U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks to the media after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, April 21, 2023. Thomas Lohnes | Getty Images White House officials on Monday reinforced their support for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who has come under fire for failing to … Read more
A container ship sails through the new section of the Suez Canal in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, 135 kms northeast of the capital Cairo on October 10, 2019. Khaled Desouki | AFP | Getty Images Attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants on ships in the Red Sea have already rocked global trade. And there … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron shake hands at the end of a joint press conference, at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Biden administration issued its strongest criticism yet of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza for its civilian death toll, … Read more
Israeli soldiers pictured on a tank at the Israel-Gaza border. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Monday it is coordinating with U.S. defense titans to expedite the shipping of pending Israeli weapon orders as violence in the region escalates following a horrific weekend terror attack carried out by … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives for a U.S. Senate bipartisan Synthetic Intelligence Perception Discussion board on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Photos WASHINGTON — Three Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Armed Providers have requested the Pentagon for details about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and … Read more