• Beijing slams US-Japan-Philippines summit, saying South China Sea actions ‘lawful’

    Beijing on Friday criticised the United States, Japan and the Philippines and defended its actions in the South China Sea as “lawful” after US President Joe Biden hosted a trilateral meeting in Washington. Biden on Thursday pledged to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea at the White House summit, which […]

  • Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China's "Political Warfare"

    Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China's "Political Warfare" While China has spent decades conducting deep espionage throughout US institutions - mostly in the form of plucky PhD candidates handling sensitive projects at American universities, and places like Los Alamos National Laboratory, Congressional Democrats simply can't shake their fixation with Russia. Point in case, during a Wednesday House Oversight hearing on defending...

  • US Supporting Ukraine for Own Benefit: Russia

    A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that a renewed effort in Congress to send more military aid to Ukraine is about "putting guaranteed money" back in U.S. pockets.Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced this week that he would be putting forward a series of standalone bills on foreign aid and border security, finally allowing a House vote on President Joe Biden's requested $61 billion Ukraine aid package after months of partisan gridlock.Dmitry Peskov, Putin's...

  • US agency investigates chip shipments to Russia

    A US sanctions agency reportedly has investigated domestic and foreign companies for shipping chips used for military applications to Russia.

  • Steve Bannon Says US Is 'Not a Democracy'

    Steve Bannon, right-wing media personality and former White House chief strategist under the Trump administration, wrote on social media on Sunday that the United States is "not a democracy."Bannon took to Gettr on Sunday and shared a Semafor article titled, "Could Trump really 'end democracy?'" that was published on Friday. Bannon, who was seen by many as a key driving force behind former President Donald Trump's ideological stance during the latter half of his 2016 campaign and the first part...

  • US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles

    Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this yearThe Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing the president Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the US eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the Opec nation.A senior US official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any US company investing in Venezuela would...

  • Russia reacts coolly to French Olympic truce proposal

    Shafaqna English- Moscow reacted coolly on Tuesday to French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for suspension of hostilities during the 2024 Olympic, saying Ukraine might use it as an opportunity to regroup. On Monday, the French president called for a global suspension of hostilities during the 2024 Olympic Games, set to

  • US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space

    The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space. Russia is expected to block the draft resolution, said some diplomats. The U.S. move comes after it accused Moscow of developing an anti-satellite nuclear weapon to put in space, an allegation that Russia's defense minister has flatly denied.

  • US vs. Russia: Why the Biden strategy in Africa may be failing

    The U.S. is expected to lose access to a critical drone base in Niger that it uses to fight ISIS in the Sahel.

  • Steve Rosenberg: Russia defiant over new US aid to Ukraine

    Pro-Kremlin media and Russian officials claim America is "getting dragged into" a war it will lose.

  • Russia throws a tantrum over US aid to Ukraine and asset confiscation

    Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has claimed that the US aid to Ukraine approved by the House of Representatives “will kill more Ukrainians” and enrich the United States. He also warned that the United States “will have to answer for the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation”.

  • China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says

    Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile productionChina is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the...