
Four Republican congressmen have entreated US President Joe Biden to send cluster munitions, a controversial weapon banned in 110 countries, to Ukraine, dismissing concerns about escalating the conflict as misplaced in a letter to the White House on Tuesday.
Deals between Russia and China aim to promote trade and multipolarity
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese guest Xi Jinping have signed more than a dozen documents on increased cooperation in fields ranging from trade and industry to science and the military. The two leaders also touched on the prospects for peace in Ukraine.
Security forces have discovered an arsenal two days after killing a terrorism suspect near the country’s border with Poland
Belarusian security forces have found a cache of weapons that were allegedly set aside for terrorists, potentially preventing attacks on the country just two days after killing a foreign terrorism suspect near the Polish border.
The Badakhshan tremor was felt in Pakistan and India as well
An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening was felt all the way to New Delhi, with city residents in some parts of India and Pakistan fleeing their buildings in fear they might collapse. Initially reported as 7.7 in magnitude, the quake was later confirmed to be a 6.5,
JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank knowingly benefited from their links to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, the suits claim
A US judge has cleared the way for three lawsuits to move forward against banking giants JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, alleging both companies knowingly benefited from their relationships with convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Mexico’s leader has blasted Washington for believing it’s the “government of the world” after report alleging human rights abuses
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has bristled over his government being accused by the US State Department of human rights abuses, dismissing his country’s neighbors to the north as “liars.”
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday in Oaxaca,
The new plan will bring the 70-ton tanks into action “as quickly as possible,” the Pentagon said
The US military will accelerate its shipment of M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukrainian forces, opting to send an older model after finding that the latest version could take more than a year to reach the battlefield.
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