Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday. The...
US Helicopter Bombs Cargo Ship in the Gulf of Oman
US Central Command on Tuesday announced that a US military helicopter bombed a civilian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of attempting to break the US blockade of Iranian ports. CENTCOM said a US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the...
Russia Strikes Pound Ukrainian Cities, Killing at Least 10
Russian strikes pounded Ukrainian cities on Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, attacks that came a day after Ukrainian drones killed 13 civilians in the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk. According to The Associated Press, three people, including a 15-year-old boy,...
Israel Wounds One Civilian, Wounds Another in Lebanon Strikes, Attacks Ambulance
Last updated 8/11/2026 4:55 PM EST Israeli forces carried out a double-tap attack against Nabatieh today, wounding two civilians in the initial strike and then attacking the ambulance that was attempting to rescue them. The ambulance was reportedly damaged, and no...
Missile Strike on Ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait Kills Four
A missile strike on a commercial ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday killed at least four crew members, Reuters has reported, in an attack blamed on Yemen's Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, though the group has yet to take credit. The Reuters report...
Israeli Military Declares the West Bank’s Last Entirely Christian Village a ‘Closed Military Zone’ Amid Increasing Settler Violence
The Israeli military on Sunday declared that Taybeh, the last village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that is populated entirely by Christians, was a "closed military zone" amid rising Jewish settler violence against the town. The IDF said it took the step due to...
Hegseth Says Congress Should Pay Tribute to Lindsey Graham by Approving $1.5 Trillion Military Budget
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on Congress to approve his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 during remarks at a ceremony in South Carolina for the renaming of Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late Sen....
Iran Says the US Has an ‘Addiction’ to Economic Sanctions
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that the US has an "addiction" to sanctions and vowed that Iran wouldn't be "strangled" by the economic pressure. "The US Secretary of the Treasury has boasted of 'suffocating' Iran through economic...
Trump Responds To Iran’s Calls for Compensation for War Damages To Open Strait of Hormuz
President Trump on Monday responded to an Iranian official calling for the US to provide compensation for damage caused by the war as a condition for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying that instead, Iran should pay the US. "I see that Representatives of the...
Influential Retired IDF General Says Gaza Should Remain ‘Destroyed for Generations’
A retired Israeli general who has had significant influence on Israel's operations in Gaza has called for the Palestinian territory to remain in a state of devastation "for generations," Middle East Eye reported on Monday, citing Israeli media. "Israel has no interest...


