Source link The ex-US president has opposed providing more aid to Kiev and urged NATO members in Europe to increase their defense spending Russia is a “war machine” that has defeated powerful invaders in the past, former US President Donald Trump said during a town hall meeting on Tuesday, as he explained his opposition to […]
Source link Israel’s economy faced one of the biggest contractions in the country’s history in the fourth quarter of last year due to the ongoing war with Hamas, a report from the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics revealed on Monday. The country’s GDP slumped by a seasonally adjusted 19.4% in the final three months of […]
Source link The tech mogul has apparently concurred with entrepreneur David Sacks that people are being told Kiev “is winning when in fact it is losing” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has seemingly agreed with American investor David Sacks, who believes that the Ukraine conflict will end in a heavy defeat for Kiev, but […]
Source link Israel’s Ynet media outlet quoted an unnamed senior member of the prime minister’s Likud party as making the assessment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to retain power after the country’s military has concluded its operation against Hamas in Gaza, Ynet media outlet has claimed, citing anonymous sources within his […]
Source link John Bolton has argued that Washington’s policies and rhetoric have only emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin US President Joe Biden’s efforts to punish Moscow over the Ukraine crisis have failed, and his rhetoric and weak leadership have only encouraged more aggression by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, ex-White House aide John Bolton has claimed. […]
Source link Budapest will continue to refrain from supplying weapons to Kiev, Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky has said The West is not ready to supply Ukraine with weapons for its conflict with Russia indefinitely, Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky said in an address at a Business Leaders Forum in Budapest on Friday. Kiev has been […]
Source link Having taken control of Nagorno-Karabakh last year, Baku wants to press into neighboring territory, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused Azerbaijan of planning “a full-scale war,” against his country. Four Armenian troops were reportedly killed earlier this week when the Azerbaijani military opened fire on a […]
Source link Moody’s placed the country on review following the escalation of hostilities in Gaza International ratings agency Moody’s has lowered Israel’s credit rating, in the country’s first-ever sovereign downgrade, the company announced on Friday. Moody’s cut Israel’s credit score to A2, the sixth-highest investment grade, and kept its outlook as “negative,” meaning further downgrades […]
Source link The US-led bloc urgently needs to increase production of ammunition, the secretary-general has said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on the bloc’s members to increase defense production in anticipation of “a confrontation” with Russia “that could last decades.” Stoltenberg has repeatedly warned that Western economies are ill-prepared for such a conflict. With […]
Source link The Turkish president has condemned the IDF for the staggering Palestinian death toll Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip is comparable to the massacres committed by Nazi Germany during World War II, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. His scathing criticism comes as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are ramping […]
Source link While overt belligerence no longer dominates the discourse over the island, Washington is very much gearing up for a confrontation By Timur Fomenko, political analyst The year 2024 has been muted when it comes to tensions between the US and China so far. Despite the looming unpredictability of the US election, high politics in […]
Source link Brussels is reportedly conducting an assessment of potential economic damage, should the Republican return to the White House The EU is bracing itself for a possible trade war with the US if Donald Trump wins the presidential election in November, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous official within the bloc. The European […]
Source link Jim ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis advised the UAE government after retiring from the Marines Retired US Marine General James Mattis was hired in 2015 to advise the United Arab Emirates about the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Mattis did not publicly disclose the gig when he became secretary of […]
Source link Ethiopia is only interested in peace with Somalia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said, addressing fears about a fight over the agreement Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has dismissed widespread concerns about a potential war with neighboring Somalia, which arose following his country’s disputed sea-access agreement with breakaway Somaliland last month. Abiy told Ethiopian […]
Source link Carefully chosen words and turns of phrase serve as lubricant for US-backed military machines With Israel’s punitive operation against Gaza now in its fourth month, it’s impossible not to compare Western outrage regarding other conflicts with the selective morality now being applied when dealing with Israel. Even the briefest assessment of how the […]