How Obama-era budget controls have hurt US military readiness against growing China, Russia, Iran threats

In the final weeks of the Trump administration, Iran is confronting growing pressure amidst concerns over the recent assassination of its top nuclear scientist and continued US financial sanctions “Iran, as stated before as our definite policy, will independently give a matching response to those who ordered and committed this with maximum pain for those who did this,” said Saeed Khatibzadeh, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, of the assassination Friday of Iran’s top nuclear scientist.

MOSCOW -- Irina Antonova, a charismatic art historian who presided over one of Russia's top art museums for more than half a century, has died at 98.The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts said Antonova, its president, died in Moscow on Monday. It said Tuesday that Antonova last week tested positive for coronavirus, which exacerbated her chronic heart ailments.Antonova began working at the Pushkin museum after her graduation in 1945, and in 1961 she became its director.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHit variety TV show “China’s Got Talent” has been renewed for a seventh season and will be produced by Shanghai Canxing Culture and Media for Star China Media.The “Got Talent” property was created by Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, with the international rights represented by Fremantle. The two companies are the format’s co-owners.“ ‘China’s Got Talent’ is renowned for discovering new and incredible local talent.

Fremantle and Syco Entertainment have announced that China’s Got Talent has been renewed for a seventh season, but declined to reveal what network will broadcast the show, raising questions about Dragon TV’s future involvement.

Israel Defense Forces have been preparing for the possibility that the U.S.

President Trump will remain the most compelling figure in American politics as President -elect Joe Biden returns the U.S. to the economic stagnation that characterized the Obama administration, Laura Ingraham predicted Monday.

The United States will officially pull out of another arms control pact with Russia on Sunday, marking the end of a six notification process to Moscow, U.S. officials told Fox News.

Last week Senate Republicans released a supplement to their recent report on Hunter’s Biden’s overseas business dealings.The five-page addendum shows millions of dollars in wire transfers further tying Joe Biden’s son to the Chinese government. I bring this up not to focus on Hunter or Joe Biden, but rather to note that if this story was about one of President Trump’s sons, then it would be on the front page of every major newspaper.

Kate Mara recently looked back on her short cameo in Iron Man 2. During a new episode of Collider Ladies Night, the 37-year-old actress spoke about the small part and how Marvel teased her about how it could’ve become something bigger, but didn’t in the long run.

Kate Mara is looking back on that itty bitty role she played in Iron Man 2.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior Al Qaeda operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran. Four current and former U.S.

Irina Shayk struts down the sidewalk while out running errands on Wednesday afternoon (November 11) in New York City.