The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The naval engineering firm Gibbs & Cox developed the concept, known as the Mobile...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced Tuesday that Ukraine would be cutting off consular services for military-age men living abroad as a way to pressure them to return home and fight. "How it looks like now: a man of conscription age went abroad, showed...
On Monday, President Biden smeared protesters at college campuses around the country opposed to the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza as "antisemitic." "I condemn the antisemitic protests. That’s why I’ve set up a program to deal with that," Biden told...
The head of Israel's military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, announced his resignation on Monday, citing his failure to prevent the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel. "We did not live up to our mission, I bear full responsibility for the failure,"...
US officials told POLITICO that the Biden administration is preparing a "larger than normal" weapons package for Ukraine that will include armored vehicles and arms to support Ukraine's artillery and air defense capabilities. The package is expected to include Bradley...
On Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed that Tehran is not seeking a nuclear bomb and that weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine. "Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear program only serves peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our...
US troops in Iraq and Syria came under two separate rocket and drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Reuters reported Monday, citing US and Iraqi officials. The officials said the attacks were the first since a nearly three-month pause started in February. The Iraqi...
On Saturday, President Biden signed a bill into law extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which gives the federal government the power to spy on Americans without a warrant. The Senate passed the Section 702 extension at 11:45 pm...
Iranian officials have downplayed Israel's drone attack on Iranian territory, signaling there will be no response. "What happened last night was not a strike," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News on Friday. "They were more like toys that our...
Israeli strikes hit the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday night into Sunday morning, killing 22 people, including 18 children, The Associated Press reported. The bombardment came just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a $26 billion bill that...
