World
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War in Ukraine
12/13/2022 9:02:08 PM
The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian attacks, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/12/2022 5:29:50 PM
The European Union on Monday agreed to add two billion euros ($2.1 billion) to a fund used to help arm Ukraine, as it seeks to ensure it can keep delivering weapons to Kyiv.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/7/2022 7:28:48 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed the annexation of Ukrainian territories as a major achievement and said his country's nuclear weapons serve as a tool of deterrence in the war that the Kremlin calls a "special military operation.''
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/1/2022 2:34:49 PM
Russia's foreign minister on Thursday accused the West of becoming directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine by supplying it with weapons and training its soldiers.
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World
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International
11/18/2022 3:12:11 PM
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters Friday in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland.
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World
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Region
11/17/2022 10:10:10 PM
A man reputed to be one of Israel's most wanted gang leaders was arrested during a raid of a home in a posh Johannesburg suburb where South African authorities said they also found guns, drugs, and a van equipped for torture.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/16/2022 10:55:16 PM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States intends to keep up its flow of weapons and assistance to Ukraine through the winter.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/14/2022 6:42:56 PM
US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was holding talks with his Russian counterpart Monday in Ankara to warn him about the consequences of using nuclear weapons, which Moscow has threatened to deploy in Ukraine.
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World
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International
11/14/2022 6:26:23 PM
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping clashed Monday over Taiwan but found areas of common ground during the powers' first in-person summit in three years, including a joint warning against Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
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World
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Region
11/11/2022 3:20:13 PM
Iran's top diplomat has accused Western countries of promoting violence in the Islamic republic by helping protesters to make weapons and Molotov cocktails.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 12:44:33 PM
The world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons, by agreeing to a non-proliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels, a small island nation leader urged.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/5/2022 9:43:41 PM
Tens of thousands of Italians marched through Rome on Saturday calling for peace in Ukraine and urging Italy to stop sending of weapons to fight the Russian invasion.
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World
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International
11/5/2022 12:35:58 PM
South Korea's military says North Korea has fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, adding to its barrage of weapons demonstrations this week that has raised tensions in the region.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/4/2022 7:34:30 PM
The U.S. is sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid and establishing a security assistance headquarters in Germany that will oversee all weapons transfers and military training for Ukraine, the Pentagon announced Friday.
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World
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Africa
11/1/2022 10:44:37 PM
The Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against a weapons trafficking network affiliated with the Islamic State group in Somalia and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which are accused of carrying out deadly terrorist acts on civilians including car bombings.
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World
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International
11/1/2022 9:20:24 PM
North Korea issued a veiled threat Tuesday to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to ``pay the most horrible price in history,`` an escalation of its fiery rhetoric targeting the ongoing large-scale military drills between its rivals.
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World
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International
11/1/2022 8:34:55 PM
Sweden's new prime minister said Tuesday he was open to allowing nuclear weapons on Swedish soil once the country becomes a NATO member, a turnaround from the previous government's stance.
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World Cup 2022
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News
10/31/2022 9:00:08 PM
The Ukrainian soccer federation urged FIFA on Monday to remove Iran from the World Cup next month, alleging human rights violations and supplying the Russian military with weapons.
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World
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Region
10/26/2022 10:18:03 PM
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested the head of Turkey's doctors' union after she called for a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish militants, prosecutors said.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/25/2022 9:39:20 PM
US President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday against using a nuclear weapon in the war with Ukraine, saying such an escalation would be a grave error.
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