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...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke of what she called a "shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region" as she visited Singapore at the start of a short trip to Southeast Asia. Speaking to reporters alongside Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Harris stressed U.S. commitment to the region and working with allies to "uphold the rules-based international order and freedom of navigation, including in the South China Sea." "The reason I am here is because the United States is a global leader, and we take that role seriously," Harris said. Monday's talks included extensive...
Germany's military reported Monday a firefight erupted outside the north gate at Kabul's airport, with unknown attackers killing one Afghan security officer dead and wounding three others. The German military said its forces and those from the United States were involved in the battle. The airport has been the site of mass evacuations by Western nations, particularly the United States, since the Taliban's seizure of the Afghan capital a week ago. Tens of thousands of Afghans have flooded the Kabul airport in hopes of getting a place on one of the evacuation flights, fearing a return to...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived Sunday in Singapore, at the start of a short trip to Southeast Asia. Harris begins her public duties on Monday, speaking with Singapore President Halimah Yacob and holding a bilateral meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, according to The Associated Press. During the first leg of her trip to regional financial center Singapore, Harris will also make a stop at the Changi Naval Base, where she will speak to U.S. sailors aboard the visiting USS Tulsa. Late Tuesday, Harris arrives in Vietnam, becoming the first U.S. vice president to...
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them against being targeted amid the Taliban's swift takeover of the country. Facebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts in Afghanistan, its security policy head Nathaniel Gleicher tweeted on Thursday. Gleicher also said the company had launched a "one-click tool" for users in Afghanistan to lock down their accounts, so people who are not their Facebook friends would be unable to see their timeline posts or share their...
Australia's delta variant outbreak is spreading into Outback areas, where the vast majority of new infections are among aboriginal people. In western New South Wales, 60% of cases are in Indigenous communities, where vaccination rates are low and vaccine hesitancy is high. There are COVID-19 health campaigns in various Australian aboriginal languages, but in western New South Wales state, fewer than 10% of First Nation people are fully vaccinated, well below the national average. Health officials have said that vaccine hesitancy has been promoted by misinformation online and concerns...
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...
Andrew McCabe, pejabat FBI No. 2 yang secara umum dikritik Presiden Donald Trump atas dugaan bias politik, mundur dari biro tersebut hari Senin waktu AS, beberapa minggu sebelum masa pensiunnya,...