A prominent NATO ally has suggested its troops are ready to intervene in the Russia-Ukraine war to discourage Vladimir Putin from launching further attacks. General Pierre Schill, France’s ground forces chief, wrote in an op-ed on Tuesday that his country is prepared
Joe Biden, addressing the press on Friday, placed direct blame on Putin for Navalny’s death. He declared: “Make no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death.” The US president added: “What has happened to Navalny is yet more proof of Putin’s brutality.
Iran’s armed seizing of a tanker in the Red Sea was a retaliation by Tehran to a campaign of assassinations against enemy leaders by Israel and the US, a Middle East expert says. Nader Hashemi, an associate professor of Middle East and
A senior defense official said the Biden administration is anticipating retaliation after the U.S. and U.K. carried out joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The official
China has vowed to retaliate against the West after the UK imposed more sanctions on “individuals and groups supporting and funding Putin’s war machine”. China’s embassy has accused the UK of violating international law over the new round of sanctions, and issued a
Finland has accused Russia of flooding its borders with migrants from the Middle East and Africa over its decision to increase defense cooperation with the United States, a claim which Moscow denies. As many as 300 migrants from Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and
China blamed Canada for “malicious and provocative” actions in the South China Sea after its fighter jets intercepted a helicopter over international waters. The latest incident comes after PLA jets fired flares in front of a Canadian military helicopter last week which
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Burma’s military government, said Friday that counterattacks are planned against successful ethnic rebel operations in the country’s northeast, according to state-run media. Maj. Gen Zaw Min Tun also conceded that three towns on the
In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the “precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17.” He said
Former NFL Network reporter Jim Trotter filed a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the NFL and NFL Media on Tuesday, six months after he was told his contract would not be renewed in March 2023. The complaint alleges that Trotter’s contract was