US State Department clears $24.3B sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia
The US State Department approved a possible $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, it said in a statement on Thursday. – The package also includes…
Russia, China veto US proposal for UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions on Iran
Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution that would have authorised UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran last year over its nuclear programme. –…
US to allow Iranian leaders to attend UN General Assembly
The Trump administration will allow top Iranian officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, the State Department said on Thursday, even as Washington and…
China’s Djibouti base upgrades should boost its monitoring reach
China has made upgrades to its military base at Djibouti that should significantly enhance its ability to monitor military activity across the Middle East and Africa, a report by a…
Trump floats setting up Army base in Poland
President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested the U.S. might set up its first Army base in Poland, a significant shift from earlier in the year when the administration sought to…
Building Guardrails for AI Before Crisis Takes Over
The accelerating integration of artificial intelligence into military command structures is creating a strategic problem that neither Washington nor Beijing can afford to treat as a purely technological question. An…
Russia says new US sanctions, if signed by Trump, would make Ukraine peace deal harder
The Kremlin said on Thursday that further U.S. sanctions against Russia would make it harder to reach a peace deal in Ukraine. – On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives…
Canada will decide on its own partnerships, Carney says
Canada will decide for itself who it will strike deals with, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday in response to U.S. President Trump’s criticism of the proposed closer ties…
Stronger state authority boosts position in talks with Israel: Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that strengthening national unity and extending the state’s sole authority across the country would bolster Lebanon’s position in negotiations with Israel, which has continued…
Egypt’s al-Sisi rejects Palestinian displacement in Abbas meeting
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rejected on Wednesday any plans for Palestinian displacement, hours after Israel’s defense minister said the army would “finish the job” in Gaza and remove Palestinians.…