投稿者: Julian Borger in Washington
Robert O’Brien says US should abandon moratorium but experts say proposal would hasten global nuclear arms raceDonald Trump’s former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, widely tipped to play a leading role in a second Trump presidency, has advoca…
UN secretary general makes plea for nuclear states to agree on mutual pledge not to be first to use nuclear weaponsThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that the spread of artificial intelligence technology multiplies the threat of nuc…
US says 14 protesters have been jailed for ‘peacefully participating in political activities’ that should have been allowedThe Hong Kong government has rejected western criticism of the conviction of 14 pro-democracy activists for subversion, calling i…
Five-month impasse in UN security council extends as Netanyahu insists Israel will press ahead with new offensive against RafahA US resolution urging a ceasefire in Gaza linked to a hostage deal has been vetoed by Russia and China in the UN security co…
Pakistan says attacks killed two children in ‘unprovoked violation’ of its airspace, adding to regional instability sparked by Israel-Gaza warMiddle East crisis: latest updatesIran has launched airstrikes on Pakistan territory, apparently aimed at a Su…
Washington and Kyiv claim Moscow turning to other states under sanctions to sustain its war effortRussia has started using ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea to attack Ukraine, Washington and Kyiv have claimed, in an indication that Moscow plan…
Sanctions waiver will allow transfer of $6bn in frozen Iranian assets from South Korea to Qatar, in effort to win release of quintetThe Biden administration has issued a waiver to allow the transfer of $6bn in frozen Iranian funds from South Korea to Q…
Revelation raises questions about whether US and Europe should have been more prepared for 2014 invasionVladimir Putin told Bill Clinton three years before his 2014 attack on Ukraine that he was not bound by the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing the cou…
Yoon Suk-yeol meets Joe Biden in Washington amid concerns in South over North’s nuclear buildupThe US and South Korea have reaffirmed their alliance, agreeing that nuclear-armed submarines would resume port visits and threatening a “swift, overwhelming…
The station, in New York’s Chinatown, was allegedly run by Beijing’s ministry of public security to track Chinese dissidents The FBI has arrested two men accused of running a covert station for China’s police force in New York, and using it as a base t…
US ‘not the only target’ of Chinese surveillance, warns US secretary of state, as FBI investigates balloon wreckageChina has a “fleet” of surveillance balloons of different shapes and sizes, which it has deployed over five continents, US officials have…
Was Beijing trying to sabotage talks with the US, monitor the speed of its military response, or just test Joe Biden’s mettle?Now the Chinese balloon has been brought down in a puff of smoke and debris by a US air-launched missile, after perplexing Was…
Moment hints at possible limits to unrelenting rise of China and raises questions about ability of India to reap demographic dividendOn the day India surpasses China as the world’s most populous nation, the change for both countries will be psychologic…
New national security strategy warns of Russia as more immediate threat and China as long-term competitorWithin a decade, the US will need to deter two major nuclear weapons powers for the first time, the Biden administrationhas warned, pointing to the…
Leonard Francis, contractor in US navy’s biggest scandal, was able not only to escape but also rented vans to load up his possessionsThe US Marshals Service and other law enforcement agencies are facing questions over their competence after the central…