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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with former vice prime minister Andrei Belousov, according to an official post by the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Telegram. Shoigu was appointed to lead the Kremlin’s security council, Russian state media reported, citing spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The announcement comes…
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers. “If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,”…
Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who leads the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, had a heated exchange with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the migrant crisis at the southern border on Capitol Hill. Tester, who is one of the Senate’s most at-risk current officeholders, made it clear to Austin that he's tired of the…
Most Americans believe that there will be another world war within the next five to ten years, based on a new YouGov survey. Approximately 61 percent of respondents believe that another world war is likely within the next five to ten years. Around 18…
The Pentagon said the balloon debris found by fishermen off the coast of Alaska last month has been in the ocean for “over a year.” “Initial inspection of the balloon debris indicates that the material has been in the ocean for well over a year,” Sue Gough, a spokesperson for the Department of Defense, said in an…
Four suspects have been detained for a Friday attack that left 115 dead at a Moscow concert hall, Russian authorities said Saturday. Intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the Bryansk region detained four suspects in the attack on Crocus City Hall music venue, “not far from the border with Ukraine,” the Investigative Committee of Russia…
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Moscow concert hall Friday that left at least 40 people killed and over 100 civilians injured. The group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement Friday evening. shared by SITE, an intelligence group. Russia’s Health Ministry released a list of 145 people injured,…
Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations’s World Food Programme (WFP), said Friday that there is an urgent need for food in Gaza amid the war occurring there. “[O]ur obstacles are many,” McCain said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” Friday. “We have to be cleared at every level, the Israelis block…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that his forces will fight against Hamas in Rafah whether the U.S. supports them or not. Netanyahu emerged resolute from a Friday meeting with Blinken and his war cabinet in Israel, vowing to press on in the southern Gaza city…
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