The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...
The United States is providing up to $500 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, three U.S. officials tell VOA, in a package that is expected to include 55 more Stryker and Bradley armored vehicles. One official, who spoke to VOA on the condition of anonymity ahead of the package's expected release Tuesday, said the latest aid also includes munitions for Patriot surface-to-air missile systems, along with more rockets for Ukraine's High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). Another official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told VOA the aid package would provide Ukraine...
The United States said Sunday that the brief rebellion of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin against Russia's military leadership shows "very serious cracks" in the two-decade rule of President Vladimir Putin and "questions the very premise" of his 16-month war against Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told ABC's "This Week" show, that the war "has been a devastating strategic failure for Putin across virtually every front - economic, military, geopolitical standing." "We see cracks emerging," Blinken said of Prigozhin's protest targeting Putin. "Where they go - if anywhere -...
US President Joe Biden pressed the forces of democracy on Thursday (22/6) while receiving Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit at the White House. He praised the two countries' collaboration in "almost every human endeavor" while stressing that universal human rights remain critical to the success of the US and India. In a joint news conference Thursday, Biden called the US-India relationship "one of the most important in the world, one that is stronger, closer and more dynamic than ever before in history." He underlined how far the two strongest countries in the world have...
The United States is "deeply concerned" about the escalation in violence in the West Bank, a US State Department spokeswoman said, adding that reports of an Israeli attack on a Palestinian village Wednesday were "disturbing." "We are also deeply concerned about the increase in violence on the West Bank in recent months," US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters. He also condemned the attack the day before that killed four Israelis near the Jewish settlement of Eli. On Wednesday, hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed a small Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank,...
North and South Korea have restored a communication hotline that was cut off by Pyongyang last June. According to the South's presidential office, the leaders of both countries have agreed to...
Critical infrastructure facilities were hit by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy's presidential office said on Thursday. "Another attack...
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