4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (596+ words) MANILA, Philippines—The United States, the UK, and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling. A joint statement issued by the…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (305+ words) The complex history of Contemporary Russia and its “Relationship with The West”. During the Cold War it was “From Russia with Love”. Hot “Cold War 2.0” Today in the words of War Secretary Pete Hegseth: “To ensure peace, we must prepare…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1262+ words) We interrupt this program to announce that the MoU cat has left its coma – and has virtually flatlined. That was entirely predictable. Baboon of Barbaria and his minions broke their pledge to waive oil sanctions on Iran. The commitment was…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1194+ words) The use of nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly likely as the Russian and Ukrainian militaries continue to blindly scramble up the escalation ladder through deep strikes into Russia, with alleged involvement from a NATO member country, military analysts warned on…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (865+ words) A new geopolitical development could reshape the balance of power between Russia, Turkey, the United States, and the Middle East after the Kremlin confirmed it is in active discussions with Ankara regarding the future of Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 air defense…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1011+ words) KYIV, July 10 (Reuters) – A pledge by President Donald Trump to allow Kyiv to produce U.S. Patriot air defence missiles is a victory for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but it could take at least a year to start producing them, defence…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (357+ words) LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) – Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s “unilateral decision” to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping ​agency’s governing council agreed on…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (141+ words) Countries including Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have all begun upgrading domestic military manufacturing capacity. Asian powers consolidate regional alliances beyond US, China Asian powers are increasingly taking steps to gird against an unpredictable former ally in the US…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (427+ words) MANILA, July 10 (Reuters) – An upcoming meeting between foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian grouping ASEAN and their counterpart from Myanmar will tackle the country’s civil war and its engagement with the bloc after five years in the ​cold, the Philippines…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (795+ words) This week’s NATO summit in Ankara may have finally brought a breakthrough moment in President Donald Trump’s efforts to reach a stable ceasefire in Ukraine. The pivot point wasn’t Trump’s warm bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, surprising as…...