Why Iran is stepping up its assassination plots in the West
It’s no secret that Iran’s conventional forces are no match for its key international rivals. It even took heavy losses when fighting a conventional war against neighboring Iraq for much…
Exclusive: Pompeo vows U.S. action to ensure ‘good outcome’ for Belarusian people
PRAGUE — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking about the contentious Belarusian presidential election and the ensuing police crackdown against peaceful protesters, says that “we want good outcomes for the Belarusian people, and we’ll take…
US privately warns Iran that this one thing would trigger an attack
As the US military builds up its forces in the Middle East, America’s top diplomat has been privately warning the Iranians that the death of even a single US service member at the hands of Iran or one of its proxies would trigger a military respons…
US quietly lowers threshold for conflict in the South China Sea
The US has been steadily ratcheting up the pressure on China’s sea forces in a way that could lower the threshold for conflict in the South China Sea, already a hotbed of tension and dispute.
The US is signaling a tougher stance toward the Ch…
US Navy finds smoking gun that points to Iran in latest tanker attack
The US is accusing Iran of carrying out attacks on two tankers just outside the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway through which more than 30% of the world’s seaborne crude oil passes, and the US Navy has reportedly discovered an unexploded mine…
Secretary of State visits Baghdad to warn of ‘imminent’ Iranian threat
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Baghdad, where he met with Iraqi officials to discuss the United States’ security concerns amid what he called “escalating” Iranian activity.
Pompeo’s May 7, 2019, visit to t…
Arctic sea lanes could become the 21st century Suez and Panama Canals
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 6, 2019, claimed that melting sea ice — which scientists warn is a sign of potentially catastrophic cli…
Why the US suddenly decided to send an aircraft carrier and bombers to check Iran
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force are being sent to “send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime,” White House national security adviser John Bolton said in a statement on May 5, 2019.
Why North Korea just fired its missiles into the sea
The South Korean military is reporting that North Korea launched several weapons into the sea, perhaps a sign that North Korea’s patience with Washington is growing thin.
North Korea launched a barrage of unidentified short-range projectiles …