ANKARA – Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, said his government’s dispute with Washington over Ankara’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile defense system could be resolved through a “dialogue” with the news administration. “We’re saying don’t break things that way. Let us sit down, discuss and find a solution,” Akar …
Read More »Turkish S-400 is Back at the Negotiating Table Between Ankara and Washington
News Analysis ANKARA – The Turkish S-400 is back at the negotiating table between Ankara and Washington. For nearly two years now, Russia’s S-400 anti-missile systems have been the apple of the military war between Turkey and Washington. This time, as BulgarianMilitary.com learned, citing information from Izvestia, the two countries …
Read More »Trump Administration Reportedly Set to Blacklist Dozens of Chinese Companies
WASHINGTON – According to reports, Washington plans to add about 80 more companies and affiliates to the so-called entity list. The designation means that U.S. suppliers will need to apply for a special license from the Commerce Department before they begin to cooperate with blacklisted companies. China’s largest chipmaker SMIC, …
Read More »China Sovereign Bond Sale Attracts $27 Billion in Global Orders, Embraced By US Investors
BEIJING – U.S. institutional investors have ignored mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing, making long-term bets on China as part of a global sovereign debt offering of $6 billion on Wednesday. This was the first time the Department of Finance had marketed directly to US-based institutional investors since it resumed …
Read More »Trump: All Troops in Afghanistan Should be Home by Xmas
KABUL – National Security Advisor to US President Trump, Robert O’Brien, said Washington would reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 2500 by early next year. President Trump said in a tweet, “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!”. …
Read More »Pompeo in Japan to Boost Ties with Asian Allies to Counter China
TOKYO, Japan – US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, began meetings in Tokyo on Tuesday with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, Washington seeks to consolidate support from regional allies as its relationship with China deteriorates. The trip is his first to the region since July 2019. It was …
Read More »Moscow is Not Afraid of Washington’s Threats
MOSCOW – Russian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic, Levan Jagaryan, said in an interview with Iranian newspaper Resalat that Moscow is not afraid of Washington threats, and If Iran shows interest to buy the s400, the system would be delivered, BulgarianMilitary.com learned citing Eurasia. “As you know, the [SAM] S-300s …
Read More »Trump, Biden Clash Over U.S. Wildfires As Campaign Turns to Climate Change
WASHINGTON – US democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden called President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on September 14 for refusing to acknowledge the role of global warming in the deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blamed forestry lax and said, “I don’t think science knows that.” Dozens …
Read More »“Trump Considering Fast-Tracking Oxford University Covid-19 Vaccine Ahead of U.S. Election”
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to speed up the rollout of an investigational coronavirus vaccine from the U.K. for use in America ahead of the presidential election; it has been reported. Human trials of the coronavirus vaccine candidate under development at the University of Oxford suggest that …
Read More »Pompeo Warns Russia, China Against Ignoring Move to Reimpose U.N. Sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON – The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia and China not to ignore the reimposition of all United Nations sanctions on Iran, which President Donald Trump ordered him to trigger Thursday in the United Nations Security Council in New York. Pompeo will meet with Indonesian United …
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