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U.S. deploys disaster response team following earthquake in Turkey, Syria

February 7, 2023 Maja Popovska

The United States has deployed a team of disaster response specialists after a massive earthquake in Turkey and northwest Syria killed thousands, Al Jazeera reported. The death toll has passed 5,000 in Turkey and Syria, […]

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U.S. military searches for Chinese spy balloon fragments it shot down

February 6, 2023 Maja Popovska

Beijing urged Washington to exercise caution on Monday as the U.S. military looking for pieces of what it believed to be a Chinese surveillance balloon that it shot down over the Atlantic, but which China […]

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China says U.S. downing of spy balloon was ‘overreaction’

February 5, 2023 Maja Popovska

China has denounced the U.S. military’s decision to fire down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was seen flying over the country last week, The Hill reports. The first “high-altitude surveillance balloon” to reach American […]

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Pentagon shot down Chinese spy balloon over South Carolina

February 5, 2023 Maja Popovska

A Chinese high-altitude spy balloon was successfully shot down by an American fighter on Saturday, according to a written statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. “The balloon, which was being used by […]

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Pentagon on the watch for Chinese high-altitude balloon

February 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

Since it has been seen over American airspace for a few days, the United States has been watching a possible Chinese surveillance balloon. However, the Pentagon opted against shooting it down due to worries that […]

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Russia has Violated New START Treaty, Washington Argues

February 1, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Refusing to allow inspection activities on its territory, Russia has violated the New START Treaty, the United States accused on Tuesday. A State Department spokesperson said in a statement that Moscow’s refusal to facilitate inspection […]

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Biden Says US Won’t Send F-16 to Ukraine as Boris Johnson Meets Republicans

January 31, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden said that the U.S. will not supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. It comes from the former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson preparing to meet with Republican lawmakers this week to press the […]

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Blinken Calls For Israel-Palestine Calm, Two-State Solution

January 31, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for calm after days of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.  Blinken met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. He is due to meet with […]

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Political Crisis Prompts Peace Corps to Evacuate Volunteers from Peru

January 31, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Amid a political crisis that has included deadly crackdowns by the government on its citizens, the Peace Corps has temporarily evacuated its volunteers from Peru to another post, Politico reports. Often working in areas far […]

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Top Republican Warns of Very High Odds of US-China Military Conflict

January 30, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After a US general caused consternation with a memo warning that the United States would fight China in the next two years, a top Republican Congressman said on Sunday said the odds of conflict with […]

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US Designates Wagner Group ‘Transnational Criminal Organization’

January 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an effort to degrade Russia’s ability to wage its war in Ukraine, the US Treasury Department on Thursday designated Russian private military company Wagner Group, which they say has been helping Russia’s military, as […]

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Pompeo Details Operation With Israel Mossad Agents

January 25, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in his new book that during his term, the agency rescued Mossad agents in imminent peril at the personal request of then-Mossad director Yossi Cohen. […]

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State Secretary Blinken Tells Baku to Lift Lachin Corridor Blockade

January 24, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Baku’s continued blockade of a key road linking Armenia to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region risks a potential humanitarian crisis, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Monday, urging Azerbaijan’s president to lift the blockade of […]

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U.S. General says Russia’s casualties in Ukraine are turning into “absolute catastrophe”

January 21, 2023 Maja Popovska

U.S. Army General Mark Milley stated on Friday that despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that victory in the fight is inevitable, the war in Ukraine is developing into an unmitigated tragedy for Russia, Newsweek […]

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U.S. tanks, military aid to Ukraine on hold

January 20, 2023 Maja Popovska

After weeks of discussion, the Biden administration has chosen to delay sending tanks to Ukraine, The Hill reported. It “doesn’t make sense” to provide Ukraine the tanks at this point, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina […]

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U.S., Germany head for showdown over tanks for Ukraine

January 19, 2023 Dime

Ukraine pleaded with the West to finally send it heavy tanks.  It comes as the U.S. and German Defense Chiefs headed for a showdown over weapons that Kyiv says could determine the fate of the […]

