The Wagner Group boss’ plane crash death was an assassination, The Wall Street Journal reported. A close Putin ally drove the plan, with the death seen as suspicious by observers. A bomb was put under the plane wing, per the report. The death of mutinous Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash was an […]
By Luc Cohen and Alexandra Ulmer NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to grant clemency to Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as part of a deal in which Maduro’s government released Venezuelans linked to the political opposition and 10 detained Americans. Here are some details of the […]
The US freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the extradition of a fugitive defence contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who is at the centre of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, officials said on Wednesday. The deal represents […]
A federal judge ordered the top House Republican Scott Perry to turn over nearly 1,700 records from his phone to special counsel prosecutors that could inform the extent of his role in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, including removing justice department officials. The move by the chief US district judge James […]
The Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a swap for jailed Americans, it is understood. Alex Saab, who was arrested on a US warrant for money laundering in 2020, is said to have been released from custody on Wednesday. In exchange, Mr Maduro will free some, if not […]
China accused the Philippines of violating its sovereignty on two separate occasions over the weekend after its neighbor to the southeast undertook supply missions to South China Sea features claimed by both countries. Beijing also said one of the Philippine ships had rammed one of its coast guard vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal. […]
Carsten Breuer, the highest-ranking solider of the German military and an ally of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), told German media on Saturday that he fears Russia may invade Germany and start a “defensive” war. It’s been almost two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Over the past […]
A Donald Trump ally who worked in his justice department said on Tuesday that if the former president is elected again, his administration will retaliate against people in the media “criminally or civilly”. Kash Patel, who was also chief of staff in the defense department and held a role on the national security council, made […]
Donald Trump ally Kash Patel said Tuesday that if the former president is elected to a second term in office he’ll “come after” the “conspirators” in the media and the government who “helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections.” “We’re going to come after you. Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out,” Patel, a […]
The chief of staff of the Philippine military has announced plans for joint maritime and air patrols with like-minded nations in response to the escalating assertiveness of China in the South China Sea. “It’s in the planning process,” General Romeo Brawner Jr. told CNN Philippines’ The Source Tuesday. “We are going to conduct our joint […]