One in four Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip -- over 570,000 people -- are starving due to the Israeli siege, according to a report using data from the UN and other aid agencies that was released Thursday. The report, published by the Integrated Food Security...
US Granted Access to Military Bases in Denmark Under New Deal
The US and Denmark signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) on Thursday that grants the US military access to bases in the Nordic nation and allows the storage of US weapons on Danish soil. Denmark was one of the original 12 members of NATO when the alliance was...
US Eyes Frozen Russian Central Bank Funds to Fund Ukraine
The Biden administration is quietly signaling its support for seizing more than $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank funds to use to fund Ukraine, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The central bank funds are held in the US, Europe, and Japan and were...
US, China Hold First High-Level Military Talks in Over a Year
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown spoke with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Liu Zhenli, in a video call on Thursday, marking the first high-level military talks between the US and China in over a year. China halted such communications in...
Germany to Permanently Deploy 4,800 Troops in Lithuania
Germany is set to permanently station 4,800 troops in Lithuania as part of NATO's military buildup in Eastern Europe aimed at Russia. Lithuania shares a border with Kaliningrad, the Russian oblast on the Baltic Sea that's separated from the Russian mainland. Germany...
Zelensky Suggests Ukraine Could Mobilize Up to 500,000 New Soldiers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian military leadership proposed mobilizing 450,000-500,000 new conscripts to fight Russia as Kyiv is dealing with a manpower shortage. The Ukrainian leader said he needed to hear more about the plan...
Houthis Say They Won’t Back Down Even If US ‘Mobilizes the Entire World’
Yemen's Houthis responded to the US launching a new military operation in the Red Sea by vowing attacks on commercial shipping in the region will continue even if the US "mobilizes the entire world." The US launched a 10-nation naval task force, dubbed Operation...
US Approves $300 Million Sale for Taiwan’s Military Information Systems
The State Department has approved a potential $300 million arms sale to Taiwan to support the island's tactical information systems, the Pentagon announced on December 15. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the deal includes life-cycle...
US Granted Access to 15 Military Bases in Finland Under New Deal
The US and Finland signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) on Monday that gives the US access to 15 military bases in the Nordic nation, which shares an over 800-mile border with Russia. According to The Barent's Observer, the northernmost site in the agreement...
US Formally Launches Red Sea Military Operation in Response to Houthi Attacks
The US has formally announced the launch of a new military operation in the Red Sea aimed at responding to attacks on commercial shipping by Yemen's Houthis that started in response to the brutal Israeli assault on Gaza. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the...