The Pentagon is betting heavily on autonomous maritime drones to counter China’s growing naval power in the Pacific. Inspired by Ukraine’s successful use of cheap, kamikaze-style sea drones against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, US defense planners envision swarms of high-tech, AI-driven vessels patrolling the Taiwan Strait and deterring a Chinese advance. But a string of […]
new video loaded: Inside Trump’s Effort on Russia and Ukraine By Maggie Haberman, Christina Shaman and John Pappas•August 20, 2025 President Trump has repeatedly bent other leaders to his will, simply by refusing to budge. But there is one person who refuses to budge even more than President Trump, and that is Vladimir Putin of […]
new video loaded: How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump By Michael Schwirtz, Claire Hogan and Nikolay Nikolov•August 19, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a remarkably different White House visit on Monday than the ambush he walked into six months ago. Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times, explains how […]
Trump assures there will be no US soldiers in Ukraine as part of any peace deal. US President Donald Trump Tuesday said there will be no US troops deployed in Ukraine as part of any potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. “You have my assurance, and I’m president,” Trump said in an interview with […]
‘No elections during war’: Donald Trump jibes at Zelenskyy’s remark on holding elections in Ukraine; jokes about starting a conflict to delay polls in US US President Donald Trump turned heads on Monday with a quip about prolonging his time in office, joking that a war could potentially halt the 2028 election. The remark came […]
ANI file photo Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to US First Lady Melania Trump for penning a “peace letter” to Russian president Vladimir Putin, addressing the abduction of Ukrainian children.Zelenskyy said the abductions highlighted one of the most “painful and difficult issues” of the conflict and reaffirmed his commitment to pursuing […]
Ukraine officials said Zelenskyy won’t wear a suit today in his meeting with Trump but will wear the black jacket that he wore to Nato summit. After the disaster of a meeting that took place in February, and with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s outfit contributing a lot to it, the White House checked with […]
Ukraine fears ‘repetition of a contentious’ encounter in Oval Office (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, with European leaders also joining the talks. As per the Washington Post, the meeting comes amid warnings that it could mirror the “disastrous” Oval Office clash earlier this […]
Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said the White House has scored important wins during Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, even though President Donald Trump did not get the ceasefire he had pushed for.Witkoff told CNN on Sunday that the most significant outcome was the agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine, […]
Lindsey Graham (AP image) Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of President Trump on Sunday said that he may push bipartisan legislation to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism if Moscow does not return Ukrainian children it has reportedly kidnapped.Russia has been accused of abducting over 20,000 Ukrainian children during its war in Ukraine, […]
