Ukraine’s much-anticipated counteroffensive has come to a shuddering halt with just six miles of ground gained – increasing US gloom about the prospects of its success. Kyiv launched its counteroffensive against at the start of the summer with staunch backing from Western allies, who have been providing billions of dollars of aid, as well as…
A U.S. citizen was charged with espionage in Moscow on Thursday, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. Gene Spector, a former pharmaceuticals executive, was convicted bribery in a Russian court last year, the agency said. He allegedly admitted to bribing former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and was sentenced to 3½ years in…
The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States last week found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday. Recovering the four air crew and the black box flight data recorder have…
