US and Taiwanese officials are alarmed at the status of the US military and its ability to fight a future conflict with China. According to three sources speaking with The Washington Post, officials at Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACCOM) have expressed frustration with...
North Korea Condemns ‘Hostile’ US Weapons Sales to South Korea
North Korea said that a US sale of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles to South Korea is evidence of Washington’s hostile policy towards Pyongyang. “The US approved the sale of various lethal equipment worth an astronomical sum of money, including the latest air-to-air...
Newlywed Woman Slain in Israeli Airstrike Against Lebanon Village
Saja Moussa Sharara was married on Tuesday and lived in a house in the village of Arabsalim, a Shi’ite majority village in the southern part of Lebanon’s Nabatieh District. Thursday morning she was killed when an Israeli airstrike attacked her home. Sharara was killed...
US Kills Four on Suspected Drug Boat
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced it had targeted a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, and Green Berets conducted anti-drug operations in Ecuador. President Donald Trump ordered increased military operations in Central and South America against cartels. ...
Board of Peace Chief Blasts Israel For Ignoring Gaza Truce
The Board of Peace’s High Commissioner Nickolay Mladenov warned Israel that continuing to attack Gaza is extending the conditions that caused Hamas to attack on October 7, 2023. “These strikes do not change the status quo that produced 7 October 2023. They preserve...
US Begins Sending Staff Back to Middle East Embassies
Staffers have begun returning to US diplomatic facilities across the Middle East. US embassies in the region have been at a minimal operational level for several months due to the ongoing war against Iran. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported obtaining an internal...
CIA Chief Ratcliffe Warned Russia Not to Attack NATO Countries
Update: US officials told multiple outlets that President Donald Trump dispatched CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Russia to warn Moscow not to attack any NATO countries. Earlier this week, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that "unknown actors"...
UN Committee Warns Israeli Rhetoric Is Dehumanizing Lebanese Population
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a statement expressing alarm regarding the killing and displacement of Lebanese civilians during the Israeli invasion, and particularly the Israeli rhetoric they viewed as aimed at dehumanizing...
Lebanon Accuses Israel of Scorched Earth Policy as Southern Forests Are Burned
Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research (NCSR) has issued a report that some 160 km² of land in southern Lebanon have been systematically burned by Israeli activity since 2023. This includes large amounts of farmland, but what is being called a “scorched...
US Not Planning New Strikes on Iran, Will Focus on Economic War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has informed allies that the White House is not preparing new attacks on Iran and will instead focus on enforcing sanctions against the Islamic Republic. US officials speaking with Axios said Rubio told allies that the US was not...


