Officials from the U.S. and NATO say they have not seen a major withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine’s borders, despite the announcement this week by President Vladimir Putin that Russian military officials had ordered some troops to return to their home bases. “Unfortunately there’s a difference between what Russia says and what it does,…
After years of relentlessly pushing the EU to diversify and improve energy security, we most recently traveled to Germany in 2020 for the last in-person Munich Security Conference. As representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy, our goal was to further cement progress on these policies. What we found was a Germany that had grown…
The top diplomats of Japan, South Korea, and the United States declared their unity against North Korea on Saturday after a series of ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang. After a day of meetings in Honolulu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa condemned the…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Russia of “serious” economic and political consequences should it ramp up military aggression toward Ukraine, while adding that Germany and its allies were ready for dialogue with Moscow and wanted peace. With Russia holding military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following its troop buildup near Ukraine, the stand-off has…
Red-hot inflation is eroding American’s wage gains and hurting Democrats in an election year Inflation surged more than expected in January, notching another four-decade high as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply-chain snarls fueled rapid price gains that wiped out the benefits of rising wages for most Americans. The consumer price index rose 7.5% in…
EL PASO — The immigration courts on the seventh floor of a downtown federal building here were jampacked in the summer of 2019 when the Trump administration ramped up its “Remain in Mexico” program. On an average day, more than 100 asylum seekers were being sent back across the border to Ciudad Juárez, including families…
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – A group of 33 Republican senators warned U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday that they would work to thwart implementation of any new Iran nuclear agreement if his government did not allow Congress to review and vote on its terms. Led by Senator Ted Cruz, a long-time opponent of the…
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine and stressed unity with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the West rallies to avert a war in Europe. This report produced by Tamara Lindstrom. After a meeting with Scholz in Washington Monday, Biden said…
Social discontent in Iran has risen by 300 percent in the past year according to an IRGC document obtained from Edalat-e Ali. A hacktivist organization has revealed a highly sensitive Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps document that asserts Iranian “society is in a state of explosion” because of the crippling sanctions imposed on the nation…
The US preoccupation with sanctions and its rhetoric of protecting its credibility with its regional allies seem rigid and dated The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting this Friday to discuss North Korea’s seven missile tests in the past four weeks. The meeting was requested by the United States, along with Britain…