US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier in region
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain ...
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An assassin, a Putin foe’s death, secret talks: How a sweeping US-Russia prisoner swap came together
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — It was December 2022 and the U.S. government’s chief hostage negotiator had just delivered Brittney Griner ...
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US recognizes Maduro’s opponent as winner in Venezuela election
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday recognized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s opponent and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner ...
Read moreMassive prisoner swap frees US reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, Turkish officials say
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with ...
Read moreFeds arrest ex-US Green Beret in connection to failed 2020 raid of Venezuela to remove Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela (news agencies) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed crossborder raid of Venezuelan ...
Read moreWilliam Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (news agencies) — William L. Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed ...
Read moreUS boosting alliance with the Philippines with military funding and pact amid concern over China
MANILA, Philippines (news agencies) — Washington’s top diplomat and defense chief, in Manila for talks Tuesday, will announce $500 million ...
Read moreRussia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — The Kremlin is turning to unwitting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread ...
Read moreBlinken says US has ‘serious concerns’ about announced result of Venezuelan election
TOKYO (news agencies) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced ...
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Vladimir Putin warns the United States of Cold War-style missile crisis
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany from ...
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