President Biden has sent a letter to senior members of Congress urging them to quickly approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey as Ankara's reward for approving Sweden's NATO membership. The Turkish parliament approved Sweden's NATO bid on Tuesday, and Turkish...
Israel is destroying buildings and flattening areas of Gaza on the Israeli border to create a so-called "buffer zone" that Israel will militarize, demonstrating its long-term plans to occupy the Strip. According to The Wall Street Journal, Israeli soldiers began...
A US congressional delegation visited Taiwan Thursday to affirm bipartisan support for the first time since the island held presidential elections earlier this month. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), co-chairs of the congressional Taiwan Caucus,...
The State Department on Wednesday refused to condemn the shooting of unarmed Palestinian men waving a white flag in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, a scene that was captured on video by the UK's ITV News. The footage shows an interview with a group of...
The US and Iraq will soon begin talks on the future of the US military presence in Iraq, as Baghdad has been calling for the withdrawal of the US-led coalition in response to US airstrikes in the country. Sources told CNN that the US and Iraq would use a military...
Several media reports have said that Israel and Hamas were making progress in Qatari and Egyptian-mediated talks on a hostage deal, but Israeli officials are denying that's the case. "Reports of an agreement in principle to a ceasefire are not correct. There are very...
A bipartisan group of senators has sent a letter to President Biden questioning his legal authority to launch a new war against the Houthis in Yemen and the overall strategy of the campaign. The letter was signed by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Mike...
US Central Command said it launched more missile strikes against the Houthis in Yemen early Wednesday morning, marking the ninth time the US bombed Yemen since January 12. CENTCOM claimed the strikes targeted "two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the...
Russia said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian military transport plane over Russia's Belgorod Oblast, killing all 74 people onboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces...
The US launched another round of airstrikes in Iraq on Tuesday as tensions continue to soar in the region. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the strikes targeted three facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah and other "Iranian-affiliated groups,"...
