Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv on Monday and vowed continued US military support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza despite the massive civilian casualty rate. In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Austin...
US Airstrike Reported in Somalia for First Time in Months
The US launched an airstrike in southern Somalia on Sunday as part of an operation in collaboration with the Mogadishu-based government, Voice of America reported. The US-backed government claimed the operation killed a senior al-Shabaab commander. US Africa Command...
White House Says US Can Only Fund One More Weapons Package for Ukraine
The White House said on Monday that a weapons package will be provided to Ukraine later this month, and after that, the US will be out of funds to arm Ukraine until Congress authorizes more spending on the proxy war. According to POLITICO, the Pentagon still has $4.4...
Human Rights Watch Says Israel Is Using Starvation as Weapon of War
Human Rights Watch released a report on Monday that said Israel is committing a war crime in Gaza by using starvation as a weapon of war against civilians. HRW said Israeli forces are "deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, while willfully...
US Increasing Military Exercises With Allies Near China
The US is increasing military exercises with its allies in the Asia Pacific that are meant as a message to China, the commander of the US Navy's Japan-based Seventh Fleet told The Washington Times. Vice Adm. Karl O. Thomas said the stepped-up exercises were meant to...
Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Reach New Deal With Hamas After IDF Killed 3 Israeli Hostages
The Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under increasing domestic pressure to reach a new hostage deal with Hamas after the Israeli military mistakenly killed three Israelis who escaped from captivity in Gaza. Israeli troops in Gaza shot...
Netanyahu Says He’s ‘Proud’ of Preventing a Palestinian State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he's "proud" of preventing the creation of a Palestinian state. "I'm proud that I prevented the establishment of a Palestinian state because today everybody understands what that Palestinian state could have...
Israeli Town Council Head Says Israel Should Make Gaza Look Like Auschwitz
David Azoulai, the council head of the northern Israeli town of Metula, has called for Israel to make the Gaza Strip look like the infamous Nazi-operated Auschwitz concentration camp. According to The Jerusalem Post, Azoulai said Gaza should be emptied of Palestinians...
Putin Calls Biden’s Claim That Russia Will Attack NATO ‘Nonsense’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed President Biden's claim that Russia will attack NATO territory if it wins the war in Ukraine, calling the idea "nonsense." President Biden and officials in his administration have been claiming Russia will invade NATO...
Shipping Giants Suspend Transits Through Red Sea Due to Houthi Attacks
Major shipping companies are stopping transits through the Red Sea due to attacks from Yemen's Houthis that have come in response to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. The Economist reported that Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have...