The Trump administration on Thursday announced its first round of new sanctions on Iran since the ceasefire that ended the 12-day US-Israeli war on the country, signaling the so-called "maximum pressure campaign" against Tehran will continue. The US Treasury...
Efforts to try to get Hezbollah to agree to disarm appear to have failed, with Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem announcing Wednesday evening that the group will not agree to give up its weapons, its land, or its right to resist. Lebanon’s government has been in talks with...
President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and said after the call that he didn't "make any progress" on the issue of the Ukraine war. "We had a call, it was a pretty long call, and we talked about a lot of things, including Iran. And we...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Thursday that its forces launched multiple airstrikes in southern Somalia between June 27 and June 30, a time when Somali media reported major battles between a US-backed force and al-Shabaab. It's unclear how many strikes...
The House on Thursday passed a massive piece of legislation, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump, that includes extra military spending to bring the 2026 military budget over $1 trillion. The bill passed in a vote of 218-214, with only two Republicans...
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli forces killed at least 118 Palestinians and wounded 581 over the previous 24-hour period as heavy US-backed Israeli strikes continued across the Strip and Israeli troops continued to shoot people seeking aid....
After talk of normalization of ties with Lebanon, subject to a bunch of unilateral demands, Israel is back to attacking Lebanon from both the air and on the ground, with troops crossing the border to attack and Israel carrying out airstrikes near the capital city of...
Al-Monitor reported on Tuesday that talks between Israel and Syria have included discussions on the possibility of US troops deploying to areas of southwestern Syria that Israel captured following the regime change that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad....
A report from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz estimates that the US used 93 interceptors from its THAAD missile defense system to defend Israel from Iranian missiles during the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran. At $13 million per interceptor, that means the US...
US officials have confirmed that the Pentagon has halted the delivery of some air defense missiles and other munitions to Ukraine, a step being taken over concerns that US stockpiles have gotten too low. "This decision was made to put America’s interests first...
