The Houthis have agreed to allow tugboats to reach the Sounion, a Greek-flagged oil tanker that's anchored in the Red Sea that was struck by Houthi missiles last week. The Sounion was disabled by the Houthi strike and is reportedly still on fire. A French destroyer...
EU Considers Training Ukrainian Troops Inside Ukraine
The EU has said it would consider a Ukrainian request for training soldiers inside Ukraine "should the necessary political and operational conditions be met," POLITICO reported on Tuesday. An EU External Action Service document from July, obtained by POLITICO, says...
Israeli Forces Launch Major Assault on the West Bank, Killing at Least 10 Palestinians
Israeli forces launched a major assault on the West Bank early Wednesday that appears to be the largest Israeli operation in the occupied territory since the Second Intifada in the early 2000s. The assault focused on northern areas of the West Bank, including Jenin,...
US Military Open To Escorting Philippine Ships in South China Sea
Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command, said Tuesday that the US military was open to consultations with the Philippines on escorting Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, which would put the US in direct confrontation with China. The US has...
Biden Was Told Gaza Pier Would Undermine Efforts To Get Israel To Allow More Aid Into Gaza
President Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier off Gaza despite concerns from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that the project would undermine efforts to pressure Israel to allow more aid into the Strip via land crossings, USAID's...
Israel Kills 41 Palestinians Across Gaza
On Tuesday, Gaza's Health Ministry said that Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the previous 24-hour period. "Israeli forces killed 41 people and injured 113 others in three ‘massacres’ of families in the last 24 hours," the ministry...
Russia Warns US Will Face ‘Much Harsher’ Consequences for Backing Kursk Invasion
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday that the US would face "much harsher" consequences for backing Ukraine's offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast. "The impression is that our colleagues [in Washington] have discarded the remnants of common...
Iran’s Khamenei Opens Door to Direct Talks With the US
On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened the door to talks with the US, telling the new Iranian government there was "no harm" in engaging with the "enemy." Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged during his campaign that he would work...
IAEA Chief Warns of Threat to Nuclear Plant in Russia’s Kursk
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), led a mission to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which was invaded by Ukrainian forces on August 6. Grossi warned of the danger of a nuclear incident amid the...
US Slams China on South China Sea as Sullivan Visits Beijing
On Tuesday, a US Coast Guard admiral criticized China's activity in the South China Sea as US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was in Beijing to meet with high-level Chinese officials. Rear Adm. Andrew Sugimoto, deputy commander of the US Coast Guard Pacific...