The US has removed all its heavy bombers from RAF Fairford in the UK. The move came a week after several men were arrested outside of the base under allegations of terrorism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the two events are unconnected. On Sunday, the...
Trump takes the UN stage and talks about Iran the way politicians talk when they want options to expand a war without owning the cost. I walk through what he said, why it lands as bluster instead of strategy, and how that kind of rhetoric can still be dangerous...
Iran says that the US must meet seven conditions based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in June before it will allow the Strait of Hormuz to reopen. “The position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is completely clear and firm, and the Strait of...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were increasing the scope of their attacks, and he would respond by striking Russian energy infrastructure. Moscow threatened it would escalate attacks on Ukrainian military facilities, defense industry...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes Russia has shared technology for producing jet-powered drones with North Korea. The remarks come on the heels of the South Korean president warning that Ukraine is attempting to bring war to the Korean...
The White House is threatening NATO allies Germany and France for refusing to release diesel fuel from their emergency inventories. “US officials said France and Germany could be cut off from future US diesel exports. Reuters first reported the US threat to its...
A US official said Washington plans to send a third aircraft carrier and an additional Marine division to the Middle East. Last month, The Atlantic reported the USS Theodore Roosevelt was preparing to deploy to the Middle East, with the Department of War preparing...
UPDATE: UK police said on Thursday that a 27-year-old British-Iranian man was arrested in connection to the incident at RAF Fairford. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel warned the UK that Iran was plotting an attack inside the country, appearing to...
A single phrase can change the whole global chessboard: nuclear first use. We start by reacting to speculation about a US nuclear strike in Iran and lay out why even “unlikely” decisions matter when escalation could pull in Russia, China, and every other...
President Donald Trump downplayed the nuclear risk from North Korea in comments comparing the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs. The President was asked by a reporter on Tuesday, “You have said that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Why not…...
North Korea denied that it had planted landmines south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), leading to an explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers. The US-led United Nations Command (UNC) determined that an Armistice Agreement violation occurred, while...
Russia sent a document to NATO warning the alliance that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in response to an attempt to isolate the Russian exclave Kaliningrad. Reuters reported viewing the document on Wednesday. “Russia will be ready to use the entire...
