Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO alliance leaders that a move to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of longer-range Western missiles to strike deep inside his country would be considered an act of war. “This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia. And if this is the case, then, bearing…
WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s push to ease restrictions on the use of weapons from the United States and Britain will be discussed Friday in White House talks between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Ukraine and many of its supporters in the U.S. and Europe want Biden to let Kyiv use the weapons to strike military…
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez meets Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia in Madrid as Caracas threatens to cut ties; Argentina warns human rights situation “deteriorating at alarming rate” at United Nations forum. Venezuela has threatened to cut ties with Madrid after Spain’s Parliament voted to recognise Edmundo González Urrutia, the opposition leader who challenged Nicolás…
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had congratulated Sinwar on the assumption of his post and offered his condolences over the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh Hamas Political Bureau Leader Yahya Sinwar sent a telegram to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah thanking him for his letter in which he congratulated him on his assumption of the Resistance movement’s leadership…
The US and UK already reacted to the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia. According to EU High Representative Borrell, this is a “direct threat to European security” and a “substantive material escalation”Brussels – The EU is ready to align itself with sanctions on Tehran already adopted by the US, the UK, France, and Germany…
A Defense Department delegation will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific while in Beijing this week to attend an international security forum and hold high-level talks with Chinese military officials. Michael S. Chase, deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, will lead the U.S. delegation attending…
Amid South China Sea tensions, China’s defence minister reaches out to regional neighbours as Beijing hosts top security conference Beijing has focused on neighbouring Southeast Asian nations at its annual security conference, pushing for cooperation as it tries to portray itself in a “contrasting light” amid tensions over the South China Sea, analysts say. In…
PHILADELPHIA: Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris put Republican Donald Trump on the defensive at a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes, as both candidates sought a campaign-altering moment in their closely fought election.A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appeared to…
NEW YORK — A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims’ relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks. “I never got to meet you.” It is the sound of generational change at ground zero, where relatives read out victims’ names on every anniversary of the attacks. Nearly 3,000 people…
CAIRO: Gaza’s civil defense agency said Tuesday that an Israeli strike on a humanitarian zone in the south of the Palestinian territory killed 40 people and wounded 60 others, with the Israeli army saying it had targeted a Hamas command center in the area.The strike hit Al-Mawasi — in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan…
US and Europe impose new sanctions on Iran in response to supply of weapons that US says Russia could use in Ukraine Russia has received new deadly ballistic missiles from Iran for use in Ukraine and is likely to use them, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, announced on Tuesday in London as he prepared…
Edmundo González pledges to push for freedom and democracy for Venezuela after going into exile in Spain amid fears for his safety The US secretary of state has said Edmundo González “remains the best hope for democracy” in Venezuela after the former presidential candidate went into exile in Spain. Antony Blinken said on X on Sunday that…
ALLENBY CROSSING, West Bank — Three Israelis were shot and killed Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. Israel’s military said the gunman approached the Allenby Bridge Crossing from the Jordanian side in a truck…
PITTSBURGH — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very differently. The vice president is cloistered in a historic hotel in downtown Pittsburgh where she…
CARACAS, Venezuela — Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday after fleeing into exile in as part of a negotiated deal with Nicolás Maduro’s government that dealt a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign. The surprise departure of the man considered by Venezuela’s opposition and…
