US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said US troops are “ready to remain in Iraq” in his remarks during an unannounced trip to Baghdad on Tuesday, according to the US press pool traveling with him. In a statement cited by the CNN, Austin said that he is in Iraq to ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has strongly rebuked the US in a speech at an annual summit of the ruling Communist Party, saying Washington is leading a “containment, encirclement and suppression of China.” Xi, who will set to begin his third consecutive term as the country’s president, said Beijing faces “unprecedented ...