The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that newborn mortality rates are rising sharply in the Gaza Strip due to the US-backed Israeli bombing campaign and starvation blockade. "From different doctors, particularly in the maternity hospitals, they're...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has vowed to stay in the Senate to fight against what he called an "isolationist movement" within the GOP, referring to Republicans who oppose the proxy war in Ukraine. Earlier this year, the 82-year-old said he would step down from his...
Axios reported on Monday that the US told Iran it had no involvement or advanced knowledge of the Israeli airstrike that targeted a consulate building next to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria. A senior US official said the US had sent the message "directly to...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Tuesday that Israel will be "punished" for bombing Iran's consulate building in Damascus, which killed senior members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "The evil Zionist regime will be punished...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in an interview on Sunday that he supports the idea of giving frozen Russian Central Bank funds to Ukraine to fuel the proxy war, a step that would significantly escalate the US economic campaign against Russia. Johnson expressed...
The Biden administration is close to approving a massive $18 billion arms deal for Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets, CNN reported on Monday. The news is the latest sign that the administration still strongly supports Israel's slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza...
The US increased intelligence sharing with Israel to "unprecedented" levels under a secret memorandum issued in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The intelligence sharing and US weapons shipments...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has claimed arming Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMs) isn't as risky now as it was earlier in the war. "The risk of escalation is not as high as maybe it was at the beginning,"...
On Monday, the Israeli Knesset passed a law that gives the government the authority to ban any foreign news organization from operating inside Israel. The law was designed to target Al Jazeera, a Qatari state-funded media outlet. The law passed by a slim margin in a...
Updated 4/1/24 at 6:00 pm EST On Monday, an Israeli airstrike leveled an Iranian consulate building that's next to the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus, marking a significant escalation in Israeli attacks on Iranians in the region. At least seven...
