The 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy sets sail from a military port in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, Feb. 21, 2024. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images China said Wednesday it warned and “drove away” a U.S. destroyer that had sailed near the coast of the disputed…
1 of 3 | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a statement issued Friday that Germany “will, until further notice, authorize no military equipment exports that can be used in the Gaza Strip.” File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo Aug. 8 (UPI) — Germany on Friday suspended further military exports to Israel over…
Not long before World War I, HMS Dreadnought, a battleship that made all existing vessels obsolete, was launched at Portsmouth in the presence of the King-Emperor Edward VII. Fire-breathing patriots soon took up the cry, “We want eight and we won’t wait.” Winston Churchill, then a young home secretary in a government committed to spending…
Aug. 2 (UPI) — The United States is demanding the release of 50 remaining hostages Hamas has held in Gaza since 2023, as protesters held a rally in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff announced the United States has formulated a plan to return all of the remaining hostages, The…
Key Points and Summary – Recent purges and prolonged public absences by Chinese President Xi Jinping have fueled intense rumors of a political crisis or even a coup within the ruling Communist Party. Xi, once a prolific traveler, has been increasingly delegating duties and skipping major international events. -While this has stoked speculation that he…
President Donald Trump‘s simmering trade feud with India, a key U.S. economic and defense partner, has raised fears that New Delhi could be pushed deeper into Russia and China’s orbit. Trump imposed a 25-percent tariff of all Indian goods coming into the United States from August 1 as well as an unspecified extra penalty for…
The advice Harold Macmillan gave to Alex Douglas-Home in 1963 not to invade Afghanistan is worth recalling in the aftermath of revelations that the names of 25,000 Afghanis who cooperated with the British there from 2001 to 2021 were leaked, endangering them and their relatives. The British state’s extraordinary measures to keep the leak secret…
A global defense revolution is underway based on swarms of autonomous, unmanned, AI- and battery-powered drone systems. Last month President Donald Trump signed the “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” executive order, and on July 10, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began to operationalize efforts to bolster domestic drone technology and manufacturing. Unfortunately for the U.S. and the…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) walks with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 17 to discuss a “special military operation” in Russia’s Kursk region. File Photo by North Korean Central News Agency/EPA July 17 (UPI) — Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions…
“A turning point regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine is coming,” said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who is behind a proposal to impose “bone-crushing” tariffs on Russian exports. “For months, President Trump tried to entice Putin to the peace table. He has left the door open regarding Russia. That door is about to close,” he…