Russia on Tuesday said that it needed time to respond to US President Donald Trump’s ‘serious’ ultimatum regarding the Ukraine war, while expressing willingness to speak with the Ukrainian side over the timing of the third round of direct negotiations. Trump issued a 50-day deadline to Russia on Monday for reaching a peace agreement with […]
Vivek Ramaswamy’s PAC starts a major Times Square ad war with Zohran Mamdani. A major Times Square ad war broke out as New Yorkers were asked to flee the possibility of Zohran Mamdani becoming the mayor of the city by running to Ohio which has its Governor election in 2026 and Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy […]
Israeli F-15 jets during the recent war with Iran (Israel Defense Forces) An F-15 fighter jet of the Israel Air Force reportedly suffered a fuel tank malfunction which almost forced it to stage an emergency landing, while approaching Tehran during the 12-day war with Iran last month .The F-15 pilot first noticed the issue already […]
US seeks clarity from allies on role in potential war over Taiwan The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the US and China went to war over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Elbridge Colby, the US under-secretary of defence for policy, has been pushing the […]
US State Secretary Marco Rubio with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (AP image) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, amid the trade war between the two countries.In the meeting they agreed to look for “areas of potential cooperation” between Washington and Beijing. These high-level […]
FILE – President Donald Trump, left, stands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the West Wing of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) It’s a known fact that Benjamin Netanyahu is a huge fan of Winston Churchill — the cigars, the wartime posture, the myth of the iron-willed […]
Trump called defense secretary Pete Hegseth the secretary of war. President Donald Trump Friday referred to defense secretary Pete Hegseth as the secretary of war, leading to confusion as to whether it was slip or whether Trump wants to bring back the position that the country didn’t have since 1947. “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel is open to negotiating a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a proposed 60-day truce, but only on the condition that the territory is demilitarised. Indirect negotiations between the Israeli and Hamas delegations began in Doha on Sunday, seeking to establish a temporary pause in the […]
US President Donald Trump (AP image) US President Donald Trump said on Monday (local time) that the United States will need to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical arms shipments to Kyiv.“We are going to send some more weapons (to Ukraine)…They have to be able to defend themselves. […]
The most likely outcome of war is more war. As Nietzsche has pointed out in Human, All Too Human, what no govt admits is that it keeps an army to satisfy occasionally the desire for conquest. Every govt is supposedly armed only for defence, but this presupposes one’s cause as just and the neighbour’s as […]
