Tag: US military

• 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.