Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that US military aid to Ukraine had not been stopped, comments that came a day after a leaked memo revealed Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a 90-day pause on most foreign aid. "I am focused on military aid; it...
The head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency said Thursday that Israel's "multi-front war" is now focused on the occupied West Bank amid a new Israeli siege on the northern Palestinian city of Jenin. "We are in a multi-front war, and now it is the turn of Samaria,"...
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced last week that it had signed its first deal using an $8.7 billion military aid package it received from the US to purchase munitions for its Iron Dome missile defense system. The Defense Ministry said it signed a contract with...
On Thursday, President Trump delivered a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and said he wanted to discuss the idea of "denuclearization" with Russia and China. The president claimed that during his last term in office, he discussed the...
President Trump is expected to put his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, in charge of the Iran file, signaling the administration will try diplomacy with the Islamic Republic, Financial Times reported on Thursday. Sources told FT that Witkoff, who put pressure on...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that hospitals received 122 more bodies as Palestinians continue to dig the remains of people killed by Israel's bombing campaign out of the rubble on the fifth day of the ceasefire. The Health Ministry said that 120 of the bodies...
Armed US private security contractors will begin operating a checkpoint in Gaza in the coming days, Axios reported on Thursday, citing Israeli officials. The report said the US contractors will be deployed to Gaza as part of a multinational group that's been...
On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order re-designating Yemen's Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization," a move that will impede aid deliveries to Yemen and complicate the chances of a lasting peace deal between the Saudis...
Last week, Taiwan's Defense Ministry announced it had signed a deal with the US under which the US will send military personnel to the island for a naval training program. The US has a history of sending personnel to train Taiwanese forces, but the training programs...
On Wednesday, Yemen's Houthis released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a commercial ship the Yemeni group seized in November 2023 as part of its response to Israel's onslaught in Gaza. Yemen's Al Masirah TV reported that the Houthis released the crew to Oman in...
