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August 22, 2019

Pentagon 'very carefully' watching China, it's 'No. 1 priority,' Defense Secretary Mark Esper tells Fox News

China is the Pentagon's “number one priority,” and the United States is watching Beijing "very carefully" in order to safeguard America.

August 21, 2019

American-born Israeli woman, 25, detained in Russia for 4 months over 9 grams of cannabis

A 25-year-old woman with dual American and Israeli citizenship has been behind bars in Russia since April after authorities allegedly found nine grams of cannabis in her luggage while she was traveling.

August 21, 2019

Putin says Russia ‘will react accordingly’ after US missile tests

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the United States’ testing of a new missile – which had been banned under a now-defunct arms treaty – raises new threats for Russia and will warrant a response.

August 20, 2019

US Navy 'ready' for whatever 'needs to be done' in Venezuela, Naval commander says

The U.S. Navy is prepared to take action if needed in Venezuela, a top U.S. Naval commander said this week.

August 20, 2019

State Department official John Sullivan to be nominated as next ambassador to Russia: source

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan will be nominated by President Trump to take over as ambassador to Russia following the announcement that former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will be leaving the ambassador’s residence in October, an administration official told Fox News.

August 20, 2019

Russia resumes sharing radiation data following missile explosion, says they're not obliged to do so

Russia has resumed sharing data from its radiation monitoring stations in Siberia after some were taken offline following a deadly explosion at a missile range, a nuclear weapons watchdog said Tuesday.

August 20, 2019

US stoking tension after missile test that would have been banned under treaty, Russia says

A top Russian official on Tuesday said the U.S. is stoking tension after firing a ground-based version of a Tomahawk cruise missile that was previously barred under a Cold War-era agreement between the two sides that both accused the other of violating.

August 19, 2019

Pentagon tests missile previously banned under US-Russia arms treaty

The Pentagon announced Monday that the military conducted a test over the weekend of a type of missile that previously had been banned for the last 30 years under a treaty between the United States and Russia.

August 19, 2019

Hoffman and Soames: Stop Putin now, as Churchill would warn, or West will face the consequences

Putin is bent on reviving the ethos of the Soviet evil empire. The Kremlin is behaving more like an aggressive and dangerous rogue state than a member of the community of nations.

August 19, 2019

Russia nuclear monitoring sites lost contact after mystery blast: report

A nuclear official said in an email Sunday that two Russian nuclear monitoring stations—specifically designed to detect radiation— “went silent” in the days following an explosion by what many believe was a nuclear-powered missile earlier this month during tests at a remote base.