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Trump seeks Saudi Arabia’s help in eastern Syria
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018
The Trump administration is trying to determine its long-term goals in eastern Syria as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman visits the United States.
U.S., South Korea to restart new round of wargames
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Top defense officials in Washington and Seoul plan to restart a new round of massive military drills on the peninsula, initially delayed due to the recent winter Olympic games, within the coming weeks in a move assured to…
U.K. expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning
Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Britain will expel nearly two dozen Russian diplomats, sever high-level bilateral contacts with Moscow and take both open and covert action against Kremlin meddling after the poisoning of a former spy, the prime minister said Wednesday, plunging U.K.-Russian…
Syrian jets hit south in first such attacks since truce
Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018
Syrian jets struck rebel-held towns in the country's south on Monday, the first aerial attacks on the area since the United States and Russia brokered a deal making it a 'de-escalation zone' last year, rebels and residents said.
Trump says he’ll meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2018
After months of trading insults and threats of nuclear annihilation, President Donald Trump agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un by May to negotiate an end to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, South Korean and U.S.…
Trump spares NAFTA partners from tariffs on steel, aluminum
Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2018
President Trump ordered tariffs Thursday on foreign steel and aluminum, brushing aside objections in his own party but sparing Canada and Mexico temporarily while the U.S. pushes its neighbors for a more favorable free trade deal.
Iran’s Russian Anti-Aircraft Missile Now Operational, U.S. Says
Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2018
Iran tested and deployed a Russian-made anti-aircraft missile system last year that has long worried U.S. and Israeli military officials because it gives the Islamic Republic a 'generational improvement in capabilities,' the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency disclosed.
US steps up lethal aide to Ukraine: 210 anti-tank missiles
Posted on Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Trump administration told Congress on Thursday that it plans to sell Ukraine 210 anti-tank missiles to help it defend its territory from Russia, in a major escalation of U.S. lethal assistance to Ukraine’s military.
U.S. sharpens focus on ISIS in Asia and Africa
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018
U.S. officials expanded their targeting of the Islamic State beyond its Mideast stomping grounds Tuesday by adding three of the groups’ far-flung affiliates — in the Philippines, Bangladesh and West Africa — to the State Department’s 'Specially Designated…
