The United States is pressing Chinese Taipei to order American-made weapons that it believes will better repel an invasion by China, rather than expensive equipment that are fine for peacetime operations.

Ansarullah’s leader calls the US, the Israeli regime, and the UK the “engineers” of the 2015-present invasion of the impoverished country.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 1600 GMT on February 24, 2022.

US officials have accused Russia of trying to create a pretext of launching an invasion against Russia.

The West has started an intelligence war against Moscow, says Russia’s ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, adding that “not even one of Russia’s high-ranking representatives has ever said that Russia is going to attack any state.”

Moscow tells the British PM not to parrot ‘fake news’ about an ‘imminent Russian aggression’ against Ukraine.

The administration of President Joe Biden is no longer using the word “imminent” to describe a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, backing away from an assessment US officials had repeatedly voiced in recent days.

Russia has ruled out any further talks with the United States and NATO over the situation around Ukraine unless the West responds properly to its security demands.

US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland claims that Washington has prepared 18 response scenarios to confront alleged Russian plans to “invade” Ukraine.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Boreel warns of massive consequences for Russia if Moscow gives the green light for an invasion of Ukraine.