The Pigeon Express
NATO listed China as one of its strategic priorities for the first time, saying Beijing’s ambitions and its “coercive policies” challenge the Western bloc’s “interests, security and values”. The alliance’s new blueprint, or Strategic Concept, that lays out its priorities for the next decade, was approved at a leader’s summit in Spain on Wednesday. The […]
North Korea has accused the United States, Japan and South Korea for making moves to create an “Asian version of NATO.” The charge was made by state news agency KCNA on Wednesday, hours before Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, and Yoon Suk-yeol, the South Korean president, were due to meet US President Joe Biden as […]
The West must prepare to continue supporting Ukraine in a war lasting for years, Nato’s chief has warned. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the costs of war were high, but the price of letting Moscow achieve its military goals was even greater. Mr Stoltenberg said sending more weapons would make a victory for Ukraine more likely. […]
The US and NATO believe that Belarus could “soon” join Russia in its war against Ukraine, US and NATO officials have warned, and that the country is already taking steps to do so. It is increasingly “likely” that Belarus will enter the conflict, a NATO military official said on Monday. “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin needs […]
A US military plane has crashed in northern Norway, killing all four passengers on board. The aircraft, which belonged to the US Marine Corps, was taking part in a Nato exercise when it came down on Friday. It crashed in a remote region of Norway, south of the town of Bodo, and helicopters were unable […]
The United States has rejected Poland’s offer to send its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine via a US airbase in Germany, saying the proposal raised “serious concerns” for the entire NATO alliance. Warsaw made the surprise offer on Tuesday amid repeated appeals from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for more warplanes to replenish his country’s air […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine to display his might and most importantly stop Ukraine from taking NATO membership. However, Russia’s assault on it’s neighbor has made more countries think about aligning with NATO. Nearby Finland and Sweden are rethinking their long-standing positions of military neutrality, with a majority of voters now […]
The second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine are scheduled for Wednesday, Russian news agency TASS has reported. The talks follow the first round on Monday, which lasted 5 hours but resulted in no agreements to end fighting. TASS reported Ukrainian media outlet, Glavkom, disclosed the terms proposed by the two countries during the […]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned the international community about passing of warships through the country’s straits since the war between Russia and Ukraine started. He said that Ankara has been implementing an international pact on naval passage to the Black Sea. Under the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over the Dardanelles and […]
The Ukrainian army is vastly outnumbered as Russian forces continue to advance inside the country from its border on three sides, Ukrainians have been forced to either flee or take shelter in bunkers. Now a picture has been doing rounds on Twitter speaks volumes about the courage of Ukrainians and their determination to defend the […]
Germany’s Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has announced that Germany will deliver weapons directly to Ukraine. He said Germany would be sending 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles. Berlin has also dropped some restrictions on German-made weapons being sent to conflict zones, meaning that third countries will be able to send more arms to Ukraine. Mr […]
Planes registered in the United Kingdom have been banned at Russia’s airports and from crossing its airspace, Moscow’s aviation regulator announced. Russia said the move was a response to “the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities”. On Thursday, the UK banned Russia’s national airline Aeroflot from landing in Britain. The measure was part of […]