President Biden on Tuesday said his administration would be announcing "major sanctions" on Russia over the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. "What I came to tell you was we’d be announcing sanctions on Russia. We’ll have a major package announced on...
Lockheed Martin will increase its production of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) by over 60% by the end of the year, as the rocket launcher has been in high demand since the US started sending it to Ukraine. The US provided its first HIMARS to Ukraine...
The US on Tuesday vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council that called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. It marked the third time the US used its veto power on the Council to block a call for an end to the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians. The US was the...
The US is circulating its own Gaza-related UN Security Council resolution after threatening to veto one being drafted by Algeria that calls for a humanitarian ceasefire. The new US version calls for the Security Council to express support for a "temporary ceasefire in...
Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's war cabinet, threatened on Sunday that Israel will launch an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah if Hamas does not release the remaining Israeli hostages by Ramadan, which begins on March 10 this year. "The world must know, and...
The wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is warning that her husband will die if he is extradited to the US as a hearing for what will likely be his final chance at appeal is set to begin at London's High Court on Tuesday. Stella Assange told BBC that the stress...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday boasted that he had worked "for decades" to block the establishment of a Palestinian state. "Everyone knows that I am the one who for decades blocked the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger our...
A visit from an Iranian general to the Shia militias in Iraq led to a pause in attacks on US forces, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing Iranian and Iraqi sources. Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani made the trip to Iraq on January 29, one day after three US troops were killed in...
Yemen's Houthis said on Monday that their forces downed an American MQ-9 Reaper Drone that was flying over Yemen. US officials have acknowledged that a US drone crashed and say they're investigating the cause. "Yemeni air defenses were able to shoot down an American...
The US on Friday formally re-designated Yemen's Houthis as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists," a step that imposes new sanctions that make the implementation of a Saudi-Houthi peace deal impossible. The US announced its plans to impose the new sanctions last...
