That Turkey is a “vital strategic ally” of the west is the sort of truism on which people such as Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, are raised ...Geography doesn’t change. Turkey wields significant influence at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East ... Erdoğan rejects and circumvents Ukraine-related sanctions ... .
Beijing on Sunday blasted the Pentagon's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over North America, accusing the United States of "clearly overreacting and seriously violating international practice" ...American officials first said on Thursday that they were tracking a large Chinese "surveillance balloon" in US skies ... .
WASHINGTON, D.C ... An operation was underway in U.S. territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean to recover debris from the balloon, which had been flying at about 60,000 feet and was estimated to be about the size of three school buses ...U.S. military jets were seen flying in the vicinity and ships were deployed in the water to mount the recovery operation.
Hunter Biden has friends in high places ... In other developments in the laptop story. Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell tried to walk back his prior admission that the laptop did indeed belong to his client.
The Chinese president’s trip to Russia provides an opportunity for progress on de-escalating the war in Ukraine. But China cannot be expected to achieve this on its own ... .
Former Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has died at hospital after years of self-imposed exile in Dubai. He was 79. Local news outlets on Sunday quoted his family members as saying that the former leader succumbed to Amyloidosis after being hospitalized for months due to health complications ... He then declared himself the president of Pakistan.
At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official has said. "We want to mourn the passing of 23 persons," said Deputy Interior MinisterManuel Monsalve, adding that 979 people have been injured in the fires ... .
For the first time, China has revealed the specifications of its YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile, which was first observed last April during a test launch from a Type 055 cruiser ...Besides having the ship-based YJ-21 in its Type 055 cruisers, China’s strategic bombers may also carry an air-launched variant.
First published by Global Research on December 20, 2015. I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one. – President Theodore Roosevelt. The American public and the world have long since been warned of the dangers of allowing the military industrial complex to become such an integral part of our economic survival ... No U.S ... Sources.