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The US Treasury Department said the new sanctions were in response to a series of attacks, including a missile strike on Erbil in northern Iraq, above. Reuters
US imposes more sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard over missiles

Recent attacks by Iran and its proxies on targets in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the UAE lead to US Treasury Department response

USMarch 30, 2022
Gen Tod Wolters, US European Command and Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaks before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington. Getty Images / AFP
Russia repeatedly fired hypersonic missiles at Ukraine, top Nato commander says

Intelligence gap early on may have caused an overestimation of Russian military capabilities

EuropeMarch 29, 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and other senior officials. Reuters
US woos gas-rich Algeria as West scrambles for non-Russian energy

Antony Blinken’s visit marks the first by a US secretary of state for eight years as America looks to boost natural gas supplies

USMarch 29, 2022
A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces member holds an NLAW anti-tank weapon on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
US sends six radar-jamming warplanes to Germany

Planes will not be used in Ukraine, Pentagon stresses

USMarch 28, 2022
Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev is the latest Russian officer killed in Ukraine. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Russian troops ‘kill their colonel‘ as seventh general perishes on the battlefield

Moscow looks for reinforcements as up to 20 Battalion Tactical Groups are declared 'combat ineffective'

UKMarch 25, 2022
Shelled buildings in central Kharkiv, Ukraine. EPA
US assesses Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says assessment made on 'careful review' of intelligence sources

USMarch 23, 2022
Workers clean the floor as sacks of food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions sit in piles in a warehouse of the World Food Programme in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region in Ethiopia. AP
US Horn of Africa envoy visits Ethiopia as Congress drafts sanctions legislation

The State Department, meanwhile, is pursuing diplomacy to resolve the Tigray war

USMarch 23, 2022
A senior US official declined to confirm Russia’s use of foreign fighters in Ukraine as there are 'no indications' that they have moved any in from Syria or elsewhere. Reuters
Russia's Wagner Group is active in Ukraine, US confirms

Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said group linked to Wagner had been sent to Ukraine to assassinate country’s president

USMarch 22, 2022
Iraqi tanks advance towards ISIS positions in Mosul in 2017. The country acquires much of its weaponry from Russia, but for how much longer? Reuters
US sanctions on Russia's weapon makers could cause problems for Iraq

Ripple effect of Ukraine war felt in Middle Eastern country where billions has been spent on Russian military equipment

MENAMarch 22, 2022
A charred Russian tank sits on the front line near Kyiv. Press Service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces / AFP
Russia suffering ‘command-and-control’ difficulties in Ukraine, Pentagon says

Senior US defence official says Moscow ‘desperate’ to gain momentum in war

USMarch 21, 2022
An anti-US mural in Iran's capital Tehran. AFP
Return to Iran nuclear deal expected within days as Russia hurdle is cleared

'We can and should reach an understanding on mutual return to full implementation of the JCPOA in the coming days,' State Department says

USMarch 17, 2022
A Ukrainian soldier holds a Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) that was used to destroy a Russian armoured personal carrier (APC) in Irpin, north of Kyiv, on March 12. AFP
Russia weighing sending more troops to Ukraine, Pentagon says

'They’re designed to deliver a punch', US official said of new 'tactical' drone delivery to Ukraine

USMarch 16, 2022
Members of the Chinese delegation leave the Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria hotel after a meeting between US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi. Reuters
US has 'deep concerns' about China's alignment with Russia

Top Chinese and US officials met in Rome for 'intense' discussions lasting seven hours

USMarch 14, 2022
Firefighters extinguish an apartment house after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine. AP
Russia’s offensive ‘stalled’ in Ukraine but Moscow not backing down: Pentagon

US official says Kyiv using Turkish drones 'effectively' against Russian assets

USMarch 14, 2022
A satellite image of the Russian military convoy outside Kyiv. Photo: Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies
Russian forces are 15km from Ukraine’s capital, Pentagon says

Moscow is also 'closing in' on Kharkiv after weeks of heavy bombardment

USMarch 11, 2022
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