Menaces repeatedly voiced by Iran's politicians and military leaders threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz as a response to embargo on Iranian oil exports and, thus, cutting off oil deliveries of other suppliers to the West, made the US and allies take real actions. US and Iranian ...
Ukraine and its allies say Russia launched an unprovoked war. Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril Islands because of Japanese sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. MORE: Places the U.S. Government W...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The new capabilities, related to Rus...
Since Russia launched its attacks against Ukraine in late February, the U.S. and its European allies have united to launch coordinated sanctions intended to cut Russia off from the global economy. Russia's economy is forecast to contract 15% or more in 2022, a collapse of Russia's GDP that...
U.S. intelligence officials are warning European allies of a potential Russian military incursion into Ukraine, with the likelihood of one increasing as the weather gets colder. An incursion is weather-dependent, but could happen in a matter of weeks, barring intervention from the West, U.S. ...
In return for territorial concessions, Ukraine wants robust security guarantees that ideally would include NATO membership or concrete plans to arm and train its forces against any future Russian invasion with the pledged support of allies. One scenario envisions European boots on the ground, which ...
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States and its allies are planning to carry out new missile strikes on Syria on the pretext of a provocation that the Syrian government is behind a "chemical attack," the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. ...
The US has told allies that it will not endorse a statement condemning a Russian attack which killed more than 30 people including children, according to a report. The missile strike - the deadliest so far this year - also injured more than 100 people in the northe...
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday imposed “expansive economic measures,” in partnership with allies and partners, that target the core infrastructure of the Russian financial system — including all of Russia’s largest financial institutions and...
Central Command exercises like this happen over 30 times a year and aren’t planned with the interest of being regionally inflammatory but rather to improve the ability of the [United States] and our allies and partners to respond to a myriad of contingency events, as well as enhance the ...