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TAIPEI, March 2 (Reuters) – The United States has approved the potential sale of $619 million in new weapons to Taiwan, including missiles for its F-16 fleet, as the island reported a second day of large-scale Chinese air force incursions nearby. The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington and […]
Ukraine war, 1 year on: China’s neighbours intensify regional arms race South China Morning Post Source link
Comment on this story Comment At Poland’s Rzeszow airport, where President Biden’s plane touched down this week on his way to Kyiv, U.S.-made Patriot missile batteries point toward the skies. The first American M1A2 Abrams battle tanks are expected to arrive by train this spring with hundreds of U.S.-manufactured rocket artillery systems to follow.
MADRID — When the top foreign policy officials from the United States and China appeared this weekend at Europe’s premier global security conference, both stressed that their governments were not seeking a new Cold War. Yet, new warnings by U.S. officials that China may be preparing to give weapons and ammunition to Russia for its […]
Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re looking at Chinese sanctions on U.S. aerospace and defense companies, Israel’s denationalization law for some Arab citizens convicted of terrorism, and reported Russian balloons over Kyiv. If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here. China Sanctions U.S. Defense Companies Welcome […]
Comment on this story Comment The United States on Tuesday accused Russia of not complying with its obligations under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the only remaining treaty limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The State Department said Russia is refusing to facilitate inspections on its territory as required under the treaty, but […]
The year opened in violence as Kashmir police blamed militants for a Jan. 1 gunfire attack that killed four people in the southern village of Dhangri, followed by an explosion in the same area the next day that killed a 5-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. At least six people were injured on Jan. 21 […]
Jan 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister said in an interview published on Monday that it was “quite possible” the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States would end after 2026. “This is quite a possible scenario,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the RIA news agency in an interview.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments rose 49% to $205.6 billion in the latest fiscal year, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. Sales approved in the year included $13.9 billion worth of F-15ID fighter jets to Indonesia, $6.9 billion worth of Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships to Greece […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky delivering a speech by video conference during the 53rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday.Credit…Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA, via Shutterstock DAVOS, Switzerland — There’s very little to laugh about when it comes to Russia’s war on Ukraine. But Britain’s former prime minister, Boris Johnson, provided a rare moment of […]