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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his counterpart in Seoul on Tuesday, pledging to beef up joint drills and security cooperation as South Korea seeks nuclear reassurances in the face of growing North Korean threats. Seoul is eager to convince its increasingly nervous public of America’s so-called extended deterrence commitments, …

Ukraine will receive 120 to 140 tanks in a “first wave” of deliveries from a coalition of 12 countries, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday. Kyiv secured pledges from the West this month to supply main battle tanks to help fend off Russia’s full-scale invasion, with Moscow mounting huge …

About one in five British adults turned to eating food past its use-by date or consuming smaller portions this winter, the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority has revealed, as the cost-of-living crisis weighs heavily on people’s lives. According to a damning report published by the Office for National …

Any military action against Iran by Washington would be considered as the initiation of broader hostilities, diplomats told Newsweek Iranian diplomats have warned that American military action against their country would risk starting an open war, according to Newsweek. There has been speculation surrounding Washington’s possible involvement in a recent …

A new poll reveals a sharp decline in American patriotism as only 16 percent of the country’s youth are proud to be American. In recent years, there has been a sharp decline in national pride among Generation Z (born after 1997) compared to the previous generation, according to the Morning …

Japan and the Netherlands have reportedly bowed to pressure from Washington on tighter supply controls for microchips The United States has agreed a deal with Japan and the Netherlands to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing sources. According …

A powerful bomb explosion at a busy mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar has killed at least 33 people and wounded 150, according to officials. A hospital official said many of the casualties were police officers who had gathered in the mosque for afternoon prayers. The mosque is located …

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein says Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has urged senior Iraqi authorities to arrange a face-to-face meeting between the top diplomats of Riyadh and Tehran, amid a diplomatic process between the two neighbors aimed at mending strained ties. Hussein told Iraq’s Kurdish-language Rudaw television …

Comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country may ratify Finland’s bid to join NATO present a “positive sign,” the Nordic nation’s foreign minister said. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto chose to remain upbeat, saying that talk about ratifications “is a …

The Kremlin said on Monday that former British prime minister Boris Johnson was lying when he said President Vladimir Putin had threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that what Johnson said was …

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General emphasized the importance of beefing up cooperation between NATO and South Korea to counter China’s growing military power and other global threats. Jens Stoltenberg who is scheduled to arrive in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day stay to meet with President Yoon Suk …

Ex-US President Donald Trump thinks that incumbent leader Joe Biden has brought the world to the brink of a third world war. “Joe Biden has brought us to the brink of World War Three. We’re at the brink of World War Three, just in case anybody doesn’t know it,” he …

University students across India are either being suspended or being detained by the police, over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role during the deadly Gujarat sectarian riots in 2002, as India continues to stop even the personal viewing of the documentary. In one …

Tunisians have headed to polls to take part in the second round of parliamentary elections, as all eyes are on the turnout amid deepening economic woes. A total of 262 candidates are competing for 131 seats in the new legislature, a body largely stripped of its powers following President Kais …

Russia says Ukraine’s army has attacked a hospital in Luhansk using a US-made rocket system, killing at least 14 people. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Ukrainian forces “deliberately attacked the building of a district hospital” in the town of Novoaidar. The strike was carried out …

Tens of thousands of public school teachers and school staff have marched through the streets of capital Lisbon to demand higher wages and better working conditions. According to Press TV, the Saturday demonstrations were seen as a further step by the country’s teachers to put more pressure on the Portuguese …

Two US police officers who were involved in the brutal killing of a Black man have been suspended following mass protests against police brutality in the country. The officers belonging to Shelby County, Tennessee, who responded to the scene of Tyre Nichols’s deadly arrest, were “relieved of duty,” Shelby County …

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has categorically rejected a report by the chemical weapons watchdog, accusing Damascus of an alleged 2018 chemical attack against its own people. “Syria totally rejects the report released by the so-called ‘Investigation and Identification Team’ of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) about …

Tens of thousands of protesters have held a massive rally again in Tel Aviv in the Occupied Territories against Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial reforms, which they say aim to weaken the regime’s Supreme Court in favor of the Israeli prime minister and his extremist cabinet. According to Press TV, the …

Israeli forces have opened direct fire on Palestinian journalists in the flashpoint town of Beita, near the West Bank city of Nablus, as tensions continue to escalate in the Occupied Territories. Wahaj Bani Moufleh said he and his colleague Mohammad Sumrin were covering the closure of the town’s entrance with …