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...
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned an Israeli attack on the only Catholic church in Gaza as "terrorism." The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Catholic authority in the region, said Saturday that the Holy Family Church's compound in Gaza City was under Israeli...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has decided to keep senators in town next week to continue negotiations on a border deal that will unlock a massive $111 billion spending package that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The Senate's...
Packed into the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that's been approved by both the House and Senate is an amendment designed to prevent any future president from withdrawing the US from NATO. The legislation was a bipartisan effort led by Senators Marco Rubio...
Ismail Haniyeh, chief of Hamas's political bureau who is based in Qatar, signaled on Wednesday that he was interested in negotiating a sustainable ceasefire with Israel. "We are open to discuss any arrangement or initiative that could end the (Israeli) aggression,"...
Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions Israel has dropped on the Gaza Strip are unguided or "dumb" bombs, CNN reported Thursday, citing a US intelligence assessment. The report said Israel had used 29,000 air-to-ground munitions in its bombardment of Gaza, a total...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday told US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in televised remarks that Israel's brutal assault on Gaza will continue for "more than several months." Sullivan traveled to Israel to discuss the "timetable" of the war,...
On Thursday, the House passed the $886 billion 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which funds the Pentagon and some military spending for other government agencies. The NDAA has already been passed by the Senate and now heads to President Biden's desk....
On Wednesday, the Senate passed the mammoth $886 billion 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which funds the Pentagon and military spending in other government agencies. The bill passed in a vote of 87-13, with six Democrats, six Republicans, and one...
The US has no plans to restrict military aid to Israel or draw any red lines on Israel's use of US-provided munitions despite President Biden labeling Israel's bombing of Gaza "indiscriminate" and the massive civilian death toll, US officials told CNN. One official...
