Former President Trump spent around two hours on Monday night talking with Elon Musk on X, covering topics including his assassination attempt, U.S. relations with foreign adversaries and the state of the 2024 presidential race. Here are five of the biggest takeaways from that conversation: Trump says he is going back to Butler, Pennsylvania in...
The fire that erupted at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant over the weekend has been extinguished, Russian state media reported on Monday while citing Russia’s nuclear energy agency Rosatom. But both Moscow and Kyiv continue to point the blame at each other as concerns over a nuclear meltdown remain high. Russian forces have illegally occupied...
Russian athletes competing at the Paris Olympics as neutral individual athletes will be allowed to attend the closing ceremony on Sunday, officials said. Athletes from Russia were not allowed to attend the opening ceremony and have not been able to represent their country in Paris due to its ongoing war against Ukraine. “The IOC Executive...
Moscow has deployed troops to the Kursk region after a Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory that has raised major questions for the Kremlin and handed Kyiv a major opportunity. “Given the significant disparity of combat potential favoring Russia on the battlefield, Ukrainian forces appear to be switching to, or at minimum, intensifying, unconventional warfare, bringing...
The Biden administration is sending another round of military assistance to Ukraine as its war with Russia intensifies following a large-scale incursion by Ukrainian forces. The latest package is worth $125 million and includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, multi-mission radars, and anti-tank weapons, the State Department said Friday. FIGHTING RAGES...
Ukraine on Friday continued its efforts to bring the war onto Russian soil as fighting rages on in Russia’s Kursk region, while “massive” drone strikes were also carried out against military and government targets in at least four other western regions. Russia’s Lipetsk region, which sits just north of Kursk, came under attack by Ukrainian...
Fighting in Russia rages for a third day after 1,000 Ukrainian troops stormed across the international border into the Kursk region on Tuesday in one of the largest surprise attacks on Russia since the war began over two years ago. Moscow called a state of emergency in the Kursk region — located roughly 175 miles...
Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated the Kursk region near a major natural gas transmission hub in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the war began in February 2022. Russia has advanced this year after the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive to achieve...
Ukraine added its third gold medal of the Paris Olympics Wednesday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave his thanks on social media. Ukrainian middleweight boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak won a gold medal when he defeated Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay 3-2 in a thrilling final at Roland Garros. “Another gold medal for Ukraine at the Olympics in Paris! Boxer...
Scrutiny over Vice President Kamala Harris’ ability to lead the nation took center stage after she became the most likely challenger to take on Republican nominee Donald Trump in the race for the White House last week. One question that remains on the minds of top security experts is whether she has what it takes...
