US Marines Corps MQ-9A Reaper Drones are now operating in the Philippines as the US continues to beef up its military presence in the country, USNI News reported on Monday. The Reaper drones, which can be armed with powerful Hellfire missiles, have been operating out...
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Confirms Holding Oman-Brokered Talks With US
Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani confirmed on Friday that Tehran has been holding Oman-brokered talks with the US amid soaring tensions in the Middle East. Axios reported last month that senior US officials held indirect negotiations with Iran in Oman...
Report: Israeli Officials Think Netanyahu Remarks Could Sabotage Ceasefire Deal
Israeli officials are worried that recent comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could sabotage the chances of the Gaza ceasefire proposal put forward by President Biden, Axios reported on Monday. The Israeli officials said there was "constructive...
Gaza Media Office Says 3,500 Palestinian Children at Risk of Starving To Death
Gaza's Government Media Office released a statement on Monday that said over 3,500 Palestinian children under the age of five are at risk of starving to death in Gaza due to the Israeli siege. The media office said the children are suffering from "acute malnutrition,...
Biden To Skip Switzerland Ukraine War Summit Despite Zelensky’s Invitation
President Biden will skip a summit on the Ukraine war that will be held in Switzerland despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urging him to attend. The summit will be held on June 15 and is being billed as a "peace summit," but Russia has not been invited to...
Netanyahu Says Biden’s Ceasefire Proposal Is ‘Incomplete’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by President Biden was "incomplete" and denied the idea that Israel agreed to pursue a ceasefire. "The claim that we agreed to a ceasefire without our conditions being met...
Russia Warns US Close To Making ‘Fatal’ Miscalculation Over Ukraine
On Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned the US to listen to warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin about allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with American-made weapons. "I would like to caution American officials against...
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria’s Aleppo, 12 Reported Killed
Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday morning, resulting in heavy casualties. "The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of southeastern Aleppo, targeting some sites in the vicinity of Aleppo," a military source...
Netanyahu Aide Says Biden’s Ceasefire Proposal Is ‘Not a Good Deal’ But Insists Israel Isn’t Rejecting It
On Sunday, a senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Gaza ceasefire proposal put forward by President Biden while also insisting that Israel was not rejecting the deal. Biden outlined the details of the potential deal on Friday,...
Stoltenberg Shrugs Off Putin’s Warnings About NATO Weapons Striking Targets Inside Russia
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday shrugged off warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin against NATO countries allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western weapons. "This is nothing new. It has ... been the case for a long time that...