In a joint statement issued after talks with Iran in Beijing, Beijing and Moscow also said they welcomed Iran’s reiteration that its nuclear programme was exclusively for peaceful purposes and that Iran’s right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be “fully” respected. In 2015, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for […]
The munitions will arrive amid reports that Ukraine’s supply of similarly-ranged Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) has been depleted. The glide-bombs were purchased under the U.S. administration of former President Joe Biden using the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. The U.S. has bought nearly $33.2 billion worth of new arms and military equipment for Kyiv directly […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has left hundreds of thousands dead and injured, displaced millions of people, reduced towns to rubble and triggered the sharpest confrontation for decades between Moscow and the West. Putin’s heavily qualified support for the U.S. ceasefire proposal looked designed to signal goodwill to Washington and open the door […]
Sudzha, home to around 5,000 people before the fighting, was the largest settlement Kyiv seized after it launched its cross-border assault into Russia last year. Ukraine now risks losing its grip on the border region entirely, ceding dozens of square kilometers in the past seven days, according to military bloggers. The Kursk region was one […]
The appointment, effective March 18, comes three months after Intel ousted CEO and company veteran Pat Gelsinger, whose costly and ambitious plan to turn the company around was faltering and sapping investor confidence. The Technology Roundup newsletter brings the latest news and trends straight to your inbox. Tan, a former Intel board member, had been […]
It is not clear what exactly Moscow included on its list or whether it is willing to engage in peace talks with Kyiv before their acceptance. Russian and American officials discussed the terms during in-person and virtual conversations over the last three weeks, the people said. They described the Kremlin’s terms as broad and similar […]
After more than eight hours of talks with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would now take the offer to Russia, and the ball is in Moscow’s court. “We hope that the Russians will answer ‘yes’ as quickly as possible, so we can get to the […]
According to diplomatic sources, Ahsan Wagan was detained at the Los Angeles Airport and subsequently deported. The diplomat was visiting the US on a private trip when American immigration authorities stopped him. The reasons behind this decision are unclear, but sources suggest that administrative corruption allegations during his previous posting in the US may have […]
The three desert states, facing Iran on the opposite side of the Gulf, have minimal natural water reserves and are home to more than 18 million people whose only supply of potable water is desalinated water drawn from the Gulf. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned that an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites would […]
The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, sent a memo to senior agency officials on Tuesday, telling them the goal was to return the agency to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000. That would mean cutting about 82,000 staff. The memo directed agency staff to work with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government […]
