TAG: Military
Ukraine hopes to avoid economic doomsday of not getting Western financial aid
KYIV — Ukrainians can’t bear to think what will happen if they don’t get the aid that EU leaders hav...
8 months ago
Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...
8 months ago
Iran’s allies are attacking the West. What happens next?
Tensions are soaring across the Middle East after Washington vowed to respond to a drone attack by I...
8 months ago
Houthis vow to continue Red Sea attacks despite US-led strikes
Western airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen overnight won't stop its fighters from harassin...
8 months ago
Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up
Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...
8 months ago
Turkey must stop blocking Ukraine minehunters, ex-NATO supreme commander warns
Turkey's decision to stop two naval ships from being handed over to Ukraine is at odds with its comm...
8 months ago
The Gaza war is escalating. How bad will the Middle East crisis get?
On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats...
8 months ago
How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea
The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen fro...
8 months ago
Orbán’s Ukraine compromise would allow him to hold EU to ransom every year
BRUSSELS ― Hungary has signaled it could end its opposition to using the EU budget to send money to...
8 months ago
Yemen: West ignored our warnings about Houthis to court Iran for nuclear deal
BRUSSELS — The U.S. and EU were so determined to court Iran for a nuclear deal over recent years tha...
8 months ago
Russian bombs failed to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid. Corruption could break its own
When Vladimir Putin landed in Khabarovsk on his tour of Russia’s Far East last week, he was given a...
8 months ago
Ursula’s empty green Davos promise
Almost a year ago to the day, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to the snowy environs of Davos to make a...
8 months ago
US urges Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, report says
The U.S. has pressed Ukraine to halt drone strikes on Russian energy facilities, fearing that it could provoke massive retaliation and drive up global oil prices.In recent months, Kyiv has ramped up its strikes against Russian energy infrastructure, hitti...
6 months ago
France’s fiscal woes cast a long shadow over Macron’s EU ambitions
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron's lofty European leadership ambitions are once again getting a reality check. The French government is scrambling to make savings and reassure financial markets after official figures this week showed that public...
6 months ago