Jan 13 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: Treasury Secretary says U.S. will hit debt limit next week In our news wrap Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the federal government will hit its debt limit next Thursday, Russia’s defense ministry issued a new claim that a small town in eastern Ukraine has fallen after weeks… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 9:59 U.S. and Japan boost cooperation as Marines adapt controversial plan to counter China By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn At the White House, President Biden welcomed the prime minister of Japan as he ended a tour of top industrial and military allies. Japan, like many nations in Asia and beyond, is wary of a rising China. The two leaders… Continue watching
Jan 13 NATO to send surveillance planes to Romania to monitor Russian activity By Associated Press NATO plans to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions and to "monitor Russian military activity" within the military alliance's territory. Continue reading
Jan 13 Rifts in Russian military command seen amid fierce Ukraine fighting By Associated Press As Russian troops wage a ferocious fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow. Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: U.S. fully committed to U.S.-Japan alliance, Biden tells PM Kishida By Associated Press "We're modernizing our military alliance, building on Japan's historic increase in defense spending and new national security strategy," President Joe Biden said in remarks before reporters in the Oval Office. Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: U.S., Japan sign space cooperation agreement By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The meeting and signing ceremony capped a weeklong tour for Kishida that took him to five European and North American capitals for talks on his effort to beef up Japan's security in a time of provocative Chinese and North Korean… Continue reading
Jan 13 Russia says it took town of Soledar, but Ukraine denies its capture By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Russia claims that its forces have captured a fiercely contested salt mining town, in what would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin. Continue reading
Jan 13 Suspect formally charged for assassinating Japan's Abe By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press A Japanese court says prosecutors have formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder. Continue reading
Jan 13 WATCH: U.S. joins UK in decrying planned execution in Iran By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The United States echoed Great Britain in calling for a halt to the execution of Ali Reza Akbari, a British-Iranian dual national and former senior defense official in Iran. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 3:28 News Wrap: Air travel back to normal day after FAA outage In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. air travel returned to close to normal after a government computer system broke down and grounded all flights for a time, the mayor of Selma, Alabama, reports significant damage from a large tornado that… Continue watching