The European Union’s foreign policy head, Josep Borrell, says that he plans to propose the formation of a 50,000-strong EU expeditionary force, tasked with providing an independent European response in… Continue reading "EU Foreign Policy Head To Propose Formation Of European Expeditionary Force"
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the United Kingdom’s Afghanistan evacuation efforts are now “down to hours now, not weeks”, with continued operations unlikely to be feasible once… Continue reading "British Defence Secretary: UK Kabul Evacuations “Down To Hours, Not Weeks”"
Airstrikes on Syrian targets allegedly by Israeli aircraft occurred early 19 August, only hours after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah cautioned Israel and the US not to interfere with an approaching… Continue reading "Israel Launches Missile Strikes On Syria Over Lebanese Airspace"
Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service accused Belarusian border guards of illegally crossing the border between Lithuania and Belarus on Tuesday, during an attempt to drive a group of 35 Iraqi… Continue reading "Lithuania Accuses Belarus Border Guards Of Illegal Border Crossing"
Chaos continued at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday morning, with American military officials saying that all commercial flights out of the airport have been halted to clear the… Continue reading "Chaos At Kabul International Airport Following Fall Of Afghan Capital"
President Joe Biden says that he does not intend to change plans for the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan, even as Taliban fighters continue to capture provincial capitals from… Continue reading "Biden: No Changes To Afghanistan Withdrawal Plans Despite Taliban Offensive"
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has long seen a climate change as a critical threat to its power-projection capability. Rising sea levels can threaten billions of dollars in US… Continue reading "US Department of Defense Increasingly Affected by Climate Change"
Between 19 and 29 July, RAND published three reports focusing on foreign disinformation campaigns. Two of these were focused on social media with one report focusing on Chinese social media… Continue reading "New RAND Studies Tackle Foreign Disinformation in the United States"
The Egypt Armed Forces announced on Sunday that it has killed 89 insurgents in operations in North Sinai, where an ISIS-affiliated organization has operated for nearly a decade. Eight Egyptian… Continue reading "Eight Egyptian Soldiers Killed During Operations In North Sinai"
Syrian rebels captured a number of checkpoints in rural areas of the southwestern Daraa Governorate on Thursday, in retaliation for a ground assault by regime forces on a neighborhood of… Continue reading "Syrian Rebels Retaliate Against Regime Assault On Daraa-al-Balad"