Anthony Fauci, a key adviser to both Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to testify on Wednesday about whether the virus originated from a “laboratory leak.”
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the US military will be hitting Iran “hard” after a missile attack against US bases in Jordan, US media reported. “We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating,” he said.
U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos asserted that recent false and misleading reports have “mischaracterized” the image of American diplomacy in the Horn of Africa, as part of efforts to “court an anti-Ethiopian alliance,” adding that “that narrative is both inaccurate and needlessly inflammatory.”
A minister with Yemen’s internationally recognized government said on Wednesday that the country’s Houthi rebels were working under Iranian guidance to establish a system to impose fees for ships transiting the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Iranian state television on Wednesday said the United States struck a city in the country’s northwest on the border with Iraq.
China is expanding its presence in the waters east of Taiwan, raising fears that Beijing may be rehearsing a blockade strategy that would cut off the self-ruled island from outside trade and assistance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin did not have the initiative in the war due to heavy losses, according to a Fox News interview broadcast Tuesday.
Strikes resumed in the Middle East on Wednesday after a lull of several days, with the US military announcing it had intercepted Iranian missiles and launched an attack on “Iranian-backed militias” in Iraq in coordination with Saudi Arabia, leading to a rise in oil prices.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to establish the first joint task force dedicated to accelerating the development of artificial intelligence applications in the military field.
Taiwan will deploy naval and coast guard ships to escort “critical supplies” during a simulation of a Chinese military blockade in waters east of the island, defense officials said Tuesday.
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