UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and US President Donald Trump discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports. The two leaders also discussed ways to strengthen strategic ties between Washington and Abu Dhabi as well as follow up on the recent visit of National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed to the United…
Taiwan will use this year’s events to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two to bolster public sentiment on the need to defend the island from Chinese threats – and remind the world it was not the government in Beijing that won the war. World War Two, and the full-scale Japanese invasion of…
Increased fighting between Hezbollah and Israel poses a significant threat to Lebanon’s “fragile stability” and the political progress seen after Joseph Aoun’s election as president in January. According to the annual threat assessment by the US intelligence community, a resumption of sustained Israeli operations in Lebanon could trigger a sharp rise in sectarian tensions, weaken Lebanese security…
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday that he thought Russia wanted to end its war with Ukraine but acknowledged that Moscow could be dragging its feet. “I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they’re dragging their feet. I’ve done it over the years,”…
Tesla will launch in Saudi Arabia on April 10, the company announced on its social media and official website. A launch event will take place at the Bujairi Terrace in Riyadh where Tesla’s bestselling lineup will be showcased, according to the announcement. Tesla, the multinational automotive and clean energy company, is owned by billionaire Elon…
Russia’s new ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev will leave for his post in Washington on Wednesday, Russian state TASS news agency reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to the United States on March…
Russia’s defense units destroyed nine Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over the waters of the Black Sea, the Russian defense ministry said on Wednesday. The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks over the Black Sea and against each other’s energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push…
China is the top threat to American interests globally, according to a US intelligence report released Tuesday, which said Beijing was making progress in its military and cyber capabilities. Beijing’s “coercive pressure” against Taiwan and “wide-ranging cyber operations against US targets” were indicators of its growing threat to US national security, said the Annual Threat…
US President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday that a colleague who worked for national security adviser Mike Waltz had been involved in adding a journalist to a secret group discussion by US officials about sensitive war plans. “What it was, we believe, is somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that was with Mike…
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv that provides the country with access to the Black Sea and struck Kryvyi Rih in what Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday was the war’s biggest drone attack on the city. The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their…
Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Tuesday it had detained a serviceman it accused of helping Moscow attack Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region by giving away their location. Ukrainian forces crossed the border into the Kursk region last August in a rapid offensive, hitting back against Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine….
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on three purported Iranian intelligence officers over the death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, despite President Donald Trump’s outreach to the adversary for nuclear talks. “Our investigation continues – we will pursue all options to hold Iran accountable,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. Levinson vanished…
The White House insisted Tuesday that no classified material was sent on a chat between senior officials about strikes on Yemen that was accidentally shared with a journalist of “The Atlantic”. President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that “no ‘war plans’ were discussed” and “no classified material was…
President Donald Trump expressed support on Tuesday for his national security advisor, Michael Waltz, after a magazine journalist said on Monday that Waltz had accidentally included him in a discussion of highly sensitive war plans on the messaging app Signal. “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” Trump told NBC News…
Israel will take more territory in Gaza and fight until Hamas is wiped out if the Palestinian militant group keeps refusing to free remaining hostages, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday. He spoke as mediators continued efforts to salvage Gaza’s ceasefire deal shattered by Israel’s renewal of air and ground war on March 18…
