The Pentagon released a photo of the Chinese spy balloon on Wednesday taken by a U.S. Air Force pilot before it was shot down earlier this month. The photo of the Chinese spy balloon hovering over the central continental United States was captured by a U-2 pilot on Feb. 3. The image depicts the pilot […]
On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel–Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli–Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference […]
FRONTLINES NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine—Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield after a mobilization campaign that was its first since World War II. The United States, meanwhile, announced […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced that the United States will send a further $600 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine. The latest drawdown of U.S. military inventory is the 21st authorized by Blinken since September last year. “Together with our Allies and partners, we are delivering the arms and equipment […]
President Joe Biden’s administration on Sept. 8 announced more than $2 billion in new aid for Ukraine and other European allies. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a Biden appointee, announced the bulk of the aid while making an unscheduled visit to Kyiv. In meetings with senior Ukrainian officials, Blinken said the Biden administration had […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Washington wanted a “strong, positive relationship” between their two countries, adding that he’s looking forward to talks on many issues, and future cooperation.
The United States and Japan vowed on Friday to bolster cooperation in promoting economic security and building supply chain resilience in response to challenges posed by China and the Russia-Ukraine war. Top officials from both countries met in Washington for the inaugural “two-plus-two” talks, during which they unveiled a plan to launch a new joint […]
