Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday said Russia was “dragging” China into the war in Ukraine, as he accused Beijing of knowing that dozens of its citizens were being recruited by Moscow’s army to fight. Zelenskyy — whose war leadership has hit turbulence with Donald Trump in the White House — also said that Kyiv…
Israeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian… © Japan Today
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is the front-runner in opinion polls to be the country’s next leader, declared his bid for the presidency on Thursday, promising to fix inequality and spur economic growth. The presidential election will be held on June 3, after the impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his…
FBI Director Kash Patel was quietly removed weeks ago as the acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and has been replaced with the… © Japan Today
Suspected U.S. airstrikes that pounded the area around Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeida have killed at least 10 people, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Wednesday. The strikes Tuesday night hit around Hodeida’s al-Hawak district, the rebels said, and wounded 16 people. The area is home to the city’s airport, which the rebels have…
Despite a shove from President Donald Trump, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote late Wednesday on their budget framework, unable to convince conservative GOP holdouts who had raised grave misgivings over allowing trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts. Speaker Mike Johnson almost dared the Republican hardliners to defy Trump and risk…
