Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated in a shooting while giving a speech on a street in Nara in western Japan Friday morning, hospital officials confirmed hours later. Earlier Friday, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave an emotional press conference where he said Abe, 67, was in “severe condition” and he hopes […]
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson quits. Who will replace him?
A number of senior Conservative members of parliament may be considering running to become the next British prime minister after embattled incumbent Boris Johnson said on Thursday he would be resigning from his post. Johnson has been beset by a series of scandals during his premiership, including over parties that took place in Downing Street […]
Russia claims key victory in Luhansk
After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. But Moscow’s rout of the last remaining bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province came at a steep price. The critical question now is whether Russia can muster enough […]
Sri Lanka is out of gas
Sri Lanka’s energy minister has issued a stark warning over the country’s fuel stocks as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. On Sunday, Kanchana Wijesekera said the nation only had enough petrol left for less than a day under regular demand. He also said its next petrol shipment was not […]
It’s been 60 years and America faces another ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’
A video of a Russian politician calling for a new Cuban missile crisis over the Ukraine conflict has gone viral on social media. Russian Duma member Andrei Gurulyov was speaking on Russian state TV and discussing the need for a resolution to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Gurulyov said moving Russia’s hypersonic weapons […]
Moscow Claims Control Over Luhansk Region of Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that Russian forces have “liberated” all of Ukraine’s Luhansk region. The ministry on Sunday said Russian forces had captured Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province. Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s troops and members of a local separatist militia “have […]
US is watching China closely over Taiwan attack plans says Gen. Milley
China is clearly developing the capability to attack at some point, but deciding to do so would be a political choice, Gen Mark Milley told the BBC. China says Taiwan is a breakaway province that must be re-unified with the mainland, by force if necessary. It has accused the US of supporting Taiwan’s independence, and […]
US giving $820M in new Ukraine Aid, Including Missile Systems
The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war. All told, the U.S. has committed more than $8.8 billion in weapons and military training to Ukraine, whose […]
Joe Biden’s Approval Rating Plummets Internationally
Confidence in Joe Biden has declined sharply around the world since his first year in office, even as global views of the United States continue to improve following record lows under Donald Trump, a recent survey has found. Among more than a dozen publics in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, median […]
‘Catastrophe’ from global food shortage imminent warns UN chief
The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine has added to the disruptions caused by climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and inequality to produce an “unprecedented global hunger crisis” already affecting […]
Biden ramps up US military across Europe
President Joe Biden is ramping up U.S. military deployments across Europe in the coming months, the White House announced Wednesday. According to a White House fact sheet, Biden has ordered additional bases, soldiers or assets to be set up in Poland, Romania, the U.K. and the Baltics. Poland will receive a permanent headquarters for the […]
Putin now has Nuclear-Capable Missiles 50 Miles From Poland
In 2018, Russia reportedly sent nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad, a region sandwiched between NATO members Poland and Lithuania that does not share borders with Russia but is still part of the country’s territory. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted a senior lawmaker as saying that the Iskander missiles had been deployed to the exclave […]