The United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed a third round of sanctions targeting the Palestinian militant group Hamas, trying to curb Iranian funding of the group and one of its allies, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, following their shock attack last month on Israel. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement the two […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — The United States, South Korea, and Japan held their first ever combined aerial exercise Sunday in an effort to send a tough message to North Korea. It’s not new for the United States to hold aerial drills with Japan or with South Korea. But the three countries had never held such an […]
“International cooperation is not only in the best interests of all countries, but is absolutely necessary for the survival of the planet.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Monday that hawks in both his country and China are pulling the two superpowers into a “disastrous cold war” that threatens to undercut the possibility of cooperation against the worsening global climate […]
The United States has fallen 10 spots in the last three years in the Global Peace Index, driven by a high degree of militarization and a rising homicide rate. Iceland was named the most peaceful country in the world for the 15th consecutive year in the annual ranking compiled by the Institute for Economics & […]