But for Trump and his supporters, all this is overblown. It’s NATO’s eastward expansion that provoked Russian aggression, Trump said just days before his inauguration this year. And anyway, Russia doesn’t have the capacity to strike against a NATO country beyond Ukraine. “I don’t believe for a second Russia is going to advance a war…
The United States on Monday broke away from its European allies by declining to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine during votes on three United Nations resolutions aimed at ending the three-year conflict. In the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the resolution called for “advancing a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine”; it…
Japanese and Philippine defence chiefs agree to launch ‘strategic dialogue’ amid concerns over China’s moves in region. Japan and the Philippines have agreed to boost military cooperation amid mutual concern over China’s growing assertiveness in the region. Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr said on Monday they had agreed…
Get The Facts: Examining claims President Trump made about Ukraine-Russia war Updated: 5:11 PM EST Feb 21, 2025 95 IN 101 DELAY FREE. WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ON A RECENT COMMENT BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. WHILE ANSWERING REPORTERS QUESTIONS ABOUT U.S. AND RUSSIA REPRESENTATIVES MEETING IN SAUDI ARABIA WITHOUT ANYBODY…
United States President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about Ukraine and its leader as he seeks to end the country’s three-year war with Russia. Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soured publicly as Trump called Zelenskyy a “dictator” and said he “started” the war with Russia, a claim PolitiFact rated pants-on-fire false….
The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands. China’s military said it drove away three Philippines aircraft “illegally” flying over the disputed Spratly Islands, marking the second aerial incident this week involving Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. A spokesperson for the Chinese…
United States President Donald Trump has called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as the rift between them has deepened over Ukraine peace negotiations. Trump’s latest broadside against Zelenskyy came after the Ukrainian leader challenged his claims that Ukraine had started the war. Zelenskyy had also spoken against being left out of the Russia-US…
Across Ukraine, local politicians were candid in their opinions of Trump’s attacks. “We may like Zelenskyy, or we may not, we may scold him, or we may praise him, we may condemn his actions, or we may applaud them … because he is OUR President,” Borys Filatov, mayor of the industrial city of Dnipro, wrote…
Manila says it will lodge a diplomatic protest after a Chinese helicopter flew deliberately within 3 metres (10 feet) of a Philippine aircraft. The United States ambassador to Manila has condemned “dangerous” manoeuvres by a Chinese navy helicopter that threatened the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China…
Reconstruction efforts in Gaza will require more than $50bn after 15 months of Israel’s devastating war, according to a new assessment by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank. The figures come as Arab countries continue to scramble to find a viable recovery plan as an alternative to the mass displacement of…