Vaughn Cockayne

Canadian ambassador to U.S. reaffirms commitment to U.N. and EU

Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman reaffirmed her country's commitment to established international institutions on Sunday.

January 25, 2026

Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. to hold trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi

Russia said it would hold trilateral security talks with U.S. and Ukrainian officials in the United Arab Emirates on Friday after a "constructive and very frank" meeting among U.S. diplomats and Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before.

January 23, 2026

IAEA must declare stance on U.S., Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities, Iranian nuclear chief says

Iran's top nuclear official on Friday demanded the International Atomic Energy Agency declare a position on the U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities last June.

January 23, 2026

‘There are threats in orbit’: Space Force chief sounds alarm over Chinese, Russian space assets

The head of the U.S. Space Force says his job is to "think about worst-case scenarios" when it comes to potential threats in space from America's adversaries, whether they're Russian "nesting doll" satellites or Chinese "grappling arm" tactics that could suddenly become weaponized.

January 22, 2026

Iraq to prosecute ISIS detainees brought from Syria

Iraq will begin legal proceedings against Islamic State prisoners transferred from Syria this week by the U.S. military, the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council announced Thursday, beginning a process that could take years.

January 22, 2026

U.S. special envoy for Syria meets with Syrian Democratic Forces chief amid rising tensions

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack met Thursday with the leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after days of clashes between Syrian troops and the SDF.

January 22, 2026

Greece, Israel to collaborate on anti-drone and cybersecurity systems

Greece and Israel agreed Tuesday to collaborate on the development of anti-drone and cybersecurity systems, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias announced after meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.

January 21, 2026

Witkoff, Kushner to meet Thursday with Putin in Moscow amid Russian attacks on Kyiv’s energy grid

White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that he and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will meet Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow

January 21, 2026

Russia has had no contact with U.S. over expiring nuclear treaty, foreign minister says

U.S. and Russian diplomats have yet to hold talks regarding the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Tuesday.

January 20, 2026

$1 billion buys permanent seat on Trump’s Gaza peace board; Israel, Russia among countries invited

Leaders from Israel and Russia have been invited to join President Trump's recently announced Gaza "board of peace."

January 19, 2026

Iran to consider removing internet restrictions in the coming days, says Parliament official

Iran will consider lifting its internet blackout "in the coming days," according to a member of the Islamic republic's Parliament.

January 19, 2026

Iranian protests stall following violent police crackdown and internet blackout

Iranian authorities have seemingly succeeded, for the time being, in quelling nationwide anti-government protests after a brutal crackdown left more than 2,000 protesters dead.

January 16, 2026

Arab nations, Israel urge Trump to hold off on military strikes in Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined the chorus of voices from the Arab world on Wednesday urging President Trump to hold off on U.S. military action in Iran, according to new reporting.

January 15, 2026

Treasury targets Iran’s chief security official with sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting the top official in Iran's Supreme Council for National Security in response to Tehran's brutal crackdown on protesters the past two weeks.

January 15, 2026

Tehran uses electronic warfare to target Starlink, as Iranians try to skirt internet blackout

The Iranian government has begun a campaign of GPS spoofing attacks on SpaceX's Starlink internet terminals in an unprecedented effort to cut its citizens off from the rest of the world, according to new reports.

January 15, 2026

Pentagon awards first contracts for AI-powered drone interceptors under Replicator 2 program

The Department of Defense awarded two new contracts to acquire artificial intelligence-driven interceptor drones intended to help U.S. forces counter small, unmanned aerial systems, the first acquisitions as part of the second phase of the Pentagon's Replicator program.

January 15, 2026

Senate Foreign Relations Committee calls for U.S. leadership in protecting religious freedom

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and other Republican senators on Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for continued U.S. leadership in protecting religious freedom around the world.

January 14, 2026

U.S. moves select personnel from Qatari base as Tehran, Washington threaten strikes

The Pentagon has begun moving nonessential military personnel out of the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar following threats from Tehran that Iran may carry out retaliatory strikes on U.S. military bases in the region, according to reports on Wednesday.

January 14, 2026

Omani foreign minister: Iran is not in turmoil, regime far from collapse

Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi insisted on Tuesday that the Iranian regime is fully intact this week despite enduring weeks of intense, nationwide protests aimed at overthrowing the Islamic republic.

January 13, 2026

FLASHBACK: Broad-based Iranian protest movement yet to answer who rules if the mullahs fall

The nationwide protests exploding in the streets of Iran have emerged as one of the greatest threats to the clerics who rule the country since the founding of the Islamic republic in 1979, but after four decades of hard-line theocratic leaders, it's not clear who will take over if the mullahs fall.

January 13, 2026