The US, South Korea, and Japan kicked off five-day Freedom Edge war games in and around the Korean Peninsula. “The exercise will also incorporate multi-national maritime and aviation capabilities, and introduce enhanced air defense scenarios, medical evacuation...
The trip by President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kiev was met positively in both capitals. Following their meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Sunday, one senior Ukrainian presidential official described the...
The US has moved a launcher into Norway capable of firing Tomahawk missiles. The deployment drew a strong rebuke from Moscow. “A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III delivers a US Navy Containerized Launching System (CLS) to Trondheim, Norway, Aug. 27, 2026, to...
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A photograph moved across the Western wires with a caption in capital letters. "COUNTER US POWER," it read, above an image of the Kyrgyzstan president walking China's Xi Jinping past an honor guard in Bishkek, when they met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization...
For decades, one of the keys to Washington’s power has been its ability to use favorably inclined allies as force multipliers. Now, facing its first peer competitor in generations, Washington has been busily alienating pretty much everyone it can. This alienation can...
Download Audio. Scott interviews writer and podcast host Nolan Denaro about several columns he’s written recently for Antiwar.com. They dig into the shortcomings, failures and overall depravity of the war hawks in the current MAGA movement. Discussed on the show:...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said President Donald Trump may not reach a new nuclear agreement with Tehran during his presidency, suggesting the US could instead focus on destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply...
Investigators forced dozens of civilian employees and military officials assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take polygraphs. The Pentagon is looking for leakers amid a flurry of reports about the state of US weapons stockpiles. The New York Times reported on...
President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, traveled to Moscow and Kiev for meetings on ending the war in Ukraine. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held three hours of talks with Kushner and Witkoff. Yuri Ushakov, an...
