That Turkey is a “vital strategic ally” of the west is the sort of truism on which people such as Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, are raised ...Geography doesn’t change. Turkey wields significant influence at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East ... Erdoğan rejects and circumvents Ukraine-related sanctions ... .
Beijing on Sunday blasted the Pentagon's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over North America, accusing the United States of "clearly overreacting and seriously violating international practice" ...American officials first said on Thursday that they were tracking a large Chinese "surveillance balloon" in US skies ... .
Hunter Biden has friends in high places ... In other developments in the laptop story. Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell tried to walk back his prior admission that the laptop did indeed belong to his client.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America and became the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing. An operation was underway in U.S ... U.S ... military operations “that present a significant hazard.” ... Gen ... .
At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official has said. "We want to mourn the passing of 23 persons," said Deputy Interior MinisterManuel Monsalve, adding that 979 people have been injured in the fires ... .
The Chinese president’s trip to Russia provides an opportunity for progress on de-escalating the war in Ukraine. But China cannot be expected to achieve this on its own ... .
For the first time, China has revealed the specifications of its YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile, which was first observed last April during a test launch from a Type 055 cruiser. Alongside air-launched and land-based hypersonic missiles, the YJ-21 signals China’s nascent hypersonic weapons triad for conventional deterrence ...Photo ... Carter ... Image.
First published by Global Research on December 20, 2015. I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one. – President Theodore Roosevelt. The American public and the world have long since been warned of the dangers of allowing the military industrial complex to become such an integral part of our economic survival ... No U.S ... Sources.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered for a fifth week of protests against controversial judicial changes proposed by Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’s government ... “It’s a disgrace, it shall not stand.” ... Local media reported protests in some 20 cities across the country ... .