Xi Jinping’s plan to annex Russian territory is there for all to see
Opinion by Matthew Henderson The long-debated agreement on “Power of Siberia 2” (POS2) – a massive pipeline project to pump gas from Western Siberia to China via Mongolia – has…
Russian jet collides with US drone in international airspace over Black Sea, official says
pilots’ behavior ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ By Liz Friden , Timothy H.J. Nerozzi A Russian Su-27 jet collided with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea Tuesday, a U.S.…
Xi Jinping’s burst Ukraine peace balloon
Opinion by Tom Rogan The Chinese Communist Party finds itself caught between the rock of its diplomatic duplicity and the hard place of its foreign policy agenda. Enter Beijing’s newly…
Japan Raises Military Spending to Record Levels as China Threat Looms
By Aldgra Fredly Japan’s cabinet approved Friday a record 114.5 trillion yen (around $862 billion) budget for the 2023 fiscal year, with a large portion earmarked for welfare and defense…
Biden drove ‘historically’ close Middle East allies into the arms of America’s greatest enemies, experts say
By Michael Lee The Biden administration’s policy on the Middle East has fractured some of the United States’ most dependable partnerships in the region, causing typically friendly countries to build…
Twitter goes nuclear in response to Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ warnings
By Gabriel Hays Prominent Twitter users found President Biden’s Thursday evening “nuclear Armageddon” comments shocking and disturbing. During a Thursday evening fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Biden warned…
Ukrainian strikes into Russia’s border towns compound Putin’s troubles
By Mary Ilyushina After a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeast of the country, the messy war that Russian President Vladimir Putin started is now being fought directly on his…
Seventy-year lie: China has never had a serious claim to Taiwan
by Dennis Kneale China’s temper tantrum over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan seems to have sparked a mini-boom in congressional tourism toward the island. Pelosi’s visit on Aug.…
‘They Deceived Us at Every Step’: Troops Say Russia’s War Is in Shambles
By Allison Quinn Troops sent into Ukraine to back up Russian forces say they had no choice but to leave because Russian military was in shambles and “they deceived us…
Biden Says War Has Been ‘Strategic Failure’ for Russia
By Mimi Nguyen Ly U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said the war in Ukraine has been a “strategic failure” for Russia and that Russian President Vladimir Putin “can and…
SpaceX, Rivals Get a Lift as Industry Shuns Russian Soyuz Rocket
By Justin Bachman Russia’s Soyuz rocket has carried people and payloads to space for decades, a workhorse that has amassed a record of reliability as the most launched in spaceflight…
Putin’s inhumanity in Ukraine emerges as calls for ‘self-purification’ of ‘traitors’ as mass graves are dug
Putin compared West to Nazi Germany and accused Russia of a ‘slave-like’ mentality By Peter Aitken| Fox News The assault on Mariupol has revealed the full extent of Russian President…