“With a track record of failure on Iran, the Trump administration’s spin machine appears to be going into overdrive heading into November.” The international community is pushing back against U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Saturday night claim that United Nations sanctions on Iran have been restored—the administration’s latest attempt to escalate tensions with […]
Over 50 warships and at least 40 aircraft from the Russian navy are conducting war games in the International waters of the Bering Sea this week in what is the largest such games in the area since the Soviet Era. In a released statement, Russia’s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov said, We are holding […]
2019 saw the biggest increase in global military spending in a decade, according to data published Friday, which also showed the United States ramping up war expenditures under President Donald Trump. The findings are from The Military Balance 2020, the latest annual assessment from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) formally launched at the […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is ready to “return to its commitments” under the 2015 nuclear deal when other parties uphold their commitments. Rouhani’s office issued a statement Monday after his talks in Tehran with the new European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell. Iran’s official news agency quotes Rouhani as saying that […]