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MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) – Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, on Thursday accused the NATO military alliance of making practical preparations for what he called a “large-scale conflict in the east,” the state RIA news agency reported. Naryshkin was also cited as saying that the European Union was rapidly arming itself …
BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – A Chinese delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defence University will attend Asia’s premier security forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue, to be held in Singapore from May 29 to 31, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday. The defence university’s Meng Xiangqing will head the Chinese delegation, the ministry’s spokesperson …
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials, in the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the …
A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home. David Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last week, according to federal court filings in Virginia, where he …
ISTANBUL, May 28 (Reuters) – Drone attacks were reported on three tankers in the Black Sea on Thursday near Turkey’s northern coast, shipping agency Tribeca said. The tanker James II, sailing under the Palau flag and in ballast, was some 50 miles (80 km) north of the Turkeli Area in the Black Sea when the …
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it carried out a strike in the eastern Pacific, killing two men. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S. Southern Command said in statement. (Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing …
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has told federal prosecutors in Miami, Florida, to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing current and former U.S. law enforcement officials. (Reporting by Jasper Ward and Bhargav Acharya) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
May 28 (Reuters) – Kuwait’s army said on Thursday that its air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, but did not say where they were coming from. The army said any sounds of explosions heard in the country were the result of air-defence systems intercepting the threats, and urged people to follow security …
By Julie Zhu and Anne Marie Roantree HONG KONG, May 28 (Reuters) – China’s commitment to buy 200 Boeing jets during a recent visit by U.S. President Donald Trump will be firmed up later this year and is only an “initial tranche” of a potentially far bigger deal, the planemaker’s CEO Kelly Ortberg said. Investors …
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases. the government said on Thursday. The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as PFAS, at 28 bases. …