On Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed that Tehran is not seeking a nuclear bomb and that weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine. "Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear program only serves peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our...
US troops in Iraq and Syria came under two separate rocket and drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Reuters reported Monday, citing US and Iraqi officials. The officials said the attacks were the first since a nearly three-month pause started in February. The Iraqi...
On Saturday, President Biden signed a bill into law extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which gives the federal government the power to spy on Americans without a warrant. The Senate passed the Section 702 extension at 11:45 pm...
Iranian officials have downplayed Israel's drone attack on Iranian territory, signaling there will be no response. "What happened last night was not a strike," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News on Friday. "They were more like toys that our...
Israeli strikes hit the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday night into Sunday morning, killing 22 people, including 18 children, The Associated Press reported. The bombardment came just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a $26 billion bill that...
The US is considering increasing its small military presence in Ukraine by sending up to 60 additional military advisers, POLITICO reported on Saturday, the same day the House approved $61 billion in spending for the proxy war. Four unnamed US officials told POLITICO...
The Biden administration has agreed to a request from Niger's military-led government to withdraw US troops from the West African nation. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine that the US planned to leave during a...
Updated 1:14 am EST on 4/19/24 US officials told multiple media outlets that Israel launched an attack against Iran early Friday morning. Iran's Mehr news agency reported explosions in the Iranian province of Isfahan. Sources told Mehr that the explosions were the...
The White House said in a statement on Thursday that the US and Israel have a "shared objective to see Hamas defeated in Rafah,' the southern Gaza city that's packed with over 1 million Palestinian civilians. The statement came following talks between US and Israeli...
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the execution of Palestinians to make room in Israel's overcrowded prisons. Ben Gvir, leader of the hardline Jewish Power party, said he was happy that the Israeli government approved a construction...
