Updated on Monday, September 8, at 7:58 pm EST US Africa Command said in a press release on Friday that its forces launched airstrikes against the ISIS affiliate in Somalia's northeastern Puntland region as the Trump administration continues its heavy air war in the...
US troops and allied forces in Kismayo, southern Somalia, came under "indirect fire" on September 4, US Africa Command said in a press release. The press release came after al-Shabaab said it attacked Kismayo’s airport, where US personnel are based, according to...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday criticized the Trump administration's decision to bomb a boat near Venezuela over claims that it was carrying drugs, an action that was taken without providing any evidence. "It’s hard to have any sympathy for drug dealers trying to...
Pope Leo XIV discussed the "tragic situation in Gaza" and urged a "permanent ceasefire" in the Palestinian territory during a private audience with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, the Vatican said in a press release. "The hope was expressed for a prompt...
Palestinian American businessman Bishara Bahbah, who has been involved in Gaza ceasefire negotiations, has said that he passed to Hamas a US proposal for a deal that would involve the release of all remaining Israeli captives in Gaza and an end to Israel's genocidal...
The Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces already control 40% of Gaza City as it continues its heavy bombardment and ground offensive in the city, where famine is taking place, according to UN and US-backed hunger monitors. While the IDF has been building...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that a number of countries have pledged to provide troops as part of a "reassurance force" to send to Ukraine after a peace deal was reached, a plan Russia has made clear it would never accept. Macron made the comments...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday repeated a threat to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on Israel, which have continued following the Israeli assassination of the prime minister of the Sanaa-based government. "The Houthis...
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli forces killed 84 Palestinians and wounded 338 over the previous 24-hour period as the IDF continues its major offensive in Gaza City and launches strikes elsewhere in the Strip. On top of the violent deaths, the...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday didn't rule out the possibility of the US military pursuing regime change in Venezuela and suggested more US strikes on boats in the region were coming. Hegseth made the comments in an interview on Fox News on Wednesday...
