Kamala Harris, dozens of lawmakers sit out Netanyahu Congress speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024.  Ronen Zvulun | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris and more than 30 Capitol Hill lawmakers are not planning to attend Israeli Prime Minister … Read more

U.S.-China tensions are not a ‘new Cold War’: Bilahari Kausikan

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 19: AMB. Bilahari Kausikan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on September 19, 2017 in New York City. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images While some may characterize tensions between the U.S. and China as … Read more

Japan warship sails into China’s waters near Taiwan despite warnings

Ship JS SUZUTSUKI DD-117, an Asagiri-class destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), as it arrives at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A Japanese maritime self-defense force destroyer entered Chinese territorial waters recently in spite of warnings by Chinese vessels, Kyodo News … Read more

NATO condemns China as a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine

The NATO logo seen during the coalition’s summit in Washington D.C. on July 10. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images In NATO’s most serious denunciation of China to date, the military coalition labeled Beijing a “decisive enabler” of Russia in its ongoing war in Ukraine and expressed concerns over its nuclear arsenal and “systemic challenges” … Read more

Japan and the Philippines sign landmark defense deal to counter China

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) greets Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during their bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Japan Summit, at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on December 17, 2023. Franck Robichon | Afp | Getty Images Japan and Philippines’ defense pact signed on Monday seeks to counter China’s increasing … Read more

Ukrainian children’s hospital hit, 31 people killed in daytime Russian missile attack

Emergency forces and civilians conduct search-and-rescue operations among the rubble of ‘Okhmatdyt’ Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 8, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images A barrage of Russian missiles across Ukraine killed at least 31 people, injured 125 others and seriously damaged a key children’s hospital in a rare large-scale daytime attack, … Read more

Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 Max crashes

Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, March 11, 2019. Mulugeta Ayene | Reuters Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge tied to the 737 Max crashes, months after a near-catastrophe in January prompted the Justice Department to … Read more

Putin’s Hungarian ally Orban draws EU ire over ‘peace mission’ to Moscow

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024.  Valery Sharifulin | Afp | Getty Images Russia’s closest European ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has drawn ire from the EU over his Friday trip to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Orban, … Read more

Hungary’s Prime Minister Orban makes first wartime visit to Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) in the Europa building prior the start of the meeting on June 27, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for his first wartime visit to … Read more

Supreme Court dissenters take a ‘darker’ tone on Trump immunity ruling

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jacquelyn Martin | Pool | Getty Images Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan laid out grim visions of U.S. democracy in their joint written dissents to the court’s Monday decision on former President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential … Read more