TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military criticized a U.S. destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait less than two weeks before the island’s new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges. Navy Senior Capt. Li Xi, spokesperson for China’s Eastern Theater Command, accused the U.S. of […]
BAGHDAD — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people. U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that the law passed Saturday “threatens those most at risk in Iraqi society” […]
The Senate cleared a major hurdle Tuesday toward final passage of a $95 billion foreign aid package, teeing up a final vote later in the evening. The bill includes $61 billion for Ukraine, $23 billion for Israel and $8 billion for Taiwan and other Indo-Pacific nations to fend off China. The House passed the package […]
“You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time,” Abraham Lincoln supposedly said. House Speaker Mike Johnson is the living embodiment of that […]
The House on Friday advanced a bill to renew the government’s chief spying powers, recovering from a major hiccup earlier in the week when Republicans tanked the legislation. A vote is expected later in the day to pass the reauthorization of the hotly-debated Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702 which allows the U.S. to collect […]
U.S. and British warplanes have been regularly striking Houthi targets in Yemen for nearly a month, but that campaign still “cannot ensure safe passage” for commercial ships sailing through the Red Sea, according to a leading maritime intelligence firm. A “threat update” from the intel firm Ambrey earlier this week said that the American-led offensive […]
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