China seized a Taiwanese fishing boat it says was trespassing in its waters. Taiwan’s Coast Guard rushed its patrol boats to the scene, but stood down to avoid conflict. The incident highlights rising maritime tensions between China and Taiwan. Taiwan is calling for the release of one of its fishing boats and its crew after […]
A Russian flag flies next to the U.S. embassy building in Moscow on November 30, 2023, on a snowy day. Credit – ALEXANDER NEMENOV—AFP/Getty Images To judge from the editorial pages and Capitol Hill currents that both shape and reflect Washington’s perceptions of the world, the doomsayers sounding alarms over the risk of direct military […]
The Philippines has accused China’s Coast Guard of launching a “brutal assault” with bladed weapons during a South China Sea clash earlier this week, a major escalation in a festering dispute that threatens to drag the United States into another global conflict. Footage released by the Philippine military on Thursday showed Chinese coast guard officers […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks about talks on deploying more nuclear weapons were an escalation. NATO is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons, taking them out of storage and placing them on standby, in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China, […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Intensified cross-border fire from Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement into Israel could trigger serious escalation, the Israeli military said on Sunday. “Hezbollah’s increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region,” Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sees no danger in his latest change of course in Ukraine policy to allow Kiev to use German-supplied weapons to hit Russian territory. “We are certain that it will not contribute to an escalation, because – as the US president has also described – it is only about being able to […]
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — New Israeli strikes on Rafah have killed at least 16 Palestinians, first responders said Tuesday, as residents reported an escalation of fighting in the southern Gaza city once seen as the territory’s last refuge. An Israeli incursion launched in early May has caused nearly 1 million to flee from […]
Idaho State Police arrested an adult woman in Boise on Friday night on suspicion of resisting or obstructing officers as pro-Palestine demonstrations continued near the Idaho Capitol. State police ordered protesters to vacate the grass adjacent to the Capitol “for maintenance” by 6:30 p.m. Friday, according to Aaron Snell, ISP spokesperson. At about 9:45 p.m., […]
DEKWANEH, Lebanon (AP) — If the monthslong conflict playing out on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to escalate, the United Nations food agency won’t be ready for the spike in nutritional needs across crisis-hit Lebanon, its deputy executive director said Wednesday. Clashes between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces began on Oct. 8, a […]
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Tuesday called Israel’s storming of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt a “dangerous escalation” against civilian facilities protected by international law. It added in a statement that the military attack will exacerbate the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and will prevent the flow of much needed emergency relief […]
In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once again warned against an escalation of the situation in the Middle East. Netanyahu informed Scholz about the situation in the region during the conversation on Sunday, according to the German government’s spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit. “The chancellor emphasized that the aim […]
Following a suspected Israeli retaliatory attack on Iran, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned against further escalation in the Middle East. “Everyone must ensure now and in the near future that there is no further escalation of the war,” Scholz said on Friday. He stressed that the position urging restraint is shared by Germany and […]