A US government-funded hunger monitor has concurred with the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that famine is taking place in the Gaza Strip. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net), which has historically been funded by the US...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that there would "obviously" be no meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Unlike what had been agreed between President Trump and President Putin last week, when...
The Israeli military bombed the Yemeni capital of Sanaa for the second time within a week on Thursday as the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have continued their attacks on Israel in response to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials claimed...
While the Trump Administration had been considering using its veto power to prevent the extension of the UN mandate for the UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, the Security Council ultimately voted once again to extend the mandate through 2026. At the same time,...
The UK, France, and Germany have begun the process of reimposing UN Security Council sanctions on Iran under the "snapback" mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, a step that makes another US-Israeli war on Iran more likely. The European...
Following up on the deadly Israeli drone strikes against Kiswah, in the southern part of metro Damascus, Israel conducted an overnight raid of an old airbase there, with dozens of IDF troops arriving via helicopters and spending over two hours in the base. The troops...
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks have killed 71 Palestinians and wounded 339 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli attacks continue across the Strip. On top of the violent deaths, the Health Ministry said that it recorded...
Most Americans oppose additional US military aid to Israel, and half say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. The poll asked registered US voters if they "support or oppose the United States sending more military...
President Trump held a meeting at the White House on Wednesday with his former Middle East advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the "day after" plans for the Gaza Strip. A report from Axios said that Ron...
Venezuela's defense minister has ordered drone and naval patrols along the Venezuelan coast in response to the US deploying a group of warships to the Southern Caribbean. According to Al Jazeera, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino announced a "significant"...
