The Senate on Wednesday night voted down resolutions introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block several weapons transfers to Israel, but the effort received more support from Democrats than expected. Eighteen senators -- Sanders, Sen. Angus King (I-ME), and 16...
On Wednesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar reiterated that Israel wants the "freedom to act" in southern Lebanon as part of any ceasefire deal, a position that's a non-starter for Hezbollah. "In any agreement we will reach, we will need to keep the freedom to...
The State Department announced on Wednesday that it has moved to forgive about $4.7 billion in US loans to Ukraine as the Biden administration is trying to spend as much as it can on Ukraine during the transition period. The $61 billion in aid for Ukraine that was...
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will be providing Ukraine with widely-banned anti-personnel mines, breaking its own policy that's meant to prohibit the transfer of the indiscriminate weapons. The provision of anti-personnel mines is the latest...
Update on 11/20/24 at 8:43 pm EST: Al Jazeera reported that Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza killed at least 88 Palestinians early Thursday morning Gaza's Health Ministry said Wednesday that Israeli attacks killed at least 13 Palestinians and wounded 84 over the...
Ukraine fired at least 10 British-provided Storm Shadow missiles into Russia's Kursk Oblast, The Wall Street Journal and several other media outlets reported on Wednesday. Ukraine has used the Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of up to 155 miles, in strikes on...
On Wednesday, the US again used its veto power on the UN Security Council to kill a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a vote that came as Israel is carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign in northern Gaza, and aid levels in the Strip are at the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) led a press conference with three other senators on Tuesday to discuss their plans to vote in support of resolutions to block several weapons sales to Israel. Sanders said the Senate will vote on Wednesday on three separate resolutions he...
A poll released by Gallup on Tuesday found that the majority of Ukrainians want peace talks to end the war with Russia. The poll, conducted in August and October, found that 52% of respondents wanted talks with Russia to end the conflict as soon as possible, while 38%...
The UN's child relief agency, UNICEF, said Tuesday that more than 200 children had been killed by Israeli attacks on Lebanon since Israel escalated its bombing campaign in the country in September. "Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two...
