The US on Friday announced a new $250 million weapons package for Ukraine that includes HIMARS ammunition, air defenses, Stinger missiles, artillery rounds, and other equipment. The weapons package is being provided through the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which...
Austin Says Long-Range Strikes in Russia Wouldn’t Be a Game Changer for Ukraine
On Friday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pushed back on Ukraine's requests to use US and other NATO-provided weapons to launch long-range strikes inside Russian territory. At a meeting of Ukraine's backers at the Ramstein airbase in Germany, Austin was asked if...
Netanyahu Rejects US Assessment on Ceasefire, Says There’s ‘Not a Deal in the Making’
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there was "not a deal in the making" regarding a potential ceasefire deal with Hamas and rejected a US assessment that an agreement was 90% of the way there. When asked on Fox News about the 90%...
Families of American Citizens Held in Gaza Want US To Cut a Deal With Hamas
The families of American citizens who are being held hostage in Gaza are asking the US to consider making a unilateral deal with Hamas that wouldn't involve Israel, NBC News reported on Wednesday. The families made the request on Sunday during a meeting with US...
Israel Forces Kill 17 More Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that Israel's assault on Gaza killed 17 more Palestinians in the previous 24-hour period, bringing the recorded death toll to 40,878. Another 56 Palestinians were wounded, bringing the number of Palestinians injured in Gaza since...
Trump Says If Harris Wins, Israel Will No Longer Exist
Former President Donald Trump addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition on Thursday and claimed that if Vice President Kamala Harris wins in November, Israel will no longer exist. "If Kamala Harris wins, terrorist armies will wage an unceasing war to drive Jews out of...
US Wants To Deploy Controversial Missile System to Japan
The US wants to deploy a previously banned missile system to Japan for military drills, Nikkei Asia reported Thursday. The Typhon missile launcher is a ground-based system that can fire nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of more than 1,000 miles....
Amnesty International Calls for War Crimes Probe Into Israel’s ‘Buffer Zone’
On Thursday, Amnesty International said Israel's creation of a "buffer zone" in Gaza should be investigated as war crimes since it has involved the "wanton destruction" of all buildings and agricultural land in those areas. "Using bulldozers and manually laid...
Putin Says Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Failed To Distract Russia from Donbas
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Ukraine's invasion of Russia's Kursk Oblast has failed to distract Russian forces from the frontline in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, where Russia continues to make steady gains. "The enemy’s goal was to make us...
US Takes Action Over New Claims of Russian ‘Election Interference’
The Biden administration on Wednesday took several actions over new, unsubstantiated claims about Russian "election interference." Most of the actions targeted employees of RT, a Russian state-funded media outlet. The US has accused RT of interfering in presidential...