Biden Requests $61.4 Billion for Kyiv
The White House sent an appropriations request for security spending worth slightly more than $105 billion to Congress on the morning of October 20. Most of the security spending...
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Highlights From Putin’s Interview With Chinese Media Before His Visit to Beijing
A considerable portion of the interview focused on Russian-Chinese cooperation, with Putin praising Xi Jinping and saying he particularly valued Xi’s trustworthiness. ...
Pro-Euro Polish Party Gains Traction in Recent Elections, Dealing Blow to Ruling Party
Poland's ruling Law and Justice party fell short of a majority, leaving room for a coalition of opposition parties. ...
Treasury Secretary: U.S. Can Afford Two Wars
Although Janet Yellen assures we are able to support Ukraine and Israel in their conflicts, at least one military officer insists that would be unsustainable. ...
Calls for EU to Change Ukraine Policy as Bloc Doubts Beijing’s Neutrality on Ukraine
The “totally corrupt” regime in Kiev, to which the EU has channeled billions of euros, has been benefiting at the expense of ordinary Ukrainians, various members of the European...
Ukraine’s Top Spy Acknowledges Counteroffensive Failure
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is not going according to plan, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Kyiv Main Intelligence Directorate, acknowledged in an October 12 interview with the Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper. The...
Thousands Leave Gaza After Israel Orders Mass Evacuation Amid Fears of Ground Offensive
Thousands of people from the northern strip of Gaza fled south on Friday, October 13, after the Israeli military ordered a mass evacuation of parts of the densely populated...
White House: Ukraine Aid Not “Indefinite.” Zelensky Plans Solidarity Tour to Israel, Visits NATO HQ
The United States is running out of money for Ukraine unless Congress authorizes additional funding, U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on October 11. “In the...
Israeli Lawmaker Calls for “Doomsday Weapon” to “Level Gaza Without Mercy”
Israel should use Jericho missiles to “level” Gaza “without mercy” after last weekend’s attacks by Hamas, lawmaker Revital “Tally” Gotliv has declared. Gotliv is a member of the Israeli...
Putin Blames U.S. for Middle East Violence
The current crisis in the Middle East, which has intensified owing to an unexpected attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on southern Israel, is proof of Washington’s inability...
White House Backtracks on Biden Claim About Hamas Beheading Babies
The White House has backtracked on U.S. President Joe Biden’s October 11 allegation that he saw images of beheaded children after Hamas’ lethal assault on Israel on October 7....
Pentagon Claims U.S. Has Enough Arms for Israel and Ukraine
Top White House officials are mulling whether to include more Ukraine aid in an emergency aid package for Israel, multiple news outlets reported on October 9, with one official...
Turkish Lawmaker Suggests Palestinian Independence to Stop Violence, Turkish President Offers to Broker Bilateral Peace
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians is unavoidable in the Middle East unless a two-state solution that ensures a free and independent State of Palestine materializes, Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş, the...
Israeli Lawmaker Blames Netanyahu Government for Weekend Attacks
Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif, a member of the Knesset and the left-wing Hadash coalition, revealed to news outlet Al Jazeera that his party had warned about events like last...
Washington Announces New Sanctions on China
On October 6, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced novel trade sanctions on 42 Chinese firms that it criticized for supplying critical resources, such as integrated circuits used in...
NATO Sends More Troops to Kosovo
Around 200 British soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment reached Kosovo last Friday, October 6, to join existing NATO troops there, with a...
Putin Says Sanctions Helped Russia While Eurozone Heads Toward Recession
On October 4, news agency Reuters reported that the Eurozone’s economy contracted in the third quarter, with demand dropping at the most rapid pace in almost three years last...
Taiwan Accuses China of Election Meddling; Probes Claims That Submarine Program Details Were “Leaked”
The director-general of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau said that China has “very diverse” ways of meddling in Taiwan’s elections, ranging from military pressure to disseminating fake news and manipulating...
Japan to Purchase U.S.-made Missiles a Year Ahead of Schedule
Japan will start buying U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles in fiscal year 2025, a year earlier than initially scheduled, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara declared on October 4, following Tokyo’s ongoing...
Lithuania Wants NATO’s “Security Umbrella” to Cover Ukraine
On October 3, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis posited that NATO’s security guarantees must cover Ukraine, urging the West, which has supplied hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine,...