The US defense chief vows to protect ‘health and well-being’ of American troops Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the Pentagon is reviewing its policies and available options “as permitted by federal law,” to protect American servicemembers’ access to pregnancy terminations following the Supreme Court move to repeal Roe v. Wade.

“Those are internal European affairs,” Russian presidential spokesman insists It’s the business of Brussels to decide on whom to grant EU-candidate status, but it should be done in a way that wouldn’t create more problems for Russia, the Kremlin press-secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

The head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, says peace negotiations will ultimately bring an end to the conflict The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will probably end with a negotiated settlement, but that does not mean the West should stop sending arms to Kiev or reduce sanctions pressure on Moscow, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg…