Tag: US military

• Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Iran conflict: Trump “cocked and locked”, but proved the dove among his hawkish advisors

  

  United States president Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran's downing of an unmanned US drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signalled he was open to talks with Tehran.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:49 UTC

  Brazilian military do not exclude having 5G mobile Huawei technology

  

  Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Friday told journalists that the government will not exclude Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co from operating a fifth-generation (5G) mobile telecoms network in Latin America's largest economy.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  Beijing stern warning on Taiwan: China will fight any interference with reunification

  

  China will fight anyone who tries to interfere in its “reunification” with Taiwan, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday in a combative speech peppered with threats against the United States over its military presence in Asia.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Venezuela reacts with outrage after Guaidó asked for US military support to oust Maduro

  

  Venezuela reacted with outrage on Monday after the opposition openly courted US military support, with the regime denouncing what it called a “repugnant” attempt to plot an armed intervention in the crisis-torn country.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 23:50 UTC

  Venezuela denounces US provocation in national waters when Guaidó announces contacts with the Southern Command

  

  The president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, asked on Saturday his diplomatic representative in the US, Carlos Vecchio, to meet with the leaders of the Southern Command of that country to coordinate possible military cooperation in the face of the Venezuelan crisis. Meanwhile, the minister of defense of the administration of Nicolás Maduro, Vladimir Padrino López, warned on the same day “a provocation” of a US Coast Guard vessel that sailed 20 kilometers away from La Guaira, the main port of Venezuela.

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  Saudi Crown Prince dismisses Trump's remarks on defense and military backing

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dismissed remarks by Donald Trump in which the U.S. president said he had warned the king he would not last in power “for two weeks” without U.S. military backing and demanded he pay up.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  UK government under pressure to increase defense budget to 3% of GDP

  

  The British government must increase spending on the armed forces if Britain is to maintain its defense relationship with the United States, MPs have warned. The Commons Defense Committee said without further investment, UK forces would struggle to maintain “interoperability” with the US military, diminishing their usefulness as allies.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  All ready for Tuesday's Trump/Kim summit: denuclearization at the heart of discussions

  

  North Korea has told the United States that it's prepared to discuss denuclearization at the June 12 summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. But the reclusive regime likely has an entirely different understanding of what denuclearization entails.