In early 2019, senior White House officials were privy to classified intelligence that Russia was secretly offering rewards to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a year earlier than previously reported, according to knowledgeable U.S. officials. direct intelligence. The assessment was included in at least one of the daily …
Read More »Japan confirms its scrapping of the US anti-missile defense system.
Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based US anti-missile defense systems aimed at strengthening the country’s capacity against North Korean threats By Associated Press MARI YAMAGUCHI June 26, 2020, 2:30 am 3 min read 3 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail …
Read More »White House games on annexation of Israel; more planned conversations
President Donald Trump’s top national security advisers have been unable to make a decision on whether to support an Israeli plan to annex important parts of the land that the Palestinians claim for a future state. By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer June 25, 2020 6:40 PM 5 min read …
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