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State Department Encourages UK, EU Terror Designation of IRGC

January 18, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Amid ramped-up pressure to further isolate the Iranian regime, the State Department said it is encouraging European Union and the United Kingdom to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization and […]

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CIA Director Warned Zelensky of Assassination Threat at Secret Meeting Before Invasion

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

CIA Director Bill Burns met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a secret trip to Kyiv ahead of the Russian invasion last year to tell him the Russians were plotting to assassinate him. One year […]

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Senior US Diplomats in Quiet Peacemaking Offensive in Iraq, Jordan

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US President Joe Biden’s top White House adviser on the Middle East is on a hush-hush mission to patch up widening rifts between traditional allies of Washington in the region, according to sources familiar with […]

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Croatian President Says US, NATO Waging ‘Proxy War’ Against Russia

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Washington and NATO are waging a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has claimed as quoted by media outlet Istra24. Speaking to Croatian reporters in the city of Vukovar on Sunday, […]

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US Troop Presence in Iraq Got the Support of PM al-Sudani

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an interview for The Wall Street Journal published Sunday, his first US interview since taking office in October, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani defended the open-ended presence of US and other foreign troops […]

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US Threatens to Freeze Intelligence Cooperation with Serbia

January 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Unhappy with Belgrade’s choice of spy chief, Washington reportedly intends to suspend intelligence cooperation with the country until Serbia rethinks its personnel solutions, N1 claimed on Friday, citing unnamed diplomatic sources. According to the local […]

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Russia Releases Detained Navy Veteran Taylor Dudley After a Year

January 13, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Following months of on-the-ground negotiations spearheaded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Russian authorities released on Thursday American Citizen Taylor Dudley, a 35-year-old Navy veteran who had been detained in Russia since April, negotiators […]

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Biden in Mexico for a Summit of North American Leaders

January 9, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting with his counterparts from Canada and Mexico for a North American leaders summit on Monday and Tuesday.  The summit marks Biden’s first presidential trip to Mexico. Mexican President Andres […]

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Ukraine, US, and Germany Reject Putin’s Christmas Truce Declaration

January 6, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Ukraine, the United States, and Germany rejected on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a ceasefire on the eve of Orthodox Christmas which is celebrated this week by both countries involved in the war. […]

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US to Oppose Israel at UNSC Temple Mount Meeting

January 5, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of the Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit Tuesday morning to the Temple Mount that has sparked angry reactions and condemnation, US State Department speaker Ned Price said that Washington will speak […]

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Washington Strongly Opposes Syria’s Assad Rehabilitation

January 4, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Several days after the Syrian defense minister held a breakthrough meeting with Turkey, the United States called Tuesday on all nations to think twice about rehabilitating the country’s brutal President Bashar al-Assad. State Department spokesman […]

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Washington Slams Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount Visit as Unacceptable

January 4, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked a global fury and condemnation with his Temple Mount visit on Tuesday morning, the Biden administration slammed his move as unacceptable. Noting that the United States finds […]

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NATO Members Berated by Former US National Security Advisor Bolton

January 3, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The former US national security advisor John Bolton has slammed several NATO members for their supposed reluctance to support Ukraine – singling out Germany, France, and Türkiye – in a scathing op-ed in The Telegraph […]

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China’s Huawei sees ‘business as usual’ as U.S. sanctions impact wanes

December 30, 2022 Maja Popovska

Chinese tech giant Huawei says it has emerged from “crisis mode” after years of U.S. sanctions and restrictions have stifled its sales overseas, Independent reported. Huawei has estimated its 2022 revenue remained flat, suggesting that […]

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    February 8, 2023
  • Former Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders responds to Biden’s State of the Union
    February 8, 2023
  • McCarthy calls on Biden to accept spending cuts in debt ceiling fight
    February 7, 2023
  • Nearly 60 hair relaxer lawsuits against L’Oreal, others
    February 7, 2023
  • Federal judge says constitutional right to abortion may still exist
    February 7, 2023

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