Beyond Matt Gaetz, there has been perhaps no Donald Trump nominee with as fraught a path to confirmation as Pete Hegseth. Soon after the president-elect announced him as his pick for defense secretary, the former Fox News host was beset by the publicization of a sexual assault accusation (which he’s denied), as well as reports … Read more
“In the last year, using our political power, we managed to prevent this deal from going ahead, time after time.” Israel and Hamas are close to reaching a deal on a cease-fire, according to Qatari mediators. AP reported Jan. 14 that Hamas had accepted the deal. Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking at a joint … Read more
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary is publicly facing senators for the first time after weeks of questions from Democrats — and praise from Republicans — about his “unconventional” resume. Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV news show host, says he will be a “change agent” and a … Read more
Taiwan’s military is grappling with a personnel shortage as a growing number of volunteer soldiers and officers opt for early discharge, despite the financial penalties. In 2020, 401 personnel applied for early discharge, having agreed to pay the fees to leave. Last year, that figure rocketed to 1,565 personnel, according to figures obtained through a … Read more
The two leaders will discuss expanding cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, including in “trade, investment, transport, logistics, humanitarian sphere, and current issues on the regional and international agenda,” the statement said. The agreement is also expected to cement the growing military and political partnership between the two nations. Moscow’s ties with the Iranian regime have … Read more
China has a chokehold on the world’s supply of critical minerals – and experts are warning the situation is a major risk to US national security if the government doesn’t step up its efforts to compete. Control over rare earth metals – which are needed to build everything from the semiconductors that power iPhones to … Read more
Investigators scrambled to find connections between the shocking violence in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Fortunately, they discovered no evidence of a larger terrorist plot linking Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who allegedly murdered 14 people on Bourbon Street with his pickup truck, to Matthew Livelsberger, who shot himself in the head and then blew himself up behind … Read more
“If you had told me 10 years ago that I’d be interviewing about Greenland, I would not have put that high up on my list of possible topics the media would be interested in,” says historian John C. Mitcham of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. “But it is also really fascinating, somewhat troubling too, that we’re … Read more
Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria have, in the last week, killed 109 terrorists, apprehended 81 suspects and rescued 43 kidnapped hostages across theatres of operation in the country. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, on Friday in Abuja. Mr Buba, a major general, said the … Read more
The official statement does not elaborate on the reasons of the dismissal, but local media linked it to the disappearance of the anti-tank mines in June 2024, which Kępczyński allegedly concealed from his superiors. According to the reports, soldiers failed to unload part of the train carrying over 1,000 tons of explosives in total, and … Read more
