White House defends Biden’s plans for Saudi meeting
Saudi Arabia "has been a strategic partner of the United States for nearly 80 years. There's no question that important interests are interwoven with" the country.
Attacks on people, places of worship rising in India: Antony Blinken
The US Secretary of State said that in India, attack on members of the minority communities, including killings, assaults, and intimidation, occurred throughout the year.
US Air Force’s secretive and highly classified NGAD enters into development phase
The Air Force’s highly classified Next Generation Air Dominance fighter program has started its crucial engineering and manufacturing development phase, said the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall
US demands Iran release seized tankers, crew
The seizure of the two tankers was in apparent retaliation for the confiscation last month by Greece of an Iranian oil tanker
Ukraine should cede territory to Russia to achieve peace, says Kissinger
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, observed on Monday that Ukraine must compromise its territorial integrity in order to achieve peace.
Biden reaches Samsung factory in South Korea
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the aim of the trip is not to confront China, but to highlight that the West and its Asian partners will not be divided and weakened.
US spends $150m in ASEAN to counter China
In November alone, China pledged $1.5 billion in development assistance to ASEAN countries over three years to fight COVID and fuel economic recovery.
Hypersonic Missile tested by the US
variants use a booster stage to speed the projectile up to a point where the main scramjet engine
US ready to fix strained ties with Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed in October to undertake the "Strategic Mechanism" talks for which officials have now cleared the way.
Ukraine President to address the UN Security Council on Tuesday
The speech, Zelensky's first to the body since Russia's invasion, comes after he made an emotional trip to Bucha
Russia blames US for generating tensions in Ukraine
Kremlin denies having any plan to invade, and Ukraine’s president snubbed a feeling abroad that war has already begun, rejecting unnecessary “panic.”
Dr. Oz could become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate
The famous cardiothoracic surgeon turned television celebrity has declared running for one the most consequential states of the next elections. If he wins it would make him the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.