Taiwan receiving US weapons years behind schedule – WSJ
Taiwan has received 38 Abrams tanks from the US after a five-year wait, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Supply-chain problems “have proven more effective in keeping advanced American weaponry out of Taiwanese hands” than Beijing’s warnings have, the newspaper noted. China views the self-governing island as a part of its territory. The US […]
Germany was warned about Christmas market attack suspect – media
Richard Sanders, Staff Writer The suspect behind the deadly incident at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, a Saudi national identified as Taleb A., had prior run-ins with law enforcement, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday. His home country’s requests for extradition, however, had been met with silence. Saudi Arabia warned the […]
Finland warns against sending troops to Ukraine
Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer EU countries should avoid making hasty decisions about sending a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine, Finnish President Alexander Stubb has warned. He was speaking at a defense cooperation summit in Tallinn, where the conflict between Moscow and Kiev was top of the agenda. Some EU leaders have previously floated the idea of […]