Update(1230ET): Putin says not so fast… First, here’s a UK Times report within the last hour: Britain and the United States are on the verge of allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles against targets in Russia after accusing President Putin of “escalating” the conflict by accepting ballistic missiles from Iran. …

Latest Developments The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, called for the BRICS bloc of states (named after original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) to establish their own security structure during a speech to a gathering of high-level security officials in Russia on …

In the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States, Secretary of State Colin Powell gave assurances that America would deal with the tragedy by bringing those responsible to justice while protecting the world’s democracies. “They will never be allowed to kill the spirit of …