President Joe Biden has announced a new package of military assistance that includes significant air defense capabilities to help Ukraine protect its people from Russia’s continued aerial attacks. The $325 million arms package was announced just after Russia launched another wave of airstrikes against five cities in Ukraine that hit […]

Washington has warned that any nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies will result in the end of the Kim Jong Un regime. The United States also reaffirmed its ironclad commitment to the defense of South Korea, leveraging the full range of U.S. military capabilities […]

A U.S.-ASEAN Center will be established in Washington, D.C. through a public-private partnership. This was decided by the leaders of ASEAN and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the 2023 U.S.-ASEAN Summit held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The State Department said it has established a public-private partnership with Arizona State University […]

The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned eleven members of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group that has targeted the U.S. Government and U.S. companies. Concurrently, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against nine individuals in connection with the Trickbot malware and other ransomware schemes, including seven […]

The Justice Department has announced a proposed rule that makes a license mandatory for gun dealers to sell firearms and requires officers to complete the background checks on buyers. The detailed rules, released by the Justice Department, would clarify the circumstances in which a person is “engaged in the business” […]

The Justice Department has announced the results of a coordinated, nationwide enforcement action to combat Covid-19 fraud, including federal criminal charges against 371 defendants for offenses amounting to loss of more than $836 million. The Justice Department has now seized over $1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief funds that criminals had […]

The European Union has lifted the import restrictions it imposed on food items from Japan following the nuclear accident at Fukushima. Announcing the decision at the EU-Japan Summit in Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the Commission is lifting the import restrictions on the basis of […]

The relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is “rock solid,” U.S. President Joe Biden said in his meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street Monday. It was his first public engagement after landing in Europe for a three-nation multiple task tour. Although Monday’s meeting […]

The House of Representatives passed with overwhelming majority a bill to suspend the United States’ debt limit through January 1, 2025. The Bill needs to be passed by the Senate to avert a first-ever default ahead of June 5 deadline given by the Treasury Department. The debt ceiling is a […]

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a potentially disastrous default by the U.S. government. After days of negotiations, the president and GOP leader reached the debt ceiling agreement during a phone call Saturday evening. […]