The State Department plans to resume regular evacuation flights from Afghanistan before the end of the year to help U.S. citizens, residents and some visa applicants leave the country, a senior State Department official said, an effort that will require coordination with the Taliban and other governments. In addition, Kabul’s international airport remains closed to regular … Continued
Microsoft is abandoning its local version of LinkedIn in China, a move that would close off the last major U.S.-owned networking platform remaining in the country. In 2014, LinkedIn entered mainland China, a country known for its highly restrictive censorship practices set by the Chinese Communist Party. The platform now boasts about 53 million local users, or roughly 7 … Continued
Nearly half of the Taliban government’s leaders are on the United Nations’ terrorist blacklist, a fact that hasn’t slowed U.S. efforts to engage in diplomacy with the anti-western regime. At least 14 of the 33 ministers the Taliban announced as senior leaders in its newly formed government are designated as terrorists under the U.N. Security … Continued
China’s People’s Liberation Army is building and deploying an array of space warfare tools, including anti-satellite missiles and cyberweapons, which will be used to dominate Earth by controlling space, according to an Air Force report. The report by the China Aerospace Studies Institute, part of the Air University, also blames China for spreading a huge … Continued
Perhaps the most underreported and underrated story of the current century is the outbreak of peace in the Middle East. This was achieved by Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who midwifed a series of deals between Israel and its Arab neighbors. But of course, the Norwegians don’t like Donald Trump, and could not … Continued
President Joe Biden is reported by US intelligence sources on Tuesday as having ordered the shutdown of the CIA’s Iranian division, without explanation. While Western sources ascribe the step to a gesture of appeasement for Tehran, the Iranian media slam the step as “a tactical move” by the US to “apply more pressure” on Iran … Continued
One of the reatest national security challenges threatening America is the danger of a war with Communist China over Taiwan. After President Joe Biden’s disastrous surrender to the Taliban in Afghanistan – in which he didn’t consult or even inform our allies – the importance of supporting Taiwan’s independence is greater than ever. America’s failure … Continued
A top Russian official suggested that better diplomatic treatment of Russia by the European Union would insulate EU members from energy shortages like they are experiencing now, indicating that Russia, already responsible for a significant share of the EU’s gas imports, is looking to gain further advantage from Europe’s vulnerabilities. Russian EU ambassador Vladimir Chizhov … Continued
More than 100 illegal immigrants, mostly unaccompanied children, were recently discovered by border agents in San Miguel and Three Points, near Tucson, the acting chief patrol agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector said on Monday. “A group of 125 migrants surrendered to #ThreePoints Station agents near San Miguel, Arizona. Nearly three quarters were … Continued
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan days after China’s People’s Liberation Army sent a record 56 bombers and other aircraft on sorties near the self-ruled island in a single day. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen answered in a speech the following day, saying Taiwanese people would not bow to Chinese pressure. … Continued
Israel, Iran, the US and Russia are engaged in secret talks for Israel’s acceptance of Iran as a nuclear threshold power in return for a US-Russian guarantee that Tehran will not cross the threshold to make a nuclear bomb. Kremlin sources say that reports of a forthcoming summit between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President … Continued
The head of the National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate said that one of his agency’s top priorities has become protecting US weapons systems from cyber threats, representing a shift in focus brought about by the rise of an increasingly multipolar world with highly capable cyber adversaries. NSA’s Rob Joyce told the annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit … Continued
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