Senate Democrats eye Israel conditions in latest defense package snarl
WASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats discussed the prospect of placing conditions on a $14.3 billion Israel military aid package during their weekly caucus meeting on...
China and the US: who’s really in a ‘vulnerable negotiating position’?
The recent Apec summit in San Francisco was largely overshadowed by the meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping...
Workforce Key Obstacle for Australia, U.S. to Deliver on AUKUS
SYDNEY — Despite strong political support, a commitment to fund the initiative and an eager industrial base, serious questions remain about whether Australia — and...
Opinion: What Biden-Xi didn’t say
There were smiles for the camera, handshakes, warm words and the unveiling of a couple of agreements. But beyond the optics of the first...
AUKUS submarine revelations compel a rethink
US Congressional report argues that Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines would actually undercut deterrence of China by depleting the US submarine fleet. With the...
Top Israeli Official Has a Warning for US Universities
New YorkCNN — Nir Barkat, Israel’s minister of economy and industry, is warning American universities to crack down on antisemitism. “Schools that prioritize taking money instead...
Future USS Thad Cochran Marks Start of Fabrication
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The Navy and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Thad Cochran (DDG 135) with...
A US Navy plane went into a Hawaii bay. Underwater video shows its tires are touching a coral reef
Tires from a large airplane that’s been stuck in a Hawaii bay for more than a week are resting on parts of a reef,...
Final farewell for former US first lady Rosalynn Carter
WASHIGTON, Nov 30 — Mourners paid final tribute yesterday to former US first lady Rosalynn Carter at a private funeral service attended by a...
Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, dies at 100
Henry Kissinger, the controversial U.S. diplomat who served as Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, has died. He was 100....