Sweden wants to join NATO. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said his country met its obligations under an agreement with Turkey to join the military alliance and it’s time for Turkey’s Parliament to begin the ratification process. When he invaded Ukraine last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said one of his goals was to prevent…

Israel may be considering a preemptive strike on Iran as a means to deter its nuclear program, according to a portion of a top-secret intelligence report leaked on the platform Discord earlier this year. The document, classified as top secret, was coded as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and first reported by the Israeli…

Thinking of joining Russia? Well, Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, and a Vladimir Putin crony, has an offer he thinks people can’t refuse. Join Russia, get nukes. Lukashenko made the proposal during an interview with a Russian propagandist named Pavel Zarubin. The comments aired on Russian state media and came just a few days…

China has a new ambassador to the United States. His name is Xie Feng. He spent time in Washington earlier in his career, and was most recently the vice foreign minister in charge of overseeing policy toward the U.S. Both China and the U.S. hope Xie’s experience will help improve diplomatic relations between the two…

During the first day of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, world leaders discussed imposing tougher sanctions against Russia, while providing more support for Ukraine. And The Walt Disney Company has decided to cancel the construction of a nearly $1 billion new corporate campus in Florida amid ongoing disagreements with Gov. Ron DeSantis. These stories…

As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine persists, concerns about its impact on global food supplies have intensified. With the two countries responsible for exporting nearly one-third of the world’s wheat and barley, a disruption in grain trade poses a threat to the food security of approximately 400 million people worldwide. The United Nations (UN)…

President Joe Biden will meet with lawmakers Tuesday, May 9, to discuss the nation’s debt ceiling issue, as the United States attempts to avoid a potential government default. And China has ordered the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat from the country in a move that has been viewed as a further escalation of tensions between…

China is reiterating a neutral stance in the Russia-Ukraine War. The foreign minister told the media, Friday, April 14, that China won’t sell weapons to either side. The remarks come as U.S. officials publicly cast doubt over China’s intentions as the Chinese Communist Party continues to have a close working relationship with Russia. China could…

If sharing is caring, Russia could not care less about the United States. On March 29, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow was halting all information exchanges with Washington. Russia already said it was pulling out of the new START treaty. It was the last arms control pact between the U.S. and Russia.…

A military blogger in Russia said Ukraine is preparing to launch a fleet of armed drones numbering in the tens of thousands. The fleet is mostly made up of smaller racing drones and could overwhelm Russia’s air defenses. https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1619695661997514753 Russian social media is flooded with posts about the impending Ukrainian aerial attack, according to Forbes.…