by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
The Montana National Guard and U.S. Pacific Air Forces, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Air Force and members of the Maldives National Defense Force, are conducting ‘Atlas Angel,’ a joint military
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On March 20, 2003, as air raid sirens blared over Baghdad, darkness once again engulfed the country. “We have no ambition in Iraq, except to remove a threat and restore control of
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by Matthew Rusling With U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent withdrawal from the 2024 elections, myriad uncertainties lie ahead in the race to the White House. The shift began last month, after critics
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If I wanted to ape the mood of erstwhile Soviet political essays, I’d write something like this: “The loud echo of gunshots in Pennsylvania resounded across the Atlantic…” You can argue about the appropriateness
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Democrats have taken another step toward formally nominating Vice President Kamala Harris for President, with the rules committee for the party’s National Convention setting up August 1, 2024, as the date that
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) is unable to accurately estimate the value of military aid provided to Ukraine which has already led to a host of accounting errors resulting in more
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California governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Thursday directing officials in the most populated U.S. state to urgently address homeless encampments. The executive order directs state agencies and departments to
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I have little doubt that President Joe Biden’s belated but essential decision to bow out of the 2024 presidential election on Sunday will go down in history as a patriotic act. Following
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Little would change for U.S. intelligence should Kamala Harris win the Democratic nomination for president and prevail in the November elections. President Biden, wracked by plunging polls and mounting pressure from Democratic
More MILWAUKEE, WI — In the Republican National Convention (RNC), Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday evening. The event marked a significant moment in his campaign, following a harrowing assassination
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