The US State Department has rejected claims of CIA involvement in an alleged plot to kill Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, after Venezuelan authorities said they had arrested six foreigners, including a US Navy SEAL. The State Department called the allegations “categorically false,” adding in a statement that the United States “continues to support a democratic…
India’s second nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine joined its naval fleet late last month, a move the government says strengthens its nuclear deterrent as New Delhi casts a wary eye at both China and Pakistan. But India is still playing catch-up, at least compared with China, as the People’s Liberation Army grows its fleet – as well as its land…
At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said Sunday. “The flood brought down the walls of the correctional facilities, including the medium security custodial center Maiduguri (MSCC) as well as the staff quarters in the city,” the service spokesman Abubakar Umar said…
Former President Donald Trump is safe following an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course, and a “potential suspect” is in custody, US authorities have confirmed. Secret Service agents spotted the barrel of a rifle poking through some bushes and opened fire at him, officials said. The FBI said Trump was 300-500 yards (275…
It is the second such exchange since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region on August 6. Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 103 prisoners of war from each side, both countries confirmed, with the United Arab Emirates acting as an intermediary. The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Saturday that it swapped 103…
MOSCOW -Russia completely disagrees with comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Crimea should return to Ukrainian control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Erdogan said this week that Turkish support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence was unwavering, and that the return of Crimea – which Russia seized from Ukraine and annexed…
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed their “unwavering support” for Ukraine at a meeting on September 13, according to a White House statement on the talks that didn’t mention the topic of loosening restrictions on Kyiv’s use of donated long-range weapons deeper inside Russian territory. Meeting amid signs…
Spain, hosting a high-level meeting on Friday of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end the Gaza war, called for a clear schedule for the international community to implement a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Reuters reports. “We meet to make another push for the end of the war in Gaza, for a way…
“The revealed facts give grounds to consider the activities of UK diplomats sent to Moscow by the Directorate as a threat to Russia’s security,” the report said MOSCOW, September 13. Six employees of the UK embassy in Moscow have been stripped of their accreditation for engaging in intelligence and subversive activities incompatible with their diplomatic…
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…
